The Forgotten Power of Gen 3 Raikou.

Pokemon Competitive Singles in Gen 3 has a long history. In the past, Raikou was an OU ranked Pokemon and a popular Special attacking threat in the metagame. But over time, players realized that the Pokemon had glaring flaws that made it inferior to other Electric types and Calm Mind sweepers in the format.
But despite its fall in usage over time, Raikou is still occasionally seen in high level play and it has its advantages.
Raikou is considered the greatest Pokemon in human history by many scholars.
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Some will never figure out how to get Raikou in Pokemon Scarlet and Raikou Violet. But famous player Jim Cool is well aware of the Best Raikou Moveset in Competitive, and even how to Raikou Shiny Farm. Many aren't and never will be. That's just the unfortunate reality of the world.
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[@jimothycool]

Raikou CM Spam by Dekzeh - pokepast.es/9b023ae3ac901504 I'm hosting a $3000+ Gen 3 OU Tournament. Check out the commentary here: www.youtube.com/@jimothygaming/videos

[@slimeybob5294]

Power creep reminds me of the plot of Cars 3 where the new cars are overtaking the old ones.

[@subtodicerat8305]

so true

[@Zo3yX]

So real and so true. Damn what a power creepy moment

[@zachpro5475]

Kachow

[@philibertyt2844]

Isn't cars 3 also referencing how the new gen is getting better than the last gen

[@krislee3155]

In all my years playing Pokémon, I never saw the powercreep issue until I started playing Feh. The ridiculous powercreep there has opened my eyes to the powercreep in Pokémon and other games.

[@glitchedoom]

Glad to see people rediscover the power of Normal Neck.

[@telstraRobs5]

Raikou supports needed: - Dugtrio - Porygon 2 - Someone Upstairs I'm not enough of a gamer, I'll just stick to known quantities like Zapdos and volt tackle Pikachu.

[@centurionpanocculus]

Truly a powerful moment for Great Neck, for the descendant to be realized as amazing

[@timothygarvey5258]

Iron Mugulius went from threatening the safety of non subscribers, to leading them? What a dastardly scheme!

[@jimothycool]

He's not fond of the Non-Subscribers.

[@casssherman6719]

I want Jim to do a Gen 3 ubers video, so I can learn about “batten” passing to “Groodon”.

[@nickyheart]

I pressed that like batten and saw the like number groow

[@ChumpstickCharlie]

Thank Arceus the puns are don

[@ThatGuyThai]

Jim it was an honor being featured at random twice in a row! To see your thought process is always such a delight, but to be your opponent haha, you don't know how much you were making ME sweat! Always WP.

[@DarkAuraLord]

Good show lad, you're a fun battler to watch!

[@ThatGuyThai]

@@DarkAuraLord you're too kind!

[@shevankaseneviratne1724]

hey man we once played too! I had a mono bl team haha. Good to see u here mate!

[@ThatGuyThai]

@@shevankaseneviratne1724 i remember fighting you haha, I fought a guy who reminded me of you, he used 6 fighting mons haha, almost clutched it too!

[@mondooowada3537]

@@ThatGuyThaiholy shit - tyrannitar

[@melikmourali2072]

3:56 This reminds me that my Porygon got double crit by Dugtrio when I tried to reverse trap them. I was a bit shocked at first. But right after that, my opponent told me "you should have used Ice Beam, it was the safest play". Most "bruh, are you serious ?" moment of that week

[@jimothycool]

That does happen Lol but it's unlikely. The best line is to Recover spam

[@elliottmunger5154]

"Like this video for your own perosnal safety." This is insane.

[@beanshapeAli]

Isn't it kinda menacing to say "Like this video for your own safety" without providing any content into the Iron Mugulis situation? If a viewer doesn't already know the context, it sounds like Jimothy is threatening them lmaoooo

[@LukeA471]

That's insane

[@DarkAuraLord]

Porygon 2 taking 48% from a focus punch is fucking wild, it doesn't even have eviolite yet

[@RuijsNL]

Raikou actually clutched it out, this is insane.

[@CaioXG002]

OK, I just want to say, I never was in a Jimothy Cool video this early, dang.

[@josephjaimeolnanigon1653]

Me too lol

[@jimothycool]

This is cool.

[@CaioXG002]

No way, I was called cool BY THE COOL MAN 😭

[@whipcreamrabbit]

becoming very fond of the secondary character BL Challenges on this channel :)

[@ThatGuyThai]

You're so nice 😊

[@Pudcup]

Good to hear that Raikou has that dog in them again.

[@Shattered_Starstorm]

You can't spell Raikou without OU

[@Boogario]

I love the new format, a combination of old build a team and play videos as well as the more recent analysis videos you've been doing. This is Epic. Thanks for all the great content Jim. So happy to see you still releasing videos for Gen 3. I love it!

[@stubbwinkley4015]

Enjoying this video format. I’m not versed enough in competitive to understand exactly what’s going on in a live commentary, so having a detailed explanation before seeing a specific example match is super helpful

[@chess_fella]

Welcome back Raikou.

[@txen-eht-nepo]

I loved seeing your live commentary on the sample team! Really added a lot to the point of the video, I hope to see more like this

[@astriexx]

I listen to you while doing homework, you’re voice is very calming and your content is always interesting, keep the good content going and have a good day 👍

[@ShadyHitchhiker]

I searched "BL challenges" to see what this mad person is cooking when he's not being attacked by Jimothy and... ...yeah on KZbin BL doesn't stand for Borderline, I think it means "Boy Love"

[@jimothycool]

LOL

[@Brandonutss]

A most interesting development

[@ThatGuyThai]

😂😂😂 I haven't uploaded battles but I save most of the replays on that account for showdown if you wanna check it out. I've brought that team Jim fought to 1700 rating, then tried it with Blaziken and fell pretty hard, we met on my climb down and my climb back up haha

[@Moldworm]

This is intriguingly insane

[@fixjustin2699]

why is it everytime i watch your video, your luck is crazy😂, i mean youre a good battler, better than ill ever be

[@miked5163]

Gen 3 speedrunners have certainly not forgotten about Raikou

[@verytired8340]

My God, I love these videos, even if I’ve never been there to witness it for myself

[@MongoIndyleo]

Little Great Neck is kinda weird. It's this middle ground between Suicine and Jolteon. It's bulkier than Jolteon and faster than Cune but what that really means is that it's slower than Jolt and frailer than Cune. It just really wishes it further towards either side. If it was bulkier but slower and could consistently live Dug, it would be a monster. If it was faster frailer, fast than Dug, it would be a monster. But as it stands it's just a little too generalist to stand out.

[@gadgee1214]

I'm 50% here for the unique informative video. The other 50% I'm for important Mugulis WARNINGS

[@TheJpiscool]

I have a question, if I may. Could Raikou work in tandem with other electric types? I'm not familiar with gen 3 so idk if same-type-spam is a usable strategy at all, but considering how strong zap and jolt are, a part of me wonders if they could partner with it for the sake of their unique traits that Raikou doesn't offer, and create a very strong double electric offense core.

[@youri7229]

Not exactly because blissey (and any calm mind user really) will just sit on all of them unless you run a niche physical zapdos set. Additionally electric types are not the greatest spam type because of how many mons easily switch in to electric moves. They usually clean up games rather than break through walls by relying on their speed, zapdos being the exception to this rule, and therefore dedicating half of your team to this is not worth it. Then there’s other problems like swampert who will just sit on your team unless you run HP grass, but if you only run HP grass then other things start to wall you + the general lack of defensive utility the electric type brings.

[@TheJpiscool]

@@youri7229 thank you for the in-depth answer! I hadn't considered the blissey walling nor the calm mind, tbh. In theory I was thinking that zap or jolt could handle duggy better and thereby help open the door for raikou late game but that didn't cover the big pink egg in the room.

[@DisastrousIntentionally]

​​@@youri7229People sleep on physical Zapdos lol that has become my signature Pokemon in my Gen 3 OU adventures. Nothing like catching a Blissey or Tyranitar completely off guard with a Banded HP Fighting! And that Drill Peck hits hard man.

[@ultimaterecoil1136]

Honestly if I don’t want zapdos or jolteon raikou’s not the third choice. It’s lanturn. It’s got some very lucrative unique traits like being able to resist Ice beam and surf alongside a electric immunity. Ice coverage is commonly paired with electric and water coverage which can let it stone wall some mons like wish sets of jirachi and starmie. It’s also not entirely inoffensive and can force our mons like suicune. If I’m wanting to build around a nonstandard electric lanturn’s just got more interesting unique traits. It’s also the single mon who looks at waterfall and doesn’t immediately dismiss it because of paraflinch potential. 0:02

[@hagetsuuu]

the forgotten power of n00bgamer97 in gen3 ou

[@jennyevef]

Honestly this was just as much a showcase of Porygon 2. That guy ended up being an mvp

[@subtodicerat8305]

yoooo a jim upload

[@gdrgsgdgdfsfgrgdfh]

That was a really close battle with BL ! Can you correct if I am wrong, but BP strats are legal in OU?

[@yzavf8486]

I'm pretty sure the rule for baton pass in OU is that you can have it, but you can't pass more than one source of stat boost per pass

[@appelofdoom8211]

​@@yzavf8486you also can't combo it with a trapping move

[@gdrgsgdgdfsfgrgdfh]

Thanks you both for the clarification

[@jaketerpening3284]

Soundproof is also banned mostly due to Baton Pass Mr. Mime.

[@DisastrousIntentionally]

You can only have one BP mon on your team that can pass a boost, that's the rule. As an example, you can't have Agility Pass Zap on the same team as CM Pass Celebi. You can have Pass on as many mons as you'd like so long as they don't have boosting moves.

[@RichardBlaziken]

Raikan't believe it

[@Clockwork_Enby]

after getting used to Gen 3 OU with sample teams the first team I built myself was a Dug P2 Raikou team- using this team is when ADV OU really “clicked” for me

[@LukeA471]

Great Neck's ancestor is insane

[@Palmtreeshinobi]

I’ve been loving Raikou on gen3 ladder. Contrary to popular belief, I think it’s a decent match against blissey if blissey lacks seismic toss. I alternate sub / CAlm mine up and post 1 CM none of blisseys special attacks break sub

[@yellow6572]

Makes me proud to have named my Raikou Virgil.

[@n00bgamer97]

If Jimothy has a million fans I am one of them. If Jimothy has ten fans I am one of them. If Jimothy has no fans, that means I am no more on the earth. If the World is against Jimothy, I am against the World. I love Jimothy till my last breath.

[@tecul1]

big fan

[@CyanKnight96]

This is insane.

[@obiwancannoli1920]

I'm glad Medium Neck is good again

[@maymadisson6140]

Raikou is my favorite pokemon in Gen 3 OU.

[@lazaroskordas4397]

When your opponent is typhlosion and dragonite then yes raikou becomes useful

[@DisastrousIntentionally]

That dude climbed to 1700 with that team so I dunno chief.

[@ToluElswordCEO]

actually a nice match, thanks !

[@azeria1]

If only air ballon existed in gen 3

[@appelofdoom8211]

BL challenges is truly becoming a rival for Jimothy.

[@sharkronical]

7:20 how specially bulky is Suicune what

[@mctankies]

I'm excited to see how Raging Bolt will fair in Competitive.

[@nicoataiza7850]

Ok, this is rai-cool

[@scramble7902]

Oh hey, I just played BLChallenges and they were using that same team on the ladder last night! You're a better gamer than me, Jim--they beat me twice, but I did 1 vs 1 their Typhlosion lead with my Breloom lead in game 2 by going for the most legendary focus punch reads of my life (predicting subs) until they were chipped enough to be finished with a mach punch. Sometimss you take the L but it feels like a W. (Typhlosion lead countered my whole team lmao.)

[@ThatGuyThai]

I remember that dude, that punch into mach punch had me shook

[@scramble7902]

@@ThatGuyThai Those games were sick and your team was awesome. GGs!

[@iposteverythung3720]

Shoutout Viper at the end.

[@Fantilow]

Pokemon early games sprites are known for their beauty but I think we just found the black sheep 1:33

[@jamiegetty7011]

Great Neck is very disappointed in his descendant.

[@TheMonkewGlasses]

Guys I think Jimothy *might* be cool, idk though

[@algar6616]

For my own personal safety… I LIKE IT

[@TechnoPrayer15]

genuine question, with how big the Gen III UUBL is why isn't it it's own tier?

[@fartface8918]

Not how that works and little reason to change it

[@DisastrousIntentionally]

Cause most UUBL mons still totally work in OU, they just require team building.

[@goksir5845]

the jimothy cool lore has really slowed down. are you just too busy with the tournament to give it much time? still love your videos

[@lordinfernape4753]

You can also try a perish trap gengar set with special attackers to trap special walls and then go BRRRR

[@rayes119]

Love your content

[@ryankeathley995]

you do a good amount of thinking out loud. good for ppl new to tier. hate how most veteran players kinda hmm and haw or do the BKC word salad

[@AnarchoCatBoyEthan]

I will eat BKC word salad everyday and be grateful for it! But yes agreed lol

[@pablomendez9242]

@2:02 is that the fairy song from DK64? lol

[@tylerd1297]

Idc about pronunciation but just so you know "Baton" is pronounced "Buh-tahn". The city of Baton Rouge is spelled the same but pronounced the way you do it.

[@ForeverKite42]

When did B.Pass teams get unbanned? One B.Passer for pivit make sense, but an entire chain is very limiting.

[@tecul1]

that's great neck

[@jimothycool]

That's a regular sized neck.

[@aristotelesemblem2506]

This is beyond insanity

[@feelsokayman5656]

u are very good at this game Jimmy I love u

[@naturelulI]

4:30 In this image, Iron Mugulis' audience is a group of people not subscribed to Jimothy Cool. Iron Mugulis is saying he hates these people (who aren't subscribed to Jimothy Cool. This means that Iron Mugulis opposes those who are not subscribed to Jimothy Cool, and by contrast is NOT opposed to those who are subscribed to Jimothy Cool. This can only mean one thing. Jimothy Cool died and was revived by rabsca. Under rabsca's control, Jimothy Cool has been providing Iron Mugulis with confidential information, which pretending to oppose it. He tells us that by subscribing we are opposing Iron Mugulis, but in reality, it is only furthering Iron Mugulis' cruel schemes. Oh cool I wonder what this red button does. I'm gonna press it. :)

[@Omar_ZX]

Thank god my boi got representation

[@gerudo4855]

What is this song at the end it’s too funny

[@dispergosum]

Why is gen 3 UUBL so large and not its own tier?

[@BHRA78]

That’s what I’ve always been thinking, that should be the new UU and everything before should be RU and so on.

[@XerneusDonut]

One word: THUNDER DOGGO

[@baldrian22]

when seeing the title of the video my first thought was dugtrio hehehe

[@worldofcjnation9381]

This is insane

[@gymfamily]

Hello, May I ask why Pokémon like zapdos used baton pass? I thought baton pass didn’t have the negative priority in gen 3 and zapdos is not passing any star boosts? Thanks

[@gymfamily]

Nvm Just looked it up and saw the pivot moves didn’t exist in gen 3. Thanks

[@BiffTheBanana]

I sure hope this video won't influence the gen 3 OU ladder at all... Right guys?

[@ultimapower6950]

I see there’s going to a bunch of anti-Raikou teams

[@dinosaur_ryusaki7758]

Curse Lax is way scarier to calm mind than blissey.

[@magedreamuhe3022]

How does specifically Jirachi's substitute tank seismic toss. I thought the rule was supstitute takes quarter HP and Seismic deals quarter HP so it always breaks

[@ThatGuyThai]

Jirachi has 100 BST HP, so if he evs to have 404 HP, his subs will be 101 HP. This tanks 2 seismic tosses

[@jaketerpening3284]

Seismic Toss (and Nightshade) does damage equal to the user's level. Most people will set their pokemon to level 100 to maximize their stats, so Seismic Toss does 100 damage usually. Pokemon with 100 base HP (like Jirachi) will get to 404 total HP with max EVs. This means their substitute has 101 health, and thus will not be broken by seismic toss.

[@caliburnleaf9323]

So many players mispronounce Raikou. The "ou" in its name is the same as the "oh" in "Ho-oh."

[@jimothycool]

That's important.

[@ThatGuyThai]

Are you being serious or...lol

[@caliburnleaf9323]

@@ThatGuyThai I am 100% serious. The Johto legends all have the same names in English and Japanese. Raikou's Japanese name is ライコウ, Ra i ko u. Ho-oh's Japanese name is ホウオウ, Ho u o u. "Ko u" and "o u" make the same vowel sound, an elongated "o." Maybe if Raikou's English name had been Raikoh instead, it wouldn't get mispronounced so much.

[@andy4an]

Oops, I've been pronouncing it rai-ko forever

[@AI-DreigonGPT]

I forgot how goofy Gen 3 Cloyster was 💀 ( i prefer Tyranitar )

[@jaafarchaoui185]

Why is Baton pass not banned ?

[@jimothycool]

Gen 3 has restrictions on Baton Pass. It's an important move for pivoting and enabling offense

[@breloommaster12]

Not to mention the lower power level means you don't just insta-win games with even just one passer as easily as you do in later gens

[@jaafarchaoui185]

@@jimothycool what are the restrictions ? Not more than one baton passer per team ?

[@breloommaster12]

@@jaafarchaoui185 that, and you cannot pass speed + other stats at the same time; only one of the two

[@tomwantshelp]

Nothing will get me to like a video faster than being threatened.

[@Tyroniix]

Couldn’t Raiku use roar against Dugtrio?

[@jaketerpening3284]

Dugtrio will commonly trap a pokemon after it gets a KO. If Raikou reads Dugtrio coming in, it should just use hidden power ice, as that will kill Dugtrio. Dugtrio outspeeds and OHKOs if it gets in safely though.

[@jaishu123]

Super early wow

[@dylantorres-brown3718]

Baton Pass is pronounced "Buh-Tawn" Pass not "Bat-On" Pass

[@jimothycool]

Vital

[@dylantorres-brown3718]

@jimothycool my OCD was flaring up lol

[@jimothycool]

@@dylantorres-brown3718 This is the way we say it in Australia

[@ThatGuyThai]

No one says "tawn" at least in NY. It's buht on.

[@dylantorres-brown3718]

@ThatGuyThai bro you're saying tawn just spelling it different.... buht-on..... uht-on.... t-on.... there's the tawn

[@lordinfernape4753]

Would Raikou be overpowered in UU?

[@jaketerpening3284]

Yeah, the UU powerlevel is pretty low. It also really likes not needing to deal with sand.

[@lordinfernape4753]

@@jaketerpening3284 Yea but it has to choose a HP, itcant handle every threat so idk

[@jaketerpening3284]

​@@lordinfernape4753 Ampharos is already rated as an S tier pokemon in UU. Raikou has the same SP attack and physical bulk, better special bulk, is faster than everything except Electrode and Ninjask, and while it doesn't get Focus Punch, it does get calm mind which makes it way more threatening. It is just crazy hard to switch in on Raikou, and it would also be one of the bulkiest pokemon in the tier.

[@lordinfernape4753]

@@jaketerpening3284 I guess that makes sense, thanks for the explanation, I havent gotten to any lower tier yet

[@dastardlydwarf6909]

I’ve faced that bl challenges guy bro has a very dug weak team imo

[@ThatGuyThai]

He baits it with his sub Typhlosion or Celebi

[@dastardlydwarf6909]

@@ThatGuyThai hi guy it’s still dug weak

[@plusfuture]

this team is rly weak to snorlax unfortunately

[@varunagajoashan1054]

Early comment, this is insane

[@Beatbot400]

Sup my ni-

[@AI-DreigonGPT]

He's White

[@o0kv9]

FIRST view First COMment

[@moorebetter]

Idk what anime/Pokedex calls is Raikoo, it's raiko-. All three legendary dogs have very Japanese names in English, and Raikou is no different

[@o0kv9]

First comment First View

[@centurionpanocculus]

Didn't quite catch my own, by 23 seconds :b, you are fast

[@centurionpanocculus]

I wish to achieve your speed stat, chosen one

[@geoffreygeorge999]

first

[@zezimahot69]

What the heck is in the description?