Pichu counters

#0172

electricTier 3

Lobby CP

4,551

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.21

Pokebattler scale

Beating Pichu should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 240-270.

Weak toground1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Pichu counters are Shadow Landorus (Therian), Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Mamoswine, Shadow Excadrill & Landorus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Landorus (Therian)
M. Mewtwo X
S. Groudon
S. Mamoswine
S. Excadrill
Landorus (Therian)

3 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 %

1Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.180:32
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.200:36
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.210:36
4Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Earthquake0.210:37
5Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power0.220:38
6Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.220:38
7Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyMud-Slap / High Horsepower0.220:39
8Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Drill Run0.230:41
9Landorus (Therian)LegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.240:42
10Shadow RhyperiorShadowMud-Slap / Drill Run0.240:42

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

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Raid tier — Group Raid

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Related countersShadow Pichu

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Top 15 Pichu 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	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflyingjoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:32	0.18	0.0	744.4%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:36	0.20	0.0	655.4%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:36	0.21	0.0	650.7%
4	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,902	0:37	0.21	0.0	625.9%
5	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:38	0.22	0.0	617.7%
6	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:38	0.22	0.0	612.8%
7	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	groundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower	3,328	0:39	0.22	0.0	600.9%
8	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundDrill Run	3,244	0:41	0.23	0.0	578.2%
9	Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:42	0.24	0.0	564.6%
10	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundDrill Run	3,733	0:42	0.24	0.0	558.8%
11	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	0:43	0.24	0.0	547.4%
12	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	0:43	0.25	0.0	539.7%
13	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:44	0.25	0.1	530.4%
14	Shadow Rhydongroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundEarthquake	3,179	0:44	0.25	0.0	529.7%
15	Shadow Golurkgroundghost	groundMud-SlapgroundEarth Power	2,854	0:44	0.25	0.0	527.4%

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 Pichu.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Pichu'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.

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%	771%	621.1%	0:38	0.22
Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	100%	863%	614.0%	0:38	0.22
Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	100%	780%	620.0%	0:38	0.22
Quick Attack / Thunder Punch	100%	820%	621.9%	0:38	0.21
Thunder Shock / Disarming Voice	100%	725%	622.6%	0:38	0.21
Quick Attack / Thunderbolt	100%	726%	623.7%	0:38	0.21
Quick Attack / Disarming Voice	100%	708%	624.3%	0:38	0.21

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…

Pichu 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 Pichu 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
electricThunderboltSTAB	80	-50	2.5s	1.80s
electricThunder PunchSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.90s
fairyDisarming Voice	70	-33	4.0s	3.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	240	300
11/11/11	246	307
12/12/12	252	315
13/13/13	258	322
14/14/14	264	330
15/15/15hundo	270	338

Caught CP range 240 - 270, or 300 - 338 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.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Pichu 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 67 / Defense 49 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

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

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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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	100%	744.4%	0.18	0:32	0.0	100%	3,922	114.7	3616
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	87%	655.4%	0.20	0:36	0.0	100%	6,112	101.3	3627
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	90%	650.7%	0.21	0:36	0.0	100%	6,428	109.4	3947
4	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	94%	625.9%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	5,902	96.2	3606
5	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	88%	617.7%	0.22	0:38	0.0	100%	5,424	95.1	3612
6	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	86%	612.8%	0.22	0:38	0.0	100%	4,115	101.0	3869
7	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	80%	600.9%	0.22	0:39	0.0	100%	3,328	93.1	3635
8	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+14 more movesets	78%	578.2%	0.23	0:41	0.0	100%	3,244	91.8	3726
9	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	75%	564.6%	0.24	0:42	0.0	100%	3,922	95.9	3988
10	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+15 more movesets	77%	558.8%	0.24	0:42	0.0	100%	3,733	86.2	3620
11	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	70%	547.4%	0.24	0:43	0.0	100%	3,588	92.4	3961
12	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	74%	539.7%	0.25	0:43	0.0	100%	3,962	91.7	3987
13	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	64%	530.4%	0.25	0:44	0.1	100%	3,826	82.2	3526
14	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+9 more movesets	71%	529.7%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	3,179	83.5	3698
15	Shadow Golurk groundghostshadow Mud-Slap / Earth Power	Mud-Slap / Earth Power+7 more movesets	68%	527.4%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	2,854	82.5	3669
16	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	67%	520.5%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	4,823	81.7	3681
17	Shadow Donphan groundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+19 more movesets	68%	519.5%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	3,013	80.0	3614
18	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	58%	514.9%	0.26	0:46	0.5	100%	3,784	79.6	2715
19	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	70%	512.4%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	4,401	82.1	3761
20	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	64%	510.0%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	4,346	91.3	4200
21	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+11 more movesets	66%	504.8%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	2,949	78.3	3639
22	Excadrill groundsteel Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+14 more movesets	69%	504.8%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	3,244	78.1	3630
23	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	69%	503.9%	0.27	0:47	0.0	100%	4,115	77.6	3613
24	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	64%	499.2%	0.27	0:47	0.0	100%	4,783	78.7	3701
25	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	62%	498.5%	0.27	0:47	0.0	100%	5,713	77.7	3660
26	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	60%	496.1%	0.27	0:47	0.0	100%	3,670	76.9	3556
27	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+17 more movesets	61%	493.6%	0.27	0:48	0.0	100%	4,814	83.2	3956
28	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+11 more movesets	61%	487.6%	0.27	0:48	0.1	100%	4,056	76.1	3511
29	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	66%	484.3%	0.28	0:48	0.0	100%	4,429	82.1	3979
30	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	57%	481.7%	0.28	0:49	0.3	100%	3,701	84.7	3495

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