#0509

Purrloin

Dark

📏 0.4 m ⚖️ 10.1 kg 🎯 255 · Very easy to catch

Opponents that get drawn in by its adorable behavior come away with stinging scratches from its claws and stinging pride from its laughter.

Purrloin is a Dark-type Pokémon. It takes double damage from Fighting, Bug and Fairy, resists Ghost and Dark, and is immune to Psychic. Its base stats add up to 281: the highest is Speed (66) and the lowest are Defense and Special Defense (37).

It is the first stage of its evolution line, along with Liepard. Its abilities are Limber and Unburden, and its Hidden Ability is Prankster. It is in the Field egg group and can breed with 277 species. In Sword and Shield it learns 12 moves by level-up and 37 by TM.

BASE STATS

AT LV 100

HP 41

192-286

Attack 50

94-218

Defense 37

71-190

Sp. Atk 50

94-218

Sp. Def 37

71-190

Speed 66

123-254

TOTAL 281

EVs on defeat: Speed +1

ABILITIES

Limber

The Pokémon's limber body prevents it from being paralyzed.

Unburden

Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon's held item is used or lost.

Prankster (hidden)

Gives priority to the Pokémon's status moves.

BREEDING

GroupsField

Gender50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Breeds with277

MOVES

Data from Sword/Shield 12 moves

Lv. 1 Scratch Normal Physical 40 100% 35

Lv. 1 Growl Normal Status — 100% 40

Lv. 4 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100% 15

Lv. 5 Fake Out Normal Physical 40 100% 10

Lv. 12 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80% 15

Lv. 16 Torment Dark Status — 100% 15

Lv. 21 Assurance Dark Physical 60 100% 10

Lv. 24 Hone Claws Dark Status — — 15

Lv. 28 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5

Lv. 32 Nasty Plot Dark Status — — 20

Lv. 36 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100% 15

Lv. 40 Play Rough Fairy Physical 90 90% 10

WEAKNESSES & RESISTANCES

EVOLUTION LINE

#0509 Purrloin

Lv. 20 ▶

#0510 Liepard