This classic Pokémon, Raticate, is a rodent that's always up for a fight - whether a foe or a friend, this little 'mon will pack a punch, so knowing how to take it down is essential if you want it to join your party.
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Here's everything in our Raticate guide:
Here's the key information you need to know about Raticate:
| National Pokédex # | 0,020 |
| Type | Normal, Dark/Normal (Alolan) |
| Abilities | Run Away or Guts, Gluttony or Hustle (Alolan) |
| Hidden ability | Hustle, Thick Fat (Alolan) |
| Gender ratio | Male - 50% Female - 50% |
| Catch rate | 127 (26%) |
| Egg groups | Field |
| EV yield | Two speed |
Raticate's evolution
Raticate evolves from Rattata at level 20 and is the final evolution. Alolan Raticate evolves from Alolan Rattata at the same level, but you must evolve it at night.
Raticate's locations
Here are all the locations you can find Raticate in each Pokémon game:
Gen 1 locations
| Red / Blue | Routes 16-18 and 21 |
| Yellow | Routes 9-11, 16, 18, and 21, Pokémon Mansion |
Gen 2 locations
| Gold / Silver | Routes 9, 10, 26, 27, and 39, Mt. Mortar, Union Cave, Tohjo Falls, Burned Tower |
| Crystal | Routes 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 21, 26, 27, 38, 39, 42, and 43, Mt. Mortar, Union Cave, Tohjo Falls, Burned Tower, Route 1 (night), and Route 7 (morning) |
Gen 3 locations
| Ruby / Sapphire | Trade |
| Emerald | Trade |
| FireRed / LeafGreen | Routes 16-18, Pokémon Mansion |
| Colosseum | Trade |
| XD | Citadark Isle (shadow) |
Gen 4 locations
| Diamond / Pearl | Routes 225 and 226 |
| Platinum | Routes 225 and 226 |
| HeartGold / SoulSilver | Routes 7, 9, 10, 26, 27, 38, 39, and 47, Mt. Mortar, Union Cave, Tohjo Falls, Burned Tower, Safari Zone - Plains (night), Safari Zone 0 Mountain (morning) |
Gen 5 locations
| Black / White | Dreamyard (dark grass) |
| Black 2 / White 2 | Dreamyard, Strange House, Relic Passage |
Gen 6 locations
| X / Y | Trade |
| Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire | Route 118 |
Gen 7 locations
| Sun / Moon | Routes 10, 11, and 15-17, Akala Outskirts, , Ancient Poni Path, Malie City, Poni Gauntlet, Poni Grove, Poni Plains, Poni Wilds, Pokémon Bank. Alolan form found in Tapu Village (night) |
| Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon | Routes 10 and 15-17, Akala Outskirts, Tapu Village, Mount Lanakila, Pokémon Bank. Alolan form found Rought 8 (night), Poni Plains (night), and from Samson Oak at Heahea Beach |
| Let's Go Pikachu / Let's Go Eevee | Routes 7-11, 16-18, and 21, and Pokémon Mansion. Alolan form acquired by evolving Rattata |
Gen 8 locations
| Sword / Shield | Unobtainable |
| Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl | Routes 225 and 226. After obtaining the National Pokedex, it can be found in the Grand Underground - Spacious Cave, Grassland Cave, Riverbank Cave, Still-Water Cavern, and Sunlit Cavern. |
| Legends: Arceus | Unobtainable |
Gen 9 locations
| Scarlet / Violet | Unobtainable |
| The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero | Unobtainable |
| Legends: Z-A | Unobtainable |
Raticate's base stats
Raticate's base stats are as follows. As you level it up, these stats grow.
- HP - 55
- Attack - 81
- Defense - 60
- Sp. Atk - 50
- Sp. Def - 70
- Speed - 97
Alolan Raticate's base stats differ slightly and are as follows:
- HP - 75
- Attack - 71
- Defense - 70
- Sp. Atk - 40
- Sp. Def - 80
- Speed - 77
Raticate's type strengths and weaknesses
Raticate has strengths and weaknesses against other types based on being a normal-type Pokémon. You can find them below.
| Normal damage | Bug, Dark, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Fire, Flying, Grass, Ground, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Steel, Water |
| Weak | Fighting |
| Resistant | N/A |
| Immune | Ghost |
Alolan Raticate's type strengths and weaknesses
The Alolan form of Raticate is also a dark-type Pokémon, so its strengths and weaknesses differ from the Kantonian form. They are as follows:
| Normal damage | Dark, Dragon, Electric, Fire, Flying, Grass, Ground, Ice, Normal, Poison, Rock, Steel, Water |
| Weak | Bug, Fairy, Fighting |
| Resistant | Dark |
| Immune | Ghost, Psychic |
Raticate's moveset
In the latest generation of Pokémon games, Raticate can learn the following moves:
Level up moves
| Level | Move | Type |
| One | Focus Energy | Normal |
| One | Quick Attack | Normal |
| One | Scary Face | Normal |
| One | Swords Dance | Normal |
| One | Tackle | Normal |
| One | Tail Whip | Normal |
| Four | Quick Attack | Normal |
| Seven | Focus Energy | Normal |
| Ten | Bite | Dark |
| 13 | Laser Focus | Normal |
| 16 | Take Down | Normal |
| 19 | Assurance | Dark |
| 24 | Crunch | Dark |
| 29 | Sucker Punch | Dark |
| 34 | Super Fang | Normal |
| 39 | Double-Edge | Normal |
| 44 | Endeavor | Normal |
Learnable TMs
| Move | Type |
| Attract | Normal |
| Blizzard | Ice |
| Charge Beam | Electric |
| Cut | Normal |
| Dig | Ground |
| Double Team | Normal |
| Endure | Normal |
| Facade | Normal |
| Giga Impact | Normal |
| Grass Knot | Grass |
| Hyper Beam | Normal |
| Ice Beam | Ice |
| Iron Tail | Steel |
| Pluck | Flying |
| Protect | Normal |
| Rain Dance | Water |
| Rest | Psychic |
| Rock Smash | Fighting |
| Shadow Ball | Ghost |
| Shock Wave | Electric |
| Sleep Talk | Normal |
| Sludge Bomb | Poison |
| Substitute | Normal |
| Sunny Day | Fire |
| Swagger | Normal |
| Swords Dance | Normal |
| Taunt | Dark |
| Thief | Dark |
| Thunder | Electric |
| Thunder Wave | Electric |
| Thunderbolt | Electric |
| Work Up | Normal |
Egg moves
| Move | Type | Breed with |
| Bite | Dark | Arbok, Arcanine, Buizel, Eevee, Ekans, Electrike, Espeon, Exploud, Flareon, Floatzel, Glaceon, Granbull, Growlithe, Hippopotas, Hippowdon, Houndoom, Houndour, Jolteon, Leafeon, Loudred, Luxio, Luxray, Manectric, Mawile, Meowth, Mightyena, Persian, Poochyena, Rattata, Raticate, Seviper, Shinx, Skuntank, Snubbull, Stunky, Umbreon, or Vaporeon |
| Counter | Fighting | Lucario, Slaking, Slakoth, or Vigoroth |
| Final Gambit | Fighting | Lucario, Mankey, or Primeape |
| Flame Wheel | Fire | Arcanine, Camerupt, Chimchar, Cyndaquil, Growlithe, Infernape, Monferno, Numel, Ponyta, Quilava, Rapidash, Torkoal, Typhlosion |
| Fury Swipes | Normal | Aipom, Ambipom, Chimchar, Delcatty, Furret, Glameow, Golduck, Infernape, Kecleon, Linoone, Mankey, Meowth, Monferno, Persian, Primeape, Psyduck, Purugly, Sandshrew, Sandslash, Sentret, Skitty, Skuntank, Slaking, Sneasel, Stunky, Teddiursa, Ursaring, Vigoroth, or Weavile |
| Last Resort | Normal | Aipom, Ambipom, Donphan, Eevee, Espeon, Flareon, Glaceon, Jolteon, Leafeon, Pachirisu, Phanpy, Umbreon, or Vaporeon |
| Revenge | Fighting | Weavile or Zangoose |
| Reversal | Fighting | Arcanine, Blaziken, Combusken, Furret, Growlithe, Lucario, Sentret, Slaking, Torchic, or Vigoroth |
| Screech | Normal | Aipom, Ambipom, Arbok, Dunsparce, Ekans, Exploud, Golduck, Kecleon, Loudred, Lucario, Mankey, Meowth, Persian, Primeape, Psyduck, Seviper, Skuntank, Sneasel, Stunky, Umbreon, Weavile, or Whismur |
| Uproar | Normal | Exploud, Loudred, Slaking, Spinda, Vigoroth, or Whismur |
You're up-to-date on everything there is to know about Raticate now, so go and use all your knowledge to catch this friend.