Best Raichu counters

The best Raichu counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill, Therian Forme Landorus, and Shadow Mamoswine. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Raichu in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

Shadow Mamoswine

Mud-Slap / High Horsepower

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	46.75	2828.0	1	79s	107.3
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	41.12	2365.4	1	90s	93.4
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	43.85	1618.4	2	85s	91.0
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	39.16	1692.9	2	95s	83.9
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	41.94	1255.4	2	89s	83.3
6.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	38.72	1334.9	2	96s	79.2
7.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	40.53	1100.6	3	93s	79.0
8.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	36.65	1599.3	2	101s	78.7
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	37.72	1237.9	2	99s	76.4
10.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	32.47	1659.5	2	114s	72.0
11.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	35.50	1152.5	3	105s	71.7
12.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	34.61	1230.5	2	107s	71.2
13.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	33.98	1183.8	3	109s	69.6
14.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.91	974.0	3	107s	68.4
15.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	32.97	1204.3	2	113s	68.2
16.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	33.63	1085.9	3	111s	67.9
17.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	32.47	1207.2	2	114s	67.4
18.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	32.80	1147.1	3	113s	67.3
19.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	32.80	1147.1	3	113s	67.3
20.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	33.36	1036.0	3	112s	66.8
21.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	33.25	1029.7	3	112s	66.5
22.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	32.12	1143.4	3	116s	66.1
23.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.39	1222.8	2	118s	65.8
24.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	33.97	822.7	4	111s	64.7
25.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	31.96	987.5	3	117s	63.9
26.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.81	860.3	4	114s	63.5
27.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	30.49	1096.8	3	122s	62.9
28.	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	29.41	1131.1	3	126s	61.5
29.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	30.90	882.6	4	121s	60.8
30.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	30.96	853.2	4	121s	60.5

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Raichu in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Raichu CP range from Raids

Raichu can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 1180 CP to 1247 CP, with no weather boost
From 1476 CP to 1558 CP with Rain weather boost

Raichu weaknesses

Raichu type chart

When fighting Raichu, keep in mind the that Electric-type Pokémon are weak to Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Flying, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

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.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Raichu

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	198.0%	Sunny
Dragon	42.0%	Windy
Fire	40.0%	Sunny
Psychic	28.0%	Windy
Ghost	18.0%	Fog
Normal	12.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	12.0%	Rain
Rock	12.0%	Partly Cloudy
Fighting	10.0%	Cloudy
Grass	10.0%	Sunny
Water	8.0%	Rain
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Raichu in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Raichu down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

This guide displays a list of best Raichu counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge attacks, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used. Reddit

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.