#172Pichu
ELECTRICCOMMONPichu shows up in the level 20 hunt and averages 21 of loot and 248 XP per kill.
Is Pichu worth hunting?
Among the 30 Pokémon in the level 20 hunt, Pichu ranks 26th for loot per kill, 10% below the level's median.
Its loot-to-XP ratio sits close to the level median — neither a money hunt nor a pure XP hunt, it serves both at a similar pace.
67% of all loot comes from a single item: Thunder Stone. If its price changes in game, this hunt's income changes with it.
The rare drop worth waiting for is Thunder Stone (5,000 at the NPC), at 0.28% chance — on average one every 356 kills.
For XP it ranks 23 of 30 at this level — 248 per kill.
Drop table
Drop chance, count and NPC price for every item. Expected value already accounts for the chance and the average count.
| Item | Chance | Count | Unit price | Expected value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder StoneRare | 0.28% | 1 | 5,000 | 14.1 |
 Electric Box | 18.71% | 1 | 20 | 3.7 |
 Screw | 66.73% | 1–5 | 1 | 2.0 |
 Electric Rat Tail | 0.94% | 1 | 132 | 1.2 |
 Strange Pheromone | — | 1 | 1,000,000 | 0.0 |
| Loot/kill | 21.0 | |||
Base stats
Hunt weaknesses
Type advantage is 50% stronger inside a hunt. Bring one of these:
- GROUND×2.5
Moves
| Move | Type | Category | Power | Cooldown | Learned at level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Shock | ELECTRIC | SPECIAL | 56 | 10.0s | 1 |
| Tackle | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 56 | 15.0s | 5 |
| Spark | ELECTRIC | PHYSICAL | 96 | 20.0s | 10 |
| Headbutt | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 80 | 15.0s | 16 |
| Thunder | ELECTRIC | SPECIAL | 96 | 60.0s | 22 |
| Double-Edge | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 120 | 3.0s | 30 |
Evolution
NPC sell value
Selling a captured Pichu pays 3,000. That's separate from loot per kill.
Hunt ranking — Level 20
The best hunts at the same level, by expected loot value per kill.
