What level should I evolve Pikachu Y?

It depends what moves you think is worth it but if you don’t like any if them, I recommend evolving before it learns Thunderbolt. This is because in X and Y you get the Thunderbolt TM after beating the 5th gym so you can teach Riachu Thunderbolt anyway.

Is Pikachu useless?

Pikachu is absolutely useless in competitive battle. It never evolves in the games, and has horrible stats. Yes, it has a better movepool than its evolution, but once gen 6 came around, it can’t use them as a preevolution.

Why is Pikachu’s HP so low?

Pikachu is weak because it has low stats (more on this at the end). Worse, if you were not paying attention your Effort Values are going to be split across all stats. You should adjust its Effort Values to be good at 2 stats, preferably Speed and Attack.

Is Pikachu SP ATK or ATK?

This Pokemon draws Electric moves to itself to raise Sp. Atk by 1; Electric immunity….Substitute.

Type	Electric
Category	Special
Power	95 BP
Accuracy	100%

Why is my Pikachu so weak?

Pikachu either has to revive Ash himself or ask a Legendary pokemon’s help. This happens quite often. He is weak because he gives up his legendary health when he transforms into a Pichu. He sometimes can recall his legendary power to fight battles, but he is now as weak as most Pokemon when he starts out.

Can Pikachu be good?

Competitively, Pikachu is absolutely awful. It does have a few interesting gimmicks due to the significant amount of favouritism it gets as the mascot of the franchise, but good luck actually doing anything with its garbage stats. This Pikachu has vastly improved stats, mostly in Attack, Special Attack, and Speed.

Which ability is best for Pikachu?

I would say, for competitive and in-game, Lightning Rod is 1000x better than Static. If you have Static, Pokemon that makes contact with you will have a 30% chance of being paralyzed. If you have Lightning Rod, you can absorb electric type moves and raise your Special Attack stat by 1 stage.

How strong is Ash Pikachu?

Ash’s pikachu is not shown to have any extreme power, giving people and a spearow and light-medium shock, throughout the first episode until the end; where pikachu jumps into the air and is struck by a bolt of lightning, immediately having the power to shock an entire flock of spearows along with Ash.