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
[[|]]	-					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	Move	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		Move	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
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
TM17		Submission	Fighting	Physical	80	80	25
TM50		Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
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
HM05		Flash	Normal	Status	—	100	20
HM04		Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
HM03		Surf	Water	Special	90	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.
• 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
Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10
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.
• Refer 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 Shadow
1× Neutral to	Normal Fire Water Grass Ice Fighting Poison Psychic Bug Rock Ghost Dragon Dark Fairy
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