NationalDex
mew
#151

Mew

New Species Pokémon

Psychic

So rare that it is still said to be a mirage by many experts. Only a few people have seen it worldwide.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 100
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 100
Speed 100
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category New Species Pokémon
Height 0.4 m
Weight 4.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 100
Gender Genderless
Habitat Rare
Egg Groups No Eggs
Mythical Pokémon

Sprites

mew Front Front
mew Back Back
mew Front Shiny Front Shiny
mew Back Shiny Back Shiny
mew Official Art Official Art
mew Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 99.0%
Traditional Sweeper
Moves
Body Slam / Hyper Beam
Soft-Boiled / Explosion
GGMew (Reflect Sweeper)
Explosive Lure
Moves
Body Slam / Earthquake / Reflect
Lutrew / PaRaSiTe Mew (Transform)

Strategy Overview

Mew is recommended to feature on all of your RBY Ubers teams and is one of only two Uber Pokemon—Pokemon banned from standard first generation play dating back to the earliest Nintendo sponsored tournaments. The mythical Pokemon may learn every TM, but it is uncommon in high-level play to see it without Swords Dance. Mew is the tier's premier physical sweeper; its base 100 stats all around let it outspeed Jynx and Speed tie with Zapdos, have an unboosted Attack stat equivalent to Tauros, and have bulk rivaling Snorlax's. Additionally, Soft-Boiled can capitalize on Mew's impressive bulk and Reflect can enhance it, which also makes Mew one of the top physical walls in the tier; conversely, it can sacrifice itself with Explosion to hopefully take another high-value Pokemon down with it. As a Special sweeper, it is outclassed by its clone, Mewtwo, which has Amnesia and a far superior Special stat, as well as by Amnesia Slowbro. Also, Mew's wallbreaking tool, STAB Psychic, is weaker than Alakazam's and Exeggutor's Psychics due to their higher Special stats.

Most Used Moves

Explosion
40.0%
Body Slam
29.8%

Most Used Items

Nothing
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc