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Rayquaza レックウザ Rayquaza #384
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Dragon Flying Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Sky High Pokémon
Ability Air Lock Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #- Hoenn #200 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 0'0" Imperial 0.0 m Metric 0'0"/0.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.0 lbs. Imperial 0.0 kg Metric 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Unknown	Catch rate 3 (0.4%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding No Eggs group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 220 Battle Exp.: 2201*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=rayquaza|ndex=384|name=Rayquaza }}

Rayquaza (Japanese: レックウザ Rayquaza; German: Rayquaza; French: Rayquaza) is a Dragon/Flying-type Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Ruby

Rayquaza lived for hundreds of millions of years in the earth's ozone layer, never descending to the ground. This Pokémon appears to feed on water and particles in the atmosphere.

Pokémon Sapphire

Rayquaza is said to have lived for hundreds of millions of years in the earth's ozone layer, above the clouds. Its existence had been completely unknown because it lived so high in the sky.

Pokémon Emerald

A Pokémon that flies endlessly in the ozone layer. It is said it would descend to the ground if Kyogre and Groudon were to fight.

Pokémon FireRed / Pokémon LeafGreen

It has lived for hundreds of millions of years in the ozone layer. Its flying form looks like a meteor.

Name origin

Rayquaza's name is likely a combination of ray and quasar.

It is based on Chinese dragons, or lóng.

In terms of relevance to other Pokémon, Rayquaza has similarities to Ziz, the Hebrew lord of the sky, when compared to Groudon's behemoth origins and Kyogre's leviathan origins.

Base stats

Type effectiveness

In the anime

Rayquaza appears in Destiny Deoxys. It fights against Deoxys because it is seen as invading its territory.

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