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Thievul, a Dark type Pokémon, official artwork

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Thievul: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Thievul is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Sp. Def (92) and Speed (90), with a base stat total of 455.

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What is Thievul weak to?

How much damage Thievul takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toBugFairyFighting
0.5×ResistsDarkGhost
0×Immune toPsychic

Thievul takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting. It resists Dark, Ghost and is immune to Psychic.

Best moveset for Thievul

Thievul has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Foul PlayDark95
  • Play RoughFairy90
  • PsychicPsychic90

Best nature for Thievul

Timid. Thievul is a special attacker (87 Sp. Atk) with usable 90 Speed, so Timid (+Speed, −Attack) is the standard pick.

Abilities

  • Run AwayNo competitive use.
  • UnburdenSpeed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches, gets new item/Ability.
  • StakeoutThis Pokemon's offensive stat is doubled against a target that switched in this turn.

Evolution line

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Thievul
Full learnset (46 moves; tap to expand)

Thievul is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Play RoughFairy9090%Physical
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Burning JealousyFire70100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
Tail SlapNormal2585%Physical
Beat UpDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
AgilityPsychic--Status
AttractNormal-100%Status
Baton PassNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Fake TearsDark-100%Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
Parting ShotDark-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Tail WhipNormal-100%Status
TauntDark-100%Status