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Pikachu Teammate Suggestions
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Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope
Format scope · casual planning
Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.
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Offense59
Defense64
Coverage11
Synergy8
Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.
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Recommended Pokémon
Fill your empty slots first. Each candidate is scored using the same rules as your current team. Only positive score changes are shown.
+31 pts
Celesteela
Steel
Team score 38 → 69
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Grass, Ice, Fighting and more
- Defense 64 → 83
+29 pts
Keldeo
WaterFighting
Team score 38 → 67
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds super-effective coverage against Normal, Fire, Ice and more
- Defense 64 → 75
- Synergy 8 → 57
+29 pts
Golisopod
BugWater
Team score 38 → 67
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Fire, Grass, Ground and more
- Defense 64 → 74
+28 pts
Gyarados
Water
Team score 38 → 66
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Fire, Grass, Fighting and more
- Defense 64 → 76
+28 pts
Mantine
Water
Team score 38 → 66
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Fire, Grass, Fighting and more
- Defense 64 → 76
+28 pts
Skarmory
Steel
Team score 38 → 66
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Grass, Ice, Fighting and more
- Defense 64 → 83
Suggestions optimize this initial planning heuristic. Your preferences and actual battle strategy may favor another Pokémon.
Key insights
- Ground attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
- Your own types can hit 2 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
- No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.
Detailed type analysis · all 18 types
Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.
| Attack | Pikachu | Weak | Resist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Fire | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Water | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Electric | ½× | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Ice | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Fighting | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Poison | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Ground | 2× | 1 | 0 |
| Flying | ½× | 0 | 1 |
| Psychic | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Bug | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Rock | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Ghost | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Dragon | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Dark | 1× | 0 | 0 |
| Steel | ½× | 0 | 1 |
| Fairy | 1× | 0 | 0 |
Offensive type coverage
Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.
NormalNeutral
FireNeutral
Water✓ Super effective
ElectricResisted
GrassResisted
IceNeutral
FightingNeutral
PoisonNeutral
GroundImmune target
Flying✓ Super effective
PsychicNeutral
BugNeutral
RockNeutral
GhostNeutral
DragonResisted
DarkNeutral
SteelNeutral
FairyNeutral
How is the score calculated?
Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.
Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.
Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.
Data: Pokémon Showdown / @pkmn/dex · Sprites: PokéAPI contributors · Base species only
First teammate candidates for Pikachu
These candidates are calculated for a two-member team with Pikachu. They optimize our type-and-base-stat heuristic, rather than representing a competitive tier list. Add more teammates above for recommendations that use the updated team.
Celesteela · +31 points
Steel / Flying · Two-member score: 69/100.
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Grass, Ice, Fighting and more
- Defense 64 → 83
Keldeo · +29 points
Water / Fighting · Two-member score: 67/100.
- Adds super-effective coverage against Normal, Fire, Ice and more
- Defense 64 → 75
- Synergy 8 → 57
Golisopod · +29 points
Bug / Water · Two-member score: 67/100.
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Fire, Grass, Ground and more
- Defense 64 → 74
Why there is no universal best teammate
A candidate can patch a type weakness but still conflict with your preferred strategy or moveset. Our recommendations change with each added or replaced member and exclude Pokémon already in the team.
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