Is Raikou viable in Gen 6 Pure Hackmons?

Raikou is ranked #40 in Gen 6 Pure Hackmons with 1.55% usage according to Smogon Apr 2026 - Jun 2026 data.

Raikou in Gen 6 Pure Hackmons

Gen 6 Pure Hackmons · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

#0243 Raikou

Electric

USAGE 1.5% #40

ABILITYWonder Guard

BASE STATS

HP 90

ATK 85

DEF 75

SPA 115

SPD 100

SPE 115

BST580

TYPE MATCHUPS

2×

Ground

½×

ElectricFlyingSteel

Moves

Recover 88.1% Spore 88.0% Baton Pass 57.5% Substitute 57.5% Stealth Rock 34.3% Trick 33.9% Thunderbolt 3.9% Shell Smash 2.9%

Items

Air Balloon 51.8% Choice Scarf 33.9% Safety Goggles 12.4% Focus Sash 1.3% Leftovers 0.3% Mental Herb 0.1% Leppa Berry 0.1% Magnet 0.0%

Abilities

Wonder Guard99.7%No Guard0.3%Levitate0.0%Mold Breaker0.0%Swift Swim0.0%Sand Stream0.0%Poison Heal0.0%Teravolt0.0%

Common Teammates

Deoxys-Defense2.7%

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #40 with 1.55% usage. Sorted by reliability score.