Editing Rayquaza

{{Boss|
| name         = Rayquaza|
| image        = [[Image:Rayquaza.jpg|223px]]
| boss         = ''[[SSBB]]''|
| universe     = [[Pokémon (universe)|Pokémon]]|}}

'''Rayquaza''' (レックウザ, ''Rekkūza'') is a fictional creature in the ''[[Pokémon (universe)|Pokémon]]'' media franchise. 

==Creature description==
Rayquaza is a Legendary [[Pokémon (universe)|Pokémon]] who first appeared in ''[[Pokémon Ruby]]'', ''[[Pokémon Sapphire|Sapphire]]'', and, most prominently, ''[[Pokémon Emerald|Emerald]]'', where it was featured as the cover Pokémon. Its type is Dragon/Flying. It is the second-highest level wild Pokémon in the games, appearing at level 70.

Rayquaza inhabits the ozone layer and, due to living at such a height, it cannot be spotted from the ground. It feeds on water particles, like those that compose clouds, thus it does not need to descend if not to rest (because it is constantly circling the world). However, should Kyogre and Groudon enter a feud, Rayquaza must come down to put things in their rightful places.

Out of all Legendary Pokémon, Rayquaza is the longest, measuring 23' (7 m). It it, however, only the fourth longest Pokémon, losing to Onix, Steelix and Wailord. It weighs 455.2 lbs (206.5 kg), and its National Pokédex Number is #384.

==In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''==
Rayquaza's voice is from the anime movie, Destiny Deoxys, like other Pokémon in the Smash Bros. series.
===Role In The Subspace Emissary===
Rayquaza is a boss in [[Subspace Emissary|adventure mode]] of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. In the [[Subspace Emissary]], Rayquaza first appears in the jungle after [[Diddy Kong (SSBB)|Diddy Kong]] goes to investigate a crashed [[Arwing]]. It bursts out of the water and destroys the Arwing with Dragon Pulse, then grabs Diddy. Before it can retreat into the water, [[Fox McCloud (SSBB)|Fox McCloud]] comes out and attacks Rayquaza using [[Fox Illusion]], causing it to lose its grip on Diddy Kong. The beast attacks Fox with Dragon Pulse again, but Fox reflects the attack back at Rayquaza using his [[shine]], sending it tumbling back into the water. Both Diddy and Fox face off against the dangerous Legendary Pokémon. it can also be battled at any given time in boss rush. 
It has not been proven he has any link to the Subspace Emissary and could just be angry at Diddy and Fox for intruding on its territory. However, at the last level, [[Tabuu]] resurrects Rayquaza to slow down the heroes in the maze he creates out of previous worlds.

==Rayquaza's Attacks, Stats & General Strategy==
[[Image:Rayquaza Boss.jpg|150px|right|thumb|[[Rayquaza]] fighting against [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Fox]] in [[The Lake]].]]

===Attacks===
*Rayquaza uses Iron Tail, which is a sweeping tail attack. It actually hits twice, so it can break your shield quite easily at higher difficulties.

*Rayquaza shoots an Energy Ball at front of it diagonally, or lowers its head and uses Energy Ball in front of it, which travels across the stage unless it hits the ground, when it will explode. (This can be reflected by various reflecting attacks but not absorbed by [[PSI Magnet]] or [[Oil Panic]])

*Rayquaza's eyes glow, and then creates an explosion at the location where your character was at that time (possibly Focus Blast).

*Rayquaza flies up in a tight circle and uses Thunder, which hits you with a multi-hit lightning bolt. It does little damage to shields. During the time Rayquaza rises touching it will deal Electric damage. It's one of the few attacks that are easier to dodge on higher difficulties due to it's much shorter duration.

*Rayquaza ducks down and rushes to the other side of the stage.

*Rayquaza buries underground, then bursts out where the player was standing. At lower HP, Rayquaza does it three times.

*Rayquaza flies up slowly, then crashes at the character burrowing into the ground, then appears on the other side.

*Rayquaza flies up, and then uses Extremespeed to dash near the ground back and forth. At lower HP, Rayquaza does this two or three times.

*Rayquaza uses Roar. This has no effect other than being a sort of [[Taunt]].

==Statistics==
Rayquaza has a lot of Health which can make fighting it rather difficult to destroy effectively. It also seems to resist many different kinds of attacks. It has resistance to Fire, Electric, and strangely enough Freezing attacks. This makes good boss killing moves such as the [[Knee Smash]], and [[Ganondorf]]'s Thunder Stomp really weak and ineffective. [[Ganondorf]]'s '''Darkness''' attacks are not resisted by it, in fact Rayquaza ''may'' be weak against them.

==General Strategy & Capture==
===General Strategy===
Like many [[Boss|Bosses]] Rayquaza's attacks can generally be easily dodged and avoided with [[Sidestepping|sidesteps]] and [[Air dodging|air dodges]]. Since most of it's attacks are only on the ground, characters that can stay in the air for long periods can easily dodge some of its faster attacks. Overall Rayquaza is pretty easy if you pay attention to it's movements and learn to [[Air dodging|air dodge]] efficiently.  Characters such as [[Zelda]], [[Lucas]], [[Olimar]], and [[Pikachu]] have a much longer fight due to it's various elemental resistances.

===Capture===
To quicken the fight you may want to use a heavy hitter ([[Ganondorf]] is excellent) to deal loads of damage quickly to get it weak, then use a character loaded with defensive [[Stickers]] who can easily dodge it's attacks and wait of a [[Trophy Stand]] to drop. It is easier if the level difficulty is harder and there are the stickers that make trophy stands fall faster.

==Trivia==
* For some reason, Rayquaza is underwater, but he is the "Sky High" Pokemon.
* In [[Pokémon]] games Dragon types like Rayquaza are weak to Ice type attacks however the Rayquaza is [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]] is actually resistant to them.
{{Bosses}}
{{SubspaceArmy}}
[[Category:Bosses]] 
[[Category:Subspace Army]]
[[Category:Pokémon]]
[[Category:Pokémon (SSBB)]]
[[Category:Pokémon universe]]
	You aren't logged in. While it's not a requirement to create an account, doing so makes it a lot easier to keep track of your edits and a lot harder to confuse you with someone else. If you edit without being logged in, your IP address will be recorded in the page's edit history.
	Log in	Create account
Insert common text
Signature	~~~~
Symbols	£ ¥ ° ± × ÷ € ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥
Diacritics	À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Œ Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø œ ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ
Wikitext	[] [[]] \| [[Category:]] [[File:]] #REDIRECT: [[]] {\| \|- \|\| \|}
Templates	{{cleanup}} {{image}} {{reflist}} {{stub}} {{d}} {{delete}}
Formatting	<!----> <br> <code></code> <gallery></gallery> <nowiki></nowiki> <ref></ref> <references/> {{#widget:YouTube\|id=}}
Substitution	<includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude>