Meowth Starting Stats and Moves

This is a page about the Pokemon Meowth in the game Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for Nintendo Switch. Read on to find out about Meowth's Base Stats, Abilities, and Moves on starting the game.

Basic Information

Type

Meowth
Type 1	Type 2
Normal	-

Base Stats

Ability

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Best Partner for Meowth

Pokemon	Type
Psyduck	Type 1: Water Type 2:

While Meowth has pretty wide coverage thanks to its movepool, it still needs protection from Fighting-types, which Psyduck can provide through its Psychic-type moves.

As a Water-type Pokemon, Psyduck can also cover Rock-type Pokemon, which resist Normal-type moves.

Move	Type	Effect
Dark Pulse	Dark	It damages nearby enemies. It could also make them Flinch.
Fury Swipes	Normal	It damages an enemy 2 to 5 times in a row.
Shadow Ball	Ghost	It damages even a faraway Pokemon. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
Thunderbolt	Electric	It damages nearby enemies. It could also cause Paralysis.

Notes

• This moveset provides Meowth with a strong STAB option in Fury Swipes and good type coverage.
• Fury Swipes is one of the best moves in the game. Coupled with its STAB and Meowth's good Atk, it can take out a lot of Pokemon in just one turn.
• Other moves to consider for type coverage include: Aerial Ace, Shadow Claw, Thunder, U-turn.
• Take note that Meowth learns Nasty Plot at Lv. 38. Consider it if you rely on Shadow Ball, Thunderbolt and Dark Pulse or the other Special moves a lot.

Learned Moves

Starting Moves

Move	Type	Effect
Bite	Dark	It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
Fake Out	Normal	It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
Foul Play	Dark	It damages an enemy. But the damage is determined by the target's Attack stat instead of the user's Attack stat.
Scratch	Normal	It damages an enemy.

Moves Learned By Level Up

Lv.	Move	Type	Effect
Base	Scratch	Normal	It damages an enemy.
Base	Growl	Normal	It lowers the Attack of enemies in the same room.
6	Bite	Dark	It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
9	Fake Out	Normal	It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
14	Fury Swipes	Normal	It damages an enemy 2 to 5 times in a row.
17	Screech	Normal	It sharply lowers the enemy's Defense.
22	Feint Attack	Dark	It damages an enemy. It never misses.
25	Taunt	Dark	It makes an enemy Taunted. The taunted Pokemon can't use status moves. The Pokemon can use attack moves, however.
30	Pay Day	Normal	If you defeat an enemy with this move, the enemy will drop money. However, enemies you defeat while you're in a maze won't drop any money!
33	Slash	Normal	It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
38	Nasty Plot	Dark	It sharply boosts your Sp. Atk. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
41	Assurance	Dark	It damages an enemy. It will cause more damage if the enemy's HP is down to half or lower.
46	Captivate	Normal	It sharply lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.
49	Night Slash	Dark	It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
50	Feint	Normal	It breaks through the enemy's Protect, Wide Guard, Quick Guard, or Spiky Shield to damage an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.

Moves Learned By TM

Move	Type	Effect
Aerial Ace	Flying	It damages an enemy. It never misses.
Attract	Normal	It makes an enemy Infatuated, which makes the enemy's moves more likely to fail.
Confide	Normal	It lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.
Dark Pulse	Dark	It damages nearby enemies. It could also make them Flinch.
Double Team	Normal	It boosts your evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Dream Eater	Psychic	It damages a sleeping enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
Echoed Voice	Normal	It damages enemies. It causes more damage if its used repeatedly. The power also goes up when you use it after a teammate uses it.
Facade	Normal	It damages an enemy. The damage it causes goes up if you have a bad status. It also prevents your Attack from being lowered when you use this move while you have a Burn.
Frustration	Normal	It damages an enemy. The less you have opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Hidden Power	Normal	It damages an enemy. The move's type changes on each adventure.
Payback	Dark	You'll get the Counter condition, which enables you to counter when you take damage from physical moves.
Protect	Normal	You'll Protect yourself from enemies' moves. But its chance of failure rises if you use it after you've already used a move that blocks enemies' attacks.
Psych Up	Normal	You copy the target's changes in Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, accuracy, and evasiveness.The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Rain Dance	Water	It changes the floor's weather to Rain. The power of Fire-type moves goes down, and the power of Water-type moves goes up.
Rest	Psychic	You'll get the Napping condition. With the Napping condition, you'll fall asleep, awakening later with all your HP restored and bad statuses healed.
Return	Normal	It damages an enemy. The more you've opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Round	Normal	It damages an enemy. It causes more damage if your teammate in the same room just used the same move.
Shadow Ball	Ghost	It damages even a faraway Pokemon. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
Shadow Claw	Ghost	It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
Sleep Talk	Normal	If you're sleeping, a move you know will be used automatically on an enemy near you. But keep in mind that nothing will happen if you use this while you're wide awake.
Substitute	Normal	You'll create a Substitute if you have more than half your max HP. Every time you use this move, your HP decreases. When you create a Substitute, you won't be targeted by enemies, but you can't use moves or items, and you can't restore your HP naturally.
Sunny Day	Fire	It changes the floor's weather to Sunny. The power of Fire-type moves goes up, and the power of Water-type moves goes down.
Swagger	Normal	It makes an enemy Confused, but it also sharply raises the enemy's Attack.
Taunt	Dark	It makes an enemy Taunted. The taunted Pokemon can't use status moves. The Pokemon can use attack moves, however.
Thief	Dark	It damages an enemy. You'll also steal an item that the enemy has. If you can't carry any more items, your attempt to steal will fail.
Thunder	Electric	It can hit an enemy that's in the air from using a move such as Fly. It could also cause Paralysis. During Rain, or Heavy Rain, it never misses. But during Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, it's hard to land this move.
Thunderbolt	Electric	It damages nearby enemies. It could also cause Paralysis.
Torment	Dark	It has the move the enemy last used Sealed, which prevents the Pokemon from using it. The seal will be removed when the Pokemon goes to the next floor.
Toxic	Poison	It makes the enemy Badly Poisoned. It never misses if used by a Poison-type Pokemon. It will even hit a Pokemon that's used Dig, Fly, or the like.
U-turn	Bug	It damages an enemy. If one of your teammates is right behind you, it switches your and your teammate's position.
Work Up	Normal	It boosts your Attack and Sp. Atk. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.

Evolution

Evolution Chain

Pokemon	How to Evolve
Meowth	-
Persian	Evolves from Meowth at Lv. 28

Can Meowth Mega Evolve?

This Pokemon can not Mega Evolve.

How to Get Meowth

Dungeons Where Meowth is Found

This Pokemon is not found in any Dungeons.

Meowth's Rescue Camp

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Cyndaquil	Totodile	Pikachu	Mudkip
Treecko	Psyduck	Chikorita	Charmander
Bulbasaur	Torchic	Cubone	Machop
Eevee	Squirtle	Skitty	Meowth

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Electric	Ice	Fighting
Poison	Ground	Flying
Psychic	Bug	Rock
Ghost	Dragon	Dark
Fairy	Steel	Normal

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