Pokémon Unite Meowth Guide: Best Builds, Held Items, Moveset and Gameplay Tips

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Meowth will be releasing on January 9th in Pokémon Unite.
Thanks to its passive, Meowth can steal the enemy’s Battle item during fights.
Meowth excels at taking down solo enemy targets.

Meowth is the latest Pokémon coming to Pokémon Unite on January 9th. It’s a fast-paced Pokémon known for bothering opponents, stealing their held items, and quickly defeating single enemies. This guide covers everything you need to know about playing Meowth, including its skills, best item builds, and how it fits into different team strategies.

We’ve previously covered strategies for playing with a wide variety of Pokémon, including Pikachu, Mamoswine, Eldegoss, Zeraora, Blissey, Charizard, Snorlax, Tsareena, Decidueye, Dragonite, Talonflame, Cinderace, Greninja, Gardevoir, Venusaur, Wigglytuff, Trevenant, Gengar, Lucario, Aegislash, Crustle, Hoopa, Garchomp, Absol, Alolan Ninetales, Duraludon, Cramorant, Blastoise, Slowbro, Machamp, Mr. Mime, Greedent, Azumarill, Sylveon, Gyarados, Miraidon, Falinks, Ceruledge, Ho-Oh, Darkrai, Armarouge, Psyduck, Galarian Rapidash, Suicune, Alolan Raichu, Alcremie, Latios, Latias, and Pawmot, as well as Empoleon, Mega Lucario, Mega Charizard X, Dhelmise, and Vaporeon. Please refer to those guides for help with those Pokémon. Now, let’s move on to strategies for using Meowth.

Meowth: In-game Cost

You can get a free Unite License for Meowth during its special launch event!

Pokémon Unite Meowth Movesets

Basic Attack

Every third attack becomes more powerful and also drops gold coins near the Pokémon it hits.

Passive – Pickup

When you attack opposing Pokémon, you’ll steal their held battle item. Defeating wild Pokémon also gives you a random battle item. This ability can’t be used constantly – it needs to recharge after each use. Meowth gets a speed boost when moving towards Aeos energy or gold. Collecting gold coins provides a temporary increase to movement speed.

Ability 1 – Scratch

Meowth scratches a designated opposing Pokémon with its sharp claws, dealing damage.

Ability Choices at Level 5

At Level 5, Meowth will have to choose either of the following abilities:

Pay Day	Furry Swipes
Meowth hurls a gold coin in the designated direction, dealing damage and applying a slowing effect to opposing Pokémon it hits. Gold coins will drop near opposing Pokémon it hits. A maximum of 2 uses can be kept in reserve for this move. Picking up gold coins reduces the time until another reserve use becomes available.	Meowth swipes twice with its sharp claws at the designated opposing Pokémon, dealing damage and granting the user a shield effect. The number of swipes increases (up to 5 maximum) based on the number of times the user has recently dealt damage to opposing Pokémon. When this move hits, that number of times resets. If the maximum number of swipes hit, the cooldowns for Feint, Feint Attack, and Assurance will reset.

Pay Day

Furry Swipes

Meowth hurls a gold coin in the designated direction, dealing damage and applying a slowing effect to opposing Pokémon it hits. Gold coins will drop near opposing Pokémon it hits.
A maximum of 2 uses can be kept in reserve for this move.
Picking up gold coins reduces the time until another reserve use becomes available.

Meowth swipes twice with its sharp claws at the designated opposing Pokémon, dealing damage and granting the user a shield effect. The number of swipes increases (up to 5 maximum) based on the number of times the user has recently dealt damage to opposing Pokémon. When this move hits, that number of times resets. If the maximum number of swipes hit, the cooldowns for Feint, Feint Attack, and Assurance will reset.

Ability 2 – Feint

Meowth dashes at the designated opposing Pokémon, dealing damage to the opposing Pokémon it hits.

Ability Choices at Level 7

At Level 7, either of these two moves becomes available.

Feint Attack	Assurance
Meowth charges in the designated direction, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon and restoring the user’s HP. This move deals double damage to opposing Pokémon that the user has recently dealt damage to five or more times. The more times Meowth deals damage to opposing Pokémon, the more the HP that is recovered.	Meowth charges in the designated direction, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon and restoring the user’s HP. This move deals double damage to opposing Pokémon that the user has recently dealt damage to five or more times. The more times Meowth deals damage to opposing Pokémon, the more HP that is recovered.

Unite Move – Gold Coin Barrage

Meowth throws a shower of gold coins at an opposing Pokémon, causing significant damage. If another enemy Pokémon happens to be in the way, the coins will hit them instead.

During the attack, coins will periodically drop close to the enemy Pokémon hit by this Unite move.

Best Items for Meowth in Pokémon Unite

This guide will cover the best items to equip on Meowth in Pokémon Unite, and also recommend the best battle item for it.

Best Held Items

Item(s)	Benefits
Muscle Band	This held item boosts Meowth’s Sp. Atk, while enhancing its Damage output.
Sp. Atk. Specs	Sp. Atk. Specs grants Meowth lots of bonus Sp. Atk. for improved damage output.
Attack Weight	This item increases Meowth’s Attack damage for each goal scored, boosting it’s overall damage output.

Besides the above-suggested builds, you can also use the following item builds:

Muscle Band, Razor Claw, and Energy Amplifier
Attack Weight, Focus Band, and Muscle Band.

Best Battle Items

Meowth is a flexible Pokémon because it can quickly steal items from opponents during battle. This makes any held item useful when paired with Meowth.

Pokémon Unite Meowth Gameplay Tips

This guide will show you how to play Meowth effectively in Pokémon Unite and create a winning strategy. We’ll cover both the early and late stages of the game, so be sure to read through the entire guide.

Early Game

When playing Meowth, the best lanes are usually the Jungle/Central Lane, though the Bottom Lane is also a good option. Meowth is a strong, mobile attacker early in the game. Use Scratch and Feint to harass opponents, secure last hits on wild Pokémon, and generally control your lane. Remember that Meowth’s enhanced basic attacks drop Gold Coins – be sure to collect them to get a speed boost!

Meowth has a unique ability that lets it steal an opponent’s item during battle and immediately make its own item available again. This makes Meowth very useful early in the game, especially in one-on-one fights. Because of this, you should concentrate on earning resources, moving between lanes to bother opponents, and assisting your teammates in achieving objectives.

Mid and Late Game

Once Meowth reaches Level 5, players can choose between two abilities: Pay Day or Fury Swipes. At Level 7, it learns either Feint Attack or Assurance, leading to two distinct ways to play the game.

Pay Day + Feint Attack: This combo boosts Meowth’s mobility, burst damage output and disrupt potential. Use Pay Day to poke and slow enemies, which in turn drops coins, then jump in with Feint Attack to disrupt and deal bonus damage to the Pokémon. Picking up coins boosts your movement speed and resets your battle item, letting you engage, escape, and re-engage often.
Fury Swipes + Assurance: This combo is built for close-range burst and sustain. Ensure to build up stacks with basic attacks beforehand, then unleash Fury Swipes for multiple swipe attacks, then follow up with Assurance to deal heavy damage and restore HP. This combo works best when diving isolated targets, allowing Meowth to finish them quickly.

Choose the strategy that best fits your play style. Meowth’s Unite Move lets you quickly focus on and defeat a single enemy. A key benefit is that anyone trying to intercept the coins and protect that enemy will also take damage. Use this to eliminate the opposing team’s biggest threat and help secure important objectives like Groudon and Regieleki.

Positioning of Meowth

Meowth performs best in the Jungle or the bottom lane. These positions let you quickly gather resources and move between lanes to support your teammates.

Meowth with other Pokémon

This guide to playing Meowth in Pokémon Unite will also cover how Meowth interacts with other Pokémon in the game.

Best synergies with Meowth

Meowth works best on teams with Pokémon that excel at defense or providing support, as these partners can offer valuable help and keep Meowth going strong in tough battles.

Pokémon	Benefits
Vaporeon	When paired with Vaporeon’s healing and disrupt abilities, Meowth can effectively dominate and burst down opposing Pokémon.
Snorlax	It can provide extra crowd control and disables, for Meowth making it easier to dominate core team fights.
Blissey	The healing and sustain abilities from Blissey will constantly help Meowth to last longer during fights.

Pokémon that are strong and weak against Meowth

Pokémon that Meowth counters	Pokémon that counter Meowth
Decidueye	Zoroark
Cinderace	Snorlax
Greninja	Alolan Ninetales
Cramorant	Zeraora
Gardevoir	Slowbro

Final Thoughts

When playing with Meowth in Pokémon Unite, remember that it’s a fast and strong attacker with plenty of moves to defeat opponents. Focus on using its strengths to gain an advantage.

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2026-01-08 04:14