Golem was better than Rhydon as long as PhysLax was the moveset of choice for Snorlax: you may talk about all of the differences you want, but it all comes down to this very simple rule of thumb and in the current state Golem is almost outclassed.
That's also why we didn't realize immediately that Rhydon was better: Physlax was still pretty common in the early stages of the new mechs.
Raichu's power level is pretty low and it also has a bad case of 4MSS: it struggles against Chansey and Exeggutor, and it has some troubles against Tauros and Snorlax too. It could be listed on par with Hypno and other pokemon below Porygon and above the rest.
Maybe Submission (which is a terrible move, a CH can't OHKO a fresh Chansey and it will deal about 50% to you which puts you into Tauros' range) can somewhat help against Chansey, at least if Raichu is unstatused and your opponent doesn't have an unstatused Alakazam.
I assume the moveset is TWave/TBolt/Submission/Surf (which makes it walled by Exeggutor almost so badly as Zapdos/Jolteon vs Rhydon though): i like being walled by Egg better than letting Rhydon in, but Raichu is nowhere near as dangerous as the other two even with the right setup.
That's also why we didn't realize immediately that Rhydon was better: Physlax was still pretty common in the early stages of the new mechs.
Raichu's power level is pretty low and it also has a bad case of 4MSS: it struggles against Chansey and Exeggutor, and it has some troubles against Tauros and Snorlax too. It could be listed on par with Hypno and other pokemon below Porygon and above the rest.
Maybe Submission (which is a terrible move, a CH can't OHKO a fresh Chansey and it will deal about 50% to you which puts you into Tauros' range) can somewhat help against Chansey, at least if Raichu is unstatused and your opponent doesn't have an unstatused Alakazam.
I assume the moveset is TWave/TBolt/Submission/Surf (which makes it walled by Exeggutor almost so badly as Zapdos/Jolteon vs Rhydon though): i like being walled by Egg better than letting Rhydon in, but Raichu is nowhere near as dangerous as the other two even with the right setup.