Raikou

No. 0243 · Gen 2

Raikou weakness and type

Hit RAIKOU with Ground for 2× damage.

Moves against Raikou

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Ground deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • PressureNo change to type matchups
  • Inner FocusNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP90
  • Attack85
  • Defense75
  • Sp. Atk115
  • Sp. Def100
  • Speed115
  • Total580

Best nature

TimidOutspeeds more opponents and drops Attack.
ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Raikou gives 1 Sp. Atk EV, 2 Speed EVs.

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What Raikou can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
ElectricZap Cannonsame typeSpecial120
SteelIron TailPhysical100
DarkCrunchPhysical80
GroundDigPhysical80
GhostShadow BallSpecial80
FightingAura SphereSpecial80
PsychicExtrasensorySpecial80
WaterScaldSpecial80
BugSignal BeamSpecial75
GrassTrailblazePhysical50

Type counters to Raikou

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.