Alt Main - Raticate Guide (Blue)
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Alt Main - Raticate Guide (Blue)
Updated 3 years ago by Kraechel

Credits to Gunnermaniac for making a better Route and creating this Guide. Link Below

This is more like a write-up of the fights and crucial steps for the Route. If you want to see a more detailed Guide with Moon Manip: https://pastebin.com/h5LBCkfi

I also reccomend watching the current WR run:

There Are 3 Fights you really want to save for if you are not going for a crazy good time: Shorts Guy; Bridge Rival (100% worst fight) and Lorelei

Rat

  • Get Squirtel
  • Kill 1 Encounter
  • Buy: 3 Balls & 4 Antidotes (Safe Strat: Buy 4 balls and 3 Antidotes, and pick up the Antidote in the forest)
  • Pick up Tree Potion
  • Manip Rattata:   Brock
  • Pick up Forest potion
  • BC: Tailwhip x 2, Tackle Spam
  • Switch Rattata to front
  • Brock: Swap Pokemon, Bubble; Repeat   ROUTE 3
  • Change options to Set
  • Buy 11 Potions
  • Bug Catcher:     > Tail Whip + QA x3     > QA x4     > Tail Whip x2 + QA x2
  • Heal to full
  • Shorts Guy: Spam QA
  • Bug Catcher: QA Spam, finish off with Tackle
  • Bug Catcher:     > Tail Whip + QA x2     > QA x5
  • Catch Flyer
  • Center   MT MOON
  • Super Nerd:     > QA x4     > Tail Whip -> swap QA with TW-> QA x2
  • Teach Water Gun (4 down)
  • Hiker: WG x3 -> teach Fang over Tackle
  • Rocket: (Fang + QA) x 2
  • Super Nerd:     > Fang x2     > Fang + QA     > Fang x2   Nugget Bridge
  • Get Rare Candy and heal to full HP
  • Bridge Rival:     > Fang x2 + QA     > Fang (Heal on Abra as necessary)       > Fang + QA     > Fang x2.
  • Center; Rare Candy x2 (3 down); get IT
  • Bug Catcher: Fang x 2
  • Lass:     > Fang     > Fang + QA
  • Youngster: QA x2 ; Fang x 2
  • Lass: Fang; QA x2
  • Jr. Trainer: Fang
  • Rocket: Fang x2

MISTY

  • Hiker: Watergun
  • Lass: Fang x 2
  • Hiker: Watergun x3; Fang the Machop
  • Lass: Fang x 2 ; QA x 2
  • Bill -> Escape Rope (3 down) -> Center -> Get IT
  • Jr. Trainer: Fang + QA
  • Misty: Fang Spam     Surge
  • Rocket: Fang x2
  • Get Full Restore
  • Jr. Trainer: Fang x2, QA x2 (QA Pidgey if missed Fang)
  • Jr. Trainer: QA, Fang
  • Trainer: Fang -> Get Body Slam
  • Trainer: QA x2, Fang -> Get Rare Candy
  • SS Anne Rival:     > Fang     > Fang     > QA     > Fang + QA
  • Shop: Buy 3 Repels
  • Cut Menu: Teach Dig over Tail Whip, Swap Slot 1 for Repel, Teach Cut, Teach BS over Fang
  • Cans Manip:
  • Surge: Body Slam, QA, Dig

Fly

  • get Bike Voucher, Dig out

  • Bike menu: Swap slot 2 for Bicycle , Teach Tbolt over Quick Attack.

  • Jr. Trainer: BS x4

  • Bug Catcher: TB x2, BS

  • Pokemaniac: BS + WG, TB x2

  • Pokemaniac: TB x2

  • Jr. Trainer-F: BS x2

  • Hiker: Water Gun x3

  • Jr. Trainer-F: BS, BS, TB

  • Gambler: BS x2

  • Get Elixir AND Nugget

  • Shop:     > Sell: Nuggets + TM11     > 10 Super Repels + 9 Super Potions     > Poke Doll     > Fresh Water -> Ice Beam -> Fresh Water     > 3 X Acc, 23 X Attack, 7 X Special, 2 X Speed   Flute Swap slot 2 with Repel , teach IB over Water Gun, Use Repel, swap slot 4 with X Special, Teach Fly

  • Rival: X Spc + Tbolt, Tbolt, BS, BS, Ice Beam (Xacc if sand-attack)

  • Pick up the Elixir

  • Dig all Ghastlys

  • Rockets: BS everything; Dig Koffing

SILPH Gio

  • Fly to Celadon -> Center
  • Menu: Repel; Swap slot 3 with X Attacks, use Poke Flute (4 down)
  • Get Rare Candy
  • Super Repel, swap Slot 5 with X Speed (3 under Xacc), Use Rare Candy x3, Bike
  • Get the Full Restore
  • Walk to 5F -> Get Elixir
  • Arbok: Dig
  • Silph Rival: X Atk x4, X Speed, BS x5
  • Rocket: Ice Beam, BS, Ice Beam
  • Heal if below 50HP
  • Giovanni: X Atk x 2, BS, BS + BS, Dig, Dig   KOGA
  • Juggler : BS x4
  • Elixir + heal to 80+
  • Juggler : BS, BS x2
  • Koga: X Atk x2, BS, Dig, BS, Dig

Sabrina

  • MENU: Repel, swap HM01 for Supers (5 down), teach Surf, toss Xacc, bike
  • Get Strength
  • Fly to Pallet -> Walk to top of water, Surf
  • Get Both Candies -> Teach Strength + Use Candies -> PICK UP THE FUCKING KEY -> Dig out
  • Sabrina: X Atk on Kadabra if 90+ (if not, on Mime), BS x4   BLAINE
  • Elixir + Super to 80+ -> Bike
  • Blaine: XAtk, BS, BS, Dig, Dig + BS (Unless super)   ERIKA
  • Beauty: IB
  • Erika: BS x3   Gym Gio
  • Cooltrainer: Ice Beam
  • Blackbelt: X Atk, BS Spam
  • Giovanni: X Atk, IB, IB, Dig (BS if miss range), Dig, Ice Beam x2
  • Leave Gym: Super Repel, Heal if necessary, Bike   Victory Road
  • Viridian Rival: X Atk x4, BS, IB, BS x4 (If you are short on Body Slams, Dig the Growlith)
  • After Surfing: Super Repel, Heal to full, Elixir, Bike
  • Pick up Full Restore if low on Supers + Deposit all Pokes   Lorelei: X Spec x4 -> Tbolt all, lead BS on Jynx   Bruno: X Atk , IB, IB x2, BS, IB, BS x2     Agatha: X Atk Dig everything; IB Golbat
  • Heal to Full   Lance: X Spec x2 + TB, X Speed, IB Spam    
  • Heal to 100+

Champion: X Atk x5; BS, BS, Dig, BS, BS, BS