Alolan Meowth
Dark
Best attacking moveset: Bite and Foul Play, worth 5.7 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Alolan Meowth can learn 8 combinations. Bite with Foul Play does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bite | Dark | 6 | 0.5s | +4 |
| Scratch | Normal | 6 | 0.5s | +4 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Pulse | Dark | 80 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Foul Play | Dark | 70 | 2.0s | -50 |
| Night Slash | Dark | 45 | 2.0s | -33 |
| Trailblaze | Grass | 65 | 2.0s | -50 |
Shiny
Shiny availability is tracked for Meowth as a species, on the Meowth page.
Other forms
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 901 at level 50, 797 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 455 CP at level 20, or 569 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 416 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 99 attack · 78 defense · 120 stamina |
What it costs
| Candy to evolve | 50 Candy |
|---|---|
| Second charged move | 50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy |
| Buddy distance | 3 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy |
| Size | 0.4 m and 4.2 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Alolan Meowth does not have one best moveset, it has 2. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Ghost, Psychic, Ground.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Ghost | Bite + Foul Play | 8.7 |
| Psychic | Bite + Foul Play | 8.7 |
| Ground | Bite + Trailblaze | 6.3 |
| Rock | Bite + Trailblaze | 6.3 |
| Water | Bite + Trailblaze | 6.3 |
| Normal | Bite + Foul Play | 5.7 |
| Bite + Foul Play | 5.7 | |
| Poison | Bite + Foul Play | 5.7 |
| Bug | Bite + Foul Play | 5.7 |
| Steel | Bite + Foul Play | 5.7 |
| Fire | Bite + Foul Play | 5.7 |
| Grass | Bite + Foul Play | 5.7 |
| Electric | Bite + Foul Play | 5.7 |
| Ice | Bite + Foul Play | 5.7 |
| Dragon | Bite + Foul Play | 5.7 |
| Fighting | Bite + Trailblaze | 5.1 |
| Dark | Bite + Trailblaze | 5.1 |
| Fairy | Bite + Trailblaze | 5.1 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Alolan Meowth is actually for.
Counters: what beats Alolan Meowth
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lucario | FightingSteel | Force Palm + Aura Sphere Legacy | 66.3 |
 Pheromosa | BugFighting | Bug Bite + Focus Blast | 64.5 |
 Kartana | GrassSteel | Fury Cutter + Sacred Sword | 63.1 |
 Terrakion | RockFighting | Double Kick + Sacred Sword Legacy | 60.5 |
 Blaziken | FireFighting | Counter + Aura Sphere | 60.0 |
 Enamorus | Fairy | Fairy Wind + Dazzling Gleam | 56.0 |
 Conkeldurr | Fighting | Force Palm + Focus Blast | 55.3 |
 Keldeo | WaterFighting | Low Kick + Sacred Sword | 54.8 |
 Breloom | GrassFighting | Force Palm + Dynamic Punch | 54.6 |
 Urshifu | Fighting | Counter + Dynamic Punch | 54.2 |
Ranked by damage per second against Alolan Meowth's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.