Pikachu

Pikachu is ranked #168 by usage in Reg M-C, on 0.10% of teams (21 rosters). Those rosters have won 48.67% of 168 games, below the 50% line.

Pikachu is Electric, a single type Pokémon.

By typing, Pikachu is 2x weak to Ground. It resists Electric, Flying and Steel (0.5x). Abilities such as Levitate or a held item can change this; the chart does not.

35 HP, 55 Attack, 40 Defense, 50 Sp. Atk, 50 Sp. Def and 90 Speed, 320 in total. At level 50 its Speed is 156 with a +Speed nature and 32 SP, 142 neutral with 32 SP, 110 uninvested, and 99 at minimum for Trick Room.

Speed tiers lists every Pokémon on the same benchmarks.

The most-played build is Focus Sash with Lightning Rod and a Jolly nature, running Endeavor, Fake Out, Helping Hand and Nuzzle. It is on 19.05% of Pikachu rosters and has won 53.38% of 41 games.

The full build table, every slot and every spread, is above on this page.

Light Ball is the most-held, on 52.38% of Pikachu rosters.

Lightning Rod leads, on 85.71% of rosters.

The four most-run moves are Fake Out, Protect, Endeavor and Nuzzle.

Jolly on 42.86% of rosters and Timid on 28.57%.

Spreads are a separate board: open the EV Spreads tab above for the ones published with a list.

Basculegion is the most common, on 52.38% of Pikachu rosters.

Name	Share of Pikachu rosters	Win rate
Basculegion	52.38%	46.56%
Pelipper	52.38%	45.01%
Rillaboom	33.33%	50.01%
Raichu	23.81%	41.39%
Archaludon	19.05%	40.02%

Tournament team lists and match records for Pokémon Champions. These answers read Reg M-C. Figures as of 2026-10-12.

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