Editing Rayquaza

| caption      = {{symbol|pokemon}}<br>Rayquaza's artwork from ''Pokémon Emerald''.

|japanactor   = Katsuyuki Konishi

'''Rayquaza''' ({{ja|レックウザ|Rekkūza}}, ''Rayquaza'') is a fictional creature from the {{uv|Pokémon}} media franchise.

 

[[File:RayquazaSpriteE.png|left|thumb|Rayquaza's sprite in ''Pokémon Emerald''.]]

Rayquaza is a legendary Pokémon that debuted in the third generation of ''Pokémon'' games, serving as the version mascot for ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Emerald}}'', the third special edition game to ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]'', and is categorized within the Pokédex at #384 as the "Sky High Pokémon".  A green, serpentine creature, it is part of a trio of legendary Pokémon commonly referred to as the {{iw|bulbapedia|weather trio}} along with [[Groudon]] and [[Kyogre]], and in its games is able to mediate the fights between those two. Its types are {{iw|Bulbapedia|Dragon|type}} and {{iw|Bulbapedia|Flying|type}}. It is considered very territorial and usually flies around in the ozone layer.

Rayquaza first appeared in ''Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire'' as a legendary Pokémon residing in Sky Pillar. However, it did not have much of a role in these games. In the fifth Pokémon game of Generation III, ''Pokémon Emerald'', Rayquaza is the mascot and served a much bigger role, becoming the one who stops the fight between [[Kyogre]] and [[Groudon]]. It also stays in Sky Pillar once the conflict is finished and can be obtained much earlier.

Like Mewtwo, Rayquaza is a great Pokemon in competetive play, because of its very high Attack and Special Attack, decent Base Speed stat, and a useful ability.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6eLt8X-Ndo</ref>

[[File:Rayquaza.jpg|thumb|left|Rayquaza art for ''Brawl''.]]

Rayquaza is the second boss in The Subspace Emissary in ''Brawl''. In the mode, Rayquaza first appears in the level [[The Lake]] after {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}} goes to investigate a crashed [[Arwing]]. Seeing Diddy and the Arwing's pilot as intruders of its territory, Rayquaza bursts out of the water, destroys the Arwing with an attack resembling a ball of energy, and then grabs Diddy. Before it can retreat into the water, {{SSBB|Fox}} leaps from the burning Arwing and attacks Rayquaza using [[Fox Illusion]], causing it to lose its grip on Diddy Kong. The beast attacks Fox with the energy ball attack again, but Fox reflects the attack back at Rayquaza using his [[Reflector (move)|Reflector]], sending it tumbling back into the water. Both Diddy and Fox face off against the dangerous legendary Pokémon.  

Even though it wasn't working for the Subspace army, Tabuu brings back Rayquaza to slow down the heroes in The Great Maze.

Also, when Rayquaza is defeated, it twitches at the last second, which probably means it was only knocked out (a possible throwback to the ''Pokémon'' series, where a Pokémon who is defeated in battle is said to have fainted).

It can also be battled at any given time in [[Boss Battles Mode]].

===Rayquaza's attacks & stats===

====Moveset====

[[File:Rayquaza Boss.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Rayquaza fighting against {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}} and {{SSBB|Fox}} in [[The Lake]]]]

| Tail Sweep || A || Rayquaza sweeps its tail across the ground. It actually hits twice, and it can break [[shield]]s quite easily at higher difficulties. || 1

| Dig || A^ || Rayquaza flies up slowly, then crashes into the character while burrowing into the ground, then appears on the other side. The lightning bolt attack is the substitute for this at lower HP. || 3

| Dash || Av || Rayquaza ducks down and rushes to the other side of the stage. || 1

| Air Dash || A< or A>|| Rayquaza flies up, and then dashes back and forth near the ground. At lower HP, Rayquaza does this two or three times. Small characters can evade this attack by ducking if they can fit between the "waves" of Rayquaza's wavy shape and the ground, but the move also produces a wind that can push characters around into a spot where they can be hit, making [[crawling]] an asset. || 3

| Diagonal Electric Ball || B || Rayquaza sends a ball of electricity in front of itself diagonally (This can be reflected by various reflecting attacks but not absorbed by [[PSI Magnet]] or [[Oil Panic]]).|| 2

| Lightning Strike || B^ || Rayquaza flies up in a tight circle and attacks with a multi-hit lightning bolt (it does not have knockback, however). It breaks shields down quickly. 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 its much shorter duration. Rayquaza only uses at lower HP. Similar to Pikachu's {{b|Thunder|Pokémon}} || 3

| Ground Burst || Bv || Rayquaza burrows underground, then bursts out of the ground where the player was standing. At lower HP, Rayquaza does this three times. When its HP is low enough that it can be captured with a [[Trophy Stand]], it will perform this attack four times. || 2

| Horizontal Electric Ball || B< or B> || Rayquaza lowers its head and sends the lightning orb in front of itself, 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]]). || 2

| Blast || X || Rayquaza's eyes glow, and then it creates an explosion at the location where the character was at that time. While Rayquaza's eyes glow, fighters in contact with its head will be spiked to the ground, often a perfect setup for the explosion. || 3

===Moveset gallery===

!HP Values!!colspan=3|[[Image:EasyDifficulty.png|32px|link=Difficulty|Lowest difficulty]]!!colspan=3|[[Image:NormalDifficulty.png|32px|link=Difficulty|Below-middle difficulty]]!!colspan=3|[[Image:HardDifficulty.png|32px|link=Difficulty|Middle difficulty]]!!colspan=3|[[Image:VeryHardDifficulty.png|32px|link=Difficulty|Above-middle difficulty]]!!colspan=3|[[Image:IntenseDifficulty.png|32px|link=Difficulty|Highest difficulty]]

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While Rayquaza technically has less health than later bosses, its massive battery of resistances practically gives Rayquaza a very large amount of health. In fact, the only moves which it does not resist are those with [[freezing]] hitboxes, which is a nod to the Pokémon games where Rayquaza's typing makes it weakest to Ice-type moves. However with there being only a few moves in the game with hitboxes of the freezing type, only possessed by the {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} and {{SSBB|Lucas}}, this lone relative weakness can rarely be exploited. Even then those few freezing moves are projectiles, meaning Rayquaza will still resist them, while also being low-damaging and laggy moves that would make them ineffective for using against bosses. With this inability to use moves that Rayquaza doesn't possess an at least x0.7 resistance to, it is effectively about as or even more durable than [[Duon]], the most durable boss outside of [[Tabuu]].

None of Rayquaza's hurtboxes are programmed to be a weak point, though interestingly it has weak point numbers programmed in that are not the default ×2.0 like they are for other enemies that lack a weak point. This may indicate that Rayquaza originally had a weak point to counterbalance its massive resistances, that was scrapped late in development.

===Trophy information===

[[File:Rayquaza - Brawl Trophy.png|left|thumb|100px|Rayquaza trophy in ''Brawl''.]]

:''A Sky High Pokémon. It normally resides high up in the ozone layer where it flies endlessly, so it is rarely seen. However, when Groudon and Kyogre began to fight, it appeared to calm them down. It has the ability Air Lock, which blocks all weather-condition effects. It has exceedingly strong abilities, and its attack power is especially remarkable.''

{{Trophy games|console1=GBA|game1=Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire|console2=GBA|game2=Pokémon Emerald}}

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Rayquaza appears in the [[Kalos Pokémon League]] stage as a stage element. Appearing rarely in the Dragonmark Chamber, it flies across the stage at various angles, dealing damage to fighters. Its path is shown briefly by lightning before it appears, giving players time to avoid it.

===Trophy information===

Rayquaza's trophy is exclusive to {{forwiiu}}, where it is part of the ''Legend of Pokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphire'' [[Trophy Box]].

[[File:RayquazaTrophyWiiU.png|left|thumb|100px|Rayquaza trophy in ''for Wii U''.]]

:''This Dragon- and Flying-type Pokémon usually dwells high in the ozone layer, so it can't be seen from the ground. In the Kalos Pokémon League stage, it occasionally flies at great speed through the Elite Four's Dragon-type chamber, where any fighters in its path will be damaged and launched with great force.''

{{Trophy games|console1=GBA|game1=Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire (03/2003)|console2=DS|game2=Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver (03/2010)}}

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Rayquaza returns in its role on Kalos Pokémon League. It also appears as a Spirit.

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{| class="wikitable sortable"

! No. !! Image !! Name !! Type !! Class !! Slot !! Ability !! Series

| 500 || [[File:Rayquaza1.png|center|108x108px]] || Rayquaza || {{color|#796581|Neutral}} || ★★★ || 3 || Jump ↑ || ''Pokémon'' Series

*Despite being the "Sky High" Pokémon who lives high in the ozone layer, Rayquaza in ''Brawl'' seems to be able to live underwater (although in the game, it is capable of learning the move [[Bulbapedia:Dive (move)|Dive]]; or might possibly be sleeping there) and attacks by burrowing underground (it cannot learn [[Bulbapedia:Dig (move)|Dig]] in the games). The Pokédex says that Rayquaza never touches the ground, however, unless [[Groudon]] and [[Kyogre]] were to fight.

**Additionally, despite being immune to ground-type attacks in its home series such as Earthquake, it can still be hit by moves with [[quake]] hitboxes in ''Brawl'', such as {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}}'s [[Hand Slap]].

*A glitch can happen when facing Rayquaza. It is unknown how this happens, but it can leave some of the playable character's model stuck frozen in the immediate foreground, moving with the camera. Any attack Rayquaza performs that targets the player's location go offscreen, failing to hit the almost-KO'ed player. This glitch lasts until the player quits the battle. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-If4v_7AIg]

*Rayquaza is the only boss fought at the beginning of a stage whose fight isn't the entire stage.

*Rayquaza is the only boss in The Subspace Emissary known to have a specific voice actor (Katsuyuki Konishi), with the said voice actor voicing several other Pokémon throughout the series as well.

*Rayquaza is the only boss who never comes in contact with a character inside of its own series (in contrast to [[Porky Minch]]).

*Aside from freezing attacks being the most effective, many of Rayquaza's weaknesses and resistances do not match its properties in the Pokémon games: it resists electric, grass, and water attacks more than flame attacks, whereas its Pokémon typing dictates it takes regular damage from electric, half damage from fire and water, and quarter damage from grass.