
Is Pichu Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Breed from Pikachu using the Daycare. AbilityStatic paralyzes on contact, same as Pikachu. The baby stage adds nothing over using Pikachu directly. Evolves through friendship into the Pikachu you could have caught in Viridian Forest.
Brock's Pokemon outpace and outclass Pichu here.
Pichu trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's typing presses Pichu's defenses.
Erika's Pokemon outpace and outclass Pichu here.
Pichu trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Sabrina's typing presses Pichu's defenses.
Blaine's typing presses Pichu's defenses.
Giovanni's team hits Pichu's weaknesses hard.
Raichu resists most of Lorelei's coverage and hits back hard.
Raichu trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Raichu has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Raichu trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Raichu trades roughly evenly with Terry's team.
Catch Pichu on Four Island (hatch from egg, Lv 5).
- After Brock
- TUTORNormalMega Kick12075%5
- After Lt. Surge
- TM34ElectricShock Wave90100%20
- After Erika
- TM25ElectricThunder16570%10
- TM24ElectricThunderbolt135100%15
- TM23SteelIron Tail10075%15
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
You can usually obtain this item before you reach Lorelei.
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50ElectricThunderbolt135100%15
- After Brock
- TUTORNormalMega Kick12075%5
- After Lt. Surge
- TM34ElectricShock Wave90100%20
- After Erika
- TM25ElectricThunder16570%10
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- After Koga
- TM01FightingFocus Punch150100%20
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Pichu in FireRed & LeafGreen
Pichu only comes from the breeding system. Drop a Pikachu or Raichu in the Four Island Day Care with a compatible partner, and the egg hatches into Pichu.
Catch Pikachu at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Pichu.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
How to Obtain Pichu in FRLG
Pichu is your first catch on the way to Pichu. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 3-26 across 4 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Pichu ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave Pikachu with a compatible partner at the Four Island Pokemon Day Care to receive a Pichu egg. Requires the Rainbow Pass to access Four Island.HOME TRANSFERNot TradeablePokemon HOME on Switch FireRed & LeafGreen is permanently deposit-only — once it launches, Pichu can be sent from this game into HOME, but never transferred in.
Step 2Catch or Evolve into Pikachuor evolve from Pichu (Step 1)
Step 3Evolve into Raichu
Pichu Weakness
Pichu is weak to Ground. Few weaknesses and 3 resistances make the typing clean. Lightning Rod grants an additional Electric immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Pichu Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Pichu
Pichu Evolutions
This is the baby stage. Pichu grows into Pikachu by leveling up. Want more? Breed the adults. Baby Pokemon sit in the Undiscovered egg group. Evolving adds up to 280 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
FRLG Pichu Best Moveset
Baby Electric with AbilityStatic for contact paralysis. Stats near single digits in defenses. Raichu is two evolutions and a Thunder Stone away.
Best Build
Pichu best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Protect
- Thunderbolt
- Wish
- Volt Tackle
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Pichu gets Bide and Charge exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Steel coverage rounds out the picture alongside Thunder and Thunderbolt.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Despite its small size, it can zap even adult humans. However, if it does so, it also surprises itself.
It is not yet skilled at storing electricity. It may send out a jolt if amused or startled.
Pichu FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
Pichu hatches from a Pokemon Egg in Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen. Leave Pikachu at the Day-Care Center on Route 5 with a compatible partner Pokemon to receive an Egg that hatches into Pichu.
Game Availability
Available in 20 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Pichu spans 9 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB

Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut

Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS

Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG

FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP

Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS

HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW

Black & White - Gen 5B2W2

Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY

X & Y - Gen 6ORAS

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM

Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM

Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE

Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh

Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV

Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW

Winds & Waves