What is a good competitive moveset for Patrat? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Patrat is a spectacular Normal-typed Pokemon. Patrat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Patrat can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Patrat's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Species: Patrat Item: Normalium Z / Life Orb Ability: Analytic Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe) Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 128 Hp / 252 Atk / 64 Def / 64 SpD Moveset: - Return / Hyper Fang - Aqua Tail - Seed Bomb - Crunch / Assurance
Physical Sweeper Patrat (Analytic)
Patrat is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Patrat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Analytic, Patrat's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Hyper Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (10% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage. ♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage. ♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Patrat? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Species: Patrat Item: Normalium Z / Life Orb Ability: Analytic Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe) Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 128 Hp / 252 Atk / 64 Def / 64 SpD Moveset: - Return / Hyper Fang - Aqua Tail - Seed Bomb - Crunch / Assurance
Doubles Physical Sweeper Patrat (Analytic)
Patrat is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Patrat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Analytic, Patrat's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Hyper Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (10% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage. ♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage. ♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Patrat learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Patrat can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Patrat
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Moves with Priority: Bide, Detect, Helping Hand, Protect
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