#243
Raikou
Thunder Pokémon
Electric
The rain clouds it carries let it fire thunderbolts at will. They say that it descended with lightning.
Base Stats
HP 90
Attack 85
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 115
Sp. Def 100
Speed 115
Total 580
Type Effectiveness
Weak to
Resistant to
Abilities
Pressure Inner Focus (Hidden)
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Thunder Pokémon
Height 1.9 m
Weight 178.0 kg
Base Exp 261
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 35
Gender Genderless
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Substitute + Calm Mind (Electric)
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Strategy Overview
Electric
Raikou is a great setup sweeper thanks to Calm Mind alongside its decent Special Attack and great Speed stat that lets it outpace Pokemon like Choice Band Victini, Mega Gallade, and Gengar, helping out greatly in the Psychic- and Flying-type matchup by threatening Pokemon such as Jirachi, Latios, and Zapdos. However, Raikou gets outpaced by Mega Lopunny and Weavile, Choice Scarf users like Latios and Darmanitan, and Pokemon that get their Speed boosted in weather like Mega Swampert and Excadrill.
Most Used Moves
Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc