#053
Persian
Classy Cat Pokémon
Normal
Many adore it for its sophisticated air. However, it will lash out and scratch for little reason.
Base Stats
HP 65
Attack 70
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 65
Speed 115
Total 440
Type Effectiveness
Weak to
Immune to
Held Items
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Classy Cat Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 32.0 kg
Base Exp 154
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Ground
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Screech
Item
Leftovers / Miracle Berry
Swagger + Psych Up
Item
Leftovers / Miracle Berry
Strategy Overview
Persian was seriously nerfed by the fixing of Hyper Beam and the retooling of critical hits from RBY, and is now only a shadow of its former self. Persian can still be a pain to take out with its high Speed and fairly good movepool, but without Hyper Beam and constant critical hits from Slash, it's not the huge threat it used to be. Persian can still work fine in the UU tier, though, and its high Speed really helps it out. It's also a ghetto SkarmBliss counter with an Electric move which is cool. Poor guy, never recovered from the RBY era.
Most Used Moves
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc