# Raichu: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Raichu in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | Reg M-C |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/raichu.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/raichu/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `raichu` |
| Types | Electric |
| Usage rank | #10 |
| Usage | 15.2% |
| Teams | 1,708 |
| Win rate | 52.9% |
| Decided matches | 17,683 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Fake Out, Focus Blast, Protect, Zap Cannon |
| Item | Raichunite Y |
| Ability | Lightning Rod |
| Nature | Timid |
| Share of lists | 65.6% |
| Win rate | 54.0% |
| Decided matches | 11,741 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Protect | 97.5% | 53.2% |
| Zap Cannon | 95.3% | 53.3% |
| Focus Blast | 95.2% | 53.3% |
| Fake Out | 75.8% | 53.1% |
| Encore | 20.2% | 54.1% |
| Volt Switch | 4.3% | 48.9% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Raichunite Y | 95.3% | 53.3% |
| Raichunite X | 3.7% | 46.9% |
| No item | 0.4% | 53.1% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lightning Rod | 94.4% | 53.3% |
| No Guard | 2.7% | 51.4% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Timid | 92.9% | 53.7% |
| Modest | 2.8% | 42.7% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 82.5% | 1,409 | 54.2% |
| Gholdengo | 62.6% | 1,070 | 54.5% |
| Hisuian Arcanine | 46.5% | 795 | 53.9% |
| Sneasler | 36.8% | 628 | 53.8% |
| Staraptor | 29.3% | 500 | 53.2% |

## Head to head

Teams carrying this species, against teams carrying the opponent, over decided matches.
A cell is a team record, not a one-on-one simulation.

### Beats

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grimmsnarl | 58.6% | 879 |
| Lucario | 57.0% | 751 |
| Whimsicott | 56.7% | 948 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Camerupt | 46.6% | 349 |
| Garchomp | 49.4% | 2,604 |
| Torkoal | 49.5% | 669 |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=raichu

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.