Competitive Information for Raticate [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Raticate? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Raticate is an astounding Normal-typed Pokemon. Raticate are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Raticate's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Flame Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Guts
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Wild Charge / U-turn
- Sucker Punch / Crunch
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Raticate (Guts)
Raticate is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Raticate from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Raticate at the end of the turn which will activate Raticate's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Raticate is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Raticate a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Raticate switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Raticate this turn).
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Item: Wide Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Wild Charge / Zen Headbutt
- Sucker Punch / Crunch
- Iron Tail
Physical Sweeper Raticate (Hustle)
Raticate is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Raticate from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Raticate's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Raticate's moves. This is important since it's Hustle ability lowers the accuracy of it's moves. With Hustle, Raticate's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Raticate? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Flame Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Guts
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Wild Charge / U-turn
- Sucker Punch / Crunch
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Raticate (Guts)
Raticate is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Raticate from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Raticate at the end of the turn which will activate Raticate's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Raticate is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Raticate a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Raticate switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Raticate this turn).
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Item: Wide Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Wild Charge / Zen Headbutt
- Sucker Punch / Crunch
- Iron Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Raticate (Hustle)
Raticate is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Raticate from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Raticate's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Raticate's moves. This is important since it's Hustle ability lowers the accuracy of it's moves. With Hustle, Raticate's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Raticate learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Raticate can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Raticate
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Ability: Hustle + Item: Blunder policy
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Raticate's stats
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Raticate
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Raticate in Black and White
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