Competitive Information for Female Meowstic [Sword/Shield]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Meowstic-f? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Meowstic is a remarkable Psychic-typed Pokemon. Meowstic is a pretty standard Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Meowstic is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Competitive
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 44 Hp / 252 SpA / 212 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Meowstic-F (Competitive)
Meowstic is a notable Special Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Meowstic's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Meowstic's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Competitive, Meowstic's sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
◆ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Meowstic's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meowstic-f? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Competitive
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 44 Hp / 252 SpA / 212 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Meowstic-F (Competitive)
Meowstic is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Meowstic's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Meowstic's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Competitive, Meowstic's sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
◆ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Meowstic's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Room Service
Ability: Competitive
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 148 Def / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Energy Ball
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Meowstic-F (Competitive)
Meowstic is a notable Defensive Trick Room for single battles. With Competitive, Meowstic's sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe. With a Room Service equipped to it, if trick room is active, Meowstic's speed is lowered by 1 stage then the Room Service gets consumed.
◆ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Meowstic's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Meowstic-f 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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Meowstic-f can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Meowstic-f
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Nasty plot + Stored power
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Moves: Psyshock + Tickle
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Yawn
Moves that boost Meowstic-f's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Nasty Plot
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Meowstic-f
- Fake Out
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stored Power
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Meowstic-f in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Meowstic-f's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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