Pokemon GO 2024 World Championships Pikachu raid guide: Weaknesses, best counters, and is it possible to solo?

Pokemon GO's 2024 World Championship Celebration event is bringing a new costumed Pocket Monster to the fore in the form of a snorkel-wearing Pikachu. Between August 16, 2024, at 10:00 am local time and August 20, 2024, at 8:00 pm local time, you can battle this costumed Pikachu in 1-star raids and even find it elsewhere.

With that in mind, it doesn't hurt to examine the weaknesses and counters for the 2024 World Championships Pikachu in Pokemon GO raids as well as whether or not this creature can be beaten solo.

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Pokemon GO 2024 World Championship Pikachu raid weaknesses

2024 World Championships Pikachu as seen in the logo for the event (Image via The Pokemon Company)

What is super-effective against the 2024 World Championships Pikachu in Pokemon GO?

Costume aside, this Pikachu is still an Electric-type Pokemon and therefore only has one weakness: Ground-type moves, which deal 160% damage to it.

This Pocket Monster will reduce damage taken from Electric-, Flying-, and Steel-type moves to 62.5% due to its ability to resist them.

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2024 World Championships Pikachu's stat distribution and learnable moves in Pokemon GO

As a 1-star raid boss during the World Championships Celebration, the 2024 World Championships Pikachu should have the following stats as well as Fast and Charged Attacks:

• Combat Power: 3,277
• Attack: 112
• Defense: 96
• Stamina: 600 HP
• Fast Attacks: Thunder Shock, Quick Attack, Present
• Charged Attacks: Discharge, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Wild Charge, Surf

Once the raid begins, you'll have 180 seconds to defeat this raid boss.

However, given the 2024 World Championships Pikachu's relatively unimpressive stats, this should be more than enough time to achieve victory and catch the critter for your collection.

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Best counters to Pokemon GO 2024 World Championships Pikachu raids

Best Ground-type counters to 2024 World Championships Pikachu

• Primal/Shadow Groudon with Mud Shot and Precipice Blades
• Mega/Shadow Garchomp with Mud Shot and Earth Power
• Shadow Excadrill with Mud-Slap and Scorching Sands
• Shadow Mamoswine with Mud-Slap and High Horsepower
• Shadow Rhyperior with Mud-Slap and Earthquake
• Therian Landorus with Mud Shot and Sandsear Storm
• Mega/Shadow Swampert with Mud Shot and Earthquake
• Shadow Golurk with Mud-Slap and Earth Power
• Shadow Flygon with Sand Attack and Scorching Sands
• Shadow Donphan with Mud-Slap and Earthquake
• Shadow Hippowdon with Sand Attack and Scorching Sands

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Can you solo defeat Pokemon GO 2024 World Championships Pikachu raids?

You should be able to solo defeat the 2024 World Championships Pikachu with the counters above in less than 20 seconds since the critter has a paltry 600 HP and doesn't have great Attack/Defense stats.

However, even if you don't have the Ground-type counters outlined above, several more Ground-type Pokemon with 100% IV stats or close should be capable.

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Pokemon GO 2024 World Championships Pikachu raid catch CP and shiny availability

Niantic has confirmed that the 2024 World Championships Pikachu can appear as shiny (Image via u/g47onik/Reddit)

Depending on any active Weather Boost effects during the raid, 2024 World Championships Pikachu's Combat Power (CP) can fluctuate in the post-raid catch encounter. The Pocket Monster can appear in the following CP ranges after defeating it:

• No Weather Boost: 493-536 CP at level 20 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)
• Weather Boost (Rainy Weather): 616-670 CP at level 25 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)

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What are the 100% IVs for Pokemon GO 2024 World Championships Pikachu raids?

If this Pikachu is caught with perfect (100%) IV stats, it will have the following CP levels once it's encountered at the end of the raid:

• No Weather Boost: 536 CP
• Weather Boosted (Rainy Weather): 670 CP

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Can the 2024 World Championships Pikachu be shiny in Pokemon GO?

In case shiny hunters are wondering, Shiny 2024 World Championship Pikachu will be available to catch during the Pokemon GO World Championship Celebration event, not only from raids but also as a research reward. This was confirmed by Niantic in an announcement, stating:

"A new costumed Pokémon will appear during this event! World Championships 2024 Pikachu. If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!" - Niantic, Pokemongolive.com, August 1, 2024

Unless its shiny appearance rate is boosted by Niantic during this event, this Pikachu should have an approximate appearance rate of 1/512 or roughly 0.2% rounded up.

This isn't a great base appearance rate, but it's possible that Niantic may make this Shiny Pikachu more likely to appear during the 2024 World Championships Celebration.