Question

It knows Hyper Fang, Crunch, Super Fang, Attract.

Raticate Learnset

Comments

I'm now thinking I should do:

Super Fang, Strength, Thunder Wave, Crunch.

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You know there should have been an ability ( such as iron fist ) that boosts the power of Biting moves , that would be pretty handy on this little dude . :P

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wow it can learn thunder wave? i'm AMAZED.

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Raticate (M) @ Flame Orb
Trait: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 16 Def / 240 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Facade
- Sucker Punch
- U-turn
- Reversal

Answer 1

Suggested ability: Guts.

Facade-STAB, gets double power from Status, STAB, and guts power.

sucker punch/pursuit-Type coverage and priority or pick of pokemon that switch. Though for the record, I doubt anything will switch out on this.

swords dance/Thunder wave-raise attack or cut the foe's speed.

Reversal/U-Turn/super fang/flame wheel/retaliate/zen headbutt-Type coverage as you see fit.

Comments

Well then, once again we had the same idea. And once again you were just a few seconds too late. Just like old times.

Answer 2

Gen V

Raticate (M) @ Flame Orb

Trait: Guts

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd

Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)

• Facade
• Sucker Punch
• Reversal
• Swords Dance

Flame Orb activates Guts. You now have a decent sweeper. Facade gets nice power, especially if you can get a Swords dance in. Sucker Punch provides priority, as well as takes care of Ghost types who would otherwise wall you. Flame Orb is going to bring you down in health, so Reversal becomes useful pretty soon. Reversal provides needed type coverage against Rock and Steel. The EVs are your standard sweeping EVs.

Answer 3

Raticate (M) @ Flame Orb

Role: Sweep Or Die

Trait: Guts

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd

Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)

• Facade
• Zen Headbutt
• Sucker Punch
• U-turn

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Standard Guts Has Facade of Course.

Zen Headbutt is there to cover Fighting, Although you can pull off Pluck if you Want more Accuracy.

Sucker Punch is just amazing as usual.

And U-turn is To Hit, Almost Die, And then Leave.

Answer 4

I would replace Super Fang with Dig(To take care of those nasty Rock and Steel types that you would barely damage with those moves(Even though Super fang always takes out half of their health you can almost KO all Steel/Rock types one-hit with dig))

Answer 5

Gen III

Raticate (M) @ Silk Scarf

Ability: Guts

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd

Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)

• Facade - Physical
• Shadow Ball - Physical
• Endure
• Reversal - Physical

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He's a rat...

Guts and Facade hoping for someone to inflict status on you, and Facade is still pretty nice STAB without it. Shadow Ball gets Ghost coverage, ( Which you can't hit with your other moves ) Endure Reversal Combo is the best way to get affective coverage power on this thing.

Answer 6

Double/Triple Battle

Raticate (M) @ Flame Orb

Trait: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Assurance
- Facade
- U-turn
- Reversal

It should be fairly obvious that Raticate is not a multi-battle Pokemon. The only thing it gets that is different from Single is Assurance, which can actually be a good move. Otherwise, it goes with the standard Guts Sweeping. Facade is high powered STAB, U-Turn is hit and run, Reversal can do a lot of damage before going down.

Answer 7

R.I.P @ Life Orb
Ability: I run Hustle and it's pretty gimmicky, but man it pays off when I land a hit. Guts won't hurt anything though. ( Run away will xD )
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 4 HP / 252 ATK / 252 SPD

Thunder Wave - Para-hax starts the trolling.

Hyper Fang - STAB and flinch. Para-flinch is annoying. It's pretty much Raticate's signature, so fitting it into a set makes me happy :)

Crunch - Sucker Punch is fairly workable, but most of the time anymore ghosts will try throwing an annoying status on you first... ( Or Gengar subs up )

Wild Charge / U-turn - Neither are going to have reliable accuracy, but I'd personally rather have the crazy powerful recoil move.

Answer 8

Replace Hyper Fang with Return and maybe Super Fang with Dig.