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What is a good moveset for Raticate?

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Role: Sweep Or Die

Raticate (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Facade
- Zen Headbutt / Pluck
- Sucker Punch
- U-turn

Standard Guts Has Facade of course.

Zen Headbutt is there to cover Fighting, but 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.

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Gen V

Raticate (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- 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.

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Dude, I'm like 3 years late, but using the Toxic Orb would poison, activate Guts, but wouldn't have the decrease from Attack.
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Guts negates the effected of burn and toxic orb decreases your health quicker.
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Gen III

Raticate (M) @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Facade
- Shadow Ball
- Endure
- Reversal

Facade - Physical
Shadow Ball - Physical
Reversal - Physical

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 effective coverage power on this thing.

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Shadow ball isn't a physical move...
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@ovikdas739
This is Gen 3, so yes, Shadow Ball is a physical move.
Source: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ghost_(type)
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Beast Mode On

Raticate @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Protect
- Facade
- Swords Dance

  • Sucker Punch- Good priority or for obnoxious Psychic types
  • Protect- Scout and activate Flame Orb
  • Facade- Obvious
  • Swords Dance- Boost Attack
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Gen 3 NU
Raticate @ Choice Band
Ability: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Return
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power [Ground]
- Quick Attack

Choice Band makes you KO things like crazy. Guts is its best ability and can be useful if you switch into a status move. The EVs are your bread and butter offensive ones. Jolly Nature helps outspeed all the other threats around the 90 speed benchmark. Return has base 102 power with max happiness, which is crazy strong with STAB+Choice Band. Shadow Ball is physical in this gen, which allows it to target Haunter, Chimecho, and Sableye for some great damage, even on Sableye. Hidden Power Ground is physical in this gen, so it helps eats Mawile and damage Graveler and Relicanth, who usually wall this. Quick Attack is to revenge kill things.

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Double/Triple Battle
Raticate
Raticate (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- 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.

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Here is a moveset to kill walls.

Raticate (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Super Fang
- Reversal
- Facade
- Wild Charge

  • Super Fang - Use 2-3 times to lower their HP.
  • Reversal - Most walls are Normal typed (or they are Umbreons).
  • Facade - Use when their HP is lowered + STAB + more power when burned.
  • Wild Charge - For the more and more common Mandibuzzes.
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Top Percentage:

Raticate @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Facade
- Swords Dance
- U-turn
- Crunch

  • Facade (Guts + Flame Orb = POWAAA)
  • Swords Dance (boost Attack)
  • U-turn (in case something goes wrong)
  • Crunch (can hit Ghost types)
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Good moveset for Raticate

Raticate @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Facade
- Zen Headbutt
- Crunch
- Swords Dance

  • Facade - Base 210 Power with STAB and Burn taken into account
  • Zen Headbutt - Base 80 Power with 90% Accuracy, 20% chance to flinch, coverage for Fighting and Poison types
  • Crunch - Base 80 Power, 20% chance to lower target’s Defense
  • Swords Dance - Setup, doubles the Attack stat

Hope this helps, I do want to say that I have been swept multiple times by Raticate with this moveset

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Rattata @ Focus Sash
Ability: Guts
Level: 1
EVs: 228 Atk / 100 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Endeavor
- Quick Attack
- Pursuit

This set is the infamous FEAR set for Rattata. The goal of this set is to wear down a Pokemon with Endeavor, then use Quick Attack to finish the weakened Pokemon off. If you predict the opponent going to switch out the Pokemon you used Endeavor one, use Pursuit to punish them and still be able to finish off the Pokemon should they switch out. Make sure you use this against something that doesn't have Rocky Helmet or or Abilities that can punish contact (i.e Iron Barbs). Also, don't send Rattata in when Sand or Hail is up.

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Gen IV
Role: Unstoppable Sweeper

Raticate (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EV: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Facade
- Sleep Talk
- Zen Headbutt / Pluck
- Flame Wheel

Let me explain. This Pokemon can benefit from every status condition. As you know, Flame Orb activates Guts.
Facade = Flame Orb + STAB + Guts + x1.5 Power = Massive Damage
Sleep Talk = If the opponent makes you sleep before Flame Orb, you can attack with other moves + Guts Power.
Flame Wheel = If the opponent makes you freeze before Flame Orb, you can defrost it with Flame Wheel + Guts Power.
Zen Headbutt = Fighting Type Coverage + Flinch Chance.
Pluck = Fighting Type Coverage + Steal the effect of berry.

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R.I.P (Raticate) @ Life Orb
Ability: Hustle / Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Thunder Wave
- Hyper Fang
- Crunch
- Wild Charge / U-Turn

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.

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Raticate
Raticate (M) @ Flame Orb / Toxic Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Facade
- Zen Headbutt / Pluck
- Swords Dance
- Revenge

Facade + Guts + Flame/Toxic Orb = Massive damage
Swords Dance is to boost your Attack so you can at least knock some few Pokemon out
Zen Headbutt or Pluck (Your choice to pick) is to cover its weakness against Fighting
Revenge is to get rid of those pesky Rock types trying to wall you.

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There is no reason to use Toxic Orb over Flame Orb.
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the best move-set got to be a troll-set.

Raticate @ Focus Sash
Ability: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Quick Attack
- Endeavor
- Pursuit
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Sucker Punch is for the KO
Quick Attack is for the KO
Endeavor is the hardest one to control, you got to be serious that he will hit you. You need 1 HP
Pursuit now they cannot run

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Raticate (M) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature / Naive Nature
- Facade
- Crunch / Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Thunder / Blizzard

Not like another player, I use Thunder / Blizzard why? Sometimes Raticate have trouble with High Defense Steel and Rock Pokemon, but they have Low Special Defense, right? Sure I know Raticate have Low Special Attack, but believe me is better use Thunder / Blizzard to High Defense Steel / Rock Type, Thunder is effective than Facade to defeat Cloyster faster, and Blizzard can useful against Rhyperior and Steelix than you use Facade, I Run With Toxic Orb because you know Raticate can't stand to long since he have a very poor HP and defense, so I try to take greater risks with Hasty or Naive Nature, because in my experience use Raticate, Raticate has never Survive after take Fighting Move, so I Think Raticate defense is useless. I run With Swords Dance and not Protect because some player think Raticate use Protect, so I try take Risk again and take advantage from Swords Dance and finaly since normal move can't hit Ghost Type Crunch or Sucker Punch is good choose for that, if you like risk I suggest you run with Sucker Punch, yeah you know Raticate is not Faster Pokemon in this game, so with Very Frail defense since I use Hasty or Naive Nature, Sucker Punch is best choose than Crunch.

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Thunder and Blizzard suck on Raticate.
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Raticate
Raticate @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Protect
- Facade
- Crunch
- U-turn

Explanation: First, you start with Protect to activate the Flame Orb. Paired with the ability Guts, Facade gets really powerful, and it is Raticate's STAB move. Crunch is to be prepared for any Ghost types. U-turn is to get out of a situation that Raticate can't handle.

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Even though Raticate is frail, I think Flame Orb is still better, to increase its longevity even a little.
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I made this moveset when I was pretty bad at competitive. I changed the item to Flame Orb though.
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but why flame orb? when you are burned, your attack stat halves, and why do you want that? give it toxic orb instead
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Guts ignores the Attack drop from a burn.
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oh rly did not know
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Gen 7 ZU


Raticate @ Choice Band
Ability: Hustle
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Return
- Crunch
- U-turn / Quick Attack / Zen Headbutt
- Stomping Tantrum

Return is strong STAB. Crunch hits Ghost types. U-turn is a powerful pivoting move, Quick Attack is priority and STAB, Zen Headbutt covers Fighting types. Stomping Tantrum covers Rock and Steel types.

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Suicide or pivot lead

@ Choice Band
Ability: Hustle
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Double-Edge
- Quick Attack
- Sucker Punch
- U-turn
(P.S. This set can be used on an Alolan Raticate as well)

This set actually worked pretty well for me. Double edge is a really strong attack thanks to STAB, hustle and choice band that can take out at least 25% of a Tyranitar when you’re invested in attack and Speed but has recoil hence why it’s a suicide lead. If you can, pivot with higher damage thanks to U-turn. Quick Attack has +1 priority and STAB with high Attack. Sucker punch also has priority and stronger attack and can take out foes easily.

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