Galarian Meowth • Sword & Shield Pokédex

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Sprite of Galarian Meowth in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Meowth's Type

STEEL

Meowth's Pokédex #s

Galar #: 182

National #: 52

Meowth's Base Stats

HP:: 50

Attack:: 65

Defense:: 55

Sp. Atk:: 40

Sp. Def:: 40

Speed:: 40

Total:: 290

Misc. Info

Egg Groups:: Field

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,000,000

EV Yield:: 1 Attack

Meowth's Abilities

Here are what abilities Meowth can possibly have, along with their effects.

Pickup: Picks up held items or items thrown with Flung in battle. Picks up useful items after battles outside of battle based on level.

Tough Claws: Raises the power of Meowth's contact moves by 33%.

Unnerve: No opposing Pokémon can consume any Berries while Meowth is on the field.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Meowth's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: FIRE

FIGHTING

GROUND

½: NORMAL

GRASS

ICE

FLYING

PSYCHIC

BUG

ROCK

DRAGON

STEEL

FAIRY

immune: POISON

Meowth's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Meowth evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Galarian Meowth: starting form

Perrserker: at level 28

Meowth's Moves

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Meowth can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Meowth learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Fake Out +3 priority. 100% chance of making the target flinch. Fails unless used on the first turn Meowth is sent out.	NORMAL	40	100%	10	One Target
1	Growl Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	40	Nearby Enemies
4	Hone Claws Raises Meowth's Attack and accuracy by one stage.	DARK	--	--	15	User
8	Scratch Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
12	Pay Day Scatters coins after the fight. $5 times Meowth's level.	NORMAL	40	100%	20	One Target
16	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Meowth's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	50	95%	35	One Target
20	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
24	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
29	Fury Swipes Hits the target two to five times in a row.	NORMAL	18	80%	15	One Target
32	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
36	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
40	Metal Sound Lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	85%	40	One Target
44	Thrash Confuses Meowth after 2–3 turns.	NORMAL	120	100%	10	Random Enemy

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Meowth can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM02	Pay Day Scatters coins after the fight. $5 times Meowth's level.	NORMAL	40	100%	20	One Target
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM16	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
TM21	Rest Meowth restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Meowth from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Meowth is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM56	U-turn Forces Meowth to switch out after dealing damage.	BUG	70	100%	20	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Meowth attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Assurance Does double damage if the target was already damaged this turn.	DARK	60	100%	10	One Target
TM65	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM79	Retaliate Damage is doubled if one of your Pokémon fainted during the previous turn.	NORMAL	70	100%	5	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Meowth can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR00	Swords Dance Raises Meowth's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR08	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR09	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TR17	Amnesia Raises Meowth's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Meowth's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Meowth's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR31	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TR32	Crunch 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR35	Uproar Lose control for up to 5 turns. While the Uproar is active, no Pokémon can be asleep.	NORMAL	90	100%	10	Random Enemy
TR37	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TR42	Hyper Voice Damages all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	90	100%	10	Nearby Enemies
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Meowth's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR52	Gyro Ball Does more damage based on how much lower Meowth's Speed is compared to the target's.	STEEL	varies	100%	5	One Target
TR58	Dark Pulse Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR59	Seed Bomb Damages the target.	GRASS	80	100%	15	One Target
TR68	Nasty Plot Raises Meowth's Special Attack by two stages.	DARK	--	--	20	User
TR73	Gunk Shot Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	120	80%	5	One Target
TR74	Iron Head Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	STEEL	80	100%	15	One Target
TR81	Foul Play Foul Play uses the target's Attack stat instead of Meowth's to calculate damage.	DARK	95	100%	15	One Target
TR85	Work Up Raises Meowth's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
TR90	Play Rough 10% chance of lowering the target's Attack by one stage.	FAIRY	90	90%	10	One Target
TR95	Throat Chop Prevents the target from using any sound-based moves for the next two turns.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Meowth can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Meowth.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Spite Lowers the target's PP of its last used move.	GHOST	--	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Double-Edge Meowth takes 33% of Double-Edge's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	120	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Curse {notghost}Raises Meowth's Attack and Defense by one stage, but lowers its Speed by one stage.{/notghost}{ghost}Takes 50% of Meowth's max HP to curse the last Pokémon to hit it, damaging the last Pokémon to hit it by 1/4 its max HP after each turn.{/ghost}	GHOST	--	--	10	Counter
EGG	Flail Does more damage when Meowth's HP is low.	NORMAL	varies	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Covet Damages the target and steals its held item.	NORMAL	60	100%	25	One Target

Where to Find Meowth

If you're looking for where to find Meowth, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Meowth in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Meowth in the Wild

Galar Route 4

Overworld Encounters

Any Weather
23%			Lv. 14-16
Random Encounters
Any Weather
35%			Lv. 13-15