Best moves

Pikachu

Movepool

3 fast and 5 charged moves, elite / legacy included. Ranked by damage per second (fast) and damage per energy (charged), both with this form's x1.2 STAB applied where it earns it.

Best moveset22.8 DPS

normalQuick Attack

electricWild Charge

4 x Quick Attack per Wild Charge · 6.5s cycle · 148 power with STAB

#222.5 DPS

electricThunder Shock

electricWild Charge

8 x Thunder Shock per Wild Charge · 6.5s cycle · 146 power with STAB

#320.9 DPS

normalQuick Attack

electricThunderbolt

4 x Quick Attack per Thunderbolt · 6.5s cycle · 136 power with STAB

Fast moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	EPS	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Quick Attack	normal	10	+13	1.0s	10.00	13.00	3.3	10.0	5 / 8 / 2t	standard
Thunder ShockSTAB	electric	4	+7	0.5s	9.60	14.00	1.6	8.0	4 / 9 / 2t	standard
Present	normal	6	+23	1.5s	4.00	15.33	1.7	4.0	3 / 12 / 3t	elite / legacy

Charged moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	DPE	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
DischargeSTAB	electric	65	-33	2.5s	31.20	2.36	14.4	26.0	55 / 40	standard
Wild ChargeSTAB	electric	90	-50	2.5s	43.20	2.16	20.0	36.0	100 / 45	standard
ThunderboltSTAB	electric	80	-50	2.5s	38.40	1.92	17.8	32.0	90 / 55	standard
ThunderSTAB	electric	100	-100	2.5s	48.00	1.20	22.2	40.0	100 / 60	elite / legacy
Surf	water	60	-50	1.5s	40.00	1.20	17.1	40.0	75 / 45	elite / legacy

STAB marks moves that share a type with this form (x1.2 damage), and the DPS and DPE columns above already have that x1.2 in them — so a STAB move and a stronger-on-paper neutral move can be compared straight down the column, which is how the best-moveset cards rank them too. Power and Duration stay raw; hover a DPS or DPE figure to see the arithmetic. Att DPS and Def DPS are the two columns pokebattler.com prints in the same table, reproduced exactly: both are raw with no STAB, Def DPS is power / duration, and Att DPS is power / (duration + 2s), the gym move delay. They are there so this table can be diffed against theirs row by row — every row on the pages read on 2026-09-11 matches. Energy is gained on fast moves and spent on charged moves. Every move name opens its own page with the damage window and every other form that learns it — or browse all moves.