Pikachu counters

#0025

electricTier 1

Lobby CP

3,277

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Pikachu should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 493-536.

Weak toground1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type it is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Pikachu counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Groudon, Groudon, Necrozma (Dawn Wings) & Shadow Garchomp.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Excadrill
S. Groudon
Groudon
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Garchomp

6 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.050:08
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
3Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.050:09
4Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Drill Run0.050:09
5Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.050:09
6Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power0.050:09
7Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.050:10
8Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.050:10
9Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.050:10
10GroudonLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.050:10
11Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.060:10
12Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Earth Power0.060:10

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Pikachu

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Top 15 Pikachu counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.05	5322.3%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5239.2%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4859.5%
4	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundDrill Run	3,244	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
5	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:09	0.05	4717.5%
6	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
7	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:10	0.05	4504.0%
8	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:10	0.05	4493.8%
9	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:10	0.05	4467.1%
10	Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:10	0.05	4462.5%
11	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:10	0.06	4164.1%
12	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TailgroundEarth Power	3,962	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
13	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
14	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundDrill Run	3,733	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
15	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CuttergroundEarthquake	4,814	0:10	0.06	4152.2%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Pikachu.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Pikachu's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1413%	4526.3%	0:10	0.05
Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	100%	1449%	4510.1%	0:10	0.05
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	100%	1420%	4510.1%	0:10	0.05
Thunder Shock / Discharge	100%	1425%	4529.6%	0:10	0.05
Quick Attack / Thunderbolt	100%	1401%	4546.0%	0:10	0.05
Quick Attack / Wild Charge	100%	1384%	4546.0%	0:10	0.05
Quick Attack / Discharge	100%	1343%	4595.9%	0:09	0.05

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Pikachu weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

ground1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x flying0.63x steel0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (1)
Neutral (14)
Resists (3)

It resists flying0.625xsteel0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Pikachu throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s
electricThunder ShockSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricWild ChargeSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
electricThunderboltSTAB	80	-50	2.5s	1.80s
electricDischargeSTAB	65	-33	2.5s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	493	616
11/11/11	501	626
12/12/12	510	637
13/13/13	518	648
14/14/14	527	659
15/15/15hundo	536	670

Caught CP range 493 - 536, or 616 - 670 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

different PokemonAstronaut Pikachuis the boss LeekDuck lists right now

Astronaut Pikachu has no template in the Game Master snapshot, so the simulation above uses the plain species. Its catch CP is therefore not the table above, and the two bands differing is expected — they describe different Pokemon.

LeekDuck publishes 493 - 536 normal and 616 - 670 boosted for it; we have no stat line for that form, so those are the numbers to use at the catch screen.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Pikachu is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 75 / Defense 66 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X top pickpsychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5322.3%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,112	83.1	680
2	Mega Mewtwo Y top pickpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	97%	5239.2%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	90.3	750
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	75%	4859.5%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	69.1	619
4	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+14 more movesets	86%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,244	66.7	600
5	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	76%	4717.5%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	67.8	626
6	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	90%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,424	64.2	610
7	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	84%	4504.0%	0.05	0:10	100%	4,115	75.6	732
8	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	70%	4493.8%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,383	63.4	614
9	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	89%	4467.1%	0.05	0:10	100%	5,902	80.7	787
10	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	83%	4462.5%	0.05	0:10	100%	4,115	63.9	624
11	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	70%	4164.1%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,099	58.8	615
12	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Earth Power	Dragon Tail / Earth Power+13 more movesets	78%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,962	58.8	617
13	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	68%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,588	57.4	603
14	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+15 more movesets	76%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,733	60.4	634
15	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+17 more movesets	68%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,814	57.7	606
16	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	64%	4128.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,826	59.1	623
17	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	72%	4128.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,922	85.4	901
18	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	59%	4105.5%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,784	59.2	628
19	Shadow Flygon grounddragonshadow Sand Attack / Earthquake	Sand Attack / Earthquake+23 more movesets	71%	4074.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,661	57.1	610
20	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	70%	4070.8%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,922	70.2	752
21	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / Bulldoze	Mud-Slap / Bulldoze+11 more movesets	68%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,328	57.6	633
22	Shadow Golurk groundghostshadow Mud-Slap / Earth Power	Mud-Slap / Earth Power+7 more movesets	68%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,854	57.8	636
23	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	63%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	5,713	55.8	614
24	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	63%	3927.0%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,670	61.3	680
25	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Acid Spray+	Magical Leaf / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	67%	3927.0%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,505	56.9	632
26	Shadow Ursaluna groundnormalshadow Tackle / High Horsepower	Tackle / High Horsepower+31 more movesets	71%	3889.2%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,854	54.0	605
27	Shadow Hippowdon groundshadow Sand Attack / Earthquake	Sand Attack / Earthquake+29 more movesets	68%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,085	52.9	608
28	Shadow Alolan Dugtrio groundsteelshadow Sand Attack / Earthquake	Sand Attack / Earthquake+8 more movesets	58%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	1,897	52.9	608
29	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	62%	3784.5%	0.06	0:12	100%	2,974	55.4	638
30	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	67%	3762.7%	0.06	0:12	100%	4,093	52.1	603

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.