Pikachu Max Battle Guide [Pokémon GO]

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Pikachu Recommended Party Compositions

Optimal team compositions combining Tank and Attacker roles for Pikachu.

Pikachu Counter Team — With Legendary / Gigantamax

Flygon (Tank)

Excadrill (Attacker)

Flygon (Tank)

Blissey (Tank)

Eternatus (Attacker)

Latias (Tank)

Latios (Tank)

Gigantamax Inteleon (Attacker)

Rillaboom (Tank)

Raikou (Tank)

Gigantamax Gengar (Attacker)

Excadrill (Tank)

Venusaur (Tank)

Flygon (Attacker)

Regice (Tank)

Zamazenta Crowned Shield (Tank)

Kingler (Attacker)

Pikachu Counter Team — Without Legendary / Gigantamax

Flygon (Tank)

Excadrill (Attacker)

Flygon (Tank)

Blissey (Tank)

Flygon (Attacker)

Rillaboom (Tank)

Excadrill (Tank)

Kingler (Attacker)

Venusaur (Tank)

Duraludon (Tank)

Gigalith (Attacker)

Drampa (Tank)

Jolteon (Tank)

Kabutops (Attacker)

Electivire (Tank)

Vibrava (Tank)

Omastar (Attacker)

Best Counters for Pikachu — Top 10 Attackers

Best Pokémon to defeat Pikachu in Max Battles, ranked by expected Max Move damage. The top counter is Excadrill.

#	Best Counter	Max Move	Damage
1	Excadrill	Max Quake	893.5
2	Eternatus	Max Eternabeam	782.9
3	Gigantamax Inteleon	G-Max Hydrosnipe	737.9
4	Gigantamax Gengar	G-Max Terror	735.1
5	Flygon	Max Quake	718.5
6	Kingler	Max Quake	701.0
7	Gigantamax Kingler	G-Max Foam Burst	676.0
8	Gigantamax Rillaboom	G-Max Drum Solo	673.2
9	Gigantamax Cinderace	G-Max Fireball	670.4
10	Gigalith	Max Quake	660.2

Best Tanks for Pikachu — Top 10 Durability

Most durable Pokémon against Pikachu, ranked by overall durability index. The best tank is Flygon.

#	Best Tank	Fast Move	Durability
1	Flygon	Mud Shot	5.70
2	Blissey	Pound	4.84
3	Eternatus	Dragon Tail	4.84
4	Latias	Dragon Breath	4.43
5	Latios	Dragon Breath	3.86
6	Chansey	Pound	3.68
7	Rillaboom	Scratch	3.62
8	Gigantamax Rillaboom	Scratch	3.62
9	Raikou	Thunder Shock	3.56
10	Excadrill	Mud Shot	3.47

Pikachu Durability Map for Counters

Compare Pikachu counters that combine damage output and bulk on a durability map plus ranked Top list. Pokémon in the upper-right corner are best for dual offense/tank duty. Y-axis = type bulk (0-100 deviation score with turns annotation), X-axis = combo DPS × Electric type matchup multiplier.

#	Pokémon	Move Combo	Bulk Index	Turns	DPS×Mult	Details
1	Eternatus	Poison Jab Max Eternabeam	80.4	4.84	8119 (×1.00)	Details
2	Flygon	Sand Attack Earthquake	88.8	5.70	6453 (×1.60)	Details
3	Excadrill	Mud-Slap Earthquake	67.0	3.47	8206 (×1.60)	Details
4	Rillaboom	Razor Leaf Earth Power	68.4	3.62	6676 (×1.60)	Details
5	Gigantamax Rillaboom	Razor Leaf Earth Power	68.4	3.62	6676 (×1.60)	Details