Competitive Information for Raticate [Sun/Moon]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Raticate? 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.
Raticate is an outstanding Normal-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty usual sight to see Raticate out in the 7th generation battlefield. Raticate's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Flame Orb / Normalium Z
Ability: Guts
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
- Wild Charge / Stomping Tantrum
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Raticate (Guts)
Raticate is popular Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Raticate's last move failed).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Raticate this turn).
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Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Shadow Claw
- Wild Charge / Iron Tail
- Crunch / Throat Chop
Physical Sweeper Raticate (Hustle)
Raticate is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It tries 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. 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Raticate? 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.
Item: Flame Orb / Normalium Z
Ability: Guts
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
- Wild Charge / Stomping Tantrum
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Raticate (Guts)
Raticate is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Raticate's last move failed).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Raticate this turn).
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Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Shadow Claw
- Wild Charge / Iron Tail
- Crunch / Throat Chop
Doubles Physical Sweeper Raticate (Hustle)
Raticate is a decent Physical Sweeper. It is primarily 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. 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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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.
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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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Raticate 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 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: Bide, Endure, Protect, Quick Attack, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Raticate's stats
- Bulk Up
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Rage
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Raticate
- Hidden Power
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Raticate in Sun and Moon
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