Gigantamax Pikachu debuts on March 28th!
Pikachu is an Electric type pokemon with slightly higher natural stats than Meowth, maxes out at 1060CP. Pikachu has a single weakness to Ground type, has 5 charge moves (4 Electric & 1 Water type), of which Surf has 1.5s cooldown & the rest have 2.5s cooldown.
Note: On the infographic, each featured pokemon have 2 most damaging (left side) & 2 least damaging (right) boss moves on them listed at the bottom of their panel, moves inside Brown segment – single hit KO, Red – Can absorb a hit, Orange – 2 hits can be absorbed and so on. This colour coding is done having Pikachu at 2CPM.
Pikachu doesn’t have many super effective counters like Meowth had, has relatively higher stats, so a 3CPM (like Meowth) Gmax Pikachu will be really tough with the average Gmax boss’ HP range.
💡 Dmax Excadrill is the only attacker with STAB move super effective on the boss. Eternatus would surpass Excadrill on Windy weather, others listed come close on their respective damage boosting weather.
💡 Blissey is a top Tank & Healer (another safe healer being Snorlax). Excadrill double duties as a Tank with 2x resistance to Electric moves (on par with Blissey). Lati@s with their bulk & 1x resistance to all moves perform well as tanks. Eternatus is a great ‘Catch’ Tank.
Other than the listed Pokémon,
💡 Gmax Rillaboom (No. 6) & Gmax Cinderace (No. 7) are strong attackers, they’re both boosted by Sunny/Clear weather, like Excadrill. Gmax Machamp is top tier on Cloudy weather. Mud Slap Gigalith & Mud Shot Kabutops are decent attackers.
💡 Gmax/Dmax Rillaboom is a top Tank as well, along with Gmax/Dmax Venusaur. Dmax Regice (Lock-on), Dmax Duraludon (Metal Claw) & Drampa (Dragon Breath) are all good tanks.
All the Best! 😊🙌
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