Raikou counters

Gen 9 Balanced Hackmons · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Raikou
#0243 Raikou
Electric
USAGE 2.9% #42
ABILITYIce Scales
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 85
DEF 75
SPA 115
SPD 100
SPE 115
BST580
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
Ground
½×
ElectricFlyingSteel
Moves
Thunder Cage 99.9% Strength Sap 99.9% Take Heart 99.8% Ice Beam 62.1% Scald 35.3% Frost Breath 1.4% Freeze-Dry 0.6% Combat Torque 0.4%
Items
Leftovers 99.9% Life Orb 0.1% Ability Shield 0.0% Sitrus Berry 0.0% Expert Belt 0.0% Air Balloon 0.0% Red Card 0.0% Flame Orb 0.0%
Abilities
Ice Scales99.9%Galvanize0.1%Fur Coat0.1%No Guard0.0%Unaware0.0%Cheek Pouch0.0%Cursed Body0.0%Electric Surge0.0%
Common Teammates
Arceus-Steel53.5%Chansey52.3%Groudon-Primal50.8%Koraidon41.6%Greninja41.0%Blaziken-Mega40.4%Alakazam-Mega26.7%Sableye-Mega26.4%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

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 #42 with 2.95% usage. Sorted by reliability score.