Pikachu counters

#0025

electricTier 3

Lobby CP

8,028

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.33

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

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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 Pikachu counters are Shadow Landorus (Therian), Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, Landorus (Therian) & Shadow Mamoswine.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

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 Storm0.300:52
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.310:54
3Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.330:57
4Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.340:59
5Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power0.351:02
6Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Scorching Sands0.361:03
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.361:03
8Landorus (Therian)LegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.361:03
9Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyMud-Slap / High Horsepower0.361:03
10Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)ShadowLegendaryMud Shot / Earth Power0.371:05

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

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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	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflyingjoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:52	0.30	0.4	450.0%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:54	0.31	0.3	437.2%
3	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:57	0.33	0.0	409.5%
4	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:59	0.34	0.0	397.8%
5	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	1:02	0.35	0.0	378.6%
6	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundScorching Sands	3,244	1:03	0.36	0.1	374.3%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:03	0.36	0.7	373.1%
8	Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:03	0.36	0.4	372.0%
9	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	groundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower	3,328	1:03	0.36	0.1	371.3%
10	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	1:05	0.37	0.8	359.3%
11	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	1:06	0.37	0.0	357.7%
12	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundDrill Run	3,733	1:10	0.40	0.0	337.4%
13	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabdragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	1:10	0.40	0.1	332.9%
14	Shadow Regigigasnormal	normalHidden PowernormalCrush Grip	4,346	1:10	0.40	1.0	332.9%
15	Shadow Rhydongroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundEarthquake	3,179	1:11	0.40	0.0	330.6%

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.

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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	415%	398.8%	0:59	0.2	0.34
Quick Attack / Wild Charge	100%	385%	393.8%	0:60	0.4	0.34
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	100%	401%	395.2%	0:59	0.3	0.34
Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	100%	428%	398.4%	0:59	0.2	0.34
Quick Attack / Thunderbolt	100%	409%	399.8%	0:59	0.2	0.33
Thunder Shock / Discharge	100%	462%	401.4%	0:58	0.0	0.33
Quick Attack / Discharge	100%	438%	404.6%	0:58	0.0	0.33

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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 92 / Defense 81 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	95%	450.0%	0.30	0:52	0.3	100%	3,922	70.4	2951
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	92%	437.2%	0.31	0:54	0.3	100%	6,428	67.9	3089
3	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	100%	409.5%	0.33	0:57	0.0	100%	5,902	67.0	3837
4	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	91%	397.8%	0.34	0:59	0.0	100%	4,115	61.2	3610
5	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	95%	378.6%	0.35	1:02	0.0	100%	5,424	58.2	3608
6	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	81%	374.3%	0.36	1:03	0.1	100%	3,244	58.7	3492
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	77%	373.1%	0.36	1:03	0.6	100%	6,112	58.9	2469
8	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	78%	372.0%	0.36	1:03	0.4	100%	3,922	58.7	2950
9	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	80%	371.3%	0.36	1:03	0.1	100%	3,328	57.4	3517
10	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	73%	359.3%	0.37	1:05	0.7	100%	3,588	55.8	2256
11	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	85%	357.7%	0.37	1:06	0.0	100%	3,962	56.2	3686
12	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+15 more movesets	76%	337.4%	0.40	1:10	0.0	100%	3,733	52.9	3682
13	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	72%	332.9%	0.40	1:10	0.1	100%	4,429	51.4	3481
14	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	65%	332.9%	0.40	1:10	0.9	100%	4,346	54.8	1951
15	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+9 more movesets	72%	330.6%	0.40	1:11	0.0	100%	3,179	51.9	3646
16	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	73%	326.0%	0.41	1:12	0.0	100%	4,115	50.0	3600
17	Shadow Golurk groundghostshadow Mud-Slap / Earth Power	Mud-Slap / Earth Power+7 more movesets	68%	324.3%	0.41	1:12	0.3	100%	2,854	50.0	2966
18	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	67%	316.5%	0.42	1:14	0.3	100%	4,401	48.9	3052
19	Shadow Donphan groundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+19 more movesets	67%	316.4%	0.42	1:14	0.2	100%	3,013	49.1	3161
20	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	58%	312.3%	0.43	1:15	1.3	100%	3,826	49.5	1611
21	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	61%	311.7%	0.43	1:15	1.0	100%	4,783	50.3	1854
22	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	61%	310.6%	0.43	1:16	0.9	100%	5,713	48.0	1848
23	Excadrill groundsteel Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+14 more movesets	66%	310.4%	0.43	1:16	0.2	100%	3,244	48.3	3169
24	Mamoswine iceground Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	67%	309.4%	0.43	1:16	0.1	100%	3,328	48.0	3492
25	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+11 more movesets	65%	307.7%	0.43	1:16	0.3	100%	2,949	48.3	3078
26	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	55%	305.2%	0.44	1:17	1.8	100%	3,383	47.6	1280
27	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+11 more movesets	65%	304.8%	0.44	1:17	0.1	100%	4,056	46.9	3356
28	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+17 more movesets	59%	302.3%	0.44	1:18	1.0	100%	4,814	49.5	1882
29	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	52%	299.2%	0.45	1:18	2.3	100%	3,784	47.8	1114
30	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Earthquake	Dragon Tail / Earthquake+9 more movesets	57%	298.5%	0.45	1:19	1.0	100%	3,593	47.4	1811

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.