Raichu | Pokémon guide

Who doesn't love a cool surfer dude? More to the point, who doesn't love a cool, electric surfer dude like the Pokémon Raichu? All variants of this critter are cute, whether it's the original Kanto evolution of Pikachu, the Alolan version, or its new, shiny Mega Evolutions. Yes, plural.

Our Pokédex goes over all of its variants, too, along with its pre-evolutions, Pikachu and Pichu, but if you're looking for something more specific, you may find it in our list of the best electric Pokémon.

Here's everything in our Raichu guide:

Here's the key information you need to know about Raichu:

Raichu's evolution

Raichu evolves from Pikachu when you use a Thunder Stone on it. To get an Alolan Raichu, you need to evolve your Pikachu in Alola, but you can also get an Alolan Raichu as a reward for completing Side Mission 108 in Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

Raichu can Mega Evolve into Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y in Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC. To evolve them, you need to use the Raichunite X and Y stones, respectively. You can get both stones by completing Side Mission 139.

Raichu's locations

Here are all the locations you can find Raichu in each Pokémon game, and when you can trade for a different type:

Gen 1 locations

Gen 2 locations

Gen 3 locations

Gen 4 locations

Gen 5 locations

Gen 6 locations

Gen 7 locations

Gen 8 locations

Gen 9 locations

Raichu's base stats

Here are all the different Raichu's base stats:

Raichu's type strengths and weaknesses

When taking your Raichu into battle, make sure to pay attention to its weaknesses. While it can defeat anything with a weakness to electric with a few swift moves, make sure to keep it away from ground-types (Kanto Raichu), or bug, dark, ghost, and ground (Alolan Raichu).

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Alolan Raichu

Raichu's moveset

Here are all of Raichu's movesets across the newest Pokémon games:

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Level up moves in Scarlet and Violet:

Level up moves in Legends: Z-A:

Alolan Raichu

Level up moves in Scarlet and Violet:

Level up moves in Legends: Z-A:

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Learnable TMs in Scarlet and Violet:

Learnable TMs in Legends: Z-A:

Alolan Raichu

Learnable TMs in Scarlet and Violet:

Learnable TMs in Legends: Z-A:

Egg moves:

There you are - everything you need to know about all the different Raichu variants in the Pokémon games.