Pikachu • Sword & Shield Pokédex • Marriland.com

Sprite of Pikachu in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Pikachu's Type

ELECTRIC

Pikachu's Pokédex #s

Galar #: 194

National #: 25

Pikachu's Base Stats

HP:: 35

Attack:: 55

Defense:: 40

Sp. Atk:: 50

Sp. Def:: 50

Speed:: 90

Total:: 320

Misc. Info

Egg Groups:: Field / Fairy

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,000,000

EV Yield:: 2 Speed

Pikachu's Abilities

Here are what abilities Pikachu can possibly have, along with their effects.

Static: 30% chance of paralyzing the attacker when Pikachu is damaged by a contact move.

Lightning Rod: Draws in Electric moves to Pikachu, which prevents their damage and raises Pikachu's Special Attack by one stage.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Pikachu's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: GROUND

½: ELECTRIC

FLYING

STEEL

Pikachu's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Pikachu evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Pichu

Pikachu: level up w/ high happiness

Raichu: use Thunder Stone

Pikachu's Moves

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Pikachu can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Pikachu learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Play Nice Lowers the target's Attack by one stage. Ignores Protect/Detect/etc.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
1	Sweet Kiss Confuses the target.	FAIRY	--	75%	10	One Target
1	Nuzzle Has a 100% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	20	100%	20	One Target
1	Nasty Plot Raises Pikachu's Special Attack by two stages.	DARK	--	--	20	User
1	Charm Lowers the target's Attack by two stages.	FAIRY	--	100%	20	One Target
1	Thunder Shock Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	40	100%	30	One Target
1	Tail Whip Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
1	Growl Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	40	Nearby Enemies
1	Quick Attack Has higher priority.	NORMAL	40	100%	30	One Target
4	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
8	Double Team Raises Pikachu's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
12	Electro Ball Power ranges from 60–150 based on Pikachu's Speed vs. the target's.	ELECTRIC	varies	100%	10	One Target
16	Feint Strikes first and breaks through the target's Protect-like moves.	NORMAL	30	100%	10	One Target
20	Spark Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	65	100%	20	One Target
24	Agility Raises Pikachu's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
28	Slam Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	75%	20	One Target
32	Discharge Has a 30% chance to paralyze all nearby Pokémon.	ELECTRIC	80	100%	15	All But Self
36	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
40	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
44	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Pikachu can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM00	Mega Punch Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	85%	20	One Target
TM01	Mega Kick Damages the target.	NORMAL	120	75%	5	One Target
TM02	Pay Day Scatters coins after the fight. $5 times Pikachu's level.	NORMAL	40	100%	20	One Target
TM05	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
TM14	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM17	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM18	Reflect Reduces damage from Physical-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User's Field
TM21	Rest Pikachu restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Pikachu from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM29	Charm Lowers the target's Attack by two stages.	FAIRY	--	100%	20	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Pikachu is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM41	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
TM43	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Pikachu's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM80	Volt Switch Forces Pikachu to switch out after dealing damage.	ELECTRIC	70	100%	20	One Target
TM82	Electroweb Lowers all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ELECTRIC	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM87	Draining Kiss Heals Pikachu by 75% of the damage dealt to the target.	FAIRY	50	100%	10	One Target
TM90	Electric Terrain Activates Electric Terrain for 5 turns, which prevents non-airborne Pokémon from falling asleep and powers up Electric-type moves by 50%.	ELECTRIC	--	--	10	Entire Field

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Pikachu can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR04	Surf Deals extra damage to targets using Dive.	WATER	90	100%	15	All But Self
TR08	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR09	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TR12	Agility Raises Pikachu's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Pikachu's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR21	Reversal Does more damage when Pikachu's HP is low.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	15	One Target
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Pikachu's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR30	Encore Forces the target to use its recent move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	5	One Target
TR31	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TR35	Uproar Lose control for up to 5 turns. While the Uproar is active, no Pokémon can be asleep.	NORMAL	90	100%	10	Random Enemy
TR68	Nasty Plot Raises Pikachu's Special Attack by two stages.	DARK	--	--	20	User
TR77	Grass Knot Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	GRASS	varies	100%	20	One Target
TR80	Electro Ball Power ranges from 60–150 based on Pikachu's Speed vs. the target's.	ELECTRIC	varies	100%	10	One Target
TR86	Wild Charge Pikachu takes 25% of Wild Charge's damage as recoil damage.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR90	Play Rough 10% chance of lowering the target's Attack by one stage.	FAIRY	90	90%	10	One Target

Where to Find Pikachu

If you're looking for where to find Pikachu, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Pikachu in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Pikachu in the Wild

Galar Route 4

Overworld Encounters

Any Weather
Sword 5% Shield 1%			Lv. 14-16

Wild Area: Stony Wilderness

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	5%	--	--	--	--	--
			Lv. 28-30
Random Encounters
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	10%	--	--	--	--	--	--
		Lv. 26-28

Wild Area: Stony Wilderness (2)

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	5%	--	--	--	--	--
			Lv. 28-30

Wild Area: Stony Wilderness (3)

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	Sword 10% Shield 5%	--	--	--	--	--
			Lv. 28-30