>Gave it lighting rod>Gave it a +10 buff to it's Speed stat in Gen 6 which was an absolutely insane buff (escaping the 100 speed tier and moving onto the 110 in the generation, Zard-Y and Mega-Kang came into the picture) >Almost all Event Pikachus can still evolve into Raichu and since there are a lot of Pikachu events it can have pretty unique or moves that give it new opportunities (See Endeavor) >GF recognizes the fact it's used as a Supportive Pokemon in the main format and treats it as such and doesn't feel the need to give it arbitrary special attack increasing items >Still gets more Merch than most Pokemon get.No. I think GF treats Raichu with pretty good respect in all honesty. And Raichu is my favorite Pokemon of all time.
>>37940585The people behind the anime aren't GF. The people behind the anime do just use Raichu as a tool to forward some episodes plot, but I recall it being treated fine during Sinnoh. I remember that camp episode with the Timid Raichu that Ash helped make more confident.
>>37940600except it's Alolan Form has the shittier ability.
