Purrloin - Generation 5 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Purrloin can learn in Generation 5, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Black
Pokémon White
Pokémon Black 2
Pokémon White 2

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Purrloin artwork by Ken Sugimori

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In other generations
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6
7
8
9

Black/White Black 2/White 2

Moves learnt by level up

Purrloin learns the following moves in Pokémon Black & White at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Scratch	Normal	40	100
3	Growl	Normal	—	100
6	Assist	Normal	—	—
10	Sand-Attack	Ground	—	100
12	Fury Swipes	Normal	18	80
15	Pursuit	Dark	40	100
19	Torment	Dark	—	100
21	Fake Out	Normal	40	100
24	Hone Claws	Dark	—	—
28	Assurance	Dark	50	100
30	Slash	Normal	70	100
33	Captivate	Normal	—	100
37	Night Slash	Dark	70	100
39	Snatch	Dark	—	—
42	Nasty Plot	Dark	—	—
46	Sucker Punch	Dark	80	100

Egg moves

Purrloin learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Black & White. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Charm	Normal	—	100
Covet	Normal	60	100
Encore	Normal	—	100
Fake Tears	Dark	—	100
Faint Attack	Dark	60	∞
Foul Play	Dark	95	100
Pay Day	Normal	40	100
Yawn	Normal	—	—

Moves learnt by HM

Purrloin is compatible with these Hidden Machines in Pokémon Black & White:

HM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
01	Cut	Normal		50	95

Moves learnt by TM

Purrloin is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Black & White:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Hone Claws	Dark	—	—
06	Toxic	Poison	—	90
10	Hidden Power	Normal	60	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
12	Taunt	Dark	—	100
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
18	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
21	Frustration	Normal	—	100
27	Return	Normal	—	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
40	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
41	Torment	Dark	—	100
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
46	Thief	Dark	40	100
48	Round	Normal	60	100
49	Echoed Voice	Normal	40	100
63	Embargo	Dark	—	100
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
66	Payback	Dark	50	100
73	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	100
77	Psych Up	Normal	—	—
85	Dream Eater	Psychic	100	100
86	Grass Knot	Grass	—	100
87	Swagger	Normal	—	90
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
95	Snarl	Dark	55	95

Moves learnt by level up

Purrloin learns the following moves in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Scratch	Normal	40	100
3	Growl	Normal	—	100
6	Assist	Normal	—	—
10	Sand-Attack	Ground	—	100
12	Fury Swipes	Normal	18	80
15	Pursuit	Dark	40	100
19	Torment	Dark	—	100
21	Fake Out	Normal	40	100
24	Hone Claws	Dark	—	—
28	Assurance	Dark	50	100
30	Slash	Normal	70	100
33	Captivate	Normal	—	100
37	Night Slash	Dark	70	100
39	Snatch	Dark	—	—
42	Nasty Plot	Dark	—	—
46	Sucker Punch	Dark	80	100

Egg moves

Purrloin learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Charm	Normal	—	100
Covet	Normal	60	100
Encore	Normal	—	100
Fake Tears	Dark	—	100
Faint Attack	Dark	60	∞
Foul Play	Dark	95	100
Pay Day	Normal	40	100
Yawn	Normal	—	—

Move Tutor moves

Purrloin can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Covet	Normal	60	100
Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
Foul Play	Dark	95	100
Gunk Shot	Poison	120	70
Hyper Voice	Normal	90	100
Iron Tail	Steel	100	75
Knock Off	Dark	20	100
Role Play	Psychic	—	—
Seed Bomb	Grass	80	100
Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
Snatch	Dark	—	—
Snore	Normal	40	100
Spite	Ghost	—	100
Trick	Psychic	—	100

Moves learnt by HM

Purrloin is compatible with these Hidden Machines in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2:

HM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
01	Cut	Normal		50	95

Moves learnt by TM

Purrloin is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Hone Claws	Dark	—	—
06	Toxic	Poison	—	90
10	Hidden Power	Normal	60	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
12	Taunt	Dark	—	100
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
18	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
21	Frustration	Normal	—	100
27	Return	Normal	—	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
40	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
41	Torment	Dark	—	100
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
46	Thief	Dark	40	100
48	Round	Normal	60	100
49	Echoed Voice	Normal	40	100
63	Embargo	Dark	—	100
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
66	Payback	Dark	50	100
73	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	100
77	Psych Up	Normal	—	—
85	Dream Eater	Psychic	100	100
86	Grass Knot	Grass	—	100
87	Swagger	Normal	—	90
89	U-turn	Bug	70	100
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
95	Snarl	Dark	55	95

Purrloin egg move parents

In other generations
5
6
7
8
9

Purrloin

Purrloin's egg groups: Field

The egg moves for Purrloin are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Purrloin with a compatible male Pokémon, with the male (for Gen 2-5) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Purrloin with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Charm

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Eevee Snubbull Granbull Teddiursa Phanpy Skitty Pachirisu Buneary Lopunny Glameow Purugly Minccino Deerling Sawsbuck Cubchoo
Breeding	Meowth Persian Ponyta Rapidash Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Sentret Furret Espeon Umbreon Zigzagoon Linoone Leafeon Glaceon Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Purrloin Liepard Woobat Swoobat Emolga
Pre-evolution Level up	Pikachu Raichu Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Ursaring Donphan Delcatty Leafeon Glaceon Cinccino Beartic
Sketch	Smeargle

Covet

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Mankey Eevee Teddiursa Ursaring Zigzagoon Linoone Slakoth Slaking Skitty
Breeding	Growlithe Arcanine Farfetch'd Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Cyndaquil Quilava Typhlosion Sentret Furret Aipom Espeon Umbreon Poochyena Mightyena Pachirisu Ambipom Leafeon Glaceon Tepig Pignite Emboar Purrloin Liepard Pansage Simisage Pansear Simisear Panpour Simipour Emolga
Move tutor	Rattata Raticate Pikachu Raichu Sandshrew Sandslash Vulpix Ninetales Meowth Persian Mankey Primeape Growlithe Arcanine Farfetch'd Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Cyndaquil Quilava Typhlosion Sentret Furret Aipom Espeon Umbreon Snubbull Granbull Teddiursa Ursaring Poochyena Mightyena Zigzagoon Linoone Slakoth Vigoroth Slaking Skitty Delcatty Spoink Grumpig Spinda Chimchar Monferno Infernape Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Bidoof Bibarel Pachirisu Ambipom Buneary Lopunny Glameow Purugly Leafeon Glaceon Tepig Pignite Emboar Oshawott Dewott Samurott Patrat Watchog Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Purrloin Liepard Pansage Simisage Pansear Simisear Panpour Simipour Zorua Zoroark Minccino Cinccino Emolga Cubchoo Beartic
Pre-evolution Level up	Primeape Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Vigoroth Delcatty Leafeon Glaceon
Sketch	Smeargle

Encore

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Seel Dewgong Slakoth Vigoroth Slaking Spheal Sealeo Walrein Oshawott Dewott Samurott Minccino Emolga
Breeding	Pikachu Raichu Psyduck Golduck Mankey Primeape Seel Dewgong Wooper Quagsire Spinda Chimchar Monferno Infernape Buneary Lopunny Purrloin Liepard Darumaka Darmanitan (Standard Mode) Cubchoo Beartic
Pre-evolution Level up	Cinccino
Sketch	Smeargle

Fake Tears

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Teddiursa Ursaring Mawile Zorua
Breeding	Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Teddiursa Ursaring Whismur Loudred Exploud Skitty Delcatty Spinda Pachirisu Buneary Lopunny Glameow Purugly Leafeon Glaceon Purrloin Liepard Woobat Swoobat Minccino Cinccino Deerling Sawsbuck
Pre-evolution Level up	Zoroark
Sketch	Smeargle

Feint Attack

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Vulpix Meowth Persian Umbreon Sneasel Teddiursa Ursaring Houndour Houndoom Nuzleaf Shiftry Slakoth Slaking Skitty Mawile Spinda Kecleon Glameow Purugly Weavile Scraggy Scrafty Zorua Zoroark Deerling Sawsbuck
Breeding	Vulpix Ninetales Diglett Dugtrio Snubbull Granbull Absol Purrloin Liepard Scraggy Scrafty Heatmor
Pre-evolution Level up	Ninetales Vigoroth Delcatty
Sketch	Smeargle

Foul Play

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Houndour Houndoom Sandile Krokorok Krookodile Zorua Zoroark
Breeding	Meowth Persian Seedot Nuzleaf Shiftry Kecleon Stunky Skuntank Purrloin Liepard
Move tutor	Vulpix Ninetales Meowth Persian Aipom Umbreon Girafarig Sneasel Houndour Houndoom Poochyena Mightyena Seedot Nuzleaf Shiftry Mawile Kecleon Absol Ambipom Glameow Purugly Stunky Skuntank Weavile Purrloin Liepard Sandile Krokorok Krookodile Scraggy Scrafty Zorua Zoroark
Sketch	Smeargle

Pay Day

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Meowth
Breeding	Purrloin Liepard
Pre-evolution Level up	Persian
Sketch	Smeargle

Yawn

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Wooper Quagsire Dunsparce Slakoth Slaking Numel Camerupt Bidoof Bibarel Hippopotas Hippowdon Pansear Munna
Breeding	Psyduck Golduck Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Teddiursa Ursaring Poochyena Mightyena Numel Camerupt Torkoal Spheal Sealeo Walrein Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Leafeon Glaceon Tepig Pignite Emboar Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Purrloin Liepard Darumaka Darmanitan (Standard Mode) Cubchoo Beartic
Pre-evolution Level up	Vigoroth Simisear Musharna
Sketch	Smeargle