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Sure, but it doesn't get double speed under Electric Terrain. It does most of what A-Raichu does, but Raichu provides a bit more speed and a bit more coverage for considerably less bulk. I think there are some niches that Raichu can cover that Rotom-W can't.
I'm pretty sure it works similar to old Mega Evo mechanics. It calculates speed before dynamaxing, and then stats recalc after Dynamax. So you'll get the speed boost the turn you dynamax and nothing after. I could be wrong though.
So I've played around on Showdown a bit in gens 6 and 7 but never created an account
Anyway, it might be kind of gimmicky, but I think people might be sleeping on Alolan Raichu here. I've been running it with Choice Scarf and dynamaxing it fairly often, and I think it's got potential (maybe...