digremlin
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Post by digremlin on Apr 6, 2014 9:27:25 GMT -5
So recently in UU i've been using a Raticate and having a large amount of success with it. Here's my set: Adamant 4 Hp/ 252 Att/ 252 Spe Hustle Choice Band Return Sucker Punch U-Turn Zen Headbutt
What do you think? Is Raticate actually viable in UU? If not, will it become a threat in lower tiers such as RU and NU? I just wanna hear your thoughts on it.
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Wolf Prince
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Post by Wolf Prince on Apr 6, 2014 9:38:58 GMT -5
I love you for showing raticate's potential. And another thing you could add is you can do a guts variant, allows you to use any move but you have flame orb/toxic orb as a recoil.
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digremlin
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Post by digremlin on Apr 6, 2014 9:42:01 GMT -5
that's why i prefer hustle cos i can have more POWER with the choice band. unfortunately the occasional misses suck.
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Post by soulred12 on Apr 6, 2014 11:34:31 GMT -5
It has crazy poor defenses so missing is baaaad. If you run guts/orb you get free +1 with no missing and you can switch moves (as well as laugh at status), in exchange for some HP which Raticate doesn't really need in the first place since it can't take a hit. Although, I do see that 2.25x attack power with hustle+band is hard to give up. It's really a tradeoff more than one thing is clearly better than the other.
Also, you'll probably want Jolly over Adamant since it really wants to outspeed whatever it can. But other than that I'd imagine it's not completely unviable in UU.
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digremlin
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Post by digremlin on Apr 6, 2014 11:53:50 GMT -5
i tried jolly and i just don't think it's powerful enough without the extra boosts in attack. but oh well, i really like using it and for me, it's working. i just thought that it was severly under rated and needed some attention
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Post by Corporal Levi on Apr 8, 2014 21:47:35 GMT -5
Raticate has its niche, and certainly has potential if everything lines up. I think Guts Facade/Sucker Punch was its main set last gen. Of course, I really don't think it offers much more than some of the other Pokemon available in the lower tiers, and is hardly ever worth a teamslot in UU, at least, where normal-types really aren't all that valuable. The important thing is that using Raticate instantly doubles your cool points
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Post by Rychu725 on Apr 9, 2014 15:34:51 GMT -5
I say it is decently viable in the PU tier
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