Meowth

Meowth artwork by Ken Sugimori

Pokedex data

National № 052
Type normal  
Species Scratch Cat
Height 1'4'' (0.41m)
Weight 9.3 lbs (4.2 kg)

Base stats

HP 40
Attack 45
Defense 35
Sp. Atk 40
Sp. Def 40
Speed 90
Total 290

Type defenses

This chart shows how this pokemon fares against moves of each type.

normal100%
fire100%
water100%
electric100%
grass100%
ice100%
fighting200%
poison100%
ground100%
flying100%
psychic100%
bug100%
rock100%
ghost0%
dragon100%
dark100%
steel100%

Pokedex descriptions

Red/Blue Adores circular objects. Wanders the streets on a nightly basis to look for dropped loose change.
Yellow Appears to be more active at night. It loves round and shiny things. It can't stop from picking them up.
Gold It is fascinated by round objects. It can't stop playing with them until it tires and falls asleep.
Silver It loves anything that shines. It especially adores coins that it picks up and secretly hoards.
Crystal It loves things that sparkle. When it sees a shiny object, the gold coin on its head shines too.
Ruby MEOWTH withdraws its sharp claws into its paws to slinkily sneak about without making any incriminating footsteps. For some reason, this POKéMON loves shiny coins that glitter with light.
Sapphire MEOWTH withdraws its sharp claws into its paws to slinkily sneak about without making any incriminating footsteps. For some reason, this POKéMON loves shiny coins that glitter with light.
Emerald MEOWTH withdraw their sharp claws into their paws to silently sneak about. For some reason, this POKéMON loves shiny coins that glitter with light.
FireRed All it does is sleep during the daytime. At night, it patrols its territory with its eyes aglow.
LeafGreen Adores round objects. It wanders the streets on a nightly basis to look for dropped loose change.
Diamond It is nocturnal in nature. If it spots something shiny, its eyes glitter brightly.
Pearl It is nocturnal in nature. If it spots something shiny, its eyes glitter brightly.

Diamond/Pearl sprites

ICON
 
Meowth sprite
MALE/FEMALE
(normal)
Meowth sprite
MALE/FEMALE
(shiny)
Meowth sprite

Evolution chain

Meowth
normal   #52
Meowth
→

(Level 28)
Persian
normal   #53
Persian

Moves learned by Meowth

Level Move Type Category Power Accuracy
01 Scratch normal physical move 40 100
01 Growl normal status move - 100
06 Bite dark physical move 60 100
09 Fake Out normal physical move 40 100
14 Fury Swipes normal physical move 18 80
17 Screech normal status move - 85
22 Faint Attack dark physical move 60 ∞
25 Taunt dark status move - 100
30 Pay Day normal physical move 40 100
33 Slash normal physical move 70 100
38 Nasty Plot dark status move - -
41 Assurance dark physical move 50 100
46 Captivate normal status move - 100
49 Night Slash dark physical move 70 100

HMs learned by Meowth

HM Move Type Category Power Accuracy
01 Cut normal physical move 50 95

TMs learned by Meowth

TM Move Type Category Power Accuracy
03 Water Pulse water special move 60 100
06 Toxic poison status move - 85
10 Hidden Power normal special move - 100
11 Sunny Day fire status move - -
12 Taunt dark status move - 100
17 Protect normal status move - -
18 Rain Dance water status move - -
21 Frustration normal physical move - 100
23 Iron Tail steel physical move 100 75
24 Thunderbolt electric special move 95 100
25 Thunder electric special move 120 70
27 Return normal physical move - 100
28 Dig ground physical move 80 100
30 Shadow Ball ghost special move 80 100
32 Double Team normal status move - -
34 Shock Wave electric special move 60 ∞
40 Aerial Ace flying physical move 60 ∞
41 Torment dark status move - 100
42 Facade normal physical move 70 100
43 Secret Power normal physical move 70 100
44 Rest psychic status move - -
45 Attract normal status move - 100
46 Thief dark physical move 40 100
49 Snatch dark status move - -
58 Endure normal status move - -
65 Shadow Claw ghost physical move 70 100
66 Payback dark physical move 50 100
70 Flash normal status move - 100
77 Psych Up normal status move - -
78 Captivate normal status move - 100
79 Dark Pulse dark special move 80 100
82 Sleep Talk normal status move - -
83 Natural Gift normal physical move - 100
85 Dream Eater psychic special move 100 100
87 Swagger normal status move - 90
89 U-turn bug physical move 70 100
90 Substitute normal status move - -