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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

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

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

Support
Item
Sablenite
Ability
Prankster
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 248
Def 252
SpD 8

Strategy Overview

Mega Sableye is a great Pokemon due to a great pre-Mega Evolution ability in Prankster and a great post-Mega Evolution ability in Magic Bounce. Prankster Will-O-Wisp allows it to burn physical attackers easily, and Magic Bounce allows Mega Sableye to counter Klefki, a major threat in the metagame, as well as pivot into other entry hazard setters and status users such as Arceus-Fairy, making Mega Sableye extremely good on stall archetypes. Its dual typing grants it three immunities, including an immunity to Arceus's and Mega Rayquaza's Extreme Speed, and only one weakness. It is also one of the best defensive Deoxys-A and Mewtwo checks there is, Pokemon that otherwise decimate stall. Unfortunately, Sableye is very slow and loses Prankster after it Mega Evolves, making it easy to take advantage of. Due to the prevalence of Klefki and Darkrai in Anything Goes, there are a ton of status absorbers, which hurts Mega Sableye a lot. Mega Sableye is also often overwhelmed by the sheer power of the attackers of the metagame, and even the Pokemon it is supposed to check can often annoy it with some sets, such as Magic Coat Arceus and special Mega Rayquaza. Even defensive Pokemon such as Arceus-Water and Lava Plume Primal Groudon can KO Mega Sableye, and Fairy-type Pokemon put a ton of pressure on it. Mega Sableye is also a complete momentum suck and only really fits on full stall and occasionally on balance teams.

Most Used Moves

Recover
65.7%
Knock Off
42.5%
Trick
33.5%
Snarl
29.5%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
62.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc