Competitive Information for Sableye [Sun/Moon]
Dark / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sableye? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
ChanseySalamenceCharizard-Mega-XGardevoirTyranitar-MegaVaporeonLinooneTogekissConkeldurrInfernape
Sableye is a pretty decent Dark and Ghost-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to see Sableye show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Sableye's only type-related weakness is Fairy.
Item: Leftovers / Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 80 Def / 176 SpD
Moveset:
- Recover
- Taunt / Knock Off
- Toxic
- Will-O-Wisp
Double Wall Sableye (Popular/Trending)
Sableye is an awesome Double Wall. It's designed to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Sableye last longer regaining it's life every turn. Focus Sash helps protect Sableye from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Prankster, Sableye's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
♦ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
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Item: Darkinium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Sucker Punch
- Shadow Claw
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Sableye (Prankster)
Sableye is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Prankster, Sableye's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Darkinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse / Snarl
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Psychic
- Power Gem
Special Sweeper Sableye (Prankster)
Sableye is an interesting Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. 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 Prankster, Sableye's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 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).
♦ Power Gem is a special 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sableye? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
ChanseySalamenceCharizard-Mega-XGardevoirTyranitar-MegaVaporeonLinooneTogekissConkeldurrInfernape
Item: Darkinium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Sucker Punch
- Shadow Claw
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sableye (Prankster)
Sableye is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Prankster, Sableye's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Fairium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam
- Snarl / Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Incinerate
Doubles Special Sweeper Sableye (Prankster)
Sableye is a notable Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. 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 Prankster, Sableye's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ 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)).
♦ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
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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 Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Sableye
- Moves: Mimic + Imprison
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- 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
- Ability: Prankster + Move: Quash
- Ability: Prankster + Move: Recover
- 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: Ally Switch, Detect, Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch, Fake Out, Feint, Shadow Sneak, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Sableye's stats
- Calm Mind
- Hone Claws
- Nasty Plot
- Ominous Wind
- Power-Up Punch
Most notable and possible best moves for Sableye
- Calm Mind
- Fake Out
- Fake Out
- Foul Play
- Hidden Power
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Protect
- Recover
- Rest
- Snarl
- Substitute
- Sucker Punch
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Trick
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Sableye in Sun and Moon
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/80/0/176/0/ )
- Careful Nature ( 252/0/4/0/252/0/ )
- Optimize Sableye's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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