Question

Thanks DT for bringing the not done ones to my attention. Time to finish these once and for all. My Raichu knows:

Nasty Plot: Increases Sp. Attack.
Grass Knot: Deals with Ground types and some Water types easily.
Encore: Makes the foe forced to repeat a bad move.
Thunderbolt: Good power, high accuracy, STAB, chance to paralyze.

Raichu learnset

Comments

That was sudden.
Have to go to bed in a minute.

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Pikachu (M) @ Light Ball
Trait: Static
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Fake Out
- Volt Tackle
- Brick Break
- Iron Tail

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Raichu (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Lightningrod
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Nasty Plot
- Discharge
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Flying]

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Encore is bad if the opponent uses a good move

Answer 1

Don't be fooled by the Base 55 Defense. With Static, paired with Attract, you can cripple your opponent without breaking a sweat. Not to mention that it has great Mixed Sweeping potential, and good Speed and HP to back up that Defense.

With the right moves, you've got a good sweeper in Raichu. Not the best, by any means, but one of the best ones (Being overshadowed by only Jolteon and Electivire).

Your moveset is almost perfect, but Encore is too risky for a Pokemon like Raichu, who is 2HKO'd by (almost) any strong STAB attack. Replace Encore for Attract. I know this doesn't sound very smart, but it's really the best choice.

If you don't like Attract, then you can also try Brick Break for Screen breaking, Bide with a Focus Sash for (90% of the time, at least :P) a guaranteed KO, or Wish for team support!

Pikachu and Raichu's good attacks (Bide, Wish, Charge, Reversal, etc.) are locked away as egg moves, which is a major downside, but these moves are the key to Raichu's success. =D

Answer 2

Gen V

Raichu (M) @ Life Orb

Trait: Lightningrod

EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd

Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)

• Discharge
• Grass Knot
• Focus Blast
• Hidden Power [Ice]

Switch in on an Electric type attack and start sweeping. Eveything besides Discharge is there for type coverage, and Discharge is obviously there for STAB (and a chance at paralyzing the foe.) EVs are your standard sweeper, and Life Orb helps it sweep better, especially without a Lightningrod boost.

Answer 3

Physical

Wild Charge/thunderpunch-He's not gonna last long anyway. Might as well make it count.

brick break/reversal-type coverage. Reversal works well with wild charge.

Fake out-Just to be annoying and get in some damage.

Fling/bestow-Nice way to rid yourself of an item, even give a useless one to your opponent.

special attacking usually works better, but this provides surprise factor.

Comments

Well, for Bestow to work the foe needs to not have an item.

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Yeah, it's not like any worthless pokemon in NU abuse fake out, right?

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But you do give a good point. I listed that one second for that reason.

Answer 4

The Pokemon mascot's big brother has always found itself outclassed in past generations, but this is no longer the case. Raichu has finally found itself a place that it can call home, thanks to an excellent Dream World ability in Lightningrod and the introduction of the RU tier. It is one of the three viable Electric-types in the metagame, along with Electivire and Manectric. While the former takes on the role of a mixed attacker, and the latter is a hit-and-run special attacker, Raichu distinguishes itself by being a powerful setup sweeper that can plow through teams after a boost from Nasty Plot. This is aided by the fact that most special walls are weak to Raichu's STAB Electric-type moves.
Nasty Plot(Raichu)
@Life Orb
Trait: Lightningrod
Nature: Timid
Moveset
~ Nasty Plot
~ Thunderbolt
~ Hidden Power Ice
~ Encore / Focus Blast
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Speed

Raichu reaches a staggering 558 Special Attack after a boost from Nasty Plot. Despite its frailty, Raichu has an easier time setting up a Nasty Plot courtesy of another nifty move in its repertoire: Encore. The lightning mouse can come in any kind of support or Electric-type move and use Encore, provided that Raichu is faster than its opponent, which it usually is, due to its base 100 Speed. Raichu can then double its Special Attack while the foe switches out. Thunderbolt is a powerful and reliable STAB move, easily crushing common special walls, such as Slowking and Mantine. Hidden Power Ice grants Raichu the excellent BoltBeam coverage, which hits the vast majority of the metagame for at least neutral damage. Focus Blast can be used to hit the Pokemon that do resist this combination, namely Steelix and Lanturn, but the shaky accuracy makes it a poorer option when compared to the general utility of Encore.
Go Smogon!

Comments

Sorry for all the writing

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Outdated. Too bad it had to move back to NU. Love the set tho.

Answer 5

Rain abuser

Thunder-Perfect accuracy and STAB.

grass knot-covers ground weakness.

hidden power [water]/[ice]-Water gets powered from the rain, or ground to deal with steel types.

encore-This locks opponent's into moves, so they can't set up on you easily.

Answer 6

Raichu (M) @ Life Orb

Role: Mixed Sweeper

Trait: Static

EVs: 92 HP / 128 Atk / 128 SAtk / 160 Spd

Lax Nature (+Def, -SDef)

• ThunderPunch
• Brick Break
• Hidden Power [Ice]
• Quick Attack

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Well, Mixed isn't a popular choice on this guy.

ThunderPunch with Static Gets a more Decent 20% Chance to paralyze, Brick Break is deadly to Rock types and Ice Types aswell As Normal Types.

Quick Attack is Priority, which is always nice to have.

And HP Ice Gives ground Coverage, And can hit Dragon's pretty hard unexpectedly.

Life orb To boost both attacking stats.

Comments

Someone please edit and remove Josh's unnecessary error message.

Answer 7

Electro ball abuser

Raichu M Specail Sweeper @focus sash

Evs 252 spd 252 sp. atk 4 HP

Timid nature (+Speed-atk)

Trait static

• Eletro ball (STAB and with all that speed)
• Aglity (power up)
• Grass knot (coverage)
• signal beam (more coverage)

Raichu probably cant take a hit so Foucus sash is there to back it up on that first turn wher ehe takes ahit with the sash set up with agality to make electro ball unstoppable and you know what to do from there.

Answer 8

Gen III

Raichu (M) @ Lum Berry

Ability: Static

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd

Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)

• Body Slam - Physical
• Volt Tackle - Physical
• Reversal - Physical
• Endure

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Body Slam allows for super Parahax with Static as an ability.
Volt Tackle is this thing's signature style of " Emo Battling " Killing itself and others!
Reversal and Endure is a popular choice here, with the Lum Berry to ensure Burn's don't take him down.

Answer 9

Double/Triple Battle

Raichu (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Lightningrod
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Light Screen
- Discharge
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Lightningrod is a great ability in a multi-battle, as it draws in Electric type attacks to protect your team while gaining a Special Attack boost from it as well. Light Screen offers team support. Discharge is a great attack, as it damages both opponents and can be used with a Lightningrod or Motor Drive teammate to really do some damage. Focus Blast and HP Ice are coverage.

Comments

im talking about focus blast being a wicked strong SPECIAL move and few ground types normaly have strong special defence

Answer 10

Raichu (F)
Item: sitrus berry
volt switch( in case of emergency)
double team( makes raichu hard to hit)
quick attack (for that first move)
thunderbolt/Thunder( easy kill)
My Raichu moveset
Dominates battle subway paired with basculin

Answer 11

I think this guy could be a great force on a rain team:

Nasty Plot: Raises Sp. Attack by two stages

Thunder: STAB, perfect accuracy in the rain, very powerful with Nasty Plot

Wish: Reliable healing

Thunder Wave: Paralyzes the foe, annoyance

I know Thunder is the only attack move here, but it's pretty hard to take with the rain, STAB, and Nasty Plot. It's PP isn't that low, either.
Make sure this guy is holding a Focus Sash. He has bad defense and can be OHKO'd easily. Keep in mind that Wish is a two turn attack, so another option if you don't want Thunder Wave, there's always the annoying Wish-Protect combo.