Raichu

Raichu is ranked #8 by usage in Reg M-C, on 21.05% of teams (4,228 rosters). Those rosters have won 51.22% of 40,870 games, above the 50% line.

Raichu is Electric, a single type Pokémon.

By typing, Raichu is 2x weak to Ground. It resists Electric, Flying and Steel (0.5x). Abilities such as Levitate or a held item can change this; the chart does not.

60 HP, 90 Attack, 55 Defense, 90 Sp. Atk, 80 Sp. Def and 110 Speed, 485 in total. At level 50 its Speed is 178 with a +Speed nature and 32 SP, 162 neutral with 32 SP, 130 uninvested, and 117 at minimum for Trick Room.

Speed tiers lists every Pokémon on the same benchmarks.

The most-played build is Raichunite Y with Lightning Rod and a Timid nature, running Fake Out, Focus Blast, Protect and Zap Cannon. It is on 70.03% of Raichu rosters and has won 51.76% of 28,816 games.

The full build table, every slot and every spread, is above on this page.

Raichunite Y is the most-held, on 94.75% of Raichu rosters.

Lightning Rod, on 95.70% of rosters. The slot is effectively fixed, so it is not a build decision.

The four most-run moves are Protect, Zap Cannon, Focus Blast and Fake Out.

Timid on 93.00% of rosters and Jolly on 2.27%.

Spreads are a separate board: open the EV Spreads tab above for the ones published with a list.

Rillaboom is the most common, on 82.14% of Raichu rosters.

Name	Share of Raichu rosters	Win rate
Rillaboom	82.14%	52.09%
Gholdengo	58.18%	51.83%
Hisuian Arcanine	37.58%	52.58%
Incineroar	35.74%	51.39%
Sneasler	28.67%	52.73%

Teams carrying Raichu have their worst records against these.

Name	Win rate	Games
Delphox	46.53%	2,245
Camerupt	46.60%	739
Blastoise	46.74%	750

Teams carrying Raichu have their best records against these.

Name	Win rate	Games
Sableye	56.02%	335
Grimmsnarl	54.93%	2,574
Golisopod	54.60%	4,602

Tournament team lists and match records for Pokémon Champions. These answers read Reg M-C. Figures as of 2026-10-12.

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