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Skitty

Kitten Pokémon

Skitty is known to chase around playfully after its own tail. In the wild, this Pokémon lives in holes in the trees of forests. It is very popular as a pet because of its adorable looks.

In Pokémon GO · 739 max CP 6 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height0.6 m

Weight11.0 kg

Gender25.0% ♂ · 75.0% ♀

Catch rate255(43.9%)Easy catch

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps

Growth ratefast

Base EXP52

Abilities

Cute Charm

Has a 30% chance of infatuating attacking Pokémon on contact.

Normalize

Makes the Pokémon's moves all act Normal-type.

Wonder SkinHidden

Lowers incoming non-damaging moves' base accuracy to exactly 50%.

Egg groups: Field, Fairy

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

260

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Fighting2×

Immune to

Ghost0×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Skitty

Moves

Item

Life Orb

AbilityNormalize

Nature{"Jolly","Adamant"}

EV spread

Atk236

SpD76

Spe196

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Skitty

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Ruby

Fortree City Route 116

Sapphire

Fortree City Route 116

Emerald

Diamond

Pearl

Platinum

White 2

Omega Ruby

Alpha Sapphire

Evolution

#0300Skitty

Moon Stone

#0301Delcatty

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Skitty can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Fake Out Can only be used as the first move after the user enters battle. Causes the target to flinch.	Normal	Physical	40	100	10
1	Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	40
1	Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
4	Foresight Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost.	Normal	Status	—	—	40
4	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
7	Sing Puts the target to sleep.	Normal	Status	—	55	15
10	Attract Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user.	Normal	Status	—	100	15
13	Disarming Voice Never misses.	Fairy	Special	40	—	15
16	Double Slap Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	15	85	10
16	Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
19	Copycat Uses the target’s last used move.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
22	Feint Attack Never misses.	Dark	Physical	60	—	20
22	Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn.	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
25	Charm Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages.	Fairy	Status	—	100	20
28	Wake-Up Slap If the target is asleep, has double power and wakes it up.	Fighting	Physical	70	100	10
31	Assist Randomly selects and uses one of the trainer’s other Pokémon’s moves.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
31	Facade Power doubles if user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
34	Covet Takes the target’s item.	Normal	Physical	60	100	25
37	Heal Bell Cures the entire party of major status effects.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
40	Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil.	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
43	Baby-Doll Eyes Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.	Fairy	Status	—	100	30
43	Captivate Lowers the target’s Special Attack by two stages if it’s the opposite gender.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
46	Play Rough Has a chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage.	Fairy	Physical	90	90	10