Is Pichu Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Baby Electric that needs friendship to evolve into Pikachu. Pichu with AbilityStatic is an extra evolution step that delays Raichu access. If you want the Pikachu line, catch one directly in the Safari Zone. Breeding down to Pichu adds grind for nothing.
Roxanne's typing presses Pichu's defenses.
Pichu trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's Pokemon outpace and outclass Pichu here.
Flannery's typing presses Pichu's defenses.
Norman's typing presses Pichu's defenses.
Pichu has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Pichu's weaknesses hard.
Pichu trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Sidney's typing presses Pichu's defenses.
Phoebe's team hits Pichu's weaknesses hard.
Pichu trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Pichu's weaknesses hard.
Pichu trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Trade
Pichu cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Wattson
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wattson
- After Norman
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Juan
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Pichu in Emerald
Pichu hatches from an egg rather than spawning in grass. Since Pikachu lives in the Safari Zone, you can catch one there, breed it at the Day Care, and the egg gives you Pichu without any outside help.
Wild Pichu may be holding when caught:
Oran Berry (5% chance) A hold item that restores 10 HP in battle.Catch Pikachu at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Pichu.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6How to Obtain Pichu in E
- Step 1Pichu ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave Pikachu with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Pichu egg.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into PikachuSafari Zone - SoutheastLv.25-27FloorRate 5%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsSafari Zone - SouthwestLv.25-27FloorRate 5%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Ballsor evolve from Pichu (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Raichu
How to Get Shiny Pichu in Emerald
Pichu hatches only from an egg, so leave a Pikachu or Raichu with a Ditto at the Day Care and hatch eggs, inspecting each Pichu through the same long full-odds grind. Compare Shiny Pichu odds across every game
Shiny Pichu Evolution
3 Forms
Emerald Shiny Pichu Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Breeding, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Emerald shiny odds calculator with Pichu already selected.
Pichu Weakness
Pichu is weak to Ground. Few weaknesses and 3 resistances make the typing clean. Just 1 weak spot to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| 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
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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
E Pichu Best Moveset
Electric baby pre-evolution with AbilityStatic for contact paralysis. Defensive stats near single digits. The moveset has no competitive application. Two evolutions from Raichu.
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 and more rounds out the picture alongside Volt Tackle and Thunder.
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
All 17 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Event Moves
Base Stats
It is still inept at retaining electricity. When it is startled, it discharges power accidentally. It gets better at holding power as it grows older.
Pichu Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Pichu has 205 BST and evolves into Pikachu. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Available in 19 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Pichu spans 8 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 7Let's Go
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
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