Pikachu

#024 Arbok

#025 Pikachu

#026 Raichu

Pikachu is an Electric-type Pokémon from the Kanto region. It evolves from Pichu after being fed 25 candies and evolves into Raichu when fed 50 candies. Pikachu is also one of the Starter Pokémon available.

Pokédex description

Possible attacks

Fast attacks

Quick Attack

8 (10)

Thunder Shock

5 (8)

Present

5 (4)

(Only obtained during Holiday 2017 and Pokémon Day 2018.)

Charged attacks

Discharge

65 (26)

Thunderbolt

80 (32)

Wild Charge

90 (35)

Thunder

100 (42)

(Legacy move)

Surf

65 (38)

(Only obtained during Community Day.)

Fast attacks

Charm

20 (13)

Thunder Shock

5 (8)

Charged attacks

Flying Press

110 (48)

Play Rough

90 (31)

Thunder Punch

45 (25)

Evolution family

Pikachu is the part of a three-member family.

10.	#172 Pichu	25 →	#025 Pikachu	50 →	#026 Raichu
	#026 Alolan Raichu

Availability

• Pikachu was released with the game launch on July 6^th, 2016.
• Shiny form of Pikachu was released on Pokémon GO Park on August 9^th, 2017.

Method	Maximum CP	Details
Wild	804 871 (weather boosted)	In wild since 2016 Jul 6 Increased spawns in: See Event Pokémon for event Pikachu spawns. A Drive to Investigate: 2020 Mar 20 - 23 Limited Research: 2020 Feb 2 December 2018 Community Day: Nov 30 - Dec 3 Female Day: 2018 Oct 11 - 12 (female) January 2018 Community Day: Jan 20
Eggs	536	Increased chance/Previously in: 2-km - 2016 Jul 6 - Dec 12
Raid Battles	536 670 (weather boosted)	Tier 1 CP 3,277 Visit List of Raid Bosses changes for complete appearance
Research tasks	402	Field Research: Send 10 Gifts to Friends: 2020 Feb Catch 5 Delibird or Snover: Holiday 2019 (winter hat) Catch 5 Pidgey or Rattata: Pokémon Day 2019 (flower crowns) Catch 3 Grass-, Fire- or Water-type Pokémon: 2018 Jul Catch 3 Electric-type Pokémon: 2018 Apr - Jun
GO Battle League	536	Obtainable starting from rank: 10 (since Season 1, Libre)
GO Snapshot	804	Obtainable during: Pokémon Day 2020: Feb 25 - Mar 2 (Clone) 3rd Anniversary: 2019 Jun 28 - Jul 6 (Party) Detective Pikachu Celebration: 2019 May 7 - 17 (Detective) April Fools' Day: 2019 Apr 1 - 2 (Ash)

Gallery

Pikachu Pokédex entry

Pikachu seen in the game trailer

Pikachu in early concept of encounter screen

Forms

These Pikachu forms cannot evolve.

Regular male	Shiny male	Regular female	Shiny female
Straw Hat
Fall
Party hat
Clone
Lucha libre

Costumes

Regular male	Shiny male	Regular female	Shiny female
Festive
Ash
Party
Witch
Summer
Fragment
Winter
Flower
Detective

Trivia

• Normally, evolved stages of Pokémon cannot be shiny in encounter screen, but Pikachu can.
• Pikachu is one of the four Starter Pokémon, the others being Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle.
  • Unlike other three Starter Pokémon, Pikachu isn't the first stage form of its evolution line.
• Pikachu is the most favoured and iconic Pokémon in game and there are few easter eggs related with this Pokémon.
  • Its silhouette is in Pokémon Collection button in Main Menu .
  • Its image is on PokéCoin icon .
  • It has a lineup of various costumes for certain events in game.
  • Along with extra-small Rattata, extra-large Magikarp and extremely-rare in general Unown, for catching Pikachu there is special medal that Trainer can achieve.
  • Pikachu can be caught as a Starter Pokémon, if the player walk away from three already spawned Starter Pokémon to make them disappear and re-spawn again next to the trainer at his current location. Players have to repeat this action few times until Pikachu show up along with the previous three Starter Pokémon.
  • Unlike the other Pokémon in the game, if Pikachu is tapped while looking at its summary page, it says its name just as it does in the anime series.
• During the Pokémon GO Park event in Yokohama, Pikachu was a 4th tier level Raid Boss, its CP was 11,845. Pikachu's maximum capture CP in Bonus Challenge was 450. ^[1]
• Unlike regular Pikachu, Pikachu wearing event hat cannot be transferred to Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

References

External links

• Pikachu page, on the official Pokédex website
• Pikachu article, on the Pokémon Wiki

Pokémon

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