Which Electric Legend would you power up?
Electrics have always been my kryptonite. My best Jolteon is 14/12/12 w/ Thunder @L30. Which to power up or wait for possible return in future?
A/D/S*
Raikou
13/15/15
14/12/15
15/15/10
Zapdos
15/15/12
14/14/14
15/10/14
Answers
The possible return is right now with Kyogre raids. It's unclear whether there will be any other great raid matchups for electric pokemon in quite a while, as none of the legendaries left in either gen 3 or gen 4 fit that bill. And in gen 5, Zekrom has the stats to totally outclass both Zapdos and Raikou. Something to keep in mind.
That said, Raikou is great and is currently better than Zapdos. Not only does it have better DPS and tankiness, its single electric typing lets it potentially survive Blizzard from Kyogre which Zapdos can't do even at max level. Definitely choose a Raikou if you want to power up one of them.
I had a similar raikou dilemma and chpse to power up my 14/15/13 over my 13/15/15 first, but for Kyogre I powered the 96% too. There is not really a difference. For Zapdos I would go with the 14/14/14 but overall and especially against Kyogre Raikou is superior. I powered a 12/14/15 here, so 14/14/14 would have been a no-brainer for me.
If you are powering up for Kyogre...
Raikou with 15 atk IV hits a +25% breakpoint for Thunder Shock (4 damage to 5 damage) at level 38.5
14 atk IV at level 39.5
13 atk IV at level 40
Any lower atk IV will not hit this breakpoint with the current level cap.
Breakpoints for future matchups will be different, but generally since Thunder Shock is a low power move, higher atk IV will be better.