Raikou
Raikou is a Electric legendary encounter associated with Volt Plant. The Johto partner has 110 playable HP, speed 126 and Thunder Shock as its starting attack. In the rift it uses ranged behavior and a 120-second fight limit. An ordinary Raikou victory awards a Bond; the normal partner comes from its regional gacha.
Legendary encounter fields
- Pokédex number
- 243
- Types
- Electric
- Regional banner
- Johto
- Rarity (stars)
- 5
- Supported shiny form
- Yes
- Possible arena themes
- Volt Plant
- Arena time limit (seconds)
- 120
- Selection weight before first win
- 4
- Selection weight after a win
- 1
- Encounter behavior
- ranged
- Shiny roll after target selection
- 1 in 512
Raikou: playable partner
The playable Raikou starts with Thunder Shock, has 110 HP / 126 speed / ×1.33 attack, and belongs to Johto's 5-star pool. Its ordinary named-target draw chance is 0.2143%. See Raikou's Pokédex entry for all 11 available moves.
Raikou playable form: defensive matchups
Raikou takes its lowest incoming factor, 60%, from Electric, Flying, Steel attacks. Its highest is 160%, against Ground.
Raikou playable form: nearby regional entries
Raikou ranks behind 17 Johto partners in HP, 1 in speed and 8 in attack. Raikou has 75 less HP, 25 more speed and 0.22 more attack multiplier compared with Blissey. Blissey opens with Tackle and has Normal typing. Raikou has 12 less HP, 6 more speed and equal attack multiplier compared with Entei. Entei opens with Ember and has Fire typing. Compare nearby partners' HP, speed and attack as percentage differences from Raikou.
Sources for Raikou
- Official legendary guide
- Official legendary flags, regions and partner data
- Official rift selection, arena timing and Bond reward
- Official regional gacha rates, pity and duplicate results
- Official arena themes and weather
- Official co-op HP scaling
- Official enemy defeat and shiny unlocks
- Official shiny eligibility metadata