The truly ironic shit about Raichu? For all of the game's pushing of Pikachu over Raichu, Raichu is ultimately STILL SUPERIOR to Pikachu where it counts :heston Pikachu's stats are shit even with Evolite, even with the Light Ball, it turns into a massive Glass Cannon, Gigamax Pikachu is shit as well and the various version of Pikachu all have too low stats to matter in actual trainer battles. The only Pikachu in any Pokemon game that is superior to Raichu... is Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu who is fundamentally broken right from the gate:maury Otherwise, it's literally better to just let your Pikachu turn into a Raichu due to having a better stat spread, actually having bulk and atleast gaining some actual moves worth a damn to use that bulk on(Free Quick Attack and Agility the instant you evolve? Thunder Punch as an option now? Can actually use more options that doesn't turn your Pokemon into a one turn chump? Can even be used decently in Gen IX to cover your bases with the...