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Raikou

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General

Raikou
electric

Abilities

Pressure
Opposing Pokémon must use 2 PP per move.

Damage Taken

Dex Numbers

Generation
Gold/Silver/Crystal GSC
Red/Blue/Yellow Kanto
243
Gold/Silver/Crystal Johto
238
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Hoenn
n/a
Diamond/Pearl Sinnoh
n/a

Names

Japanese
ライコウ
Romaji
Raikou

Flavor

Height
6'2.8" or 1.9 m
Weight
392.4 lb or 178 kg
Species
Thunder
Color
yellow
Cry
mp3 here
Fire Red/Leaf Green Habitat
Grassland
Pawprint

Misc

R/B/Y code
n/a

Breeding

Gender
No gender (code: 255 or 0xff)
Breeding groups
15: No Eggs
Steps to hatch
20,480
Compatible with
Cannot breed

In the Wild

Base EXP
216 or 0xd8
Capture rate
3 or 0x03
Base happiness
35 or 0x23
Growth rate
slow
Effort points
1 Special Attack
2 Speed
Wild held items
n/a

Evolution Chain

See also: Comparison of this evolution chain

Basic
243 Raikou Base form

Stats

Stat Base Max Stat %ile
L50 L100
HP
90
 197 384 80.5
Attack
85
 137 269 65.5
Defense
75
 127 249 61.1
Special Attack
115
 167 329 93.1
Special Defense
100
 152 299 85
Speed
115
 167 329 95.7
Average
96.7
 - - 94.3

Flavor

See also: All versions' flavor text and sprites

Diamond/Pearl It is said to have fallen with lightning. It can fire thunderbolts from the rain clouds on its back.

Locations

Sorry, Pearl players! Only Diamond for the moment.

Area Section Level Method

Move List

See also: This list in the move search

See also: Contest list

Raikou's Special Attack is higher, so it will inflict more damage with special () moves.

Raikou gets the STAB from electric moves.

Gold/Silver/Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Platinum Move Type Dmg PP Power Acc.* Pri. Description
-- -- -- -- Bite dark physical 25 60 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.
-- -- -- -- Leer normal none 30 -- 100% Lowers the target's Defense.
11 11 8 8 ThunderShock electric special 30 40 100% Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target.
21 21 15 15 Roar normal none 20 -- 100% -6 Goes last. Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokemon.
31 31 22 22 Quick Attack normal physical 30 40 100% 1 Goes first. Inflicts regular damage.
41 41 29 29 Spark electric physical 20 65 100% Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target.
51 51 36 36 Reflect psychic none 20 -- 100% Reduces damage from physical attacks by 50%.
61 61 43 43 Crunch dark physical 15 80 100% Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Defense.
50 50 Thunder Fang electric physical 15 65 95% Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target and a 10% chance to make the target Flinch.
57 57 Discharge electric special 15 80 100% Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target.
64 64 Extrasensory psychic special 30 80 100% Has a 10% chance to make the target Flinch.
71 Rain Dance water none 5 -- 0% Changes the weather to rain for five turns.
71 71 71 Thunder electric special 10 120 70% Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target.
81 78 78 Calm Mind psychic none 20 -- 100% Raises the user's Special Attack and Special Defense.
85 Thunder electric special 10 120 70% Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target.
Gold/Silver/Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Platinum Tutored moves
EmeraldFire Red/Leaf Green Body Slam normal physical 15 85 100% Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target.
EmeraldFire Red/Leaf Green Double-Edge normal physical 15 120 100% User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil.
Crystal Thunderbolt electric special 15 95 100% Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target.
EmeraldFire Red/Leaf Green Thunder Wave electric none 20 -- 100% Paralyzes the target.
EmeraldFire Red/Leaf Green Mimic normal none 10 -- 100% Copies the target's last used move.
Emerald Swift normal special 20 60 100% Never misses.
Platinum Swift normal special 20 60 100% Never misses.
EmeraldFire Red/Leaf Green Substitute normal none 10 -- 100% Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.
Emerald Snore normal special 15 40 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
Platinum Snore normal special 15 40 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
Emerald Mud-Slap ground special 10 20 100% Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy.
Platinum Mud-Slap ground special 10 20 100% Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy.
Emerald Endure normal none 10 -- 100% 3 Goes first. Prevents the user's HP from lowering below 1 this turn.
Emerald Swagger normal none 15 -- 90% Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target.
Emerald Sleep Talk normal none 10 -- 100% Randomly uses one of the user's other three moves. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
Emerald Psych Up normal none 10 -- 100% Discards the user's stat changes and copies the target's.
Platinum Signal Beam bug special 15 75 100% Has a 10% chance to Confuse the target.
Platinum Magnet Rise electric none 10 -- 0% Changes the user's ability to Levitate.
Platinum Iron Head steel physical 15 80 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.
Gold/Silver/Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Platinum TMs and HMs
Chains 04 04 04 Calm Mind psychic none 20 -- 100% Raises the user's Special Attack and Special Defense.
Chains 57 57 Charge Beam electric special 10 50 90% Has a 70% chance to raise the user's Special Attack.
Chains 03 Curse ????? none 10 -- 100% Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense.
Chains H1 H1 H1 H1 Cut normal physical 30 50 95% Inflicts regular damage.
Chains 43 Detect fighting none 5 -- 100% 3 Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.
Chains 28 28 28 28 Dig ground physical 10 80 100% User digs underground, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.
Chains 32 32 32 32 Double Team normal none 15 -- 100% Raises the user's Evasion.
Chains 20 58 58 Endure normal none 10 -- 100% 3 Goes first. Prevents the user's HP from lowering below 1 this turn.
Chains 42 42 42 Facade normal physical 20 70 100% Power doubles if user is Burned, Paralyzed, or Poisoned.
Chains H5 H5 70 70 Flash normal none 20 -- 100% Lowers the target's Accuracy.
Chains 21 21 21 21 Frustration normal physical 20 varies 100% Power increases as Happiness decreases, up to a maximum of 102.
Chains 68 68 Giga Impact normal physical 5 150 90% User foregoes its next turn to recharge.
Chains 02 Headbutt normal physical 15 70 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.
Chains 10 10 10 10 Hidden Power normal special 15 varies 100% Power and type depend upon user's IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70.
Chains 15 15 15 15 Hyper Beam normal special 5 150 90% User foregoes its next turn to recharge.
Chains 23 23 23 23 Iron Tail steel physical 15 100 75% Has a 30% chance to lower the target's Defense.
Chains 16 16 Light Screen psychic none 30 -- 100% Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns..
Chains 31 Mud-Slap ground special 10 20 100% Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy.
Chains 83 83 Natural Gift normal physical 15 varies 100% Power and type depend on the held berry.
Chains 17 17 17 17 Protect normal none 10 -- 0% 3 Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.
Chains 09 77 77 Psych Up normal none 10 -- 100% Discards the user's stat changes and copies the target's.
Chains 18 18 18 18 Rain Dance water none 5 -- 0% Changes the weather to rain for five turns.
Chains 33 33 33 Reflect psychic none 20 -- 100% Reduces damage from physical attacks by 50%.
Chains 44 44 44 44 Rest psychic none 10 -- 100% User Sleeps, completely healing itself.
Chains 27 27 27 27 Return normal physical 20 varies 100% Power increases with Happiness, up to a maximum of 102.
Chains 05 05 05 05 Roar normal none 20 -- 100% -6 Goes last. Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokemon.
Chains H8 H8 Rock Climb normal physical 20 90 85% Has a 20% chance to Confuse the target.
Chains 08 H6 H6 H6 Rock Smash fighting physical 15 40 100% Has a 50% chance to lower the target's Defense.
Chains 37 37 37 37 Sandstorm rock none 10 -- 100% Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns.
Chains 43 43 43 Secret Power normal physical 20 70 100% Has a 30% chance to inflict a status effect which depends upon the terrain.
Chains 30 30 Shadow Ball ghost special 15 80 100% Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Special Defense.
Chains 34 34 34 Shock Wave electric special 20 60 100% Never misses.
Chains 35 82 82 Sleep Talk normal none 10 -- 100% Randomly uses one of the user's other three moves. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
Chains 13 Snore normal special 15 40 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
Chains H4 H4 H4 H4 Strength normal physical 15 80 100% Inflicts regular damage.
Chains 90 90 Substitute normal none 10 -- 100% Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.
Chains 11 11 11 11 Sunny Day fire none 5 -- 0% Changes the weather to sunny for five turns.
Chains 34 87 87 Swagger normal none 15 -- 90% Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target.
Chains 39 Swift normal special 20 60 100% Never misses.
Chains 25 25 25 25 Thunder electric special 10 120 70% Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target.
Chains 73 73 Thunder Wave electric none 20 -- 100% Paralyzes the target.
Chains 24 24 24 Thunderbolt electric special 15 95 100% Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target.
Chains 06 06 06 06 Toxic poison none 10 -- 85% Badly Poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.
Chains 07 Zap Cannon electric special 5 120 50% Has a 100% chance to Paralyze the target.

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