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| Base Exp.: 216
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Battle Exp.: 2161*
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| {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=raikou|ndex=243|name=Raikou }}
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Raikou (Japanese: ライコウ Raikou, German, French: Raikou, Korean: 라이코 Raiko) is a Legendary Electric-type Pokémon. First appearing in the Generation II Games, it is--along with Entei and Suicune--one of the Legendary Beasts created by Ho-oh after the burning of Ecruteak Tower.
Raikou comes with the Ability Pressure, which causes the foe to use two PP instead of one each time it uses a move.
Raikou does not evolve, and no Pokémon evolves into it.
Pokédex entries
- Pokémon Gold
- The rain clouds it carries let it fire thunderbolts at will. They say that it desended with lightning.
- Pokémon Silver
- A Pokémon that races across the land while barking a cry that sounds like crashing thunder.
- Pokémon Crystal
- This rough Pokémon stores energy in its body, then sweeps across the land, shooting off electricity.
- Pokémon Emerald
- Raikou embodies the speed of lightning. Its roars send shock waves shuddering through the air and ground as if lightning bolts were crashing down.
Nsider's Pokemon Forum Group called The Legendary Researchers believe though man made towers for Ho-oh and Lugia, one was destroyed accidentally by the uncontrolled powers of Lugia, and they fled, and Lugia descended to the darkness of the Whirl Islands. So it was that when humans returned to the site and looked for Ho-oh and Lugia, they did not return, and the humans were greatly saddened. So they made sacred this site, and eventually Ho-oh returned, searching for noble humans to create peace between man and Pokemon. Under the burned tower were discovered three beasts, the reincarnations of the thunder, the volcano, the north winds, symbols of the destructive forces of nature. Ho-oh had saved these beasts from the destruction, and given them elemental powers greater than they had ever known so that they could help Ho-oh in maintaining peace between humans and Pokemon, and now they leapt forth to roam the earth.
And it is said that whenever a volcano emerges from the ground, a thundercloud gathers, or a cold wind blows out of the north, another of these beasts is born, but these cannot match the power and grandeur of the first three beasts, who sleep under the burned tower and awake only when Ho-oh needs their help.
Evidence from Episode: For Ho-oh the Bells Toll and Pokedex descriptions. Also based off facts.
Name origin
Raikou's appearance resembles the ancient creature known as the sabretooth tiger. The name in Japanese could be taken to mean 雷光, lightning. This Pokémon is also based on a demon of Japanese lore, the 雷獣 raijū.
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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90
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150 - 197
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290 - 384
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85
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81 - 150
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157 - 295
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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115
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108 - 183
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211 - 361
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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115
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108 - 183
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211 - 361
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Total: 580
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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In the anime
Raikou first appeared in the three-part Pokémon Chronicles episode.
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