Shadow Raikou

Shadow Raikou is one of the best Electric attackers in the game at this time of writing, though it does have a few close competitors such as Xurkitree, Shadow Magnezone, Zekrom, and Shadow Electivire. It will likely hold this title until we get Shadow versions of Zekrom or Xurkitree.

Best PvE Offensive Moveset

• Thunder Shock has a lower cooldown, faster energy gain, and similar DPS to Volt Switch.

• Wild Charge is superior to Thunderbolt. It has 10 extra power for about the same cooldown. Both moves are good, however.

• Shadow Ball is great for gym cleaning, but there are better options for Ghost specialists on raids.

• Thunder is too weak for requiring a full bar of charge.

Raikou has got both the best Electric-type fast moves, and the choice can be tough. Volt Switch is usually favored for the more consistent damage output, paired with great energy gains, while Thunder Shock does little damage by itself to double down on the spam of charged moves.

Speaking of those, the choice is easy here: Wild Charge is by far Raikou's best STAB option, and Shadow Ball provides key coverage against things that resist Electric and against the big Ghost-type threats of the upper leagues.