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Sableye, a Dark and Ghost type Pokémon, official artwork

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Sableye: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Sableye is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (75) and Defense (75), with a base stat total of 380. Competitively it is a lower-tier option. In the VGC ladder it sits at 3.4% usage.

Build a team with Sableye

What is Sableye weak to?

How much damage Sableye takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFairy
0.5×ResistsPoison
0×Immune toFightingNormalPsychic

Sableye takes super-effective damage from Fairy. It resists Poison and is immune to Fighting, Normal, Psychic.

Best moveset for Sableye

The most-used moves on Sableye in VGC (official doubles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Light ScreenPsychic-18.9%
  • Rain DanceWater-18%
  • EncoreNormal-17.5%
  • ReflectPsychic-15.3%
  • DisableNormal-9.3%
  • Will-O-WispFire-7.6%

Best nature for Sableye

Sassy. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Sassy with 32/0/9/0/25/0 EVs (27.6% of sets).

Abilities

  • Keen EyeThis Pokemon's accuracy can't be lowered by others; ignores their evasiveness stat.
  • StallThis Pokemon moves last among Pokemon using the same or greater priority moves.
  • PranksterThis Pokemon's Status moves have priority raised by 1, but Dark types are immune.

Best teammates for Sableye

Pokémon most often paired with Sableye on successful VGC (official doubles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (88 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
PoltergeistGhost11090%Physical
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Phantom ForceGhost90100%Physical
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Dazzling GleamFairy80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Power GemRock80100%Special
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
HexGhost65100%Special
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
PsybeamPsychic65100%Special
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
Fake OutNormal40100%Physical
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
Shadow SneakGhost40100%Physical
AstonishGhost30100%Physical
FeintNormal30100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Fury SwipesNormal1880%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
Metal BurstSteel?100%Physical
Night ShadeGhost?100%Special
Bulk UpFighting--Status
Calm MindPsychic--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
DetectFighting--Status
DisableNormal-100%Status
EncoreNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
FlatterDark-100%Status
GravityPsychic--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ImprisonPsychic--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Mean LookNormal--Status
MetronomeNormal--Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
Pain SplitNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
QuashDark-100%Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RecoverNormal--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Skill SwapPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
TormentDark-100%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status