#0243
Gen 2Types
Appearance
Category | ![]() | Thunder Pokémon |
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Color | ![]() | Yellow |
Height | ![]() | 1.9m / 6'3" |
Weight | ![]() | 178kg / 392.42lbs |
Shape
Footprint
Cry
Size Comparison
1.8m / 5'11"Trainer
1.9m / (6'3")Pokémon

Regional Pokédex Numbers
Training
Base Friendship (Gen 3-7) | 35 |
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Base Friendship (Gen 8+) | 35 |
Base Experience | 290 |
Catch Rate | 3 |
Leveling Rate | Slow |
Experience to 100 | 1,250,000 |
EV Yield: 3
HP0
ATK0
DEF0
SP.ATK1
SP.DEF0
SPE2
Abilities
PRIMARY | Pressure | Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one. |
HIDDEN | Inner Focus | Prevents
flinching
|
Base Stats
![]() | HP | 90 | 290 - 384 | ||||||
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![]() | Attack | 85 | 157 - 295 | ||||||
![]() | Defense | 75 | 139 - 273 | ||||||
![]() | Special Attack | 115 | 211 - 361 | ||||||
![]() | Special Defense | 100 | 184 - 328 | ||||||
![]() | Speed | 115 | 211 - 361 | ||||||
Total | 580 | min - max | |||||||
Lvl. 100 range |
- Minimum values assume 0 IV, 0 EV and a hindering nature (→ -10%)- Maximum values assume 31 IV (→ +31), 252 EV (→ +63) and a helpful nature (→ +10%)
Evolutions
Movesets
Moves marked with
get a same-type attack bonus

PokéDex Descriptions
S | A POKéMON that races across the land while barking a cry that sounds like crashing thunder. |
SS | A Pokémon that races across the land while barking a cry that sounds like crashing thunder. |
D P PL B B2 W W2 | It is said to have fallen with lightning. It can fire thunderbolts from the rain clouds on its back. |
E | RAIKOU embodies the speed of lightning. Its roars send shock waves shuddering through the air and ground as if lightning bolts were crashing down. |
R S | 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. |
AS OR | 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. |
G LG HG X | The rain clouds it carries let it fire thunderbolts at will. They say that it descended with lightning. |
FR | This POKéMON races across the land while barking a cry that sounds like crashing thunder. |
C | This rough POKéMON stores energy inside its body, then sweeps across the land, shooting off electricity. |
Y | This rough Pokémon stores energy inside its body, then sweeps across the land, shooting off electricity. |
Pokémon Cries
Introduced
GS
Form NameNormal Form
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Introduced
STA2
Form NameNormal Form
0:00
Introduced
XY
Form NameNormal Form
0:00