Pikachu

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#025	Pikachu
Types Electric	Generation   I
Abilities Ability 1 Static Hidden Ability Lightning Rod
Rarity Tier   Uncommon	Catch rate   190/255 (24.84%)
Base stats HP 35 Atk 55 Def 30 Sp.Atk 50 Sp.Def 40 Spd 90 Base-stat total: 300
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 2 EV-yield total: 2
Base Experience   82	Gender Ratio     50%     50%
Height   0.4m	Weight   6kg

Pikachu is an Electric-type Pokémon.

Having evolved from its baby-stage pre-evolution in Pichu when leveled up with 160+ happiness, it evolves into its final evolutionary stage in Raichu via usage of a Thunder Stone.

Pikachu also augments Kanto's starter-Pokémon subset as the quaternary starter—a nod to the anime and the Pokémon Yellow Version game wherein the Electric-type Pokémon was the specially anomalous starter Pokémon and considered by many to be the de-facto protagonist. Starting with Pikachu will unlock tuteeship to the Surf technique as well as a litany of Team Rocket Trio encounters throughout Kanto.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Alto Mare National Park	30-34	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Breezy Cave Hidden Mines	24-28	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Breezy Town	17-21	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Crumpit Valley	22-25	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Dark Valley	24-30	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Evergreen Island Crystal Cave	25-30	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Frost Valley	26-31	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Galeras Island East	27-33	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Hoenn Safari Zone Area 1	28-32	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Kalijodo Cave B1F	30-34	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Lightning island cave	20-23	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Matsuki Courtyard	22-27	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Mistpeak Valley	26-31	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Mt. Crumpit	25-27	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Murky Path	25-25	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Murky Town	25-27	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Pinkan Island Woodlands	40-45	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Power Plant	21-24	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Safari Area 1	34-38	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Safari Exclusive	26-28			Night		Uncommon
Sanctuary of Energy	24-28	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Shamouti Island	38-40	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Shamouti Island frozen	38-40	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Spooky Path	38-42	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Unholy Sands Pyramid East Chamber	24-30	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Unison Mountain South Summit	25-30	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Viridian Forest	5-7	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Vulcan Forest	36-40	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Whoville Shore	25-31	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

NPCs

Starter Pokémon

Pikachu is another starter-Pokémon selectable in Kanto's regional subset of them. In order to select Pikachu, you must first interact with all-three starter-Pokémon options on the table and decline on them when prompted; thereafter, Pikachu will be claimable via the lightning-bolt Pokéball on the floor space adjacent to the Pokédex desk.

See to the right for the specially designed starter-Pokémon Pokéball.

Lt. Surge (boss)

Main article: Lt. Surge (boss)

Upon three-consecutive defeats of Lt. Surge's boss NPC in New Mauville, you will be proffered an additionally selective prize of four Electric-type Pokémon; this includes Pikachu.

As is the case with all Pokémon rewarded from him, it will be initialized at level 15 with a 1/4,096 chance of shininess.

Moves

Level-up

Level	Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Charm	Fairy	Status	—	100	20
1	Growl	Normal	Status	—	100	40
1	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—	20
1	Nuzzle	Electric	Physical	20	100	20
1	Play Nice	Normal	Status	—	—	20
1	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100	30
1	Sweet Kiss	Fairy	Status	—	75	10
1	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Thunder Shock	Electric	Special	40	100	30
4	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100	20
8	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
12	Electro Ball	Electric	Special	—	100	10
16	Feint	Normal	Physical	30	100	10
20	Spark	Electric	Physical	65	100	20
24	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
28	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
28	Slam	Normal	Physical	80	75	20
32	Discharge	Electric	Special	80	100	15
36	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
40	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
44	Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70	10
50	Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	90	100	15
Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs and HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM284	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
	TM254	Alluring Voice	Fairy	Special	80	100	10
	TM93	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
	TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
	TM08	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
	TM81	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
	TM79	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
	TM215	Charge	Electric	Status	—	—	20
	TM78	Charge Beam	Electric	Special	50	90	10
	TM168	Charm	Fairy	Status	—	100	20
	TM330	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM77	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
	TM73	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
	TM72	Detect	Fighting	Status	—	—	5
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
	TM178	Disarming Voice	Fairy	Special	40	—	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM10	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
	TM188	Draining Kiss	Fairy	Special	50	100	10
	TM63	Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
	TM59	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	40	100	15
	TM197	Eerie Impulse	Electric	Status	—	100	15
	TM201	Electric Terrain	Electric	Status	—	—	10
	TM291	Electro Ball	Electric	Special	—	100	10
	TM242	Electroweb	Electric	Special	55	95	15
	TM308	Encore	Normal	Status	—	100	5
	TM237	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
	TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM169	Fake Tears	Dark	Status	—	100	20
	HM05	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100	20
	TM141	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
	TM98	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
	TM131	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM151	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100	20
	TM102	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
	TM200	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM107	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
	TM220	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	25
	TM66	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
	TM05	Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75	5
	TM01	Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	20
	TM31	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM109	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
	TM315	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—	20
	TM136	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
	TM16	Pay Day	Normal	Physical	40	100	20
	TM309	Play Rough	Fairy	Physical	90	90	10
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM20	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM314	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	—	100	15
	TM114	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15
	TM117	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
	TM270	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM133	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM19	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
	TM134	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
	TM40	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM121	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
	TM17	Submission	Fighting	Physical	80	80	25
	TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
	HM03	Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15
	TM124	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
	TM39	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
	TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM214	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
	TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70	10
	TM126	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
	TM45	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100	20
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM179	Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100	20
	TM256	Upper Hand	Fighting	Physical	65	100	15
	TM326	Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10
	TM122	Volt Switch	Electric	Special	70	100	20
	TM157	Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	90	100	15
	TM129	Zap Cannon	Electric	Special	120	50	5
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100	25
Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
Electroweb	Electric	Special	55	95	15
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	25
Laser Focus	Normal	Status	—	—	48
Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	—	—	10
Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75	5
Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	20
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Rising Voltage	Electric	Special	70	100	20
Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100	15
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100	20
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	120	100	15
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Bestow	Normal	Status	—	—	15
Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
Charge	Electric	Status	—	—	20
Disarming Voice	Fairy	Special	40	—	15
Double Slap	Normal	Physical	15	85	10
Electric Terrain	Electric	Status	—	—	10
Encore	Normal	Status	—	100	5
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Fake Out	Normal	Physical	40	100	10
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
Lucky Chant	Normal	Status	—	—	30
Present	Normal	Physical	—	90	15
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	—	100	15
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
Tickle	Normal	Status	—	100	20
Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	120	100	15
Wish	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
2× Weak to	Ground
1× Neutral to	Bug Dark Dragon Fairy Fighting Fire Ghost Grass Ice Normal Poison Psychic Rock Water
½× Resistant to	Electric Flying Steel

Special counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

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  Shiny Pikachu
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  Pink Pikachu
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  Valentine Pikachu
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  Easter Pikachu
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  Easter Female Pikachu
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  Surfing Pikachu
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  Flying Pikachu
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  Halloween Pikachu
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  Halloween Pikachu
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  Christmas Pikachu
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  Pikachu WQ 1
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  Pikachu WQ 18
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  Pikachu WQ 19
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  Easter Pikachu (2025)

External Links

• Pikachu's Bulbapedia
• Pikachu's Serebii