How GOOD was Raticate ACTUALLY? - History of Raticate in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 1-7)

[@acc3209]

Raticate: 14 minutes Tyranitar: 13 minutes Man, this channel has come a long way

[@CarlosAlberto-nq3iv]

Ever since he started talking about the lower tiers, his channel has increased in quality. That is good because no one really cares about just ou.

[@allenkeettikkal3149]

Lol the updated video of Tyranitar would probably be like an hour or two.

[@thefisherman0074]

Plus taking away the “How good was...” from the comments in the video so we can properly discuss the video is the icing on the cake. This channel is very good to it’s subs.

[@stephenveerasammy3074]

@@CarlosAlberto-nq3iv some lower tier mons are good. But the ones that just go to untiered... Common we only get a video a week. Sometimes two if we're lucky

[@FenrisRM]

@@allenkeettikkal3149 exactly, if scizor is 41 minutes, i dont wanna know what big boi ttar will be.

[@shyguysquad5231]

"Tauros, who lacked Raticates power" A sad reminder of Tauros' fall from grace

[@Yominication]

When a freaking bull has less effective attacking power than a rat...

[@pablojams5152]

To be fair the rat gets boosted power only when it’s mortally wounded from burn or poison so it’s literally fighting for its life

[@GM.Nobody]

Fight or flight baby

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

pablo jams Meanwhile the bull... Status'd Tauros: Well, I guess I'll just die.

[@wildresin6292]

Stupid bs 1 Tauros has enough power to be valid threat 2 shows how underrated is Raticate. 3 both of them are faster than snorlax meaning they dont need as much of physical bulk of which Snorlax has little as well bc just 60 therefor both if them are better than snorlax. Snorlax is just more popular because most people prefer bulk and has bigger role in the anime. Therefore its used a lot more. As simple as that.

[@tobecontinued987]

“Never used in never used” best line ever

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

Bruh bad puns alett :P

[@Ahandle272]

"Unless it gets a major boost in gen 8" yikes

[@ItaliansShredsBetter]

I'm thinking whether we we will ever get a tier for currently untoered Pokémon. All of them need some love and respect!

[@broken-pinky]

we do, it's called zu. for whatever reason, fsg doesn't cover zu meta.

[@RBatman5000]

@@broken-pinky, its probably because on the site, zu isn't represented as an actual tier

[@Thorozak]

The sheer irony from the phrase “Tauros lacked Raticates power...” when discussing gen 4. Sometimes the right combination of ability, moves, and stats just give you the right set of advantages to overtake a previous monster in a tier.

[@galararticuno9419]

Like Tauros getting sheer force

[@cyrt2889]

dont sleep on the rat

[@misterlinux9290]

Raticate vs Dragonite (game): no chance Raticate vs Dragonite (manga): sh*t going down man.

[@literallygrass1328]

Oop

[@markf.l.8001]

Literally me in a Leaf green nuzlocke run i did years ago

[@TheGreatBryan25]

@@markf.l.8001 I had a similar experience. My Raticate got waaay too far using Attract. Lol. It's feats bordered on miraculous.

[@valarangarao4564]

Actually with focus sash and endeavour it does have a chance if dragonite does not have extremespeed

[@bdt2002gaming]

*laughs in Ice-Type coverage*

[@tvb5509]

I wouldn't say Ash was conned into the trade. The man he traded with was perfectly fine with giving Butterfree back and totally understood Ash's regret. We can't say the Raticate was awful either, as Ash never even tried to use it in battle.

[@gengarzilla1685]

The real problem was Brock. He got so horny over the guy's lady friend that he ended up encouraging the trade.

[@SofterSideStudios]

Yep Ash was always one to never try a new Pokémon

[@LordRumshi]

I agree, that gentlemen made a valid trade with Ash and was perfectly content with getting his raticate back from young Ash.

[@samuelprusa817]

​@@SofterSideStudios Ash should seriously evolve more of his Pokémon.

[@UltraSSJTrunks]

My raticate was the very first Pokémon I ever caught in my first game and I took it to the elite four, transferred it to gold and did it again. In fact Raticate was such a favourite of mine that I have used it in a story play through in every generation that I could get it. It was the first Pokémon figure I bought from the original TOMY release and the plushie sits proudly on my shelf. Sun and moon gave me a special opportunity to use 2 raticates in a play through and I have zero regrets

[@Glazkolecta]

awe what's his/her name

[@nicholasmorin8381]

Warms my heart to hear others loving their Raticate. I don't play the main games anymore but Pokémon Go has let me keep a shiny Raticate as a best buddy in my adult years. Raticate is a sweet blend of cool and cute and honestly has a nice and simplistic design that the newer generations had tended to lean away from. I'm tired of only "strong" Pokémon being considered "good" Pokémon :)

[@Acacius1992]

The real life Youngster Joe? :D (Just a joke^^) Still love Ratticate and Rattata too.

[@dystopianalphaomega609]

“Raticate had a, if extremely marginal, niche in Gen 1 OU.” I can just see this small rat, which was created back when they expected you to abandon your early route Pokémon, going up to the crazy powerful Chaney, Taurus, and Snorlax saying, “Greetings fellow OU normal types.”

[@thunderphoenix256]

“How do you do, fellow kids”

[@OMalleyTheMaggot]

"...Tauros, who lacked Raticate's power..." What a strange statement to hear spoken out loud.

[@thecriticalghost4626]

How is that strange?

[@PinkGoldAbby]

Raticate: Reality can be whatever I want

[@ActualTrash8]

@@thecriticalghost4626 A raging bull that was one of the best Pokémon in gen 1 or a rat

[@farahkhan2654]

Smallant1: Everybody throwing shade at raticate but their hyper fang super fang combo is strong Someone in the chat: What about ghost types Smallant1: I don't believe in ghosts

[@blackdot105]

Who's SmallAnt1? Sounds kinda similar to this KZbinr - SmallAnt.

[@TheAetherleaf]

@@blackdot105 Smallant1 is a super awesome youtuber who plays a lot of pokemon and mario

[@neelarai971]

@@TheAetherleaf missed the joke

[@Jakewebmaster8]

Regional Rodent: exists Everyone: UNfortunately...

[@sarasaland4709]

Jakewebmaster8 Unless you’re Diggersby. Or Linoone/Obstagoon.

[@thecriticalghost4626]

No

[@AZV0108]

Jokes on you, at least Linoone is pretty decent

[@cintronproductions9430]

Unless you're Linoone, Diggersby and Greedent under Trick Room.

[@WarriorF7]

Greewhat again?

[@itriggerpeople4433]

Ah yes, the dirty cheetoh puff that can somehow cause a blizzard and shoot bubbles. Are we sure we should be calling these type of pokemon "Normal"?

[@Jakewebmaster8]

Yes lol

[@openinginawe5518]

I mean they hit almost everything hard bar ghost and steel...I think They are the jack of all trades

[@dr.sajidmadethisaccount579]

No u

[@13thKingMu]

Well if a bull can throw beam of death so yea,it's normal

[@shawnli4746]

All the early game rodents can do it. As well as some of the cat-like Pokémon

[@gdrgsgdgdfsfgrgdfh]

The gen 1 not cover yet: Butterfree - Fearow - Arbok - Lickitung Hypno - Primeape - Farfetch'd - Kingler Seaking - Electrode - Mr. Mime Edit: I forgot to put Lickitung

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

Wonder If Butterfree, Mr. Mime and Farfetch'd would warrant a mention Of Gen 8?

[@kawaiichan7051]

You forgot lickitung

[@gdrgsgdgdfsfgrgdfh]

@@ianr.navahuber2195 Mr Rime stay in PU, so may be a small mention there. For butterfree and Farfetch'd I don't see it really

[@NeutralDrow]

GOTTA CATCH'EM ALL GOTTA CATCH'EM ALL! GOTTA CATCH'EM ALL GOTTA CATCH'EM ALL! ...sorry, I legit read your comment in the Pokerap cadence. >_>

[@gdrgsgdgdfsfgrgdfh]

@@kawaiichan7051 You are right!! I ediit it. Thanks!

[@beebobber546]

Gamefreak should give it a mega and say “screw it lets dump all 100 into its attack”

[@madjester9844]

*90 atk and 10 spe

[@openinginawe5518]

@@madjester9844 *90 Atk 10 spd

[@Musasensei1674]

@@madjester9844 nope.. just give it huge power and 50 more speed and 50atk

[@eduardoleocadio2678]

That sounds like how youngster joey would design the mega evolution for his top tier ratata. No, not an mega evolution for raticate, just ratata.

[@qwertyroblox1767]

O

[@josephvissarionovichstalin820]

Final nail in the cofagrigus. Your writer is a legend.

[@arupzzzz]

He really is a legend

[@TurbulentBreak]

Hearing you trying to hold your laughter back not once, but twice when wrapping up Raticate's Gen 5 analysis made me feel more bad for Raticate than usual.

[@sliced8669]

I need a non-joke farfetch’d episode where it’s just “UNFORTUNATELY” over and over again until you get to SirFetchd

[@shady8045]

Far fetched actually had a niche in gen 2 NU, it was I think the only mon with both swords dance agility and bpass

[@eduardoleocadio2678]

4:58 Ah yes, my favorite pokemon of gen 1, "Big Mama Kanga"

[@iron2684]

"final nail in the cofagraigus for raticate" this guys scriptwriter is a legend🤣🤣🤣.

[@rsplayerbaby]

Thanks I also saw the top comment.

[@SoggySlopster]

Stolen comment

[@iron2684]

Guys I did not steal this comment

[@literallygrass1328]

He steal

[@thefisherman0074]

Lol people saying you stole the top comment on a video that came out 30mins ago.

[@Gamesmarts194]

Surprised we’ve gone this far without doing the original “first route” fodder ‘mon. Makes me realize how far this channel has come; reminds me when these videos basically amounted to just “OU (sometimes UU) or bust”.

[@Cinderblock-c7l]

Raticate is the embodiment of a European hamster Fierce but weak as hell.

[@MidoseitoAkage]

Like any route 1 normal type. Except Linoone.

[@Cinderblock-c7l]

@@MidoseitoAkage at least Linoone had a niche in Belly Drum+Iapapa Berry+Gluttony The rat had nothing at all

[@moonjelly5]

Don’t forget ExtremeSpeed

[@NoName-ov5xf]

@@MidoseitoAkage You also forgot Diggersby, that ones good too

[@MidoseitoAkage]

@@NoName-ov5xf Ah yes, that big fluffy bunny with Huge Power, I will never forget this one too.

[@shawnli4746]

Remember that boss in mook clothing on Mt moon in Red/Blue? LV 16 raticate that knows hyper fang. Decimated you if you didn't have geodude

[@allenkeettikkal3149]

Or you can just destroy it is an overlevelled starter or Nidoking.

[@RichardBlaziken]

This man was in desperate need of a promotion, good lord

[@ilovedogs2642]

No one remembers that as a boss because most of us probably one shot it

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

Lmao

[@DisplayThisOkay]

Yeah didn't they nerf him in the remakes. It think it was a Ratatta instead.

[@thejuic3b0i64]

Europe: You can’t stop me Disease: No, but he can *Raticate appears*

[@illuminatiiluminado4624]

As a european, i have to say this is accurate

[@vishnurishik1550]

I hope your not talking about black death

[@frankwest5388]

The Juic3B0i Black Plauge: “you can not stop me” Europe:” no, but he can” Norwegian Raticate appears

[@798jeremy]

Well of course black death was super effective against freaking Middle Age Europe ! But can we tell the same about Modern Europe ? Honestly : I don't think so... EDIT : That being said, economical crisis on the other hand, is still super effective against Europe, and maybe even more with Modern Europe for obvious reasons :\

[@vishnurishik1550]

Guys actually Black Death is caused by xenopsylla Cheopis a type of flea which is usually harboured by rats.this is a misunderstanding

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

This didn't start with "Unfortunately?" My god....

[@SackVegasAnime]

I thought it was best known for Gary’s Raticate, since people today still talk about Red killing it.

[@marshalllawtalkingwithoutlungs]

bavi

[@mistershallock8495]

"It was one of the most immediately dangerous pokemon around. Threatening much of the tier with instant death." Footage of Flareon dying. Uh huh...

[@bdt2002gaming]

I was expecting a lot more “Joey’s top percentage Rattata” and “Your rival’s Raticate died in Gen 1” comments. Speaking of that first part, did you know that there’s not actually anything special about that Rattata? And why does he still say Rattata on the PokéGear phone calls after it evolves for rematch battles? I have so many questions.

[@theoryoftheinnocent]

It's pretty clear to me. He has *another* Rattata, and he doesn't use it in his battles against you because obviously it would crush you too swiftly, what with being in the top percentage of Rattatas and all that.

[@TheAetherleaf]

@@theoryoftheinnocent XD

[@BrandenMeyers]

Apparently that Rattata has perfect IVs, but without levels, EVs, and good moves, it doesn't tend to matter much

[@supremeclamitas5053]

Simple, the Raticate is nicknamed Rattata

[@boldknock7436]

"And big momma kanga would never be unseated from her uu throne" damn that was funny as hell

[@GM.Nobody]

It appeared as i was reading, thanks.. It was funny

[@HenryXLII]

Always had a softspot for Raticate once I learned it had Flame Wheel. It was one of the first Pokemon that got me into competitive, and I have fond memories of pulling surprise sweeps with it on a few teams. To this day I do still slap it on a team from time to time, though it tends not to do great.

[@Shenaldrac]

Uh, excuse you. That old man didn't con Ash into trading. Ash saw how powerful the man's Raticate was and was willing to make the trade. This was back when the show still toyed with the idea of Ash being, like, interested in doing things to improve his team and capabilities in battle instead of just coasting along and winning through serendipitously having his pokemon leveled through his adventures.

[@usuario15965]

A shame since that raticate was butterfrees only W

[@kyzwx0]

Raticate:Smogon, Take Me Back! Ratatta:I Beated Ultra Necrozma and An Entire Elite Four, After Being Rejected by Some People At Pallet Town

[@jan_is_exist4296]

Raticate: Smogon, take me back! Ratatta: I beat Ultra Necrozma and the Elite Four after being rejected by some people at Pallet Town. Proper spelling and grammar ftw!

[@mr.krustykrust]

Why Do People Type Like This? It Takes Longer And It’s Uncomfortable

[@obtusedan]

@@jan_is_exist4296 Hm, nah, an elite four makes sense. There are several elite fours

[@jan_is_exist4296]

@@obtusedan but would ratatta know that?

[@Weezing336]

Ratatta and Raticate are two of my favorite Pokemon. I always utilize Raticate in my team regardless of its usefulness.

[@user-jl6oc1wk8w]

I would've expected the gen 1 to start with "unfortunately", but super fang saves it from joining the unfortunately group.

[@bluebaron6811]

I like how the gen 5 segment was essentially just a mini-clip of "How Good Was Zangoose Actually?".

[@sharpeylogic2907]

8:56 "Was the T-1000 to Raticate's T-800" I'M DYING

[@Ironwill3004]

“Brutal Breakneck Blitz”, “Blistering Black Hole Eclipse”. Really nice alliteration!

[@Sir_Isaac_Newton_]

🅱️rimal 🅱️roudon

[@gengarzilla1685]

🅱️rutally 🅱️eaten 🅱️ack 🅱️y 🅱️rave 🅱️ird

[@joshe6532]

absolutely angry and annoying snuggle

[@eddiec9756]

Want to see me get untiered? Want to see me do it again twice in the same generation?

[@CarlosAlberto-nq3iv]

Raticate the movie: untiered series

[@petrironkko5103]

I remember leveling up my Rattata on one of the early routes in Fire Red. I thought Quick Attack and Hyper Fang were really cool moves. Don't judge me.

[@rajt9996]

They aren't THAT bad in gen 3 comp. Quick attack can finish off endure sets and and hyper fang can do consistent damage. I know you are talking about in game but still

[@VampirePrinceKRS]

Hyper Fang is probably one of my favorite moves :) stinks its only on mainly lack luster Pokemon :/

[@terraSpark902]

Something I'd like to point out about Ratticate in gen 1 is that it's the one and only fully evolved Normal type to learn Focus energy. What that means is that in pokemon Stadium (Focus energy works in Stadium) you can fire off STAB hyper beams with what was essentially a Swords dance up (no Normal types learn swords dance and hyper Beam besides Lickitung), In fact the crit from a level 100 pokemon is actually a bit More damage then with one Swords dance, and this crit boost also effects Ratticates special moves. If Focus energy worked properly on the Gameboy cartridges I bet Ratticate would have had real success in tournaments (And its even better in pokemon Green where Blizard had a 30% freeze chance and Ratticate is one of the fastest users of Blizzard) if Tauros gets a freeze it can't really capitalize on it, but Ratticate sure can by setting up. Pretty unique and innovative for the little rat 🐀

[@gregorymirabella1423]

if it comes to gen 8, it'll just get overshadowed by obstagoon.

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

Obstagoon is easy to beat with priority mach punch Lmao

[@navadax4541]

@@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 yeah, so imagine Raticate

[@luizfelipevbf5567]

@@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 still, it has more in every stat than Raticate and has Close Combat.

[@grapenut6094]

@@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 Normal dark is actually fantastic coverage tho. How u gonna get ur mach puncher in vs stab guts boosted facade and knockoff. Goon is meant to be a wallbreaker get it in against something slower than it and start punching holes. Theres a reason dracovish is hated and its not because of the scarf set.

[@AudioGAWD]

@@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 240 base damage, not including iron fist or technician. That's just damn.

[@TheStrongestBaka]

3:22 False Swipe Gaming is filmed in front of a live studio audience.

[@ZephyrKV]

I love the intro music and how you put the comments on the screen

[@SimpleAmadeus]

Remaining Gen 1 Pokemon: - Butterfree - Fearow - Arbok - Primeape - Farfetch'd - Hypno - Kingler - Electrode - Lickitung - Seaking - Mr. Mime

[@2ToTheDome]

@8:53 Finally my Zangoose gets some recognition, it was short lived but worth it

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Behold! A Gen 1 Pokémon that people still forget exists!

[@facade6927]

8:50 imo, the final nail in the cofagrigus (I died when I heard that phrase btw 💀) would be Ursaring, who also had guts and close combat just like Zangoose (I mean technically zangoose had toxic boost but it’s the same thing) with a lot more power and also completely outclassed Raticate. Sad to see our bear friend not get mentioned. Maybe it’s not that good in NU

[@moonjelly5]

It’s improvements: MORE STATS IN ANYTHING! I burst out laughing when Alolan Raticate’s stats were shown. Fun Fact: I caught a shiny Alolan Raticate in Sun. It’s IV’s and nature were awful.

[@craniifer]

I got a shiny one, too. Love the look. Shame it sucks.

[@shatteredsentient5321]

I got a jolly one when ev training named him Gordon Ratsay

[@cooperwhite8589]

I really like the content fsg, been subbed for a long time. I think it would be neat if you guys paired with a teambuilder for these videos and had a link to sample teams for each of the gens that featured whatever mon is in the video. I think that would be really healthy for older metas, since your videos have so much reach. I think the amount of quality that goes in go the vid each week is already super high, really love your content. Thanks a bunch!

[@c.m.9369]

I always love when he gets to the Alolan forms. "But with the Alolan form, this pokemon got new hopes!" Yes! So, all that needed to happen for the pokemon to become useful was: It had to change its stats, its type, its move sets and its ability! X-D

[@MrIronJustice]

I've been waiting for this!

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Summary: HE DIDN'T DO VERY WELL

[@Musasensei1674]

stop spoiler

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

@@Musasensei1674 No

[@gotdamn4989]

Well it was gen 3 nu meta

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@Musasensei1674 Is that even a spoiler?

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

@@gotdamn4989 It was the bottom tier. Plus he wasn't even the best in that tier. That would be Little Ma- I MEAN Hitmonchan.

[@LemongrasxX]

Honestly, I don't care if people dislike this Pokemon 25 years later it's still my favorite Pokemon. I finally got a shiny one in my Platinum game and still have it on my Ultra Sun al those years later ... waiting for Nintendo finally adding it to Gen 8

[@ANewShadeOfBlue]

I always hoped they'd do Raticate. It's one of my favorites despite not being very powerful. I don't think I'm the only one who likes to root for the underdog.

[@snaxaphone]

I've been waiting for this! Even though it hurt in Gen 4 when he said Raticare outclassed Tauros in power...

[@xDoctorxFaustusx]

Raticate has one of my favorite cries because its just screaming "RAT" and it never stops being funny to me

[@actionfx1]

Early congrats on the approaching and well earned 300k subs Kellen & crew! 🥳 🎉 🎊 ❤️

[@Suika_Ibuki_The_Drunk_Oni]

Raticate's competitive career turned out to be a...RATASTROPHY

[@Pandaman64]

Boooooooo get off the stage

[@mahtpav6389]

Yeah, you succ!

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

@@mahtpav6389 bruh ya really been wasting deal :P

[@Suika_Ibuki_The_Drunk_Oni]

i'll get my coat.

[@798jeremy]

I thought it was not bad, actually...about the pun, obviously, not Raticate himself ! XD

[@RainbowDarts]

I was literally looking for this just the other day! 👌🌟

[@Ratman135PL]

Never forget Blue's Raticate

[@hiei49]

F

[@billuminati3867]

F

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

@@ario07282 lmao it sucks

[@jebacpis869]

F

[@TheRogueCobra]

I don't know about you, but I'll never forget running into that one Rocket grunt in Mt. Moon with the lvl 16 Raticate in Red and Blue. One Hyper Fang made sure I'd remember this rat for life. Yeah it sucks competitively, but it put my 10 year old self on tilt

[@stetsonherrick8090]

Interesting notes for 4th Gen Raticate to better explain it's power leap: All it's natural moves are learned by Level 34 as a Rattata. This thing is so broken early on for its natural set it's ridiculous. In total, it gets Pursuit, Bite, Crunch, Sucker Punch, and Assurance for Dark Moves. And barring Super and Hyper Fang coming relatively early, it also gets Double Edge, Quick Attack, and Endeavor, with Swords Dance getting move relearned for a Heart Scale. All of that is not counting TMs and Breeding. By Arceus, why can't more Normal types get some better Ghost coverage like Raticate here? You'd be surprised how many Normal types *CANNOT* learn Shadow Claw compared to the other Types, Raticate included.

[@brodaciousbro1149]

Don't forget it gets Flame Wheel as an egg move and Stomping Tantrum

[@JustInCaseD]

I haven’t even started yet, but I’m already chuckling that Raticate’s vid is nearly twice as long as poor ol’ Luxray’s lol

[@reddragonair3147]

Well to be fair, Luxray was only around for four generations, while Raticate was around for seven.

[@abcmegalovania5227]

I havent even seen the video, and I already hear unfortunately in the distance

[@xne14gax26]

Raticate was my favorite Baton Pass target for several gens. Maybe not as powerful as other BP targets, but it frequently broke the opponents morale once it OHKOd a pokemon or two.

[@Pepito_Sanchez]

How good was Youngster Joey's Top Percentage Rattata really?

[@dahubbzgaming]

Poor guy. I always liked the rat so it's sad, but not unexpected to see him struggle.

[@PillzmansFox]

The closest we'll get to a Zangoose video

[@FinnmacD]

I used Alolan raticate in my first Moon campaign. I got lucky on the stats and nature and I took it all the way to the champion, that thing was a monster. Me and raticate destroyed everything together. If only for a moment, raticate got the victory it deserved.

[@chaosbreaker657]

I can still hear dookieshed's video, "Raticate will F you up"

[@InciniumVGC]

There's no 'Unfortunately' at the beginning of this video like I would have expected. You have to wait til near the end for that. That's why I love seeing more obscure, underrated Pokemon from older gens be discussed on this channel. Often times they had a surprise niche in some tier at some point.

[@Dan55888]

The gentleman didnt exactly "con" ash into trading his butterfree. He proposed it and ash accepted it. Then he even traded back when ash wanted it back even as the boat was sinking

[@Griffingterra]

How I would "fix raticate", I make it evolve into "Rattaking", a normal psychic type with an ability parallel to skill link or parental bond. Why all this? Because Ratkings. Ratkings are multiple rats tied or glued together at the tail, so just imagine 5 raticate being controlled by a sixth raticate, all connected by the tail to imitate a larger scarier form. Each raticate body allows the Rattaking access to "multihit" moves like beat up or rock blast. It'd lose most of it's speed but it's health and special defense would be gigantic from the multiple raticates that make it up. I believe giving it the psychic typing works thematically more so than dark or ghost type; since it is a dominant rat mind controlling the other rats to do its bidding, as well as letting it resist fighting moves and boosting (the name escapes me but it's the psychic fang move that calculates special defense) with stab.

[@howlingwolfart8380]

Yay, Raticate! I've been waiting for this one. And, since you mentioned Butterfree, how about Butterfree for the next subject.

[@ninjayoshi8020]

He only takes requests in the community tab.

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

@@ninjayoshi8020 lmao

[@mckenzie-grayeevans5876]

Thank you, I’ve been wanting you to do an early game mammal for ages.😁😁

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

Lmao cringe

[@CarlosAlberto-nq3iv]

Raticate: Wanna see me be untiered? wanna see me do it again?

[@RyuseiiTheCrimsonKing]

Raticate earned its place as one of the best underrated pokemon when it survived my crystal nuzlocke as my MVP during the johto arc, being the one to defeat Whitney. Even played its role in taking on Red in kanto. People under estimate how good early hyper fang is.

[@Kosteru-des]

Ι expected some more mention of FEAR. It was a really interesting combo and there may be people that do not know exactly how that worked.

[@thefisherman0074]

The only reason people used FEAR in comp was to brag, it wasn’t viable due to how easy to counter. So no need to talk about it I guess.

[@InfernoPower]

It's really self explanatory though and fairly easy to counter for anything not running 4 attacking moves

[@Kosteru-des]

@@thefisherman0074 Sure, but it was a really interesting gimmick

[@rajt9996]

He did mentioned it in the beginning

[@muhammadrizkywidyakusumoaj1594]

Sadly, if i remember correctly, Infernape can pretty much pull off the same FEAR strategy, but better at doing so(sorry for bad English)

[@thezerowulf2046]

Im just happy raticate got some play

[@geckoboi4219]

no one not even that one dude me: rAts, wE’rE rAts, wE’Re dA rAts

[@kirbo4964]

HOW GOOD MORE LIKE HOW LAUGHABLE RATCATE IS LIKE YOU KNOW WHEN IT WAS OUTCLASS BY RATTATA OF ALL THINGS

[@kirbo4964]

By the way are you gonna do how good rattata is gen 1 to gen 7

[@mr.krustykrust]

Hey look it’s that thing that every team rocket user uses

[@mipho5899]

Even if it sucks, I expected it to be way worse. I didn't know it was actually alright in gen 3 and 4 NU

[@allenkeettikkal3149]

“However that would not be the final nail in the Cofagrigus for Raticate.” “It was never used in NeverUsed.” Also, are we not going to talk about the fact that friggin Beedrill and Pidgeot got megas and Raticate didn’t?

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

The fact that they did receive megas while Raticate did not WAS briefly mentioned. However, it should only EVER be just briefly mentioned since it really didn't impact Raticate at all.

[@allenkeettikkal3149]

Matthew Kuscienko The reason why I brought that up was because Pidgeot and Beedrill were already bad pokémon in their debut geneations and subsequently got worse overtime but had a mega to compensate, while Raticate didn’t get a mega or any other buffs that would have boosted its viability and instead got another useless regional form that was also bad.

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

@@matthewkuscienko4616 If that thing would got a mega it would be like close of a sweeper, but i think even more fragile

[@TheAetherleaf]

butterfree also got a g-max everthing is just leaving raticate out XD

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

@@allenkeettikkal3149.........I'm well aware of that. It was why I was not excited about Raticate's Alolan forme; it's bad while Pidgeot and Beedrill got powerful mega evolutions. Even then, though, it's still hardly worth mentioning since while it COULD have boosted it's viability, it also could still wind up being an underwhelming mega evolution; Pokemon like Blastoise and Absol (as much as I hate to say it in the latter's case) are pretty good examples of this.

[@Kumaclaws]

I have tons of respect for Raticate. When I ran my first nuzlocke, he was the first Pokémon I caught and he was with me from Route 1 all the way to the final fight with Blue. He was taken out by Blue’s Alakazam, but he was a scrappy little thing and managed to live until the literal last second. Godspeed, Nibbles. You’ll always be OU to me.

[@icemariofan2746]

I’m going to ask for primeape because it’s the last fighting type in gen 1 you didn’t do.

[@primrosevale1995]

Anyone else imagine Rattata and Raticate running on a hamster wheel made of fire when they use Flame Wheel?

[@patriousthefallenknight3185]

MY BOI RATICATE WITH THAT HYPER FANG UP IN THE CLUB NOW!

[@christinefarrell6438]

That sequence of Mega Beedrill and Mega Pidgeot mowing over Raticate was meeaaan

[@Fireluigi1]

how GOOD was Wailord actually. I would love to see the whale in action

[@NexTJesS]

Pads *Knifed*

[@zaperator4449]

He did not very well, he is a extra low tier

[@theoryoftheinnocent]

I'm mostly just stunned that the first half of this video just barely managed to save Raticate from having the video titled "How BAD was Raticate ACTUALLY?" I mean, untiered 3 gens in a row and somehow untiered twice in the same generation.

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

Its alolan form made it worse, by being 4x weak to figthting, now its weak also to Fairy and bug

[@meepswag35]

question: why would you use toxic over flame orb. its something i can never understand.

[@AffyMoon]

Flame orb reduces attack, it's much better to have a shorter death timer In exchange for much much higher damage.

[@meepswag35]

@@AffyMoon but guts removes the burn lowering attack

[@AffyMoon]

@@meepswag35 oh right... Plus swellow uses toxic orb too... Huh. Maybe there's something about it Edit: did some research, apparently it's because toxic orb does less at the start so even though the timer is technically shorter toxic orb gives more survivability for the glass cannon

[@carsonc3314]

When I saw Raticate, I thought this was an old video & was wondering how I missed an old Gen 1 breakdown.

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

Bruh stop being indfolded see the ago part and zip it

[@gengarzilla1685]

Take your coffee and quit being cranky. ☕

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

@@gengarzilla1685 csnt tell me what to do, human waste, lol :P

[@emiliorojas9121]

What we wanted?! RATICATE What we got?! :(

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

Is a rrgionsl rodent what did ya expected?, linoone is mainly good by having Extreme speed instead of using Quick Attack

[@PineapplePineapplePineapplePin]

Fun fact: In Gen 7 currently there's a new tier being tested that's below PU called ZU, or Zero Usage. Last time I checked there weren't any listed but I feel like pokemon like Altaria or even our rat friend here could show up there

[@rexevans100]

I think beyond useless would be a severe overestimation of its abilities.

[@cjer6040]

Ngl wasn't expecting it to actually have a moment in the sun in gen 3 or any gen for that matter

[@FuriousFireDude]

Let me just level up my useless rattata to get a raticate totally worth it Lmao

[@May9ine]

💯

[@dariuspatrick1385]

I got some pretty good use out Z-me first raticate, it takes some predicting to use but it worked assuming you didn't miss. The speed boost from, Z-me first meant it would out speed just about everything and if you couldn't find a good time to use it you always had breakneck blitz to fall back on. Lack of coverage meant it wouldn't sweep very well but you get 6 pokemon for a reason

[@AnshulGuptaAG]

"🅱rutal 🅱reakneck 🅱litz"

[@eugenewei9401]

triple b

[@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619]

@@eugenewei9401 weird :V

[@tinkerer3399]

Wooo! An absolute monster in one tier in one generation. That's more than I expected from my fluffy boi. I have an unusual fondness for Raticate due to two things. First Raticate was absolutely clutch for my first Nuzlocke... although it did tragically perish at the seventh gym. Secondly as the 20th pokemon in the pokedex Raticate is the embodiment of a Nat 20, critical hit.