>>54640077Very. It's a shitmon that outgrows it's usefulness fairly early on; you either evolve the thing or box it, and if you do the former, Raichu is still outclassed by better 'mons after a point. The only thing Pikachu is useful for is marketing - as much as people slam Charizard for being a shillmon, it's reputation was earned from it being the most popular starter in the original games, while Pikachu only owes it's popularity to the fact that it's face is plastered on everything and anything belonging to the franchise.