Gengar’s Pokédex · Johto · Generation II

#243 Raikou

Electric

SpeciesThunder Pokémon
Japanese nameRaikou
PronunciationRAY-KOO
Height6′ 3″ 1.91 m
Weight392.0 lb 176.40 kg
GenderGenderless

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Name meaning

Japanese for “lightning”

Evolution

RaikouThis Pokémon didn’t evolve from anything, nor does it evolve. No Evolution.

Raikou in the original Gengar’s Pokédex — Raikou as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

GoldStadium 2	The rain clouds it carries let it fire thunderbolts at will. They say that it descended with lightning.
Silver	A POKEMON that races across the land while barking a cry that sounds like crashing thunder.
Crystal	This rough POKEMON stores energy inside its body, then sweeps across the land, shooting off electricity.

Where to find Raikou

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Gold	Actual location varies [First you must have scaried away the three legendary Pokémon (Raikou, Entei, and Suicune) at the basement of Burned Tower, then each one will wanders around Johto. To catch them you must first find them so that you can track there current location on the map of their pokedex entry. Each time your character moves to a new area, which includes going through doors, these three legendaries each move one area ahead of where they were. These three are, by far, the most toughest to catch in the game. Good luck!]	Any	One
Silver		Any	One
Crystal		Any	One

How to catch

	Ground	Surf	Fishing	Forest Tree	Mountain Tree	Rock Smash	Breed	Evolve	Event	BugCatch	Game Corner
G/S	✓
Crystal	✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

Normal×1
Fire×1
Water×1
Electric×0.5
Grass×1
Ice×1
Fighting×1
Poison×1
Ground×2
Flying×0.5
Psychic×1
Bug×1
Rock×1
Ghost×1
Dragon×1
Dark×1
Steel×0.5

1 weakness and 3 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 3 (33%).

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

NormalNormal
FireNormal
WaterGood
ElectricBad
GrassBad
IceNormal
FightingNormal
PoisonNormal
GroundNo Effect
FlyingGood
PsychicNormal
BugNormal
RockNormal
GhostNormal
DragonBad
DarkNormal
SteelNormal

2 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:2 (50%).

Moves learned by levelling up

G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
Start	Bite	Dark	Special
Start	Leer	Normal	Status
11	Thundershock	Electric	Special
21	Roar	Normal	Status
31	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical
41	Spark	Electric	Special
51	Reflect	Psychic	Status
61	Crunch	Dark	Special
71	Thunder	Electric	Special

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

Thunderbolt

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

TM02Headbutt
TM03Curse
TM05Roar
TM06Toxic
TM07Zap Cannon
TM08Rock Smash
TM09Psych Up
TM10Hidden Power
TM11Sunny Day
TM13Snore
TM15Hyper Beam
TM17Protect
TM18Rain Dance
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM23Iron Tail
TM25Thunder
TM27Return
TM28Dig
TM31Mud-Slap
TM32Double Team
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM37Sandstorm
TM39Swift
TM43Detect
TM44Rest
HM01Cut
HM04Strength
HM05Flash

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	No Eggs group X

Compatible Pokémon

None: this Pokémon can’t breed.

Egg moves

None.

Stats

Stat	Base	Range at Lv. 100	G/S/C rank
HP	90	353-383	14/4577.31%
Attack	85	238-268	12/4969.15%
Defense	75	218-248	22/5557.93%
Speed	115	298-328	4/4796.41%
Special Attack	115	298-328	6/4696.41%
Special Defense	100	268-298	11/4187.46%
Total	580	1673-1853	3/8795.03%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library