Pokémon Sword & Shield Surprise Trade Week 53: Meowth

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Published on January 9, 2021 10:00:18 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivxa6UZ38kQ

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This Surprise Trade is special, because while I will be trading Meowth, if if was the Pokémon for last week, then it would tie in with its Pokédex number, because Meowth is number 52 in the National Pokédex, while its evolved form Persian is number 53, so I am Surprise Trading Meowth this week, and on the National Pokédex number of its evolved form.
What makes this special is that I will be trading each of Meowth's forms, and this time it will be a box with each of three forms, I have the Kanto, Alola, and Galarian forms of Meowth, and each of them have different moves. The Kantonian Meowth have a Jolly Nature and they have Hypnosis, Flail, Last Resort, and Spite. The Alolan Meowth have a Timid Nature and they have Flatter, Covet, Hypnosis, and Parting Shot, and the Galarian Meowth have an Adamant Nature and they have Night Slash, Double-Edge, Curse, and Flail, and to list all of Meowth's Egg Moves, Kanotnian Meowth can get Hypnosis, Spite, Last Resort, Flail, Tail Whip, and Covet, Alolan Meowth can get Spite, Hypnosis, Flail, Covet, Parting Shot, and Flatter, and Galarian Meowth can get Spite, Flail, Covet, Double-Edge, Curse, and Night Slash, I will list which parents in the Field Egg Group that can learn those moves.
Covet: Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Zigzagoon, Linoone, Leafeon, Glaceon, Espurr, Meowstic, Sylveon, Greedent
Flail: Dunsparce, Swinub, Piloswine, Zigzagoon, Linoone, Mamoswine, Cubchoo, Beartic, Bunnelby, Diggersby, Stufful, Bewear
Hypnosis: Munna, Musharna
Last Resort: Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Lillipup, Herdier, Stoutland, Minccino, Cinccino, Sylveon, Dubwool
Spite: Vulpix, A-Vulpix, Ninetales, A-Ninetales
Tail Whip: Pikachu, Raichu, A-Raichu, Vulpix, A-Vulpix, Ninetales, A-Ninetales, Psyduck, Golduck, Ponyta, G-Ponyta, Rapidash, G-Rapidash, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Tauros, Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Wooper, Quagsire, Espeon, Umbreon, Zigzagoon, Linoone, Rhyperior, Leafeon, Glaceon, Emolga, Sylveon, Dedenne, Skwovet, Greedent, Nickit, Thievul, Yamper, Boltund, Morpeko
Flatter: Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking, Buneary, Lopunny, Morpeko
Parting Shot: Pancham, Pangoro, Thievul
Curse: Torkoal
Double-Edge: Tauros, Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Dunsparce, Zigzagoon, G-Zigzagoon, Linoone, G-Linoone, Hippopotas, Hippowdon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Stufful, Bewear, Passimian, Scorbunny, Raboot, Cinderace, Wooloo, Dubwool, Obstagoon
Night Slash: Dugtrio, G-Linoone, Absol, Stunky, Skuntank, Weavile, Purrloin, Liepard, Zoroark, Pangoro, Nickit, Thievul, Obstagoon

So much description space for all these Egg Moves, but anyway, for level up moves, Kanotnian and Alolan Meowth's level up moves are shared, they get moves like Feint, Pay Day, Bite, Assurance, Taunt, Screech, Slash, Nasty Plot, and Play Rough, while Galarian Meowth can learns Hone Claws, Metal Claw, Swagger, and Metal Sound. While both the Kantonian and Alolan Meowth evolve into Persian, Alolan Meowth requires friendship, while the Kantonian Meowth needs to be at least Level 28, Galarian Meowth evolve into Perrserker. For evolution moves, Persian learns Power Gem, and Perrserker learns Iron Head.
Persian learns a variety of TM and TR moves, like U-turn, Thunderbolt, Icy Wind, Charm, Shadow Claw, Retaliate, Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Seed Bomb, Gunk Shot, and a few other moves, Alolan Persian learns Snarl and Fake Tears. Perrserker learns Swords Dance, Crunch, Close Combat, Seed Bomb, Gunk Shot, U-turn, Throat Chop, and a few other moves.
Time to go over online battles, Kantonian Persian is not even viable, it's outclassed by better Normal-types, and while it has Technician, the best Persian can do is use Hypnosis, you are better off using something else entirely, so there's no reason to use Persian in online battles, and while Meowth can Gigantamax, it's not worth using.
Alolan Persian sees use in Double Battles, as it has access to moves like Snarl, Icy Wind, Parting Shot, Foul Play, Fake Out, Fake Tears, Charm, and a few other moves. Alolan Persian is the fastest user of Parting Shot, and Fur Coat is preferred, as that will allow Persian to take hits better from Physical moves, but the downside is Incineroar outclasses Alolan Persian, as Incineroar has Intimidate and is a better user of Parting Shot.
Then for Perrserker, it is outclassed by better Steel-type Pokémon like Metagross, Copperajah, Steelix, Ferrothorn, and a few others, but it does have a unique Hidden Ability called Steely Spirit which powers up Steel-type moves by 50%, and while Perrserker has good Attack and Defense, the rest is kind of average, and Perrserker is really slow.
While it is nice that Meowth does get three regional forms, neither Persian or Perrserker have any viability competitively, Perrserker is decent enough, but it is outclassed by better Steel-types, Kantonian Persian is unviable, and Alolan Persian faces competition with Incineroar as a Parting Shot user.

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