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Raichu ライチュウ

Electric Generation I Mouse Pokémon
Height 0.8m Weight 30.0kg
Static Lightning Rod (Hidden Ability)

Pokémon Profile

Its long tail serves as a ground to protect itself from its own high voltage power.

Base Stats

Form Base Stats：Raichu · Total 485

HP 60
Attack 90
Defense 55
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 80
Speed 110

Basic Info

Gender Ratio
♂ 50% / ♀ 50%
Catch Rate
75（9.8%）
Egg Groups
Field / Fairy
Egg Cycles
10
Base Friendship
50
EV Yield
Speed+3
Base Experience
243
Shape
Bipedal
Color
Yellow
Experience
1,000,000（Medium Fast）

Type Matchups View full type chart →

Defensive (when attacked)

2× Weakness Ground ×2
1/2 Resistance Electric ×0.5 Flying ×0.5 Steel ×0.5

Offensive (when attacking)

2× Weakness Water ×2 Flying ×2
Immune Ground ×0
1/2 Resistance Electric ×0.5 Grass ×0.5 Dragon ×0.5

Evolution Chain

Pichu Pichu
Level up with friendship ≥ 220 or affection ≥ 158
Pikachu Pikachu
Use Thunder Stone (in another region or Ultra Space)
Alolan Raichu Alolan Raichu
Use Thunder Stone (in the Alola region)
Alolan Raichu Alolan Raichu

Learnset

Level Moves Type Category Power Accuracy PP
Evolution Thunder Punch Electric Physical 75 100 15
— Electro Ball Electric Special — 100 10
— Discharge Electric Special 80 100 15
— Nasty Plot Dark Status — — 20
— Feint Normal Physical 30 100 10
— Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 15
— Spark Electric Physical 65 100 20
— Charm Fairy Status — 100 20
— Sweet Kiss Fairy Status — 75 10
— Play Nice Normal Status — — 20
— Nuzzle Electric Physical 20 100 20
— Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100 30
— Agility Psychic Status — — 30
— Thunder Electric Special 110 70 10
— Thunder Wave Electric Status — 90 20
— Thunder Shock Electric Special 40 100 30
— Growl Normal Status — 100 40
— Tail Whip Normal Status — 100 30
— Double Team Normal Status — — 15
— Light Screen Psychic Status — — 30
Evolution Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 10
— Nuzzle Electric Physical 20 100 20
— Electro Ball Electric Special — 100 10
— Discharge Electric Special 80 100 15
— Nasty Plot Dark Status — — 20
— Feint Normal Physical 30 100 10
— Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 15
— Spark Electric Physical 65 100 20
— Charm Fairy Status — 100 20
— Sweet Kiss Fairy Status — 75 10
— Light Screen Psychic Status — — 30
— Double Team Normal Status — — 15
— Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100 30
— Agility Psychic Status — — 30
— Thunder Electric Special 110 70 10
— Thunder Wave Electric Status — 90 20
— Thunder Shock Electric Special 40 100 30
— Growl Normal Status — 100 40
— Play Nice Normal Status — — 20
— Tail Whip Normal Status — 100 30
5 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 15
5 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 15

Wild Encounters

Generation I

Blue

Kanto

Location Level Method Chance
Cerulean CaveLv.53-64Walking10%
Kanto Power PlantLv.33-36Walking4%

Green

Kanto

Location Level Method Chance
Cerulean CaveLv.53-64Walking10%
Kanto Power PlantLv.33-36Walking4%

Red

Kanto

Location Level Method Chance
Cerulean CaveLv.53-64Walking10%

Raichu Competitive Movesets & Sets

Raichu movesets cover 8 generations and 25 formats with 38 sets in total, including moves, abilities, items, natures, EVs and Tera types with analysis.

8 Generation 25 Format 38 set
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Pokédex Entries

Generation I
Red：
Its long tail serves as a ground to protect itself from its own high voltage power.
Yellow：
When electricity builds up inside its body, it becomes feisty. It also glows in the dark.
Generation II
Gold：
When its electric­ ity builds, its muscles are stimu­ lated, and it be­ comes more aggres­ sive than usual.
Silver：
If the electric pouches in its cheeks become fully charged, both ears will stand straight up.
Crystal：
If its electric pouches run empty, it raises its tail to gather electri­ city from the atmosphere.
Generation III
Ruby：
If the electrical sacks become excessively charged, RAICHU plants its tail in the ground and discharges. Scorched patches of ground will be found near this Pokémon’s nest.
Sapphire：
This Pokémon exudes a weak electrical charge from all over its body that makes it take on a slight glow in darkness. RAICHU searches for electricity by planting its tail in the ground.
Emerald：
If it stores too much electricity, its behavior turns aggressive. To avoid this, it occasionally discharges excess energy and calms itself down.
FireRed：
Its electric charges can reach even 100,000 volts. Careless contact can cause even an Indian elephant to faint.
LeafGreen：
Its long tail serves as a ground to protect itself from its own high-voltage power.
Generation IV
Diamond：
It turns aggressive if it has too much electricity in its body. It discharges power through its tail.
Pearl：
It can loose 100,000-volt bursts of electricity, instantly downing foes several times its size.
Platinum：
Its tail discharges electricity into the ground, protecting it from getting shocked.
HeartGold：
When its electricity builds, its muscles are stimulated, and it becomes more aggressive than usual.
SoulSilver：
If the electric pouches in its cheeks become fully charged, both ears will stand straight up.
Generation V
Black：
Its tail discharges electricity into the ground, protecting it from getting shocked.
Generation VI
X：
When its electricity builds, its muscles are stimulated, and it becomes more aggressive than usual.
Y：
It can loose 100,000-volt bursts of electricity, instantly downing foes several times its size.
Omega Ruby：
If the electrical sacs become excessively charged, Raichu plants its tail in the ground and discharges. Scorched patches of ground will be found near this Pokémon’s nest.
Alpha Sapphire：
This Pokémon exudes a weak electrical charge from all over its body that makes it take on a slight glow in darkness. Raichu plants its tail in the ground to discharge electricity.
Generation VII
Sun：
It unleashes electric shocks that can reach 100,000 volts. When agitated, it can knock out even an Indian elephant.
Moon：
It becomes aggressive when it has electricity stored up. At such times, even its Trainer has to take care to avoid being attacked.
Ultra Sun：
As electricity builds up inside its body, it becomes more aggressive. One theory is that the electricity buildup is actually causing stress.
Ultra Moon：
Because so many Trainers like the way Pikachu looks, you don’t see this Pokémon very often.
Let's Go Pikachu：
When electricity builds up inside its body, it becomes feisty. It also glows in the dark.
Generation VIII
Sword：
Its long tail serves as a ground to protect itself from its own high-voltage power.
Shield：
If its electric pouches run empty, it raises its tail to gather electricity from the atmosphere.
Legends: Arceus：
It can discharge bursts of electricity exceeding 100,000 volts— a single strike with that amount of power would incapacitate one of the Copperajah of my homeland.