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sableye
#302

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

Weak to
Resistant to
Immune to

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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

Utility
Item
Sablenite
Ability
Prankster
Nature
Impish / Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 252
SpD 8

Strategy Overview

Sableye's increased bulk and incredible ability, Magic Bounce, after Mega Evolving let it switch into almost every entry-hazard setter in the Uber tier. With its ability to keep Stealth Rock and Spikes off the field, along with its amazing typing that makes it immune to Normal-, Fighting-, and Psychic-type attacks and only weak to Fairy-type attacks, Mega Sableye carves itself a large niche. This, along with its great supporting movepool, allows Mega Sableye to be a reliable stop to dangerous physical attackers such as Extreme Killer Arceus, Deoxys-A, Mega Mewtwo X, and Mega Kangaskhan. Mega Sableye can also cripple or completely halt many support Pokemon found on more defensive teams, such as defensive Yveltal, Klefki lacking Dazzling Gleam, Tyranitar, Lugia, and Ferrothorn. On the other hand, two popular Stealth Rock users, Primal Groudon and Dialga, can overpower Mega Sableye with their powerful STAB attacks, so it cannot always reliably keep Stealth Rock off the field by itself. Mega Sableye is also complete setup fodder for powerful special sweepers and wallbreakers such as Geomancy Xerneas, Darkrai, and Calm Mind Primal Kyogre, and it loses to some of the tier's most powerful physical wallbreakers: offensive Primal Groudon, Mega Salamence, Ho-Oh, and Rayquaza. Overall, with proper team support Mega Sableye is incredibly hard to pin down and beat and offers a few very rare and sought-after roles on defensive teams.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc