Competitive Information for Sableye [Diamond/Pearl]
Dark / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sableye? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Sableye is an astounding Dark and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Sableye are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Sableye is one of the few Pokemon who don't have any type-related weaknesses.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw
- Double-Edge / Return
- Sucker Punch / Payback
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Sableye
Sableye is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sableye from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Sableye's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Sableye's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Payback is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Sableye moves after the target).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Psychic
- Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Sableye
Sableye is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Sableye's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Sableye's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Sableye's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sableye? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw
- Double-Edge / Return
- Sucker Punch / Payback
- Poison Jab
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sableye
Sableye is a decent Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sableye from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Sableye's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Sableye's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Payback is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Sableye moves after the target).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Icy Wind
- Psychic
Doubles Special Sweeper Sableye
Sableye is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Sableye's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Sableye's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Sableye's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sableye learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Sableye can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Sableye
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Flatter + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Magic Coat, Snatch, Helping Hand, Feint, Sucker Punch, Shadow Sneak
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Sableye's stats
- Calm Mind
- Nasty Plot
- Ominous Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Sableye
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sableye in Diamond and Pearl
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