Legendary beasts

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Raikou, Entei, and Suicune

The Legendary beasts is a collective fan term used to refer to the trio of Entei, Raikou, and Suicune. They share a common Ability, Pressure, and Hidden Ability, Inner Focus.

History

A direct counterpart to the Generation I trio, the beasts find their master in Ho-Oh, who revived them when Ecruteak City's Brass Tower burned. They are said to embody the three events that happened to the tower: the lightning that struck the tower, the fire that burned in the tower, and the winds and rain that put it out. It is unknown whether these three were already a Suicune, Raikou, and Entei before they were revived, or whether Ho-Oh actually reincarnated them from three non-Legendary Pokémon.

Of the three beasts, Suicune finds the most independence, appearing as a game mascot on the box art of Crystal, and taking an expanded role in that game. Suicune also appears in Celebi: Voice of the Forest as a protagonist, while Entei was the first of the three to have a movie appearance (albeit as an illusion), in Spell of the Unown: Entei. Raikou was delegated to a more minor role, appearing as the central character in The Legend of Thunder!, where Jimmy encountered it. However, Misty's Togepi and a Houndoom did see the silhouette of a Raikou in Houndoom's Special Delivery. The Legendary beasts made their first group appearance in the thirteenth movie, Zoroark: Master of Illusions, albeit in Shiny form. By transferring the Shiny Legendary beasts given away by promotional events to Pokémon Black and White, players are able to battle and capture the Pokémon Zoroark, who will transform to a member of this trio during the battle.

Availability

The Legendary beasts, their Shiny forms, and Zoroark

The beasts are available in several of the Pokémon games. The three (reduced to just Raikou and Entei in Crystal) are available roaming Johto in Generation II and their remakes. Each has a base stat total of 580, divided among the stats as 115-115-100-90-85-75, in different orders.

They are also found in FireRed and LeafGreen, where one of the trio is roaming the Kanto region. The type of the one that happens to roam Kanto is the one that is super effective against the player's choice of a starter Pokémon. To be specific, Raikou appears to Trainers who chose Squirtle, Entei to those who took in Bulbasaur, and Suicune to those who chose to go with Charmander. They appear in the Generation III side series game, Pokémon Colosseum, where they are transformed into Shadow Pokémon by Cipher and owned by the admins Dakim, Venus, and Ein.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune are encountered in the Burned Tower. After encountering them, Raikou and Entei will roam the Johto region and can be caught at a random route, though will flee the instant any battle begins. Suicune, however, flees to Route 25 where it can be caught. If it is defeated there, it will respawn at the Burned Tower after the player enters the Hall of Fame again.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune are encountered at the Trackless Forest if the player has Lugia or Ho-Oh in their party. One will appear depending on what point of the hour the time is set on: Raikou appears in the first 20 minutes of each hour, Entei in the next 20, then Suicune in the final 20 minutes of an hour.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, each of them is the boss of one of the three sacred fields, requiring the Clear Wing to enter this trial in the first place. After the player defeats Entei at Fiery Field the Clear Wing becomes the Red Wing, allowing access to Raikou's Lightning Field, defeating it turns the Red Wing into the Sunset Wing, Suicune can then be fought at Northwind Field and defeating it will change the Sunset Wing into the Rainbow Wing allowing access to Mt. Faraway so the player can battle the beast's trio master, Ho-Oh.

In Pokémon Ranger, Gordor captures the three beasts, and it is up to the player to recapture them and save Fiore. Otherwise, they are not usable in the main storyline, and Entei is the only one who is battled twice of the beasts; once in the Jungle Relic, and once again atop the Fiore Temple. During the last captures, Raikou and Suicune are captured when under the control of Gordor, while Entei attempts to attack Gordor upon the destruction of Power Styler, and it is up to the player to calm it.

They are also available in Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, where they can be summoned using the Ranger Signs associated to them. The three possess different abilities that can help the player progress further into the game. Raikou can jump over gaps and bridges, while Entei can break large rocks blocking the path, and Suicune can walk across water. The three share the ability of frightening other Pokémon out of their hiding spots, and if the Capture Styler is charged before summoning, stop the Pokémon in their tracks. Upon summoning, the player is able to ride the Pokémon summoned, however, the three cannot be called to the field at the same time.

In the anime

In the main series

Main article: Legendary beasts (M13)

The Legendary beasts in the anime

The Legendary beasts appeared in Shiny form as the protectors of Crown City. They appeared when they believed that Zoroark was terrorizing the town. When they came to Crown City, they attacked Zoroark, and chased it down in the process. When they cornered Zoroark, the Pokémon living in Crown City all surrounded them and the Legendary beasts then stopped attacking Zoroark after learning that it had no malevolent intentions. Later, when Grings Kodai, on the verge of his defeat, tried to reach the Time Ripple a final time, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune cornered Kodai, causing him to flee to the stadium, where he was knocked unconscious by Zoroark. The three then roared their farewells to Zoroark when it and Zorua left to return to Unova.

In Pokémon Generations

The Legendary beasts in Pokémon Generations

The nameless Pokémon that would become the Legendary beasts

The Legendary beasts appeared in The Reawakening, where they were shown in a tale told by Eusine. Long ago, they were three nameless Pokémon that lived in Ecruteak City. During a lightining storm, they were inside the Brass Tower when it got struck by lightning. The tower went up in flames and the three Pokémon perished. After the fire went out however, Ho-Oh appeared from the sky and revived the three Pokémon using its mystical powers. The Pokémon gained new life as Raikou, Entei and Suicune, much to the shock of the citizens of Ecruteak City, who found their revival to be unnatural. They used violence against the three Pokémon, after which they fled Ecruteak, never to been seen again. According to Eusine, they completely lost trust in humanity. However, Suicune still showed itself to Eusine when he visited the Burned Tower.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Legendary beasts (Adventures)

Like in the games, the Legendary beasts were saved by Ho-Oh when the Brass Tower burned down and became the Burned Tower. Ho-Oh was caught by the Mask of Ice some time before the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc; the Legendary beasts managed to separate Ho-Oh from the Mask of Ice but were imprisoned in ice mirrors beneath the Burned Tower. They were freed by Yellow, who had been visiting the Johto region with her uncle Wilton.

The Legendary beasts roamed Johto in search for their companions. Because of Suicune's status as a game mascot, it was given more screen time than Raikou and Entei. They reunited for a short while in Really Raikou and Entirely Entei II, before finally finding their companions, all of which were Kanto Gym Leaders. Suicune accepted Misty as a companion, after challenging her to a battle beneath the Tohjo Falls. Raikou chose Lt. Surge, who had faced the Mask of Ice before. Entei found Blaine, who was looking for its flames of life to cure his tainted right arm. They joined forces to confront the Mask of Ice at the Indigo Plateau, who had captured Ho-Oh once again. However, the masked man overcame them and set off for Ilex Forest for his ultimate goal. The Legendary beasts found a new companion in Crystal, and took her to Ilex Forest to join the other Pokédex Holders in the battle against the Mask of Ice. Raikou was passed to Gold, and Entei to Silver.

At the end of the arc, the Legendary beasts roamed the land again in search for Ho-Oh. One of them, Raikou, had found a new companion in Salon Maiden Anabel by the time of the Emerald arc.

Similar movesets

Lv.	Raikou  Electric	Entei  Fire	Suicune  Water
1	Bite
	Leer
	Extrasensory
	Discharge	Sacred Fire	Hydro Pump
		Eruption	Tailwind
		Lava Plume
8	Thunder Shock	Ember	Bubble Beam
15	Roar		Rain Dance
22	Quick Attack	Fire Spin	Gust
29	Spark	Stomp	Aurora Beam
36	Reflect	Flamethrower	Mist
43	Crunch	Swagger	Mirror Coat
50	Thunder Fang	Fire Fang	Ice Fang
57	Discharge	Lava Plume	Tailwind
64	Extrasensory
71	Rain Dance	Fire Blast	Hydro Pump
78	Calm Mind
85	Thunder	Eruption	Blizzard
Moves in bold are STAB. Moves in italics do no damage.

Base stat comparison

Pokémon	Raikou	Entei	Suicune
HP	90	115	100
Attack	85	115	75
Defense	75	85	115
Sp. Atk	115	90	90
Sp. Def	100	75	115
Speed	115	100	85
Total	580	580	580

Trivia

• Raikou, Entei, and Suicune were designed by Muneo Saitō.

The Legendary beasts and Eusine, as seen in the intro of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

• Many refer to them as Legendary cats or Legendary dogs, depending on if they personally see feline or canine features in the individual Pokémon. However, they are more likely based on many different creatures and mythological deities, such as Raijū, the Chinese guardian lions, and the qilin. On top of that, they also seem to have been stylized to fit the classic idea of three jungle cats or jungle beasts—the tiger, lion, and cheetah (or leopard).
• The Legendary beasts are the first Legendary Pokémon to get a special battle theme. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, each Legendary beast was given their own remixed version of the original Legendary beast music from Generation II. The three songs are similar, but use different instruments: Suicune's uses bells, Entei's uses an electric guitar, and Raikou's uses synthesized music.
• A representation of the Legendary beasts was used as the set symbol for the Neo Revelation card expansion.
• Entei and Raikou are the only pure Fire-type and Electric-type Legendary Pokémon, respectively.
• The initials for the three beasts are the same as the initials for the three Hoenn-based games: Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. In addition, their battle theme exists in Ruby and Sapphire's coding.
• The order that the beasts appear in the National Pokédex is the order of the events that happened at the Burned Tower: the lightning that started the fire (Raikou), the fire that consumed the Brass Tower (Entei) and the rain that quenched the fire (Suicune).
• The trio share their heights with three out of four members of Swords of Justice:
  • Cobalion and Entei are both 6'11" (2.1 m).
  • Virizion and Suicune are both 6'07" (2.0 m).
  • Terrakion and Raikou are both 6'03" (1.9 m).