Is Sableye Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Dark/Ghost with zero type weaknesses in Gen 3 since Fairy doesn't exist. AbilityKeen Eye prevents accuracy drops. Trade-only. If imported, nothing hits Sableye super-effectively. The stats are low, but zero weaknesses is zero weaknesses.
Sableye resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Lorelei's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Terry's team.
Sableye cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. On GBA, cross-region trading unlocks post-game after Celio's Sevii Islands Ruby & Sapphire quest. The Switch re-release supports only one-way transfers out to Pokemon HOME.
- After Brock
- TUTORNormalMega Kick12075%5
- LV 29DarkFeint Attack90100%20
- LV 33DarkKnock Off98100%20
- LV 41GhostShadow Ball120100%15
- After Koga
- TM01FightingFocus Punch150100%20
- After Sabrina
- TUTORPsychicDream Eater100100%15
- TM29PsychicPsychic90100%10
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Sableye in FireRed & LeafGreen
Sableye skips Sapphire entirely but lives in Ruby and Emerald's Granite Cave and Victory Road basement. FRLG players trade from Ruby or Emerald to add this ghost-dark to Kanto.
Sableye cannot be caught in the wild in FireRed & LeafGreen, but you can still get it via these paths:
Pokemon HOME · Switch Rerelease
Playing the Switch version of FireRed & LeafGreen? Pokemon HOME compatibility is post-launch but deposit-only by design (FRLG → HOME). Inbound HOME transfer of Sableye into FRLG is not possible — an original GBA cartridge with a Link Cable is the only inbound route.
Catch in the wild and trade from these games:
Then trade to FireRed & LeafGreen.
Also Obtainable In:
Direct cartridge trade across generations isn't possible — but the Pokemon HOME path above bridges this gap once Switch support launches.
Sableye Weakness
Sableye has no type weaknesses thanks to its unique defensive typing. Normal, Fighting, and Psychic moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Sableye Weak Against
FortressBest Pokemon Against Sableye
In FireRed & LeafGreen, Slaking's Earthquake hits Sableye for 60-70%.
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Recommended Build AbilityTruant ItemChoice Band NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Sableye View Slaking builds →Earthquake60-70% Shadow Ball48-56% | ||
B | ||
Recommended Build AbilitySturdy ItemLeftovers NatureCareful Moves
Damage vs Sableye View Forretress builds →Earthquake19-22% | ||
B | ||
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Sableye View Claydol builds →Earthquake22-26% | ||
B | ||
Recommended Build AbilityClearbody ItemLeftovers NatureCareful Moves View Registeel builds →
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Recommended Build AbilityGuts ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Sableye View Hariyama builds →Knock Off10-12% Rock Slide22-26% | ||
Sableye Evolutions
Sableye is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with a decent partner pool. Hatching is average hatch time. It's got 3 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Sableye easily with 28 breeding partners from the Humanshape egg group. Pass egg moves like Moonlight, Psych Up, Recover to offspring.
FRLG Sableye Best Moveset
Dark/Ghost typing creates zero weaknesses in this format (Fairy doesn't exist yet), meaning nothing hits Sableye super-effectively. AbilityKeen Eye prevents accuracy drops. The moveset plays disruption with MoveWill-O-Wisp for burns and MoveRecover for sustain, but 50 base stats across the board mean negligible damage output.
Best Build
Sableye best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Recover
- Knock Off
- Seismic Toss
- Psych Up
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Moonlight and Psych Up give Sableye options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 8 types already covers a decent range on top of Shadow Ball and Knock Off. The egg moves push it further.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It feeds on gemstone crystals. In darkness, its eyes sparkle with the glitter of jewels.
Sableye FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
No. Sableye isn't catchable in FireRed & LeafGreen. Catch one in Sapphire or Emerald, then trade it over.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Sableye appears in 16 games spanning 8 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves