Pikachu Light Ball Or Raichu

Raichu has better stats than pikachu but pikachu can learn more moves than raichu in fact raichu learns none expect by move tutors using heart scales shards and through tms and hms.

Pikachu light ball or raichu. Light ball doubles it s offensive capabilities. Timid light ball pikachu with max speed and special attack ev s versus a standard mega khan. Jolteon is superior to raichu and pikachu in nearly every situation. So if pikachu has 110 attack and 120 special attack light ball will turn it to 220 attack and 240 special attack respectively.

Even if you go with a volt tackle physical set the power won t be that much higher. On the other hand magnets boost by a pitiful 10 and only affect electric moves. 35 hp 110 attack 40 defense 50 special attack 50 special defense 90 speed. In alola though alolan raichu has just 5 less base special attack than light ball pikachu.

Can t take any hits. There are much better choices for items such as leftovers if you make raichu a subpuncher or lum berry if you make it anything else raichu doesn t like statuses. Here are their base stats in the form hp atk def spa spd spd. Pikachu has base 90 speed with 110 atk and 100 sp.

Atk and the option to use other held items. It s really up to you if you want to use either one. And raichu still has higher total base stats. 35 110 30 100 40 90 405 total.

I ll do a comparison of their base stats. Atk with light ball. Pikachu also has the crappiest defenses and will most likely be 2hkoed or ohkoed by a neutral hit. The reason why light ball pikachu is so coveted is because raichu s max attack and special attack are 306 at level 100.

Well pikachu with a light ball has doubled attack stats making it a better attacker. Raichu can t use the light ball. It is a lot stronger than raichu but its super frail. Pikachu w light ball.

Pikachu is still terrible. So if you want raw power and just want to use pikachu he s your man. Thunderbolt 39 1 46 3. Attack so pikachu is sometimes used more often as a sweeper.

Raichu is faster and has more bulk. 35 55 30 50 40 90 300 total pikachu light ball. That being said its light ball is the only reason why you should even consider pikachu. But raichu is deceptively faster in gen 6 thanks to the buff to it.

However it would have lower attack and sp. A light ball doubles pikachu s sp. Light ball doubles the actual attack and special attack stats not the base stats. Even with light ball its base stats are not good enough even after doubling it.