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Pokémon · #26

Raichu-Alola

ElectricPsychic Legal in M-C

Raichu-Alola is #171 on the ladder, on 0.1% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 60
Atk 85
Def 50
SpA 95
SpD 85
Spe 110

Base stat total 485

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

137
94
70
161
105
162

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Modest Nature

Types and weaknesses

ElectricPsychic
Weak ×2
GroundBugGhostDark
Resists ×½
ElectricFightingFlyingPsychicSteel

Abilities

Surge Surfer
If Electric Terrain is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled. · used by 100%

Speed tier

Most common
162
Fastest
178 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
130 (0 SP)
Slowest
117 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 162, it outspeeds 28 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Garchomp 169
  2. Mega Charizard Y 167
  3. Mega Gardevoir 167
  4. Raichu-Alola (this) 162
  5. Arcanine-Hisui 156
  6. Mega Baxcalibur 152
  7. Mega Dragonite 152
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #171 · on 0.1% of teams · 15,165 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Rising Voltage 88.0%
  2. Protect 77.0%
  3. Fake Out 66.4%
  4. Expanding Force 47.0%
  5. Psychic 28.1%
  6. Speed Swap 18.3%
  7. Volt Switch 14.5%
  8. Encore 14.4%
  9. Rain Dance 9.7%
  10. Thunderbolt 6.9%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 58.7%
  2. Life Orb 30.3%
  3. Magnet 3.8%
  4. Air Balloon 2.4%
  5. Shuca Berry 1.5%
  6. Expert Belt 0.8%

Abilities

  1. Surge Surfer 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 36.3%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 13.6%
  3. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 178 9.6%
  4. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 5.9%
  5. Hasty 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 4.6%
  6. Modest 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 2.7%
  7. Modest 4/0/0/30/0/32 · Spe 162 2.5%
  8. Modest 11/0/0/32/0/23 · Spe 153 2.5%

Teammates

  1. Pincurchin 83.1%
  2. Indeedee-F 31.9%
  3. Farigiraf 25.3%
  4. Mega Golisopod 17.6%
  5. Rillaboom 15.5%
  6. Sneasler 15.4%
  7. Incineroar 14.2%
  8. Ninetales-Alola 11.0%
  9. Mega Ampharos 10.6%
  10. Mega Gyarados 10.2%
  11. Mega Salamence 10.1%
  12. Mega Charizard Y 9.3%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #145 · on 0.3% of teams · 15,165 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Rising Voltage 84.6%
  2. Protect 77.6%
  3. Fake Out 62.3%
  4. Expanding Force 61.7%
  5. Psychic 22.2%
  6. Volt Switch 13.3%
  7. Encore 11.1%
  8. Thunderbolt 7.3%
  9. Grass Knot 7.2%
  10. Speed Swap 5.9%

Items

  1. Life Orb 45.1%
  2. Focus Sash 40.9%
  3. Electric Seed 3.6%
  4. Magnet 3.5%
  5. Air Balloon 1.8%
  6. Expert Belt 0.8%

Abilities

  1. Surge Surfer 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 35.7%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 17.6%
  3. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 8.4%
  4. Modest 4/0/0/30/0/32 · Spe 162 5.2%
  5. Modest 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 2.5%
  6. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 162 2.2%
  7. Mild 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 1.8%
  8. Hasty 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 1.3%

Teammates

  1. Pincurchin 81.2%
  2. Indeedee-F 35.9%
  3. Mega Golisopod 18.7%
  4. Sneasler 15.5%
  5. Mega Lucario Z 13.0%
  6. Mega Staraptor 12.8%
  7. Rillaboom 10.5%
  8. Incineroar 10.2%
  9. Arcanine-Hisui 9.1%
  10. Mega Salamence 9.0%
  11. Farigiraf 8.3%
  12. Mega Froslass 7.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #146 · on 0.4% of teams · 15,165 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Rising Voltage 79.2%
  2. Protect 71.7%
  3. Fake Out 60.2%
  4. Expanding Force 56.9%
  5. Psychic 22.9%
  6. Volt Switch 15.7%
  7. Encore 9.1%
  8. Thunderbolt 8.6%
  9. Grass Knot 7.5%
  10. Discharge 7.1%

Items

  1. Life Orb 42.6%
  2. Focus Sash 36.9%
  3. Electric Seed 4.1%
  4. Magnet 4.1%
  5. Air Balloon 2.8%
  6. Light Clay 2.0%

Abilities

  1. Surge Surfer 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 27.3%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 19.4%
  3. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 11.7%
  4. Modest 4/0/0/30/0/32 · Spe 162 4.4%
  5. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 162 3.4%
  6. Mild 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 3.2%
  7. Modest 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 1.9%
  8. Modest 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 1.9%

Teammates

  1. Pincurchin 77.3%
  2. Indeedee-F 29.5%
  3. Mega Golisopod 18.0%
  4. Mega Lucario Z 13.8%
  5. Sneasler 12.2%
  6. Rillaboom 10.3%
  7. Mega Staraptor 10.3%
  8. Incineroar 8.9%
  9. Arcanine-Hisui 8.5%
  10. Basculegion 7.2%
  11. Mega Salamence 7.2%
  12. Garchomp 7.1%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 7 of 4,641 teams (0.1%) · win rate 32.1% (95% interval 17.9%–50.7%, n = 28 games) · 1 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Mega Ampharos +10.3 pp n = 1,601 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Raichu-Alola teams; Mega Ampharos is on 0% of all teams (45.89× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Gyarados +10.0 pp n = 1,544 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Raichu-Alola teams; Mega Gyarados is on 0% of all teams (44.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Pincurchin +82.6 pp n = 12,608 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 83% of Raichu-Alola teams; Pincurchin is on 1% of all teams (158.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Ninetales-Alola +8.0 pp n = 1,662 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Raichu-Alola teams; Ninetales-Alola is on 3% of all teams (3.67× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Farigiraf +9.6 pp n = 3,834 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Raichu-Alola teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Indeedee-F +11.6 pp n = 4,839 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 32% of Raichu-Alola teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Golisopod +1.9 pp n = 2,668 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Raichu-Alola teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (1.12× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Charizard Y -2.8 pp n = 1,418 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Raichu-Alola teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (0.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Incineroar -17.5 pp n = 2,150 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Raichu-Alola teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.45× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Sneasler -21.7 pp n = 2,335 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Raichu-Alola teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Salamence -18.0 pp n = 1,530 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Raichu-Alola teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.36× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -31.1 pp n = 2,348 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Raichu-Alola teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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