Raikou is one of the Legendary Raid Boss in Pokemon GO, Part of the Johto Beasts trio, and it comes under Tier 5 Legendary Battles. It is not soloable and the Recommended Group size is 7+ with Optimal attackers and 15+ for normal attackers to take it down.
Raikou is a Pure ELECTRIC type and it’s got a number of solid Ground counters.
Raikou Raid Boss CP is found to be 42932 and it can have max CP of 1,913 (Perfect Level 20).
MAX CP | 3349 | |
ATTACK | 241 | |
DEFENCE | 210 | |
STAMINA | 180 | |
BUDDY CANDY DISTANCE | 20 KM | |
BASE CAPTURE RATE | 2% |
Legendary | Weakness |
GROUND |
Raikou Raid Counters
Counters | Quick Move | Charged Move |
Mud-Slap | Earthquake | |
Mud-Slap | Earthquake | |
Tackle | Earthquake | |
Bite | Crunch | |
Stone Edge | ||
Mud Shot | Earthquake | |
Furry Cutter | Earthquake |
Raikou takes Super Effective damage from GROUND Type moves, due to its Pure Electric type.
The best Pokemon to fight Raikou is Rhydon with Mud-Slap/Earthquake moveset.
Unlike Zapdos, Raikou doesn’t have the second type to make Raid battles complicated, just hit Quake.
Catching Raikou
We Would highly recommend using the golden razz as the base catch rate is 2% (With Golden razz, catch rate is 5% + etc bonuses such as curveball)
Movesets
Best Movesets | |
Thunder Shock (Quick Move) | Thunder (Charged Move) |
LEGENDARY RAID GUIDES
Lugia | Articuno | Zapdos | Moltres |
Raikou | Entei | Suicune | Mewtwo |