[Finished] Patrat

Proposed Sets

Set 1 : Gen 5 Early Route Rodent
Ability: Analytic
Nature: Adamant
Item: Power Bracer
IV spread: 31/31/31/xx/31/31
Hidden Power: aucune puissance cachée
Egg Moves:
- Assurance
- Flail
- Pursuit
- Revenge

I can't think of any other set for this one. It doesn't get a lot of good egg moves. On top of what is listed, it gets Screech, Foresight, and uhm Iron Tail. As a normal type though, it gets decent coverage moves from TMs and tutors.

Hate this pokemon. Hate it's unevolved form even more.

That said, pursuit, assurance, and revenge work pretty well with analytic, and I would consider changing flail for foresight, but that's a hair splitter if ever there was one.

I checked out what Foresight does again and apart from hitting Ghosts with Fighting and Normal moves, it also restores evasion stat. Might be useful against evasion shenanigans.

Let's see what others think.

Yeah, I mean, focus sash could work with flail too. Idk, seems like both are fairly useless options. At least flail gets stab.

Geez, I'm talking myself out of my own suggestion.

Flail might probably see more usage than Foresight, if it were down to just these two moves. Lol.

The only thing of note that would work with foresight fairly well is super fang. That's about all the use I see.

Also Endeavor.

I'm kinda amazed this thing doesnt even get Foresight on its own. It is the Lookout Pokemon so it sounds like it would fit.

If we want to squeeze it in there the best one to drop would be Pursuit imo. Assurance on switching in on hazards(any prior damage including hazards bumps its BP to 120) will do more than Pursuit switching out so if your gonna use one Dark move it should be Assurance. Your not hitting the Pokemon you want but you generally want them to switch out as that is what will activate Analytic.

Really want to try this with a Choice Band. Gets Baton Pass so ought to be fun.

Also Aqua Tail/Seed Bomb/Fire Punch means Rock/Steel type switch ins dont come in for free. This thing has a pretty interesting movepool overall.

That's good point. I'll change Pursuit for Foresight.

EDIT: Also changed the item to Power Bracer for EV training. We have tons of Life Orbs.

I think pursuit is better than foresight though. We need some more opinions.

I prefer Pursuit too

I'll put up a poll for the last two egg moves.

Vote people! This is the vote of a lifetime! Choose two egg moves.

Alright. Pursuit and Flail won. I'm going to get started on this.

This set is done.

The evil has subsided.