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Competitive Pokemon X/Y Movesets and Strategies for Raticate

Base Stats for Raticate

Normal

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Rattata
Raticate

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Raticate? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.

Raticate is a stupendous Normal-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty usual sight to see Raticate out in the 6th generation battlefield. Raticate's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Raticate
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 remarkable 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. 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.

♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Raticate is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ 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).

Species: Raticate
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 a notable Physical Sweeper. It 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.

♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ 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).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Raticate? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.

Species: Raticate
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 an interesting 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.

♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Raticate is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ 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).

Species: Raticate
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 notable Physical Sweeper. It was 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. 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.

♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ 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).

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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Raticate can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Raticate

Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Endure + Endeavor
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Ability: Guts + Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Hustle + Item: Blunder Policy
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

Optimize Raticate's EVs for X/Y

Competitive Information for Raticate [X/Y]