Pikachu
Pikachu is a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon GO with a raid boss CP of 3277.
Pikachu can be caught with the following CP values:
- 493 – 536 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
- 616 – 670 CP at Level 25 with Rainy weather boost
It is an Electric type, which makes it only weak to Ground type moves.
Pikachu Raid Counters
Whenever the shadow variant of a Pokémon listed below is available in the game, it is strongly recommended to use it over its regular/purified counterpart. However, since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to TM away Frustration, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article.
Pikachu’s best raid counters are listed below:
| # | Pokémon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Mega Alakazam
|
Confusion Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 7.90s | 0.00 |
| 2. |
Mega Gengar
|
Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 9.09s | 0.00 |
| 3. |
Mega Y Charizard
|
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 9.89s | 0.00 |
| 4. |
Mega Banette
|
Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 10.50s | 0.00 |
| 5. |
Mega Aerodactyl
|
Rock Throw Rock | Earth Power Ground | 10.70s | 0.00 |
| 6. |
Mega Latios
|
Dragon Breath Dragon | Dragon Claw Dragon | 10.79s | 0.00 |
| 7. |
Mega Beedrill
|
Infestation Bug | Sludge Bomb Poison | 10.85s | 0.00 |
| 8. |
Mega Absol
|
Snarl Dark | Payback Dark | 10.98s | 0.00 |
| 9. |
Mega Houndoom
|
Snarl Dark | Fire Blast Fire | 11.00s | 0.00 |
| 10. |
Therian Landorus
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 11.10s | 0.00 |
| 11. |
Regigigas
|
Hidden Power Normal | Giga Impact Normal | 11.13s | 0.00 |
| 12. |
Mega Lopunny
|
Double Kick Fighting | Hyper Beam Normal | 11.11s | 0.00 |
| 13. |
Groudon
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 11.30s | 0.00 |
| 14. |
Garchomp
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 11.30s | 0.00 |
| 15. |
Excadrill
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 11.25s | 0.00 |
| 16. |
Mega Gyarados
|
Bite Dark | Crunch Dark | 11.70s | 0.00 |
| 17. |
Mega Blastoise
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 11.72s | 0.00 |
| 18. |
Rhyperior
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Stone Edge Rock | 12.10s | 0.00 |
| 19. |
Mega X Charizard
|
Ember Fire | Overheat Fire | 12.37s | 0.00 |
| 20. |
Attack Deoxys
|
Poison Jab Poison | Dark Pulse Dark | 12.33s | 0.00 |
| 21. |
Mega Latias
|
Zen Headbutt Psychic | Mist Ball Psychic | 12.40s | 0.00 |
| 22. |
Mega Venusaur
|
Vine Whip Grass | Solar Beam Grass | 12.57s | 0.00 |
| 23. |
Pheromosa
|
Bug Bite Bug | Bug Buzz Bug | 12.94s | 0.00 |
| 24. |
Palkia
|
Dragon Tail Dragon | Hydro Pump Water | 13.20s | 0.00 |
| 25. |
Mega Slowbro
|
Water Gun Water | Psychic Psychic | 13.07s | 0.00 |
| 26. |
Kartana
|
Razor Leaf Grass | Leaf Blade Grass | 13.13s | 0.00 |
| 27. |
Mewtwo
|
Confusion Psychic | Psystrike Psychic | 13.22s | 0.00 |
| 28. |
Mamoswine
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Bulldoze Ground | 13.28s | 0.00 |
Stats and Max CP
|
Pikachu
Electric
|
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| Max CP at Level 40 938 | Max CP at Level 50 1060 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 112 | DEF 96 | STA 111 | |||
| Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
| Ground | Water | ||||
Moveset (regular form)
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
|---|---|
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* marks a legacy move
** Other Pikachu forms (e.g. Pikachu Libre) may have exclusive moves, please check our Database before TMing these moves away
Pikachu is not a very useful Pokémon in Pokémon GO, but its evolution, Raichu, can be used in certain PvP metas as a sub-optimal pick. Alolan Raichu on the other hand is a very decent Pokémon to use in PvP, but the only way to obtain it is via raids.
If you want to use Pikachu in Pokémon GO, its best moveset is Thunder Shock and Wild Charge.
We hope you found this raid guide useful!
