At the end of each turn, if another Pokémon consumed or Flung a held item that turn, this Pokémon picks up the item if it is not already holding one.  After each battle, this Pokémon has a 10% chance of picking up an item if it is not already holding one.

The air balloon and eject button cannot be picked up.

The items that may be found vary by game, and, since Pokémon Emerald, by the Pokémon's level.  This ability is checked after the battle ends, at which point any temporary ability changes have worn off.

The Pokémon may pick up an item another Pokémon used during a battle. It may pick up items outside of battle, too.

Pickup

This Pokémon's moves have 1.5× their power if their base power is 60 or less.

This includes moves of variable power, such as hidden power and magnitude, when their power is 60 or less.  helping hand's power boost is taken into account for any move, as is defense curl's power boost for rollout.

Powers up weak moves so the Pokémon can deal more damage with them.

Technician

Opposing Pokémon cannot eat held Berries while this Pokémon is in battle.

Affected Pokémon can still use bug bite or pluck to eat a target's Berry.

Unnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.

Unnerve

attack

defense

special-attack

special-defense

speed

This Pokémon's Speed rises one stage with each hit from a damaging dark-, ghost-, or bug-type move.

The Pokémon gets scared when hit by a Dark-, Ghost-, or Bug-type attack or if intimidated, which boosts its Speed stat.

Rattled

Strengthens moves that make contact to 1.33× their power.

Powers up moves that make direct contact.

Tough Claws

level-up

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persian

meowth-galar

perrserker

meowth

An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts the
power of moves but at the cost of some HP on
each hit.

pickup

technician

unnerve

Meowth

normal

It washes its face regularly to keep the coin on
its forehead spotless. It doesn’t get along with
Galarian Meowth.

shield

It loves to collect shiny things. If it’s in a good
mood, it might even let its Trainer have a look
at its hoard of treasures.

sword

Appears to be more active at night. It loves
round and shiny things. It can’t stop itself from
picking them up.

lets-go-eevee

lets-go-pikachu

It loves coins, so if you give it one, you can
make friends with Meowth easily. But it’s fickle,
so you can’t count on that friendship lasting.

ultra-moon

When visiting a junkyard, you may catch sight
of it having an intense fight with Murkrow over
shiny objects.

ultra-sun

It loves shiny things. It often fights with
Murkrow over prey they’re both trying to catch.

moon

It lies around all day, becoming active near dusk.
At night, it wanders the city in search of
loose change.

Meowth withdraws its sharp claws into its paws to slinkily sneak
about without making any incriminating footsteps. For some
reason, this Pokémon loves shiny coins that glitter with light.

alpha-sapphire

Meowth withdraws its sharp claws into its paws to slinkily sneak
about without making any incriminating footsteps.
For some reason, this Pokémon loves shiny coins that
glitter with light.

omega-ruby

Adores round objects. It wanders the streets on a
nightly basis to look for dropped loose change.

It is nocturnal in nature. If it spots something shiny,
its eyes glitter brightly.

It is nocturnal in nature. If it
spots something shiny, its eyes
glitter brightly.

white-2

black-2

white

black

It loves anything that shines. It
especially adores coins that it
picks up and secretly hoards.

soulsilver

It is fascinated by round objects.
It can’t stop playing with them
until it tires and falls asleep.

heartgold

platinum

pearl

diamond

Adores round objects. It wanders the
streets on a nightly basis to look for
dropped loose change.

leafgreen

All it does is sleep during the daytime.
At night, it patrols its territory with its
eyes aglow.

firered

MEOWTH withdraw their sharp claws into
their paws to silently sneak about.
For some reason, this POKéMON loves
shiny coins that glitter with light.

emerald

MEOWTH withdraws its sharp claws into
its paws to slinkily sneak about without
making any incriminating footsteps.For some reason, this POKéMON loves
shiny coins that glitter with light.

sapphire

ruby

It loves things
that sparkle. When
it sees a shinyobject, the gold
coin on its head
shines too.

crystal

It loves anything
that shines. It
especially adorescoins that it
picks up and se­
cretly hoards.

silver

It is fascinated
by round objects.
It can't stopplaying with them
until it tires and
falls asleep.

gold

Appears to be more
active at night.
It loves roundand shiny things.
It can't stop from
picking them up.

yellow

Adores circular
objects. Wanders
the streets on anightly basis to
look for dropped
loose change.

	Base Stats			Stat
HP	40	—		115
Attack	45	—		65
Defense	35	—		55
Sp.Atk	40	—		60
Sp.Def	40	—		60
Speed	90	1		110
Total	290	1	0/510	465

Meowth

Stat

Recommended Battle Sets

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Evolution Chain

Type Matchups