Generation I

meowth-alola

Scratch Cat Pokémon

dark

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.

0.4 m

Height

4.2 kg

Weight

Base XP

255

Capture Rate

Base Happiness

♂ 50% ♀ 50%

Gender

Base Stats

HP40

Attack35

Defense35

Sp. Atk50

Sp. Def40

Speed90

+1 EV

Total290

Abilities

Pickup

Slot 1Generation III

Picks up other Pokémon's used and Flung held items. May also pick up an item after battle.

“The Pokémon may pick up an item another Pokémon used during a battle. It may pick up items outside of battle, too.”

Technician

Slot 2Generation IV

Strengthens moves of 60 base power or less to 1.5× their power.

“Powers up weak moves so the Pokémon can deal more damage with them.”

Rattled

Slot 3HiddenGeneration V

Raises Speed one stage upon being hit by a Dark, Ghost, or Bug move.

“The Pokémon gets scared when hit by a Dark-, Ghost-, or Bug-type attack or if intimidated, which boosts its Speed stat.”

Evolution Chain

meowth

#052

Lv. 28

persian

#053

Lv. 28

perrserker

#863

Breeding

Ground

Egg Groups

20 cycles

Hatch Counter

Urban

Habitat

Medium

Growth Rate

Quadruped

Shape

Gender Diff.

Moves (94)

Level Up (13)

Lv.	Move	Type	Class	Pwr	Acc	PP
1	Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. All Opponents	normal	status	—	100%	40
1	Fake Out Can only be used as the first move after the user enters battle. Causes the target to flinch.	normal	physical	40	100%	10
4	Feint Hits through Protect and Detect. Changed in: Black White	normal	physical	30	100%	10
8	Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	normal	physical	40	100%	35
12	Pay DayTM57 Scatters money on the ground worth five times the user’s level.	normal	physical	40	100%	20
16	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. Changed in: Gold Silver	dark	physical	60	100%	25
22	Feint Attack Never misses.	dark	physical	60	—	20
24	AssuranceTM58 Power is doubled if the target has already received damage this turn. Changed in: X Y	dark	physical	60	100%	10
27	Slash★crit Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	normal	physical	70	100%	20
29	Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	normal	physical	18	80%	15
32	ScreechTM16 Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	normal	status	—	85%	40
36	Night Slash★crit Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	dark	physical	70	100%	15
46	CaptivateTM78 Lowers the target’s Special Attack by two stages if it’s the opposite gender. All Opponents	normal	status	—	100%	20