Meowth

NormalPickup, Expertise, Unnerve (hidden)

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In Exceeded: First found in Route 117 (Grass (day)). Its type (Normal) and base stats (total 290) are the same as in the official games. 10 of its 19 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Emerald, including Taunt and Assurance.

Level-up moves 22

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Bite Bites with vicious fangs. May cause flinching.	Dark	Phys	60	100	25
1	Fake Out A 1st-turn, 1st-strike move that causes flinching.	Normal	Phys	40	100	10
1	Growl Growls cutely to reduce the foe's Attack.	Normal	Stat	—	100	40
1	Scratch Scratches the foe with sharp claws.	Normal	Phys	40	100	35
8	Bite Bites with vicious fangs. May cause flinching.	Dark	Phys	60	100	25
8	Scratch Scratches the foe with sharp claws.	Normal	Phys	40	100	35
12	Fake Out A 1st-turn, 1st-strike move that causes flinching.	Normal	Phys	40	100	10
20	Fury Swipes Rakes the foe with sharp claws, etc., 2 to 5 times.	Normal	Phys	15	100	15
22	Feint Attack Draws the foe close, then strikes without fail.	Dark	Phys	60	—	20
22	Screech Emits a screech to sharply reduce the foe's Defense.	Normal	Stat	—	85	40
22	Taunt Taunts the foe into only using attack moves.	Dark	Stat	—	100	20
23	Pay Day Throws coins at the foe. Money is recovered after.	Steel	Phys	60	100	20
34	Slash Slashes with claws, etc. Has a high critical-hit ratio.	Normal	Phys	80	100	20
36	Assurance An attack that gains power if the foe has been hurt.	Dark	Phys	60	100	10
36	Feint An attack that hits foes using moves like Protect.	Normal	Phys	30	100	10
37	Nasty Plot Thinks bad thoughts to sharply boost Sp. Atk.	Dark	Stat	—	—	20
41	Play Rough Plays rough with the foe. May lower Attack.	Fairy	Phys	90	90	10
45	Swagger Confuses the foe, but also sharply raises Attack.	Normal	Stat	—	90	15
46	Captivate Makes the opposite gender sharply reduce its Sp. Atk.	Normal	Stat	—	100	20
49	Night Slash Hits as soon as possible. High critical-hit ratio.	Dark	Phys	70	100	15
55	Coin Shower Throws coins at the foe. Money is recovered after.	Steel	Phys	90	90	10
64	Mocking Shout Says bad thing to lower Attack and Speed.	Normal	Stat	—	100	15

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 31

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM03	Water Pulse Sootopolis City Gym — Gym 1F	Water	60
TM06	Toxic Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Poison	—
TM10	Hidden Power Slateport City	Normal	60
TM11	Sunny Day Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Fire	—
TM12	Taunt Route 110 — Trick House End	Dark	—
TM17	Protect Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Normal	—
TM18	Rain Dance Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Water	—
TM21	Frustration Pacifidlog Town — House 2	Normal	1
TM23	Iron Tail Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Steel	100
TM24	Thunderbolt Mauville City — Game Corner	Electric	95
TM25	Thunder Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Electric	110
TM27	Return Fallarbor Town — Cozmo's House	Normal	1
TM28	Dig Route 114 — Fossil Maniac's House	Ground	80
TM30	Shadow Ball Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Ghost	80
TM32	Double Team Mauville City — Game Corner	Normal	—
TM34	Shock Wave Mauville City Gym	Electric	60
TM40	Aerial Ace Fortree City Gym	Flying	60
TM41	Torment Slateport City — Battle Tent Lobby	Dark	—
TM42	Facade Petalburg City Gym	Normal	70
TM43	Secret Power Slateport City	Normal	70
TM44	Rest Lilycove City — House 2	Psychic	—
TM45	Attract Verdanturf Town — Battle Tent Lobby	Normal	—
TM46	Thief Slateport City — Oceanic Museum 1F	Dark	60
TM49	Snatch SS Tidal Rooms	Dark	—
TM52	Work Up Littleroot Town — Professor Birch House 2F	Normal	—
TM59	Natural Gift Slateport City	Normal	1
TM66	Headbutt Petalburg Woods	Normal	70
TM67	Zap Cannon Mauville City	Electric	120
TM68	Chilling Water Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Water	50
HM01	Cut Rustboro City — Cutter's House	Normal	50
HM05	Flash Granite Cave — 1F	Normal	—

Where to find Meowth

Area	Method	Level
Route 117	Grass (day)
Route 117	Grass (morning)

Other changes in this game

Has 3 abilities at once: whichever of its 3 ordinary abilities it was born with, plus 2 innates always on
Innates (always active): Cat's Luck, Perfectionist
What the innates do: Cat's Luck — Ups random stat when crits. · Perfectionist — Boosts weaker moves.
Abilities you pick one of: Pickup — May pick up items. · Expertise — First damage move get STAB. · Unnerve
Hidden ability: Unnerve
How its abilities arrive: Cat's Luck from the start; Pickup at Lv 10; Expertise at Lv 18; Perfectionist at Lv 26; Unnerve at Lv 32; Gold Digger at Lv 40
Evolves into Persian at level 28
Tutor moves: Body Slam, Defense Curl, Double-Edge, Dream Eater, Endure, Icy Wind, Mimic, Mud-Slap, Psych Up, Sleep Talk, Snore, Substitute, Swagger, Swift
Egg moves: Amnesia, Assist, Charm, Covet, Flail, Foul Play, Hypnosis, Iron Tail, Last Resort, Odor Sleuth, Psych Up, Punishment, Snatch, Spite, Tail Whip
Egg groups: Field
Catch rate 255