#052 Meowth

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Info

Resistances & Weaknesses

Quick facts

Name	Meowth
Type	Normal
Species	Scratch Cat Pokémon
Height	0.4 m (1' 4")
Weight	4.2 kg (9.3 lbs)
Catch rate	255

Meowth's description

Meowth is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Gen 1 and has the National Dex number #052. The Pokédex classifies it as the Scratch Cat Pokémon.

Meowth's name in

Chinese (T / S)	French	German	Japanese	Korean
나옹 (Naong)	Miaouss	Mauzi	ニャース (Nyarth)	喵喵 / 喵喵 (Miāomiāo)

Meowth's resistances & weaknesses

Fighting	Ghost
2.0	0.0

Meowth's rearing

Training

Experience Growth	Medium Fast
Base Happiness	50
EV yield	1 Speed

Breeding

Gender ratio	50% – 50%
Egg Group(s)	Field
Egg Cycles	20 (approx. 5120 steps)

Meowth's abilities

1st Ability	2nd Ability	Hidden Ability
Pickup	Technician	Unnerve

Meowth's base stats

Stats		Lv. 50		Lv. 100
Stats		Min	Max	Min	Max
HP	40	100	190	147	284
Attack	45	45	85	106	207
Defense	35	36	67	95	185
Sp. Atk	40	40	76	101	196
Sp. Def	40	40	76	101	196
Speed	90	85	166	156	306
Total	290

Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, 0 IVs, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, 31 IVs, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Meowth's evolutions

#052
Meowth
Normal

#052
Alolan Meowth
Dark

#052
Galarian Meowth
Steel

#053
Persian
Normal

Level 28

#863
Perrserker
Steel

Level 28

#053
Alolan Persian
Dark

high Friendship

Meowth's Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Description
1	Red, Blue	Adores circular objects. Wanders the streets on a nightly basis to look for dropped loose change.
1	Yellow	Appears to be more active at night. It loves round and shiny things. It can't stop from picking them up.
1	Stadium	Sleeps in the daytime. At night, its eyes glow as it happily collects coins, its favorite things.
2	Gold	It is fascinated by round objects. It can't stop playing with them until it tires and falls asleep.
2	Silver	It loves anything that shines. It especially adores coins that it picks up and secretly hoards.
2	Crystal	It loves things that sparkle. When it sees a shiny object, the gold coin on its head shines too.
2	Stadium 2	It is fascinated with round objects. It can't stop playing with them until it tires and falls asleep.
3	Ruby, 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.
3	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.
3	FireRed	All it does is sleep during the daytime. At night, it patrols its territory with its eyes aglow.
3	LeafGreen	Adores round objects. It wanders the streets on a nightly basis to look for dropped loose change.
4	Diamond, Pearl, Platinum	It is nocturnal in nature. If it spots something shiny, its eyes glitter brightly.
4	HeartGold	It is fascinated by round objects. It can't stop playing with them until it tires and falls asleep.
4	SoulSilver	It loves anything that shines. It especially adores coins that it picks up and secretly hoards.
5	Black, White, Black 2, White 2	It is nocturnal in nature. If it spots something shiny, its eyes glitter brightly.
6	X	It is nocturnal in nature. If it spots something shiny, its eyes glitter brightly.
6	Y	Adores round objects. It wanders the streets on a nightly basis to look for dropped loose change.
6	Omega Ruby, Alpha 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.
7	Sun	It lies around all day, becoming active near dusk. At night, it wanders the city in search of loose change.
7	Moon	It loves shiny things. It often fights with Murkrow over prey they're both trying to catch.
7	Ultra Sun	When visiting a junkyard, you may catch sight of it having an intense fight with Murkrow over shiny objects.
7	Ultra Moon	It loves coins, so if you give it one, you can make friends with Meowth easily. But it's fickle, so you can't count on that friendship lasting.
7	Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!	Appears to be more active at night. It loves round and shiny things. It can't stop itself from picking them up.
8	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.
8	Shield	It washes its face regularly to keep the coin on its forehead spotless. It doesn't get along with Galarian Meowth.

Meowth's variants