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Meowscarada, a Grass and Dark type Pokémon, official artwork

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Meowscarada: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

GrassDarkUUBL

Meowscarada is a speedy utility Pokémon, led by its Speed (123) and Attack (110), with a base stat total of 530. Competitively it is too strong for UnderUsed but outclassed in OU, a classic borderline case. It currently appears on 1.9% of OU teams. In the VGC ladder it sits at 2.8% usage.

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What is Meowscarada weak to?

How much damage Meowscarada takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toBug
2×Weak toFairyFightingFireFlyingIcePoison
0.5×ResistsDarkElectricGhostGrassGroundWater
0×Immune toPsychic

Meowscarada takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison (Bug hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dark, Electric, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Water and is immune to Psychic.

Best moveset for Meowscarada

The most-used moves on Meowscarada in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Knock OffDark6525%
  • U-turnBug7024.1%
  • Triple AxelIce2021%
  • Flower TrickGrass7020.1%
  • SpikesGround-3.5%
  • Low KickFighting02.8%

Best nature for Meowscarada

Jolly. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Jolly with 0/252/0/0/4/252 EVs (47.4% of sets).

Abilities

  • OvergrowAt 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5x with Grass attacks.
  • ProteanThis Pokemon's type changes to the type of the move it is using. Once per switch-in.

Evolution line

Sprigatito
Floragato
Meowscarada

Best counters for Meowscarada

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Meowscarada:

Best teammates for Meowscarada

Pokémon most often paired with Meowscarada on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (72 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Frenzy PlantGrass15090%Special
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Leaf StormGrass13090%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Petal BlizzardGrass90100%Physical
Play RoughFairy9090%Physical
Pollen PuffBug90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Aura SphereFighting80-Special
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Grass PledgeGrass80100%Special
Power GemRock80100%Special
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Flower TrickGrass70-Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
Magical LeafGrass60-Special
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
Grassy GlideGrass55100%Physical
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Disarming VoiceFairy40-Special
LeafageGrass40100%Physical
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Triple AxelIce2090%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
CharmFairy-100%Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Fake TearsDark-100%Status
Grassy TerrainGrass--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Skill SwapPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Tail WhipNormal-100%Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Toxic SpikesPoison--Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Trick RoomPsychic--Status
Worry SeedGrass-100%Status