Electric

Shadow Raikou is a Legendary Electric-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. Shadow Raikou's maximum Combat Power stat is 3902 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Thunder Shock and Wild Charge.

Shadow Raikou is weak to Ground moves. It is strong against Electric, Flying, and Steel moves. Shiny Shadow Raikou is not available in Pokémon GO. Shadow Raikou is boosted by Rain weather.

Stats

Max CP	3902 CP
Attack	241 ATK
Defense	195 DEF
Stamina	207 STA
Weather Boost	Rain
Released	Yes
Shiny released	No
Buddy distance	20 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#243
Height	1.91 m
Weight	178 kg
Region	Johto Generation 2
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	2%
Base Flee Rate	4%
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	100 100000

Shadow Raikou type chart

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Shadow Raikou's best moveset

Shadow Raikou's best moveset is Thunder Shock and Wild Charge, with 19.37 DPS (damage per second) and 522.2 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Rain weather.

Best Shadow Raikou moves

Thunder Shock

Wild Charge

DPS19.37

TDO522.24

Score37.7

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Shadow Raikou with its best moveset, we recommend to use Volt Switch/Wild Charge. You will lose around 2.9% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Shadow Raikou's strongest moveset (Thunder Shock/Wild Charge).

Shadow Raikou moves comparison

The following chart shows Shadow Raikou's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Shadow Raikou's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	19.37	522.2	37.7
2.	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	18.81	507.0	36.6
3.	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	18.09	487.8	35.2
4.	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	17.54	473.0	34.1
5.	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	17.17	462.9	33.4
6.	Volt Switch	Shadow Ball	16.68	449.6	32.4
7.	Thunder Shock	Thunder	16.22	437.4	31.6
8.	Volt Switch	Thunder	15.24	410.8	29.6
9.	Thunder Shock	Frustration	6.67	179.9	9.1
10.	Volt Switch	Frustration	6.38	172.1	8.7

Fast Attacks

• Thunder Shock580.6s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Water

  • 62.5%
  • • Grass
    • Electric
    • Dragon

  • 39.1%
  • • Ground

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	8
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	0.6s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	9

  
  

  Effects

  Thunder Shock has no special effects.

  See Thunder Shock details page ↗
• Volt Switch14211.6s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Water

  • 62.5%
  • • Grass
    • Electric
    • Dragon

  • 39.1%
  • • Ground

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	14
  Energy	21
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	1.6s
  Damage window	0.7s - 0.9s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	12
  Energy	16

  
  

  Effects

  Volt Switch has no special effects.

  See Volt Switch details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Shadow Ball100503.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Dark

  • 39.1%
  • • Normal

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	3.0s
  Damage window	2.4s - 2.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Shadow Ball has no special effects.

  See Shadow Ball details page ↗
• Thunder1001002.4s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Water

  • 62.5%
  • • Grass
    • Electric
    • Dragon

  • 39.1%
  • • Ground

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	100
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	2.4s
  Damage window	1.2s - 2.2s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	60

  
  

  Effects

  Thunder has no special effects.

  See Thunder details page ↗
• Thunderbolt80502.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Water

  • 62.5%
  • • Grass
    • Electric
    • Dragon

  • 39.1%
  • • Ground

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	2.5s
  Damage window	1.8s - 2.3s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	90
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Thunderbolt has no special effects.

  See Thunderbolt details page ↗
• Wild Charge90502.6s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Water

  • 62.5%
  • • Grass
    • Electric
    • Dragon

  • 39.1%
  • • Ground

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	90
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	2.6s
  Damage window	1.7s - 2.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Wild Charge has a 100.0% chance to:

  • Decrease User's Defense by 33.3%

  See Wild Charge details page ↗
• Frustration10332.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel

  • 39.1%
  • • Ghost

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	10
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	2.0s
  Damage window	1.0s - 1.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	10
  Energy	70

  
  

  Effects

  Frustration has no special effects.

  See Frustration details page ↗

Shadow Raikou Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Shadow Raikou's has 3902 max CP (at Level 50). A Shadow Raikou obtained from Raids can be encountered from 1823 CP to 1972 CP, or if weather boosted, in the 2280 CP to 2466 CP range. In Field and Special Research, Shadow Raikou can be found in the 1417 CP to 1479 CP range.

Max CP	3902 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	1417 CP - 1479 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	1889 CP - 1972 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	1823 CP - 1972 CP
	Level 20, 6/6/6 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Rain	2280 CP - 2466 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 6/6/6 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Shadow Raikou Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Shadow Raikou Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Regular and Shiny Shadow Raikou

• #243Shadow Raikou
• #243Shiny Shadow Raikou

Mega Pokémon that boost Shadow Raikou

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Shadow Raikou's Electric-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Shadow Raikou.

Mega Ampharos

Mega Manectric

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Shadow Raikou Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Shadow Raikou in Pokémon GO is 2.50%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 6.25% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 9.23%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Electric medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	2.50%	2.87%	3.73%	4.58%
	Curve	4.21%	4.83%	6.25%	7.65%
Razz Berry	-	3.73%	4.27%	5.54%	6.79%
	Curve	6.25%	7.16%	9.23%	11.26%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	4.46%	5.11%	6.61%	8.09%
	Curve	7.46%	8.53%	10.97%	13.35%
Golden Razz Berry	-	6.13%	7.02%	9.06%	11.05%
	Curve	10.20%	11.64%	14.91%	18.05%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Shadow Raikou, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Shadow Raikou family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Shadow Raikou in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Raikou

Apex Shadow Raikou

Shadow Raikou

List of Shadow Raikou costumes

A list of Shadow Raikou costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Shadow Raikou high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Shadow Raikou. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

• #243
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