#0678 · Kalos · Generation 6

Meowstic

Constraint Pokémon · Psychic-type

Meowstic is a Psychic-type Pokémon, the Constraint Pokémon, number 678 (#0678) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 8.5 kg.

Meowstic is the Constraint Pokémon, a psychic cat that comes in two quite different forms: a support-minded male and a prickly female. The Pokédex says the eye-like patterns inside its ears can reduce a 10-ton truck to dust.

How to pronounce Meowstic

Meowstic is pronounced mee-OW-stik. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Meowstic said out loud:

In Japanese it is ニャオニクス (Nyaonix).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Meowstic is 0.6 m tall and weighs 8.5 kg, a two-tailed cat that keeps its ears folded over eye-like organs, which glow light blue when it uses its power. The male is mostly dark blue with green eyes and a white collar. The female is mostly white with red eyes, a curled blue tuft on her head and blue, stocking-like markings on her paws.

Behaviour

The male has a strong defensive instinct and would rather support allies than attack; the Pokédex warns that releasing his power continuously damages his body. The female is more selfish and aggressive, tormenting anyone who denies her, and keeps a stoic face while she does it. When she senses danger she lets rip at maximum output with no regard for her opponent.

Habitat

The Pokédex names no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives with The Indigo Disk, in the Coastal and Canyon Biomes at Blueberry Academy and in 4-star Tera Raids.

Powers

Its Abilities are Keen Eye and Infiltrator, with a hidden Ability that depends on gender: Prankster for males and Competitive for females. At level 12 and level 49 males learn Helping Hand and Quick Guard, while females learn Stored Power and Shadow Ball in the same slots. Mega Meowstic merges both forms, levitates, and has Trace and 143 base Special Attack; the Pokédex says it can compress or expand anything by contorting space.

Name origin

Meowstic may combine 'meow' and 'mystic', or draw on 'stoic' for its unchanging face. The Japanese name is Nyaonix (ニャオニクス), which may blend nyāo ('meow') with 'onyx', Greek ónyx ('claw'), 'psionics' or Nyx, the Greek goddess of night.

Design inspiration

Meowstic may be based on the nekomata, a Japanese cat spirit that gains supernatural powers when its long-lived tail splits, echoing the way Espurr evolves into a two-tailed cat. Bulbapedia suggests Mega Meowstic's design, split down the middle between the two forms, could allude to chimera cats, whose fused-embryo genetics can give two fur patterns. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Meowstic evolves from Espurr at level 25. Male Espurr become male Meowstic and female Espurr become female Meowstic.

In the games

Mega Meowstic is the only Generation VI Pokémon among Legends: Z-A's new Mega Evolutions to get its Mega in the Mega Dimension DLC rather than at launch, according to Bulbapedia. In the base game Meowstic is a wild Pokémon in Magenta District's Wild Zone 9, and it first appeared in X and Y.

In the anime

Olympia's male and female Meowstic battled Ash's Talonflame and Frogadier in 'All Eyes on the Future!', during his Gym battle with Olympia, and were eventually defeated. Astrid's female Meowstic beat Froakie with Charge Beam in the film 'Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction'.

Fun facts

• No other species shares Meowstic's base stat total of 466, and Mega Meowstic's 566 is unique too.
• At 48, Mega Meowstic's base Attack is the lowest of any Mega Evolution.
• On Google's April Fools' Day 2014 Pokémon Challenge for Google Maps, male and female Meowstic had separate Dex numbers, #139 and #140.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Meowstic (Pokémon) · Serebii: Meowstic (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 74
• Attack: 48
• Defense: 76
• Sp. Atk: 83
• Sp. Def: 81
• Speed: 104

Meowstic’s base stat total is 466. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Meowstic weak to?

Meowstic takes extra damage from Bug (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (½×), Psychic (½×).

Evolution

What does Meowstic evolve from?

Meowstic evolves from Espurr (Level 25, male or Level 25, female).

Meowstic is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Espurr, Meowstic.

Forms

• Mega Meowstic (Male) (Mega): Psychic-type, base stat total 566 (HP 74, Attack 48, Defense 76, Sp. Atk 143, Sp. Def 101, Speed 124). Ability: Trace.
• Mega Meowstic (Female) (Mega): Psychic-type, base stat total 566 (HP 74, Attack 48, Defense 76, Sp. Atk 143, Sp. Def 101, Speed 124). Ability: Trace.
• Female Meowstic (Gender difference): Psychic-type, base stat total 466 (HP 74, Attack 48, Defense 76, Sp. Atk 83, Sp. Def 81, Speed 104). Abilities: Keen Eye, Infiltrator, Competitive (hidden).

Abilities

• Keen Eye: Prevents accuracy from being lowered.
• Infiltrator: Bypasses Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard.
• Prankster (hidden ability): Raises non-damaging moves' priority by one stage.

Moves

Moves Meowstic learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (46)

Meowstic can learn 46 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Charm, Fake Tears, Protect, Psybeam, Disarming Voice, Trailblaze, Charge Beam, Facade, Swift, Stored Power, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Dig, Zen Headbutt, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Rest, Imprison, Dark Pulse, Skill Swap, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Play Rough, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Psychic Terrain, Misty Terrain, Nasty Plot, Giga Impact, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Gravity, Psych Up, Expanding Force, Alluring Voice, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (2):Tickle, Yawn.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 75 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 163.

Pokédex entries

The defensive instinct of the males is strong. It's when they're protecting themselves or their partners that they unleash their full power. (Shield)

Revealing the eyelike patterns on the insides of its ears will unleash its psychic powers. It normally keeps the patterns hidden, however. (Sword)

The eyeball patterns on the interior of its ears emit psychic energy. It keeps the patterns tightly covered because that power is too immense. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)

When in danger, it raises its ears and releases enough psychic power to grind a 10-ton truck into dust. (X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Psychic type in Gen 6: 104 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 24% of all Pokémon (8.5 kg).
• Base stat total 466, ranked #465 of 1,025.
• One of 102 Psychic-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 29 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 57 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 75: about 9.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 3 alternate forms.
• Appears in 4 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Meowstic (Pokémon), Serebii: Meowstic (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (mee-OW-stik): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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