Purrloin is a pure Dark‑type Pokémon known as the Devious Pokémon, introduced in Generation V and modeled after a small, mischievous purple cat.

Basic info

  • Type: Dark (no secondary type).
  • Category: Devious Pokémon.
  • Generation: Debuted in Pokémon Black and White (Gen V).
  • Evolution: Evolves into Liepard, typically starting at level 20 in the main games or with 50 Candy in Pokémon GO.

Looks and theme

  • Purrloin is a small, purple feline with cream-colored accents, green eyes, and a long tail with a curved tip.
  • Its design and Pokédex flavor focus on a trickster theme: it acts cute to lower people’s guard, then steals from them and enjoys their frustration.

In battles

  • As a Dark‑type, Purrloin is weak to Fighting, Bug, and Fairy moves and resists Psychic and some other types depending on the specific game.
  • It tends to specialize more in Speed than raw power, with moves that fit its sneaky style, such as Fake Out, Assurance, and various disruptive status moves in the main series games.

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