Pichu
Pichu · #0172
Pichu is a Electric-type mons. Base stats: Attack 77 · Defense 53 · Stamina 85. Maximum CP at level 50 is 542. The shiny variant is released and can be encountered in the game. Use the IV calculator below to lock the exact stats from your appraisal bars.
Hundo CP — Pichu at 100% IV
The exact CP a perfect 15/15/15 Pichu shows at each encounter type. If the CP matches, it can be a hundo — verify with the IV calculator.
| Field Research reward | CP 203 |
| Raid / egg / breakthrough | CP 270 |
| Weather-boosted raid | CP 338 |
| Wild (L30 cap) | CP 406 |
| Wild, weather-boosted (L35) | CP 440 |
| Shadow (grunt catch) → purifies to hundo | CP 101 |
| Shadow (leader / shadow raid) → purifies to hundo | CP 258 |
Purify-to-hundo: a shadow Pichu caught at exactly these CPs is 13/13/13 — purification adds +2 to every IV, making it a guaranteed 15/15/15.
Base stats
CP tier
Lower-tier raid pick — better in PvP brackets (542 max CP)
Is Pichu worth powering up?
Not for raids — with 542 max CP, Pichu matters more in PvP brackets, where stat product beats raw power. Check its league ranks before investing.
Evolution line — stages and candy cost
Recommended movesets
Auto-ranked from the learnable-move pool by DPS scoring — a starting point, not a meta-tier verdict.
Weakness chart — what beats Pichu
These attacker types deal 1.6× damage to a Electric-type mons. Tap a type to see its full weakness chart.
Best counter recommendations
Open the per-type counter pages to see the top picks ranked by raid DPS.
Frequently asked
Pichu reaches a maximum CP of 542 at level 50 with perfect 15/15/15 IVs (weather-boosted or lucky). At level 40 the CP cap is roughly 88% of that.
The shiny variant is released and can be encountered in the game.
Pichu is not a top raid pick. It shines more in PvP brackets where stat-product matters more than raw power.
Not for raids — with 542 max CP, Pichu matters more in PvP brackets, where stat product beats raw power. Check its league ranks before investing.
Evolve to unlock: functional Hundo IVs on Pikachu →
Pichu has no functional-hundo spreads of its own — but IVs carry through evolution, and Pikachu does. A near-perfect Pichu can be a functional Hundo one evolution away. Check the qualifying spreads before transferring.
Evolve to unlock: functional Hundo IVs on Raichu →
Pichu has no functional-hundo spreads of its own — but IVs carry through evolution, and Raichu does. A near-perfect Pichu can be a functional Hundo one evolution away. Check the qualifying spreads before transferring.
Related tools
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Data last updated: 2026-07-15
More: /dex/172 (English) — Raid performance, PvP performance