Meowth

The Normal type Pokemon. Explore its data in Sword & Shield.

National #52• Sword & Shield #182

Normal

Pokemon Details

Species: Scratch Cat Pokémon

Height: 0.4 m

Weight: 4.2 kg

Abilities:

Pickup
Technician
Unnerve (Hidden Ability)

Training

EV Yield: 1 Speed

Catch Rate: 255

Base Friendship: 50

Base Exp: 58

Growth Rate: Medium Fast

Breeding

Egg Groups:

Field

Egg Cycles (Steps):

Min: 4884
Max: 5140

Gender:

Male: 50%
Female: 50%

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Stats

Total

290

Type Guide

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This Pokémon's type(s) are highlighted below. Read across a highlighted row for its move effectiveness, and down a highlighted column for how much damage it takes.

2×/4×Super effective

½×/¼×Not very effective

0×No effect

—Normal damage

Pokémon type effectiveness chart: damage multiplier for each attacking type (rows) against each defending type (columns)
Atk ⬇ / Def ➡	Normal	Fire	Water	Electric	Grass	Ice	Fighting	Poison	Ground	Flying	Psychic	Bug	Rock	Ghost	Dragon	Dark	Steel	Fairy
Normal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	½×	0×	—	—	½×	—
Fire	—	½×	½×	—	2×	2×	—	—	—	—	—	2×	½×	—	½×	—	2×	—
Water	—	2×	½×	—	½×	—	—	—	2×	—	—	—	2×	—	½×	—	—	—
Electric	—	—	2×	½×	½×	—	—	—	0×	2×	—	—	—	—	½×	—	—	—
Grass	—	½×	2×	—	½×	—	—	½×	2×	½×	—	½×	2×	—	½×	—	½×	—
Ice	—	½×	½×	—	2×	½×	—	—	2×	2×	—	—	—	—	2×	—	½×	—
Fighting	2×	—	—	—	—	2×	—	½×	—	½×	½×	½×	2×	0×	—	2×	2×	½×
Poison	—	—	—	—	2×	—	—	½×	½×	—	—	—	½×	½×	—	—	0×	2×
Ground	—	2×	—	2×	½×	—	—	2×	—	0×	—	½×	2×	—	—	—	2×	—
Flying	—	—	—	½×	2×	—	2×	—	—	—	—	2×	½×	—	—	—	½×	—
Psychic	—	—	—	—	—	—	2×	2×	—	—	½×	—	—	—	—	0×	½×	—
Bug	—	½×	—	—	2×	—	½×	½×	—	½×	2×	—	—	½×	—	2×	½×	½×
Rock	—	2×	—	—	—	2×	½×	—	½×	2×	—	2×	—	—	—	—	½×	—
Ghost	0×	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2×	—	—	2×	—	½×	—	—
Dragon	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2×	—	½×	0×
Dark	—	—	—	—	—	—	½×	—	—	—	2×	—	—	2×	—	½×	—	½×
Steel	—	½×	½×	½×	—	2×	—	—	—	—	—	—	2×	—	—	—	½×	2×
Fairy	—	½×	—	—	—	—	2×	½×	—	—	—	—	—	—	2×	2×	½×	—

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Pick the opponent’s types to see how your moves perform.

Opponent type 1Opponent type 2

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Tip: Dual-type opponents combine both types. For example, an Electric move deals ×4 to a Water/Flying opponent.

Evolutions

#52

Meowth(Current)

Normal

Friendship

#53

Persian

Normal

Level Up

28

#863

Perrserker

Steel

Moves learned by leveling up, sorted by level required
Name	Level	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Swords Dance	0	Normal	Status	-	-
Growl	1	Normal	Status	-	100
Fake Out	1	Normal	Physical	40	100
Body Slam	1	Normal	Physical	85	100
Pay Day	2	Normal	Physical	40	100
Feint	4	Normal	Physical	30	100
Scratch	8	Normal	Physical	40	100
Thunderbolt	8	Electric	Special	90	100
Thunder	9	Electric	Special	110	70
Dig	15	Ground	Physical	80	100
Screech	16	Normal	Status	-	85
Bite	16	Dark	Physical	60	100
Amnesia	17	Psychic	Status	-	-
Substitute	20	Normal	Status	-	-
Rest	21	Psychic	Status	-	-
Thief	23	Dark	Physical	60	100
Snore	24	Normal	Special	50	100
Protect	25	Normal	Status	-	-
Endure	26	Normal	Status	-	-
Sleep Talk	27	Normal	Status	-	-
Icy Wind	27	Ice	Special	55	95
Charm	29	Fairy	Status	-	100
Fury Swipes	29	Normal	Physical	18	80
Iron Tail	31	Steel	Physical	100	75
Attract	31	Normal	Status	-	100
Crunch	32	Dark	Physical	80	100
Rain Dance	33	Water	Status	-	-
Shadow Ball	33	Ghost	Special	80	100
Sunny Day	34	Fire	Status	-	-
Uproar	35	Normal	Special	90	100
Slash	36	Normal	Physical	70	100
Taunt	37	Dark	Status	-	100
Facade	39	Normal	Physical	70	100
Swift	40	Normal	Special	60	-
Hyper Voice	42	Normal	Special	90	100
Iron Defense	46	Steel	Status	-	-
Gyro Ball	52	Steel	Physical	-	100
U Turn	56	Bug	Physical	70	100
Payback	57	Dark	Physical	50	100
Dark Pulse	58	Dark	Special	80	100
Assurance	58	Dark	Physical	60	100
Seed Bomb	59	Grass	Physical	80	100
Shadow Claw	65	Ghost	Physical	70	100
Nasty Plot	68	Dark	Status	-	-
Gunk Shot	73	Poison	Physical	120	80
Iron Head	74	Steel	Physical	80	100
Round	76	Normal	Special	60	100
Retaliate	79	Normal	Physical	70	100
Foul Play	81	Dark	Physical	95	100
Work Up	85	Normal	Status	-	-
Play Rough	90	Fairy	Physical	90	90
Throat Chop	95	Dark	Physical	80	100

Game Locations

Game	Location
Sword	Route 4 - Wild isle-of-armor-caves-area - Npc-trade turffield-gym - Npc-trade
Shield	Route 4 - Wild isle-of-armor-caves-area - Npc-trade turffield-gym - Npc-trade

Pokedex Entries

Game	Entry
Sword	It loves to collect shiny things. If it’s in a good mood, it might even let its Trainer have a look at its hoard of treasures.
Shield	It washes its face regularly to keep the coin on its forehead spotless. It doesn’t get along with Galarian Meowth.

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Meowth

Pokemon Details

Training