# Pikachu: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Pikachu in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | Reg M-C |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/pikachu.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/pikachu/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `pikachu` |
| Types | Electric |
| Usage rank | #145 |
| Usage | 0.1% |
| Teams | 15 |
| Win rate | 49.0% |
| Decided matches | 128 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Endeavor, Fake Out, Helping Hand, Nuzzle |
| Item | Focus Sash |
| Ability | Lightning Rod |
| Nature | Jolly |
| Share of lists | 26.7% |
| Win rate | 53.6% |
| Decided matches | 41 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fake Out | 80.0% | 45.2% |
| Endeavor | 53.3% | 49.1% |
| Nuzzle | 46.7% | 49.5% |
| Helping Hand | 26.7% | 52.0% |
| Protect | 26.7% | 46.5% |
| Thunder | 26.7% | 43.8% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Focus Sash | 53.3% | 49.1% |
| Light Ball | 33.3% | 44.6% |
| Life Orb | 6.7% | 53.2% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lightning Rod | 80.0% | 46.3% |
| Static | 13.3% | 38.5% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jolly | 53.3% | 51.8% |
| Timid | 26.7% | 45.0% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Basculegion | 66.7% | 10 | 48.3% |
| Pelipper | 66.7% | 10 | 46.7% |
| Rillaboom | 46.7% | 7 | 50.1% |
| Charizard | 26.7% | 4 | 50.2% |
| Eternal Flower Floette | 26.7% | 4 | 49.4% |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=pikachu

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.