What is a good competitive moveset for Meowth-alola? 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.
Meowth is a marvelous Dark-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 is weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting-typed attacks.
Meowth is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Round) and raises Meowth's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Meowth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Technician, Meowth's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. In this case it would boosts Round and Water Pulse.
◆ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation). ◆ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch). ◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target). ◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes). ◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ◆ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meowth-alola? 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.
Meowth is a phenomenal Special Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Round) and boosts Meowth's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Meowth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Technician, Meowth's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. In this case it would boosts Round and Icy Wind.
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes). ◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ◆ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation). ◆ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch). ◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage). ◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Meowth-alola 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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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Meowth-alola 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.
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