Competitive Information for Alolan Raichu [Sword/Shield]
Electric / Psychic
Abilities:
If Electric Terrain is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled.
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Movesets for Singles
Looking for a competitive moveset for Raichu-alola? These builds are optimized for Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs are designed to maximize damage against common opponents and threats in the Sword/Shield metagame. Check out the expert movesets below to boost your battle performance and dominate your opponents!
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Get ready to meet Raichu-Alola, the superb Electric and Psychic-typed Pokémon! It's to see Raichu-Alola show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. It is weak to Bug, Dark, Ghost, and Ground-typed attacks. Check out the movesets listed below to learn more about Raichu-Alola's strategies.
Item: Focus Sash / Weakness Policy
Ability: Surge Surfer
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Surf
- Rising Voltage / Thunderbolt
- Protect
For those intense single battles, Raichu is a wonderful Special Sweeper. This moveset was constructed to take down the opponent's team with lethal special moves. Focus Sash helps protect Raichu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Weakness Policy activates if Raichu is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Surge Surfer, if electric terrain is active Raichu's speed is doubled.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Raichu on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Rising Voltage is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Electric-type move (2x power if target is grounded in electric terrain).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Raichu this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
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
- Play Rough
Taking on single battles? Raichu is a stunning Physical Sweeper. This approach seeks to take down the opponent's team with heavy-hitting physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Raichu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Raichu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. 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).
◆ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Surge Surfer
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 28 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Surf
- Grass Knot
In single battles, Raichu's Special Sweeper role is a first-rate. This configuration strives to overwhelm foes with powerful special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Raichu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Raichu's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Surge Surfer, if electric terrain is active Raichu's speed is doubled.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Raichu on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ 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).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
Need a strong doubles moveset for Raichu-alola? These builds are perfect for VGC (Pokémon Video Game Championship) and other competitive Sword/Shield Double Battles. The VGC is the ultimate test of strategy and skill, and these movesets and EVs are designed to excel against multiple opponents at once while providing essential support to your team. Dominate the Sword/Shield metagame with these expert-crafted setups!
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
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
- Play Rough
Raichu proves to be a marvelous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to overwhelm foes with potent physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Raichu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Raichu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. 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).
◆ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Surge Surfer
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 28 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Surf
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Grass Knot
Raichu shows an incredible Special Sweeper prowess in double battles. This moveset is tailored to overwhelm foes with destructive special power. Focus Sash helps protect Raichu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Raichu's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Raichu on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movepool
Want to know what moves Raichu-alola can learn? Check out the full list of moves available in the Pokemon Sword/Shield generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by type, category, accuracy, and power. Moves in bold get the same-type attack bonus (STAB) when used by Raichu-alola.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Raichu-alola can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS 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: Nasty plot + Stored power
- 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: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Detect, Endure, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect, Extreme Speed, Fake Out, Feint, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Raichu-alola's stats
- Agility
- Calm Mind
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Nasty Plot
- Skull Bash
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Raichu-alola
- Draining Kiss
- Electro Ball
- Electroweb
- Encore
- Expanding Force
- Fake Out
- Fling
- Focus Blast
- Grass Knot
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psychic
- Psyshock
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rising Voltage
- Stored Power
- Surf
- Teleport
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Raichu-alola in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
- Mild Nature ( 0/4/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Raichu-alola's Defensive EV-spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
Usage Data
Explore the latest analytical usage data for this Pokémon from various VGC and online competitions. We use this data to develop our strategies and movesets. The data is categorized by competition and skill level: top-ranking trainers, mid-level players, and entry-level players.
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