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sableye
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Sableye

Darkness Pokémon

DarkGhost

It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 75
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 65
Speed 50
Total 380

Type Effectiveness

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Evolution Chain

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Locations

Details

Category Darkness Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 11.0 kg
Base Exp 133
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

sableye Front Front
sableye Back Back
sableye Front Shiny Front Shiny
sableye Back Shiny Back Shiny
sableye Official Art Official Art
sableye Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Prankster
Moves
Trick / Detect / Recover
Item
Lagging Tail / Leftovers
Ability
Prankster
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

With the introduction of BW, Sableye was blessed with an incredible ability: Prankster. With no weaknesses, its excellent typing makes it deceptively bulky and easy to fit on any team. Its typing also grants it immunities to Fighting-, Psychic-, and Normal-type attacks. Sableye is the only Prankster Pokemon that has access to Will-O-Wisp, allowing it to shut down offensive threats before they get a chance to attack; it also has access to a wide variety of support moves such as Trick, Recover, and Taunt. Offensively, Sableye learns Sucker Punch, which can 2HKO several common Psychic- and Ghost-types, such as Latios and Chandelure, even with no investment in Attack. However, Sableye also suffers from many issues. Will-O-Wisp, its main move, has shaky accuracy and a miss can spell disaster. To make matters worse, Sableye also has poor defensive stats and cannot take too many hits. Specially based Pokemon that are not weak to Sucker Punch, such as Zapdos and Abomasnow, do not care about being burned, and can wall Sableye with ease. Nonetheless, although Sableye suffers from several problems, it is still an excellent addition to any team with its unique typing and movepool.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc