Raikou
Artwork
Names
- English: Raikou
- Japanese: ライコウ (Raikou)
- German: Raikou
- French: Raikou
Number(s)
- National: 243
- Hoenn: 378
- Johto: 238
Gender
Genderless
Egg Group(s)
No Eggs
Evolution
| Basic |
|---|
 RaikouBase form |
Size
- Height: 1.9 m / 6’03”
- Weight: 178.0 kg / 392.4 lbs.
Damage Taken
- ×½: Flying, Steel, Electric
- ×2: Ground
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 580 | ||
| HP | 26 | 0 | |
| Attack | 28 | 0 | |
| Defense | 36 | 0 | |
| Sp.Atk | 9 | 1 | |
| Sp.Def | 21 | 0 | |
| Speed | 8 | 2 | |
Ability
- Pressure
- Game's description
- The Pokémon raises the foe’s PP usage.
- Battle effect
- When this Pokémon is hit by a move, the opponent’s PP lowers by 2 rather than 1.
- Map effect
- If the Pokémon is in the lead spot, chance of encountering a high level wild Pokémon decreases to 50%.
Wild Item
- NONE
Pal Park
- Area: Mountain
- Points: 90
- Encounter rate: 3
Miscellaneous
- Species: Thunder Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 20,480
- Color: Yellow
- Catch Rate: 3
- Base Tameness: 35
- Growth Group: Slow
1,250,000 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Transfer from GBA via Pal Park [None]
- Pearl
- Transfer from GBA via Pal Park [None]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Gold
- The rain clouds it carries let it fire thunderbolts at will. They say that it descended with lightning.
- Silver
- A POKéMON that races across the land while barking a cry that sounds like crashing thunder.
- Crystal
- This rough POKéMON stores energy inside its body, then sweeps across the land, shooting off electricity.
- Ruby
- RAIKOU embodies the speed of lightning. The roars of this POKéMON send shock waves shuddering through the air and shake the ground as if lightning bolts had come crashing down.
- Sapphire
- RAIKOU embodies the speed of lightning. The roars of this POKéMON send shock waves shuddering through the air and shake the ground as if lightning bolts had come crashing down.
- Emerald
- RAIKOU embodies the speed of lightning. Its roars send shock waves shuddering through the air and ground as if lightning bolts were crashing down.
- Fire Red
- This POKéMON races across the land while barking a cry that sounds like crashing thunder.
- Leaf Green
- The rain clouds it carries let it fire thunderbolts at will. They say that it descended with lightning.
- Diamond
- It is said to have fallen with lightning. It can fire thunderbolts from the rain clouds on its back.
- Pearl
- It is said to have fallen with lightning. It can fire thunderbolts from the rain clouds on its back.