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Game data
Abilities
- Pressure
Puts opposing Pokémon under pressure, causing them to expend 1 more PP when using moves against the Pokémon.
- Inner FocusHidden
The Pokémon’s intense focus prevents it from flinching or being affected by Intimidate.
Boosts the Pokémon’s most proficient stat every time it knocks out a target.
Egg moves
- Parabolic ChargeElectricSpecial65 pow · 100%
The user attacks by unleashing a wave of electricity. The user’s HP is restored by ½ of the damage dealt by this move.
- Nasty PlotDarkStatus— · —
The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply boosts the user’s Sp. Atk stat.
- Frost BreathIceSpecial60 pow · 90%
The user attacks by blowing its cold breath on the target. This move always lands a critical hit.
- Electro DriftElectricSpecial100 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user races forward at ultrafast speeds, piercing its target with futuristic electricity. This move’s power is boosted by 33% if it’s a supereffective hit.
Base stats
Raikou · BST 580
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-6 starter:
- Passive ability
- 20 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 10 / 30 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 15 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Raikou eggs: 13 🍬 after 15 hatches, 11 🍬 after 30 hatches, 7 🍬 after 60 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 200
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Raikou needs 200 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.