Pichu counters

Gen 9 Ultramixandmega · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Pichu
#0172 Pichu
Electric
USAGE 10.0% #15
ABILITYIntrepid Sword
BASE STATS
HP 20
ATK 40
DEF 15
SPA 35
SPD 35
SPE 60
BST205
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
Ground
½×
ElectricFlyingSteel
Moves
Precipice Blades 79.4% Volt Switch 74.0% Pyro Ball 56.8% Poltergeist 55.4% Volt Tackle 42.7% Nuzzle 35.9% Parting Shot 17.9% Population Bomb 13.6%
Items
Lucarionite 83.1% Hawluchanite 13.2% Barbaracite 2.8% Glalitite 0.3% Glimmoranite 0.2% Raichunite X 0.1% Focus Sash 0.1% Absolite Z 0.1%
Abilities
Intrepid Sword60.2%Download35.0%Orichalcum Pulse3.3%Electric Surge0.6%Levitate0.5%Psychic Surge0.1%No Guard0.1%Drought0.1%
Common Teammates
Coalossal90.4%Greedent86.9%Dratini72.9%Wiglett37.9%Snorlax30.8%Slowpoke30.4%Azurill23.9%Clodsire19.3%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #15 with 9.97% usage. Sorted by reliability score.