Competitive Information for Meowth [Diamond/Pearl]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Meowth? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Meowth is an awesome Normal-typed Pokemon. Meowth is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Meowth can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Meowth's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
- Night Slash / Bite
- Seed Bomb
Physical Sweeper Meowth (Technician)
Meowth is a notable Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Meowth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Meowth's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Meowth's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Technician
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt
- Petal Dance
- Snore
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Meowth (Technician)
Meowth is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Meowth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Meowth's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Meowth's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Petal Dance is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Meowth afterwards).
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Normal-type move (Meowth must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Def / 95 SpD
Moveset:
- Knock Off
- Fake Out
- Thief
- Screech
Meowth Double Wall (Team Rocket That)
Meowth is a spectacular Double Wall. It is meant to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Meowth's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Meowth's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Fake Out is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Meowth has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Screech is a status move (lowers the target's defense by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meowth? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
- Night Slash / Bite
- Seed Bomb
Doubles Physical Sweeper Meowth (Technician)
Meowth is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Meowth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Meowth's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Meowth's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Technician
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icy Wind
- Thunderbolt
- Petal Dance
- Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Meowth (Technician)
Meowth is an interesting Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Meowth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Meowth's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Meowth's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Petal Dance is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Meowth afterwards).
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Normal-type move (Meowth must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Meowth learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Meowth can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Meowth
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves boosted by Technician: Icy Wind (BP: 55), Aerial Ace (BP: 60), Feint Attack (BP: 60), Shock Wave (BP: 60), Swift (BP: 60), Assurance (BP: 50), Bite (BP: 60), Fake Out (BP: 40), Feint (BP: 50), Knock Off (BP: 20), Mud-Slap (BP: 20), Pay Day (BP: 40), Payback (BP: 50), Scratch (BP: 40), Snore (BP: 40), Thief (BP: 40), Uproar (BP: 50), Water Pulse (BP: 60), Fury Swipes (BP: 18), Cut (BP: 50)
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Fake Out, Feint
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Meowth's stats
- Amnesia
- Defense Curl
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Meowth
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Meowth in Diamond and Pearl
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