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Raging Bolt

Paradox Pokémon · Electric/Dragon-type

Raging Bolt is a Electric/Dragon-type Pokémon, the Paradox Pokémon, number 1021 (#1021) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 5.2 m tall and weighs 480 kg.

Raging Bolt is an Electric and Dragon Paradox Pokémon, a thunderous sauropod with a mane like storm clouds. A paranormal magazine once touted it as Raikou's ancestor, and rumour says it can cover the sky in dark clouds just by swinging its long neck.

How to pronounce Raging Bolt

Raging Bolt is pronounced RAY-jing BOHLT. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Raging Bolt said out loud:

In Japanese it is タケルライコ (Takeruraiko).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Raging Bolt is a yellow, black-striped sauropod with cat-like features, a white underside lined with red, and a long neck. Bulbapedia describes seven tufts of hair on its head like a crown, a pair of long fangs and a thin blue tail ending in a spiky ball. A mane of dull purple clouds spreads over its back, and Bulbapedia says it can unfold into a normal-looking mane. Its claws point together and never retract.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says lightning flung from its fur is said to burn up everything nearby, and that little is known about this creature. Bulbapedia, citing the official site, says the lightning is rumoured to be strong enough to disintegrate any object.

Habitat

Canon gives no natural habitat. In The Indigo Disk it is found in Area Zero once you start Perrin's questline, and it is a Scarlet exclusive: Violet players must trade for it. It is number 237 in the Blueberry Pokédex.

Powers

Its Ability Protosynthesis raises its highest stat in harsh sunlight or when it holds Booster Energy. Its signature move Thunderclap strikes first with a jolt of electricity, but fails if the target is not readying an attack; only Raging Bolt learns it. It also learns Dragon Hammer, Discharge and Thunder. With 137 base Special Attack and 91 Defense it is a hard-hitting special attacker.

Name origin

Raging Bolt is literal. The Japanese name is Takeruraiko (タケルライコ), which can be read as takeru raiko, 'furious thunder drum', and may also nod to Raikou.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia says Raging Bolt is based on Raikou, designed by Muneo Saitō, blended with a sauropod such as Brontosaurus (whose name means 'thunder lizard') or Brachiosaurus, and with giraffe and storm-cloud features. Bulbapedia also suggests the qilin, the camelopard (an old word for giraffe) and the cryptid Mokele-mbembe, which would suit Paradox Pokémon being treated like cryptids. These are fan readings.

In the games

Raging Bolt arrived with The Indigo Disk as one of its Paradox Pokémon. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia notes it is the tallest and heaviest Electric type, and the tallest Paradox Pokémon.
• Its 125 base HP is the highest of any Dragon type in Generation IX.
• Bulbapedia calls it the counterpart of Iron Crown, because the two were revealed together on 8 August 2023.
• Bulbapedia says it is the only Pokémon to learn Rising Voltage by levelling up, and it gets Electric Terrain at level 21, well before the move at level 63.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Raging Bolt (Pokémon) · Serebii: Raging Bolt (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 125
• Attack: 73
• Defense: 91
• Sp. Atk: 137
• Sp. Def: 89
• Speed: 75

Raging Bolt’s base stat total is 590. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Raging Bolt weak to?

Raging Bolt takes extra damage from Ice (2×), Ground (2×), Dragon (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Electric (¼×), Fire (½×), Water (½×), Grass (½×), Flying (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

Raging Bolt does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Abilities

• Protosynthesis: Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.

Moves

Moves Raging Bolt learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (45)

Raging Bolt can learn 45 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Thunder Fang, Charge Beam, Facade, Snarl, Dragon Tail, Endure, Volt Switch, Sunny Day, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Electro Ball, Thunder Wave, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Taunt, Body Press, Eerie Impulse, Substitute, Crunch, Dragon Pulse, Hyper Voice, Heavy Slam, Thunderbolt, Calm Mind, Electric Terrain, Wild Charge, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Outrage, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Solar Beam, Draco Meteor, Tera Blast, Roar, Charge, Weather Ball, Double-Edge, Supercell Slam, Electroweb, Breaking Swipe, Dragon Cheer.

Egg moves (1):Ancient Power.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 50 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 6,400).
• Catch rate: 10 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 295.

Pokédex entries

It bears resemblance to a Pokémon that became a hot topic for a short while after a paranormal magazine touted it as Raikou's ancestor. (Violet)

It's said to incinerate everything around it with lightning launched from its fur. Very little is known about this creature. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Electric type: 480 kg.
• Tallest Electric type: 5.2 m.
• Heaviest Electric type in Gen 9: 480 kg.
• Tallest Electric type in Gen 9: 5.2 m.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Electric types in Gen 9: 137.
• Tallest Dragon type in Gen 9: 5.2 m.
• Highest HP among Dragon types in Gen 9: 125.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Dragon types in Gen 9: 137.
• Taller than 99% of all Pokémon (5.2 m).
• Heavier than 98% of all Pokémon (480 kg).
• Base stat total 590, ranked #61 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #17 of 1,025.
• One of 4 Pokémon that are both Electric and Dragon.
• One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
• Number 116 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Can learn 55 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 10: about 1.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Raging Bolt (Pokémon), Serebii: Raging Bolt (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (RAY-jing BOHLT): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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