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GEN 4 PREVIEW

GLAMEOW, PURUGLY
Welcome back, Trainers! We'll be taking a look at Glameow and Purugly in this installment of Generation Preparation.

GLAMEOW

  • CATEGORY: Catty Pokémon
  • PRONOUNCED: GLAM-meow
  • TYPE: Normal
  • HEIGHT: 1' 08"
  • WEIGHT: 8.6 lbs.
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attack:  109

defense:  85

stamina:  98

max  cp:  823

Glameow and Purugly are the Meowth- and Persian-equivalents of this generation. They should be decently common. We don't expect to find them in Eggs, but we do expect them to take 3KM to find a Candy when they are your Buddy.
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PURUGLY

  • CATEGORY: Tiger Cat Pokémon
  • PRONOUNCED: purr-UG-lee
  • TYPE: Normal
  • HEIGHT: 3' 03"
  • WEIGHT: 96.6 lbs.
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ATTACK:  172

DEFENSE:  136

STAMINA:  142

MAX  CP:  1798

PLACE IN THE META: Purugly may be used a lot in Team Galactic, but most likely not in Pokémon GO. We expect Purugly to have about as much of a competitive presence as Persian does. It just doesn't have good enough stats or typing to compete in the metagame.

Purugly is a pure Normal-type. This makes it weak to Fighting-type attacks, as well as "immune" to Ghost-type attacks. All other types of attacks are neutral.

​LIKELY MOVEPOOL: Out of the Fast Moves we currently have in Pokémon GO, the following are the ones that seem most likely to be given to Purugly:
  • Feint Attack
  • Shadow Claw

Out of the Charged Moves we currently have in Pokémon GO, the following are the ones that seem most likely to be given to Purugly:
  • Aerial Ace
  • Body Slam
  • Hyper Beam

Should Niantic add any new moves, the following are good candidates for Purugly's movepool:
  • Echoed Voice
  • Fury Swipes
  • Giga Impact

LOOKING AHEAD: Looking beyond Generation 4, Purugly gains no evolution, exclusive Z-Move, or Mega Evolution.
Thanks for reading, Trainers!
SOURCE: Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook, The Official National Pokédex: Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon Edition, Stats Calculated by Serebii | IMAGE CREDIT: The Pokémon Company
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