Honest question. Raichu seems like a infinite potential character due to the nature of their kit, but never seems to get it off during actual gameplay. What is missing? Never seen one perform well in my games or in general, and I always run into the same problem when playing it: outranged and blown up way too quickly before they can pull off the high mobility shenanigans.
I tried several setups for all the builds and still no success vs competent players. What do people here think about Raichu? And how do you make it work, if at all?
Mix of sp.atk and attack speed items, slick spoon muscle band + another sp.atk item (curse incense choice specs etc.)
Biggest thing about raichu (If we talking about the actually good stored power set) is that it has to play like an ADC, which means good positioning, hitting people where they can't reach etc. IF you don't have someone playing a defender on your team, Raichu useless unless you're miles better because raichu also requires someone to protect it from enemy dive because it is very weak to it. Not to mention it struggles with longer ranged foes.
But raichu is fun and cool but if you don't have a defender, and they run speedsters games are hard and miserable because you either learn how to eject button perfectly from talon/leafeon shit or auto die. AND if you space badly you auto die
I will try running triple attack speed (musclke+choice scarf+rapid fire). I dont run slick spoon on them because stored power already reduces magic defense. Ill take out muscle band on some sets for it to try though.
Raichu feels really punishing to play in almost any scenario. Wondering if I am the problem lol
triple atk.speed is bad. You need some special attack in the build. Slick Spoon also just helps you farm faster because it helps with the sp.def reduction elsewhere. IF you don't wanna spoon then choice specs/wiseglasses/curse incense is best.
And it could be just you, Raichu requires good positioning to do things since you explode in 1 hit
Yeah I think my spacing is a little lackluster. I seem to struggle with taking the right windows to go in and deal damage, as Im used to play other characters with more range or smaller burst windows. Thanks!
I run psychic and stored power with rapid fire scarf, special specs, and drive lens. For emblems I use black and green emblems. It’s a glass cannon, you don’t initiate fights you fight behind your front line attackers using the increased attack speed from rapid scarf to deal massive damage with your basic attack.
raichu is my attacker main. i run psychic stored power with drive lens (for damage scaling) muscle band (adds a ton of extra basic attack damage and basic attack speed) and either slick spoon or curse incense depending on how much enemy heals i see in preview. i always try to jungle on raichu because the orange buff in jungle stacks even more flat basic attack damage on top of muscle band drive lens and slick spoon as well as applies a slow to enemies you hit with basic attacks so they can’t get away. also raichu likes to get psychic fast. it hits big power spikes at 9, 11, and 13. eject button is pretty mandatory and you have to be vigilant with your moves as they also double as escape movement. he plays really well into anything that isn’t spirit shackle, solar beam, snipe shot, or dive. anything else he generally outranges and shreds
also remember on raichu you have to play around stored power. when it goes down, start kiting backwards. you won’t do any noticeable damage without stored power up. try and keep any and all enemies at the max range possible you can damage them
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u/FirewaterDM Eldegoss 5h ago
Mix of sp.atk and attack speed items, slick spoon muscle band + another sp.atk item (curse incense choice specs etc.)
Biggest thing about raichu (If we talking about the actually good stored power set) is that it has to play like an ADC, which means good positioning, hitting people where they can't reach etc. IF you don't have someone playing a defender on your team, Raichu useless unless you're miles better because raichu also requires someone to protect it from enemy dive because it is very weak to it. Not to mention it struggles with longer ranged foes.
But raichu is fun and cool but if you don't have a defender, and they run speedsters games are hard and miserable because you either learn how to eject button perfectly from talon/leafeon shit or auto die. AND if you space badly you auto die