Competitive Information for Raikou [Ruby/Sapphire]
Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Raikou? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Raikou is a notable Electric-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to find yourself dealing with Raikou when battling in the 3rd generation meta. Raikou's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Magnet
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 116 Hp / 16 Def / 252 SpA / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Spark
- Crunch / Bite
- Calm Mind
- Thunder Wave
Special Sweeper Raikou (Pressure)
Raikou is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Don't forget back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Pressure, if Raikou is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Spark is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Crunch is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a special 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Raikou's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Raikou? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Magnet
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 116 Hp / 16 Def / 252 SpA / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Spark
- Crunch / Bite
- Calm Mind
- Thunder Wave
Doubles Special Sweeper Raikou (Pressure)
Raikou is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Don't forget back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Pressure, if Raikou is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Spark is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Crunch is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a special 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Raikou's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Raikou learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Raikou can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive RS Move and Ability Combos for Raikou
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Raikou's stats
- Calm Mind
Most notable and possible best moves for Raikou
- Calm Mind
- Hidden Power Grass
- Hidden Power Ice
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Substitute
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Raikou in Ruby and Sapphire
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Raikou's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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