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VOL. 21 · DOSSIER #186
the trainer's almanac · showdown ladder
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★ DOSSIER #186LADDER PERFORMER

PIKACHU

electricABILITY · LIGHTNING ROD
USAGE
0.1%0.0%
WR · MO
—0.0%
WR · WK
—
SAMPLE
2.8k
RANK
#186
Pikachu
BASE STATSBST · 320
HP35
ATK55
DEF40
SP.A50
SP.D50
SPE90
§ ONE

ABILITY DISTRIBUTION

— What trainers run
Lightning Rod0.0%
Static0.0%
§ TWO

POPULAR BUILDS

— Top spreads paired with top moves/items
MOST-RUNUSAGE 25.2%
ITEMLight BallABILITYLightning RodNATURETimid· +SPE / −ATK
EV SPREAD · 0–32 (32 = MAX · SHOWDOWN)
32
32
HP
1
ATK
0
DEF
0
SP.A
32
SP.D
1
SPE
32
MOVES
Rising Voltage
Protect
Fake Out
Grass Knot
ALT SPREADUSAGE 12.9%
ITEMLight BallABILITYStaticNATUREModest· +SPA / −ATK
EV SPREAD · 0–32 (32 = MAX · SHOWDOWN)
32
32
HP
2
ATK
0
DEF
0
SP.A
32
SP.D
0
SPE
32
MOVES
Rising Voltage
Protect
Fake Out
Grass Knot
FRINGEUSAGE 11.2%
ITEMFocus SashABILITYLightning RodNATURETimid· +SPE / −ATK
EV SPREAD · 0–32 (32 = MAX · SHOWDOWN)
32
32
HP
2
ATK
0
DEF
0
SP.A
32
SP.D
0
SPE
32
MOVES
Rising Voltage
Protect
Fake Out
Grass Knot
§ THREE

COMMON MOVES

— Top 7 across all builds
Rising Voltage0.0%
Protect0.0%
Fake Out0.0%
Grass Knot0.0%
Nuzzle0.0%
Encore0.0%
Discharge0.0%
§ FOUR

COMMON ITEMS

— Top 7 across all builds
Light Ball0.0%
Focus Sash0.0%
Choice Scarf0.0%
§ FIVE

USAGE TREND

— data accumulating
CURRENT SNAPSHOT · OCT 1, 2026
Collecting weekly snapshots in the interim. First sparkline unlocks after the next monthly dump lands.
§ SIX

OPENS WITH

— Most-led-with partners at turn 1
STOPGAP — lead-pair data accumulates from replay parsing. The weekly aggregator hasn't ingested enough battles featuring this Pokémon at the active cutoff yet.
§ SEVEN

COMMON TEAMMATES

— Wins more when paired
§ EIGHT

DIRECT THREATS

— KOs it or forces it out
No direct-threat data yet for this snapshot.
§ NINE

BAD MATCHUPS

— Worst head-to-head winrate
No matchup data yet for this snapshot.