Raticate
Its hind feet are webbed. They act as flippers, so it can swim in rivers and hunt for prey.
Combat Profile
Move Pool
| TYPE | CAT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scary Face | Normal | — | 100 | 10 | |
| 1Focus Energy | Normal | — | — | 30 | |
| 1Quick Attack | Normal | 40 | 100 | 30 | |
| 1Swords Dance | Normal | — | — | 20 | |
| 1Tackle | Normal | 40 | 100 | 35 | |
| 1Tail Whip | Normal | — | 100 | 30 | |
| 10Bite | Dark | 60 | 100 | 25 | |
| 13Pursuit | Dark | 40 | 100 | 20 | |
| 16Hyper Fang | Normal | 80 | 90 | 15 | |
| 19Assurance | Dark | 60 | 100 | 10 | |
| 24Crunch | Dark | 80 | 100 | 15 | |
| 29Sucker Punch | Dark | 70 | 100 | 5 | |
| 34Super Fang | Normal | — | 90 | 10 | |
| 39Double Edge | Normal | 120 | 100 | 15 | |
| 44Endeavor | Normal | — | 100 | 5 |
Abilities
Ensures success fleeing from wild battles.
Increases Attack to 1.5× with a major status ailment.
- Hidden
Strengthens physical moves to inflict 1.5× damage, but decreases their accuracy to 0.8×.
Type Matchups
Breeding & Growth
Family Tree
Encounters
Sprite Museum
Where to catch Raticate
Every wild location of Raticate in FireRed/LeafGreen — rates are the summed encounter slots (PokéAPI):
Other games? Find every location per route and version in the interactive maps.
Weaknesses & resistances
Defensive profile of Raticate (Normal) — calculated from the gen 3 type chart:
WEAK TO
Fighting (×2)
RESISTS
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IMMUNE TO
Ghost
Fighting (×2). Resists , immune to Ghost. Calculated from the gen 3 type chart (FireRed/LeafGreen).
Rattata evolves into Raticate starting at level 20..
Locations: Route 17 (25 %, Lv 25–29), Route 18 (15 %, Lv 25–29), Route 16 (5 %, Lv 23–25). That's all — Raticate is limited to these spots in FR/LG. See the interactive maps for the full area view.
Our take: Briefly yes, long-term no. Raticate scores early with Super Fang and Hyper Fang but quickly falls behind stronger Normal types.