Pikachu
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Related forms
Evolution chain
Evolution method (Scarlet & Violet). Methods may differ in earlier games.
Base stats
| HP | Attack | Defense | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def | Speed | BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 55 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 90 | 320 |
Combat forms
Pikachu
Gmax
G-Max:
Abilities
Species-specific items
Moves
User takes 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.
Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.
Raises the user’s evasion by one stage.
Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages.
Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.
Erects a barrier around the user’s side of the field that reduces damage from special attacks by half for five turns. In double battles, the reduction is 1/3. Critical hits are not affected by the barrier. If the user is holding light clay, the barrier lasts for eight turns. brick break or defog used by an opponent will destroy the barrier.
Erects a barrier around the user’s side of the field that reduces damage from physical attacks by half for five turns. In double battles, the reduction is 1/3. Critical hits are not affected by the barrier. If the user is holding light clay, the barrier lasts for eight turns. brick break or defog used by an opponent will destroy the barrier.
User falls to sleep and immediately regains all its HP. If the user has another major status effect, sleep will replace it. The user will always wake up after two turns, or one turn with early bird. This move fails if the Pokémon cannot fall asleep due to uproar, insomnia, or vital spirit. It also fails if the Pokémon is at full health or is already asleep.
Transfers 1/4 the user’s max HP into a doll that absorbs damage and causes most negative move effects to fail. If the user leaves the field, the doll will vanish. If the user cannot pay the HP cost, this move will fail. The doll takes damage as normal, using the user’s stats and types, and will break when its HP reaches zero. Self-inflicted damage from confusion or recoil is not absorbed. Healing effects from opponents ignore the doll and heal the user as normal. Moves that work based on the user’s HP still do so; the doll’s HP does not influence any move. The doll will block major status effects, confusion, and flinching. The effects of smelling salts and wake up slap do not trigger against a doll, even if the Pokémon behind the doll has the appropriate major status effect. Multi-turn trapping moves like wrap will hit the doll for their regular damage, but the multi-turn trapping and damage effects will not activate. Moves blocked or damage absorbed by the doll do not count as hitting the user or inflicting damage for any effects that respond to such, e.g., avalanche, counter, or a rowap berry. magic coat still works as normal, even against moves the doll would block. Opposing Pokémon that damage the doll with a leech move like absorb are healed as normal. It will also block acupressure, block, the curse effect of curse, dream eater, embargo, flatter, gastro acid, grudge, heal block, leech seed, lock on, mean look, mimic, mind reader, nightmare, pain split, psycho shift, spider web, sketch, swagger, switcheroo, trick, worry seed, and yawn. A Pokémon affected by yawn before summoning the doll will still fall to sleep. The doll blocks intimidate, but all other abilities act as though the doll did not exist. If the user has an ability that absorbs moves of a certain type for HP (such as volt absorb absorbing thunder wave), such moves will not be blocked. life orb and berries that cause confusion still work as normal, but their respective HP loss and confusion are absorbed/blocked by the doll. The user is still vulnerable to damage inflicted when entering or leaving the field, such as by pursuit or spikes; however, the doll will block the poison effect of toxic spikes. The doll is passed on by baton pass. It keeps its existing HP, but uses the replacement Pokémon’s stats and types for damage calculation. All other effects work as normal.
No moves will hit the user for the remainder of this turn. If the user is last to act this turn, this move will fail. If the user successfully used detect, endure, protect, quick guard, or wide guard on the last turn, this move has a 50% chance to fail. lock on, mind reader, and no guard provide a (100 – accuracy)% chance for moves to break through this move. This does not apply to one-hit KO moves (fissure, guillotine, horn drill, and sheer cold); those are always blocked by this move. thunder during rain dance and blizzard during hail have a 30% chance to break through this move. The following effects are not prevented by this move: * acupressure from an ally * curse’s curse effect * Delayed damage from doom desire and future sight; however, these moves will be prevented if they are used this turn * feint, which will also end this move’s protection after it hits * imprison * perish song * shadow force * Moves that merely copy the user, such as transform or psych up This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.
The user’s HP cannot be lowered below 1 by any means for the remainder of this turn. If the user successfully used detect, endure, protect, quick guard, or wide guard on the last turn, this move has a 50% chance to fail. This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.
Only usable if the user is sleeping. Randomly selects and uses one of the user’s other three moves. Use of the selected move requires and costs 0 PP. This move will not select assist, bide, bounce, chatter, copycat, dig, dive, fly, focus punch, me first, metronome, mirror move, shadow force, skull bash, sky attack, sky drop, sleep talk, solar beam, razor wind, or uproar. If the selected move requires a recharge turn—i.e., one of blast burn, frenzy plant, giga impact, hydro cannon, hyper beam, roar of time, or rock wrecker—and the user is still sleeping next turn, then it’s forced to use this move again and pay another PP for the recharge turn. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist, metronome, or sleep talk.
If the user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned, this move has double power.
Boosts the power of the target’s moves by 50% until the end of this turn. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist or metronome.
Target loses its held item. Neither the user nor the target can recover its item with recycle. If the target has multitype or sticky hold, it will take damage but not lose its item.
Power increases with the target’s weight in kilograms, to a maximum of 120. Target’s weight | Power --------------- | ----: Up to 10kg | 20 Up to 25kg | 40 Up to 50kg | 60 Up to 100kg | 80 Up to 200kg | 100 Above 200kg | 120
If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user.
The user attacks suddenly as if leaping out from tall grass. The user's nimble footwork boosts its Speed stat.
Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.
User digs underground for one turn, becoming immune to attack, and hits on the second turn. During the immune turn, earthquake, fissure, and magnitude still hit the user normally, and their power is doubled if appropriate. The user may be hit during its immune turn if under the effect of lock on, mind reader, or no guard. This move cannot be selected by sleep talk.
Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers.
If the user takes damage this turn before hitting, this move will fail. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist, metronome, or sleep talk.
Destroys any light screen or reflect on the target’s side of the field, then inflicts regular damage.
Has a 30% chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.
Power and type are determined by the user’s held item. The item is consumed. If the user is not holding an item, or its item has no set type and power, this move will fail. This move ignores sticky hold. If the user is under the effect of embargo, this move will fail.
Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.
If the target is in the first turn of dive, this move will hit with double power.
Changes the weather to rain for five turns, during which water moves inflict 50% extra damage, and fire moves inflict half damage. If the user is holding damp rock, this effect lasts for eight turns. thunder has 100% accuracy. If the target has used detect or protect, thunder has a (100 - accuracy)% chance to break through the protection. solar beam has half power. moonlight, morning sun, and synthesis heal only 1/4 of the user’s max HP. Pokémon with swift swim have doubled original Speed. Pokémon with forecast become water. Pokémon with dry skin heal 1/8 max HP, Pokémon with hydration are cured of major status effects, and Pokémon with rain dish heal 1/16 max HP at the end of each turn.
Lowers the target’s Speed by one stage.
If the target is holding an item and the user is not, the user will permanently take the item. Damage is still inflicted if an item cannot be taken. Pokémon with sticky hold or multitype are immune to the item theft effect. The target cannot recover its item with recycle. This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.
Deals regular damage. Drains 75% of the damage inflicted to heal the user.
Raises the user’s Speed by two stages.
Inflicts exactly enough damage to lower the target’s HP to equal the user’s. If the target’s HP is not higher than the user’s, this move has no effect. Type immunity applies, but other type effects are ignored. This effect counts as damage for moves that respond to damage.
Paralyzes the target.
Power varies inversely with the user’s proportional remaining HP. 64 * current HP / max HP | Power -----------------------: | ----: 0– 1 | 200 2– 5 | 150 6–12 | 100 13–21 | 80 22–42 | 40 43–64 | 20
User takes 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.
Has a 70% chance to raise the user’s Special Attack by one stage.
Confuses the target.
The next 4–8 times (selected at random) the target attempts to move, it is forced to repeat its last used move. If the selected move allows the trainer to select a target, an opponent will be selected at random each turn. If the target is prevented from using the selected move by some other effect, struggle will be used instead. This effect ends if the selected move runs out of PP. If the target hasn’t used a move since entering the field, if it tried to use a move this turn and failed, if it does not know the selected move, or if the selected move has 0 PP remaining, this move will fail. If the target’s last used move was encore, mimic, mirror move, sketch, struggle, or transform, this move will fail.
Raises the user’s Special Defense by one stage. If the user uses an electric move next turn, its power will be doubled.
Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.
Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.
Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages.
Removes the effects of detect or protect from the target before hitting. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist or metronome.
Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages.
The greater the user’s Speed compared to the target’s, the higher power this move has, to a maximum of 150. User’s Speed | Power -------------------------------- | ----: Up to 2× the target’s Speed | 60 Up to 3× the target’s Speed | 80 Up to 4× the target’s Speed | 120 More than 4× the target’s Speed | 150
Inflicts regular damage, then the user immediately switches out, and the trainer selects a replacement Pokémon from the party. If the target faints from this attack, the user’s trainer selects the new Pokémon to send out first. If the user is the last Pokémon in its party that can battle, it will not switch out. The user may be hit by pursuit when it switches out, if it has been targeted and pursuit has not yet been used. This move may be used even if the user is under the effect of ingrain. ingrain’s effect will end.
Ignores accuracy and evasion.
Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.
Lowers the target’s Special Attack by two stages.
For five turns, prevents all Pokémon on the ground from sleeping and strengthens their electric moves to 1.5× their power. Changes nature power to thunderbolt.
The user attacks the target using its angelic voice. This also confuses the target if its stats have been boosted during the turn.
The user reacts to the target's movement and strikes with the heel of its palm, making the target flinch. This move fails if the target is not readying a priority move.
Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.
Has a 10% chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage.
Has a 100% chance to paralyze the target.
Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.
Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target. During rain dance, this move has 100% accuracy. It also has a (100 - accuracy)% chance to break through the protection of protect and detect. During sunny day, this move has 50% accuracy.
