>From this article, Raticate seems to have lots of pros but if you look at it
from the very beginning, you'll also see that the cons outweigh the pros.
First off, Rattata is the basic Pokémon. Doing 20 damage for only C and
having resistance to psychic he seems to be a bargain. But if you look at
his weakness, fighting, you'll realize that nearly every single deck entered
into a tournament is a Haymaker. Only having 30 HP he will fall to a first
turn Hitmonchan. Granted that he survives and is able to evolve to Raticate,
he still won't have the time to 'Super Fang, Bite, Bite, Bite etc' only
having 60 HP. This would most certainly work versus a Psychic stall deck but
Haymaker still dominates the Tournament scene. Send your hate to
Atlus_Parker@hotmail.com.


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