Competitive Information for Alolan Raichu [Sun/Moon]
Electric / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Raichu-alola? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Raichu is an astounding Electric and Psychic-typed Pokemon. Raichu are common Pokemon to see in the SM metagame. Raichu is weak to Bug, Dark, Ghost, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Aloraichium Z / Electrium Z
Ability: Surge Surfer
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Thunderbolt / Electro Ball
- Psyshock / Psychic
- Nasty Plot
Special Sweeper Raichu-Alola (Popular/Trending)
Raichu is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Surge Surfer, if electric terrain is active Raichu's speed is doubled.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Electro Ball is a special STAB-boosted 0-base power Electric-type move (more power the faster your Raichu is than the target).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Nasty Plot is a status move (raises your Raichu's special attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Electrium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Surge Surfer
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 28 Hp / 252 Atk / 64 Def / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Volt Tackle / Wild Charge
- Brick Break / Double-Edge
- Knock Off / Thief
- Heart Stamp
Physical Sweeper Raichu-Alola (Surge Surfer)
Raichu is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Raichu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Surge Surfer, if electric terrain is active Raichu's speed is doubled. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Raichu has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Heart Stamp is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Psychic-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Psychium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Surge Surfer
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 28 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Surf
- Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Raichu-Alola (Surge Surfer)
Raichu is a marvelous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Raichu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Surge Surfer, if electric terrain is active Raichu's speed is doubled.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Raichu-alola? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Electrium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Surge Surfer
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 28 Hp / 252 Atk / 64 Def / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Volt Tackle / Wild Charge
- Brick Break / Double-Edge
- Knock Off / Thief
- Heart Stamp
Doubles Physical Sweeper Raichu-Alola (Surge Surfer)
Raichu is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Raichu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Surge Surfer, if electric terrain is active Raichu's speed is doubled. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Raichu has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Heart Stamp is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Psychic-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Electrium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Surge Surfer
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 28 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Surf
- Signal Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Raichu-Alola (Surge Surfer)
Raichu is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Raichu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Surge Surfer, if electric terrain is active Raichu's speed is doubled.
♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Raichu-alola 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 Raichu-alola can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Raichu-alola
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Psyshock + Tickle
- Ability: Surge surfer + Move: Electric terrain
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect, Extreme Speed, Fake Out, Follow Me, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Feint, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Yawn
Moves that boost Raichu-alola's stats
- Agility
- Calm Mind
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Nasty Plot
- Rage
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Raichu-alola
- Calm Mind
- Electro Ball
- Fake Out
- Focus Blast
- Grass Knot
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hidden Power Ice
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
- Psychic
- Psyshock
- Reflect
- Rest
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Raichu-alola in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Raichu-alola's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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