What is a good competitive moveset for Meowth-galar? 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 popular Steel-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 Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Species: Meowth-Galar Item: Life Orb / Choice Band Ability: Tough Claws Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD Moveset: - Iron Head / Metal Claw - Seed Bomb / Double-Edge - Foul Play / Night Slash - Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Meowth-Galar (Tough Claws)
Meowth is a wonderful Physical Sweeper in single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. 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 Tough Claws, Meowth's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3. Seed Bomb was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch). ♦ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Meowth's attack by 1 stage). ♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage. ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation). ♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meowth-galar? 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.
Species: Meowth-Galar Item: Life Orb / Choice Band Ability: Tough Claws Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD Moveset: - Iron Head / Metal Claw - Seed Bomb / Double-Edge - Foul Play / Night Slash - Shadow Claw
Meowth is a notable Physical Sweeper in double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. 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 Tough Claws, Meowth's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3. Seed Bomb was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch). ♦ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Meowth's attack by 1 stage). ♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage. ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation). ♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Meowth-galar 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-galar 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 Meowth-galar
Moves: Swagger + Foul play
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Endure + Flail
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
Contact moves boosted by Tough Claws: Metal Claw, Assurance, Body Slam, Covet, Crunch, Dig, Double-Edge, Facade, Fake Out, Flail, Foul Play, Gyro Ball, Iron Head, Lash Out, Night Slash, Payback, Retaliate, Scratch, Shadow Claw, Slash, Thief, Thrash, Throat Chop, U-turn, Iron Tail, Fury Swipes, Play Rough
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out
Moves that boost Meowth-galar's stats
Amnesia
Curse
Hone Claws
Iron Defense
Metal Claw
Nasty Plot
Swords Dance
Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Meowth-galar
Fake Out
Protect
Rest
Taunt
U-turn
Common Effort Values for Meowth-galar in Sword and Shield
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