Raikou

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• Info
• Base stats
• Evolution chart
• Pokédex entries
• Moves learned
• Sprites
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Raikou is an Electric type Pokémon introduced in Generation 2.

Evolution chart

• Raikou does not evolve.

Raikou changes

• In Generations 5-6, Raikou has Volt Absorb as its hidden ability.
• In Generations 2-4, Raikou has a base experience yield of 216.
• In Generation 2, Raikou has a base Friendship value of 70.

Pokédex entries

Moves learned by Raikou

• In other generations
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9

Scarlet/Violet Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl

Moves learnt by level up

Raikou learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Charge	Electric		—	—
1	Extreme Speed	Normal		80	100
1	Leer	Normal		—	100
1	Quick Attack	Normal		40	100
1	Thunder Shock	Electric		40	100
6	Spark	Electric		65	100
12	Bite	Dark		60	100
18	Calm Mind	Psychic		—	—
24	Roar	Normal		—	—
30	Thunder Fang	Electric		65	95
36	Howl	Normal		—	—
42	Crunch	Dark		80	100
48	Extrasensory	Psychic		80	100
54	Discharge	Electric		80	100
60	Reflect	Psychic		—	—
66	Rain Dance	Water		—	—
72	Thunder	Electric		110	70
78	Zap Cannon	Electric		120	50

Egg moves

Raikou does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.

Moves learnt by TM

Raikou is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal		90	85
04	Agility	Psychic		—	—
05	Mud-Slap	Ground		20	100
06	Scary Face	Normal		—	100
07	Protect	Normal		—	—
09	Thunder Fang	Electric		65	95
20	Trailblaze	Grass		50	100
23	Charge Beam	Electric		50	90
25	Facade	Normal		70	100
30	Snarl	Dark		55	95
32	Swift	Normal		60	∞
47	Endure	Normal		—	—
48	Volt Switch	Electric		70	100
49	Sunny Day	Fire		—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water		—	—
51	Sandstorm	Rock		—	—
66	Body Slam	Normal		85	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal		—	—
72	Electro Ball	Electric		—	100
74	Reflect	Psychic		—	—
75	Light Screen	Psychic		—	—
82	Thunder Wave	Electric		—	90
85	Rest	Psychic		—	—
96	Eerie Impulse	Electric		—	100
99	Iron Head	Steel		80	100
103	Substitute	Normal		—	—
108	Crunch	Dark		80	100
112	Aura Sphere	Fighting		80	∞
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost		80	100
126	Thunderbolt	Electric		90	100
129	Calm Mind	Psychic		—	—
130	Helping Hand	Normal		—	—
136	Electric Terrain	Electric		—	—
147	Wild Charge	Electric		90	100
152	Giga Impact	Normal		150	90
163	Hyper Beam	Normal		150	90
166	Thunder	Electric		110	70
171	Tera Blast	Normal		80	100
172	Roar	Normal		—	—
173	Charge	Electric		—	—
188	Scald	Water		80	100
193	Weather Ball	Normal		50	100
204	Double-Edge	Normal		120	100
210	Supercell Slam	Electric		100	95
211	Electroweb	Electric		55	95
221	Throat Chop	Dark		80	100

Moves learnt by level up

Raikou learns the following moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Charge	Electric		—	—
1	Extreme Speed	Normal		80	100
1	Leer	Normal		—	100
1	Quick Attack	Normal		40	100
1	Thunder Shock	Electric		40	100
6	Spark	Electric		65	100
12	Bite	Dark		60	100
18	Calm Mind	Psychic		—	—
24	Roar	Normal		—	—
30	Thunder Fang	Electric		65	95
36	Howl	Normal		—	—
42	Crunch	Dark		80	100
48	Extrasensory	Psychic		80	100
54	Discharge	Electric		80	100
60	Reflect	Psychic		—	—
66	Rain Dance	Water		—	—
72	Thunder	Electric		110	70
78	Zap Cannon	Electric		120	50

Egg moves

Raikou does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Moves learnt by TM

Raikou is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl:

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
04	Calm Mind	Psychic		—	—
05	Roar	Normal		—	—
11	Sunny Day	Fire		—	—
15	Hyper Beam	Normal		150	90
16	Light Screen	Psychic		—	—
17	Protect	Normal		—	—
18	Rain Dance	Water		—	—
23	Iron Tail	Steel		100	75
24	Thunderbolt	Electric		90	100
25	Thunder	Electric		110	70
28	Dig	Ground		80	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost		80	100
32	Double Team	Normal		—	—
33	Reflect	Psychic		—	—
34	Shock Wave	Electric		60	∞
37	Sandstorm	Rock		—	—
42	Facade	Normal		70	100
43	Volt Switch	Electric		70	100
44	Rest	Psychic		—	—
49	Scald	Water		80	100
57	Charge Beam	Electric		50	90
58	Endure	Normal		—	—
68	Giga Impact	Normal		150	90
70	Flash	Normal		—	100
73	Thunder Wave	Electric		—	90
77	Psych Up	Normal		—	—
78	Snarl	Dark		55	95
82	Sleep Talk	Normal		—	—
83	Bulldoze	Ground		60	100
87	Swagger	Normal		—	85
90	Substitute	Normal		—	—
93	Cut	Normal		50	95
96	Strength	Normal		80	100
98	Rock Smash	Fighting		40	100
100	Rock Climb	Normal		90	85

• In other generations
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9

Raikou sprites

Type	Generation 2	Generation 3	Generation 4	Generation 5	Generation 6	Generation 7	Generation 8	Generation 9
Normal						—	—
Shiny						—	—	—

• See all Raikou sprites