Patrat
Scout Pokémon
Extremely cautious, one of them will always be on the lookout, but it won’t notice a foe coming from behind.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Patrat
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Patrat can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 3 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 6 | Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 8 | Bide User waits for two turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took. | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 |
| 11 | Detect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 13 | Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 16 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 18 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 21 | Super Fang Inflicts damage equal to half the target’s HP. | Normal | Physical | — | 90 | 10 |
| 23 | After You Makes the target act next this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 26 | Focus Energy Increases the user’s chance to score a critical hit. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 28 | Work Up Raises the user’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage each. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 31 | Hyper Fang Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 33 | Nasty Plot Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages. | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 36 | Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 38 | Baton Pass Allows the trainer to switch out the user and pass effects along to its replacement. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 41 | Slam Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 75 | 20 |
Breeding & egg moves
Patrat can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
12 sprites & renders for Patrat.






Across the games






More Normal-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Patrat”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/patrat.
Species data from PokéAPI.