Pokemon Go will have you facing off against difficult raid Pokemon throughout your journey outdoors. If one of these is Alolan Raichu, you are going to need to have a strong team by your side, because they can be a difficult fight if you don’t have the right setup available. If you are getting ready for a battle with Alolan Raichu, we’ll walk you through the best counters and all of its weaknesses in this guide!
Alolan Raichu Weaknesses
Alolan Raichu is an Electric and Psychic-type Pokemon, which means Alolan Raichu is weak to Bug, Dark, Ghost, and Ground-type moves. You will want to bring a team full of Pokemon who can utilize those move types to take down Alolan Raichu quickly!
If you are running out of Pokemon to throw at Alolan Raichu, you will just want to make sure to avoid bringing any Pokemon that have Electric, Fighting, Flying, Psychic, and Steel-type moves. Alolan Raichu is resistant to all of these.
Like normal Raichu, you will generally find that Ground-type Pokemon are going to be one of the best picks. However, Ghost-type is also a very solid option.
Best Alolan Raichu Counters
The best counters for Alolan Raichu in Pokemon Go are the following Pokemon: Gengar, Giratina, Garchomp, Excadrill, Rhyperior, Chandelure, Hydreigon, Groudon, Landorus, Krookodile, Tyranitar, and Golurk. If you have shadow or mega versions of the ones on these list, they are generally going to be the best option.
Here’s an extended list of the Pokemon you can use with the best moves that they have available to them for the fight. You don’t have to have the exact moveset, but make sure you have the right type of moves to take advantage of Alolan Raichu’s weaknesses.
Alolan Raichu Counters List
- Gengar – Hex/Shadow Ball
- Giratina (Origin) – Shadow Claw/Shadow Ball
- Chandelure – Hex/Shadow Ball
- Hydreigon – Bite/Dark Pulse
- Landorus (Therian/Incarnate/Normal) – Mud Shot/Earthquake/Earth Power
- Excadrill – Mud Slap/Drill Run
- Groudon – Mud Shot/Earthquake
- Rhyperior – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Garchomp – Mud Shot/Earth Power
- Krookodile – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Golurk – Mud Slap/Earth Power
- Golem – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Rhydon – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Donphan – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Mamoswine – Mud Slap/Bulldoze
If you run out of the best counters on the list then running pretty much any high level Bug, Dark, Ghost, or Ground-type Pokemon should get the job done. You don’t always have to have the ideal Pokemon to win the battle!
Those are all of the weaknesses and best counters for Alolan Raichu in Pokemon Go. We have more detailed guides for you to checkout in the Pokemon Go section of our website.
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