Pikachu #0025

Electric

Max CP	L40938L501060L51 · Best Buddy1073
Buddy Distance	1 km per Candy
Released	Jul 6, 2016Aug 9, 2017

Type Effectiveness

Pikachu takes 160% from Ground moves.

Weak ×1.6

Ground

Resists ×0.6

ElectricFlyingSteel

Pikachu is a Electric-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Ground.

It reaches 1060 CP at level 50, or 1073 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Thunder Shock with Wild Charge.

Base Stats

Attack112

Defense96

Stamina111

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	ElectricThunder Shock	ElectricWild Charge	5.7	37
2	ElectricThunder Shock	ElectricDischarge	5.5	35
3	ElectricThunder Shock	ElectricThunderbolt	5.4	35
4	ElectricThunder Shock	GrassGrass Knot	5.3	34
5	ElectricThunder Shock	WaterSurf	5.1	33
6	NormalQuick Attack	ElectricWild Charge	4.6	30
7	ElectricThunder Shock	ElectricThunder	4.5	29
8	NormalQuick Attack	ElectricDischarge	4.5	29

10 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	NormalQuick Attack	ElectricThunderbolt	4.3	28
10	NormalQuick Attack	GrassGrass Knot	4.2	27
11	NormalQuick Attack	WaterSurf	4.0	26
12	NormalPresent	ElectricWild Charge	3.5	23
13	NormalPresent	ElectricDischarge	3.5	23
14	NormalQuick Attack	ElectricThunder	3.3	21
15	NormalPresent	ElectricThunderbolt	3.2	21
16	NormalPresent	GrassGrass Knot	3.1	20
17	NormalPresent	WaterSurf	2.8	18
18	NormalPresent	ElectricThunder	2.0	13

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Quick Attack	Normal	10	13	1.0s	10.0	13.0
Thunder Shock	Electric	4	7	0.5s	8.0	14.0
PresentE	Normal	6	23	1.5s	4.0	15.3

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
ThunderE	Electric	100	100	2.5s	40.0	1.00
SurfE	Water	60	50	1.5s	40.0	1.20
Wild Charge	Electric	90	50	2.5s	36.0	1.80
Grass KnotL	Grass	90	50	2.5s	36.0	1.80
Thunderbolt	Electric	80	50	2.5s	32.0	1.60
Discharge	Electric	65	33	2.5s	26.0	1.97

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Quick Attack	Normal	5	8	2	2.5	4.0
Thunder Shock	Electric	4	9	2	2.0	4.5
PresentE	Normal	3	12	3	1.0	4.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Wild Charge	Electric	100	45	2.22
ThunderE	Electric	100	60	1.67
SurfE	Water	75	45	1.67
Thunderbolt	Electric	90	55	1.64
Discharge	Electric	55	40	1.38
Grass KnotL	Grass	90	50	1.80

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Legacy: Grass Knot can no longer be learned, even with an Elite TM. Source: pokemongo.fandom.com.

Evolution Family

Pikachu evolves into Raichu for 50 candy.

Pichu

#0172

Electric

Pikachu

#0025

Electric

Raichu

#0026

Electric

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Primal GroudonGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE60.6 eDPS
2Mega GarchompGroundMud ShotGroundEarth PowerE55.0 eDPS
3Mega Mewtwo YPsychicPsycho CutPsychicFuture Sight+54.5 eDPS
4Shadow ExcadrillGroundMud-SlapGroundScorching Sands53.5 eDPS
5Therian Forme LandorusGroundMud ShotGroundSandsear StormE52.8 eDPS
6Shadow MamoswineGroundMud-SlapGroundHigh Horsepower52.0 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Not stronger than the everyday pick against any Tier 5 or Mega boss.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	36910/10/10	40215/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	49310/10/10	53615/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	61610/10/10	67015/15/15
L40	40	7220/0/0	93815/15/15
L50	50	8160/0/0	106015/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	8260/0/0	107315/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	402	309
Level 20	536	412
Level 25	670	515
Level 30	804	618
Level 35	871	670
Level 40	938	722
Level 45	998	768
Level 50	1060	816
Level 51	1073	826

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	25 Candy · 10,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	0.4 m · 6 kg
Gender Ratio	50.0%50.0%
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Pikachu in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs15/15/151073 CP at level 51

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	15/15/15	1073	51	100.00%
#2	14/15/15	1064	51	99.21%
#3	15/14/15	1068	51	99.09%
#4	15/15/14	1068	51	99.05%
#5	13/15/15	1056	51	98.42%
#6	14/14/15	1059	51	98.31%
#7	14/15/14	1060	51	98.27%
#8	15/13/15	1063	51	98.19%
#9	15/14/14	1064	51	98.16%
#10	15/15/13	1064	51	98.11%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1 of 4,096, with 100.00% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs15/15/151073 CP at level 51

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	15/15/15	1073	51	100.00%
#2	14/15/15	1064	51	99.21%
#3	15/14/15	1068	51	99.09%
#4	15/15/14	1068	51	99.05%
#5	13/15/15	1056	51	98.42%
#6	14/14/15	1059	51	98.31%
#7	14/15/14	1060	51	98.27%
#8	15/13/15	1063	51	98.19%
#9	15/14/14	1064	51	98.16%
#10	15/15/13	1064	51	98.11%