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Pokemon Champions - Meowscarada Best Build and How to Play

This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Meowscarada in competitive play for Pokemon Champions. Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, and Held Items to use with Meowscarada, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.

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Pokedex		 Competitive Page IconMeowscarada
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List of Contents

Meowscarada Base Stats, Type, Ability and Weakness

Meowscarada Stats, Info, and Abilities

MeowscaradaMeowscarada
Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon
Stat Value
HP
76
Atk
110
Def
70
SpA
81
SpD
70
Spe
123
Total
530
Ability Effect
Overgrow Boosts the power of the Pokémon's Grass-type moves by 50% when its HP drops to 1/3 or less of its max.
Protean Changes the Pokémon's type to the type of the move it's about to use. This works only once per time the Pokémon enters battle.

Type Matchups

Weak to: ★
(4x)
Pokemon Bug Type Icon
⦿
(2x)
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Damaged Normally By: (1x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon
Resists: △
(0.5x)
Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon Pokemon Ghost Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon
Immune to: ×
(0x)
Pokemon Psychic Type Icon

Type Chart:
Strengths and Weakness Matchups

Meowscarada Strengths and Evaluation

Tier Singles S
Doubles A
Meowscarada Strengths and Weaknesses
Advantage Very versatile
Advantage Flower Trick can bypass screens and Defense boosts
Advantage Naturally very fast
Disdvantage Squishy, even if you can change its defensive typing
Disdvantage Might lock itself into a bad typing early on

Protean Makes it Very Flexible

Protean is one of the strongest abilities in the game, especially in Singles. This turns Meowscarada into a very versatile attacker since it can choose its STAB and quickly KO opposing Pokemon before they can react.

Protean Effect and Pokemon With This Ability

Also Has Strong Support Tools

Aside from its array of offensive options, Meowscarada also has a good amount of utility tools. When combined with its blinding fast Speed stat, they can also act as a good support as well as an attacker.

List of Status Moves

Best Builds for Meowscarada

Build Rating
Pokeball IconStandard Offensive Meowscarada
 ★★★★

Standard Offensive Meowscarada

MeowscaradaMeowscarada
Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon 		Nature Jolly
(Spe▲, SpA▼)
Ability Protean
Held Item Focus SashFocus Sash
HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe
152 162 90 90 90 192
2 32 - - - 32
Moves
Grass Flower Trick
Dark Sucker Punch
Dark Knock Off
Normal Protect

This is a standard Meowscarada build that goes fully on the offensive. Protean should generally be used to turn Meowscarada into either a Dark or Normal-type to remove Grass' many weaknesses, but this can change from battle to battle.

Standard Offensive Meowscarada Alternate Builds

Ability Explanation
Overgrow Often a better choice in Doubles rather than Singles.

If you do not wish to change Meowscarada's typing, Overgrow is actually a better option than Protean. This is because it can live at low HP thanks to Focus Sash, guaranteeing that Flower Trick gets boosted from Overgrow.
Moves Explanation
Ice Triple Axel
A coverage move that allows Meowscarada hit a ton of Pokemon with super effective moves when combined with Grass and Dark.
Bug U-turn
An always reliable move for Singles since it allows Meowscarada to pivout out of bad matchups while still doing chip damage.
Fighting Low Kick
A good option into Pokemon like Kingambit, since they normally wall Meowscarada.
Fairy Play Rough
A good coverage move against Fighting-types, and it will also turn Meowscarada into one of the best defesive typings in the game with Protean.

Key Damage Calculations

Attack Icon Pokemon SVDamage Dealt by Meowscarada
257 HP｜136 Def
Defensive EV Investment:
32 HP / 2 Def (Adamant)
Item: Leftovers 		Flower Trick
144 ~ 170 (56 ~ 66.1%)
Guaranteed 2HKO After Leftovers
Defense Icon Pokemon SVDamage Received by Meowscarada
Pokemon Champions - Garchomp Image 183 Atk
Offensive EV Investment:
32 Atk (Jolly)
Item: Choice Scarf 		Outrage
136 ~ 162 (89.4 ~ 106.5%)
37.5% Chance to OHKO

Damage Calculator

Standard Offensive Meowscarada Weaknesses

Counter Pokemon | Info
Aim to Gain Speed Control
Alolan Ninetales Whimsicott Araquanid
Since Meowscarada is naturally fast, you'll want to aim to outspeed by using Speed control tools like Tailwind, Icy Wind, or Sticky Webs. This way, you'll be able to act before them and exploit Meowscarada's bad defensive typing.
Set Up Stealth Rocks
Hisuian Arcanine Glimmora Archaludon
If you're playing Singles, it's recommended to set up Stealth Rocks before Meowscarada appears. This is because it will most likely be using the Focus Sash item, and you'll be able to KO it quickly after it's been broken.

Meowscarada Checks and Counters

Counter Pokemon | Info
Protect to Scout Typing
Ditto
If you're not sure what an opposing Meowscarada is up to, you can opt to Protect first to scout what type it changes to. Since Protean only works once per battle, you'll be able to form a better gameplan going forward.
Use Priority Moves
Mega Lucario Mamoswine Conkeldurr
If you want to exploit Meowscarada's default typing before Protean, you can use moves with plus priority. Look for Ice and Fighting attacks like Ice Shard, Mach Punch, or Vacuum Wave to quickly knock them out.

Wait for Typing to Be Locked In

A good strategy to see what your opponent's Meowscarada is planning is to use Protect for a turn and see which type it changes into. This way, you know what its weaknesses will be for the rest of the battle, or if it's using Overgrow instead when its type doesn't change.

Protect Effect and Pokemon That Learn It

Use Moves with Plus Priority

Meowscarada is incredibly fast with a base Speed of 123, and only a few Pokemon in the game will be able to outspeed it. If you want to deal with it before it gets any damage off, you'll want to use moves with high priority.

As a note, Upper Hand is also a niche choice to catch a Meowscarada off guard, but it's only really useful if you know that it will use Sucker Punch to KO a weak Pokemon.

List of Priority Moves

Meowscarada Teambuilding Guide

Singles Team Synergy

Lead Physical Sweeper Special Sweeper
EmpoleonEmpoleon
Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon 		MeowscaradaMeowscarada
Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon 		Mega Charizard YMega Charizard Y
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon

This is a sample team that uses a Water, Grass, Fire core with balanced offenses and defenses. Empoleon is used as a lead since it can set up Stealth Rocks, allowing Meowscarada and Mega Charizard Y to get quick KOs on the enemy team.

Doubles Team Synergy

Special Sweeper Offensive Support
Mega Charizard YMega Charizard Y
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon 		MeowscaradaMeowscarada
Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon
Intimidate / Fake Out Coverage
IncineroarIncineroar
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon 		SneaslerSneasler
Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon

This sample team uses Meowscarada as a support for Mega Charizard Y by using utility moves and countering some of Charizard's defensive counters. Aside from that, Incineroar is included for its usual amazing support, while Sneasler covers any of the other weaknesses that the team is exposed to.

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