Perrserker (Pokémon)

Total: 2
Perrserker
0 HP	2 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Brown

Base friendship

50

External Links

Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves from Galarian Meowth starting at level 28.

Biology

Perrserker is a bipedal feline Pokémon. Unlike Persian, Perrserker remains bipedal and has a body shape similar to what it had as a Meowth. The hair on its head and parts of its limbs have hardened into natural armor. The former takes the shape of a stereotypical horned Viking helmet that covers its ears and part of its eyes while also incorporating its coin. Perrserker's claws have grown longer and harder as well and can come together to form daggers that it can use to fight its foes more effectively.

Perrserker has a violent and barbaric demeanor, and it lives for the thrill of battle. It and Persian have a relationship characterized by mutual disdain on account of the irreconcilable differences in their respective temperaments.

In the anime

Minor appearances

A Perrserker debuted in Secrets of the Jungle.

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

A Perrserker appeared in The Gathering of Stars.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A Perrserker first appeared in the Sword & Shield chapter.

In the TCG

Main article: Perrserker (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Galar
#183

Sinnoh
#—

Hisui
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword	What appears to be an iron helmet is actually hardened hair. This Pokémon lives for the thrill of battle.
Shield	After many battles, it evolved dangerous claws that come together to form daggers when extended.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Sword

Shield

Route 7, Route 9, Giant's Mirror, Lake of Outrage
Dusty Bowl, Giant's Seat, Stony Wilderness (Max Raid Battle)

Expansion Pass

Max Lair (Dynamax Adventure)

Brilliant Diamond

Shining Pearl

Unobtainable

Legends: Arceus

Unobtainable

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 70		130 - 177	250 - 344
Attack: 110		103 - 178	202 - 350
Defense: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Sp. Atk: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Sp. Def: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Speed: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Total: 440	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Ghost

1×

Water

1×

Electric

1×

Dark

1×

Weak to:

Fighting

2×

Ground

2×

Fire

2×

Immune to:

Poison

0×

Resistant to:

Normal

½×

Flying

½×

Rock

½×

Bug

½×

Steel

½×

Grass

½×

Psychic

½×

Ice

½×

Dragon

½×

Fairy

½×

Notes:

If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Poison-type moves is 1×.

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	08080	100100%	15
011	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	0000—	100100%	10
011	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	0000—	00——%	15
011	Fake Out	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	10
011	Growl	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	40
011	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	0000—	00——%	15
011	Scratch	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	35
Evo.Evo.	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	08080	100100%	15
1212	Pay Day	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	20
1616	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	05050	09595%	35
2020	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100100%	20
2424	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	08585%	15
3131	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	01818	08080%	15
3636	Screech	Normal	Status	0000—	08585%	40
4242	Slash	Normal	Physical	07070	100100%	20
4848	Metal Sound	Steel	Status	0000—	08585%	40
5454	Thrash	Normal	Physical	120120	100100%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Perrserker
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Perrserker

By TM/TR

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM02	TM02	Pay Day	Normal	Physical	04040	100}}100%	20
TM08	TM08	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
TM09	TM09	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
TM15	TM15	Dig	Ground	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
TM16	TM16	Screech	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	40
TM21	TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM23	TM23	Thief	Dark	Physical	06060	100}}100%	25
TM24	TM24	Snore	Normal	Special	05050	100}}100%	15
TM25	TM25	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM31	TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM33	TM33	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM34	TM34	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM39	TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM56	TM56	U-turn	Bug	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM57	TM57	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100}}100%	10
TM58	TM58	Assurance	Dark	Physical	06060	100}}100%	10
TM59	TM59	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
TM65	TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	07070	100}}100%	15
TM76	TM76	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TM79	TM79	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	5
TR00	TR00	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR01	TR01	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	08585	100}}100%	15
TR08	TR08	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	09090	100}}100%	15
TR09	TR09	Thunder	Electric	Special	110110	070}}70%	10
TR17	TR17	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR20	TR20	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR26	TR26	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR27	TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR29	TR29	Baton Pass	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	40
TR31	TR31	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100100	075}}75%	15
TR32	TR32	Crunch	Dark	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TR33	TR33	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR35	TR35	Uproar	Normal	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR37	TR37	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
TR42	TR42	Hyper Voice	Normal	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR46	TR46	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
TR52	TR52	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	5
TR53	TR53	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120120	100}}100%	5
TR58	TR58	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR59	TR59	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TR68	TR68	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR73	TR73	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120120	080}}80%	5
TR74	TR74	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TR79	TR79	Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
TR81	TR81	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	09595	100}}100%	15
TR85	TR85	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30
TR90	TR90	Play Rough	Fairy	Physical	09090	090}}90%	10
TR95	TR95	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Perrserker
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Perrserker

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100%	25
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—%	10
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100%	15
Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Perrserker in Generation VIII
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Perrserker in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Perrserker
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Perrserker

By tutoring

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Lash Out	Dark	Physical	75	100%	5
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Steel Beam	Steel	Special	140	95%	5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Perrserker
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Perrserker

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Perrserker
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Perrserker

Side game data

Pokémon GO

Base Stamina: 172	Base Attack: 195	Base Defense: 162
Egg Distance: N/A km	Buddy Distance: 3 km	Evolution Requirement: N/A
Fast Attacks: Metal Claw, Shadow Claw
Charged Attacks: Iron Head, Close Combat, Play Rough, Foul Play

Evolution

Unevolved

Meowth
Steel

Level 28
→

First evolution

Perrserker
Steel

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Sword	Shield


HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Perrserker images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Origin

Perrserker appears to be based on a cat and the stereotypical image of Vikings. Its behavior may be based on that of the berserker. It may also be based on Freyja's cats gifted by Thor who pulled her chariot. It being Steel-type may refer to the Vikings' use of iron in their weapons and helmets. Another possible basis, considering its horn-like ears and connection to Vikings, may be the Norwegian forest cat, a breed of cat from Scandinavia noted for its long, tufted ears. The creature's grin also brings to mind the Cheshire Cat.

Name origin

Perrserker may be a combination of purr or Persian and berserker.

Nyaiking may be a combination of ニャー nyā (the sound a cat makes), Viking, and king.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	ニャイキング Nyaiking	From ニャー nyā, Viking, and king
French	Berserkatt	From berserker and katt
Spanish	Perrserker	Same as English name
German	Mauzinger	From mauzen and Wikinger
Italian	Perrserker	Same as English name
Korean	나이킹 Naiking	From 나옹 Naong and Viking
Cantonese Chinese	喵頭目 Mīutàuhmuhk	From 喵 mīu and 頭目 tàuhmuhk
Mandarin Chinese	喵頭目 / 喵头目 Miāotóumù	From 喵 miāo and 頭目 / 头目 tóumù

More languages
Thai	เนียคิง Niakhing	Transcription of Japanese name

External links

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