Is Sableye Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Dark/Ghost with zero type weaknesses in Gen 4. Fairy doesn't exist yet. AbilityKeen Eye prevents accuracy drops. Transfer-only. If imported, nothing hits Sableye super-effectively. The stats are low, but zero weaknesses is zero weaknesses.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Sableye on Iron Island (walking, Lv 31-33, rare). Pokémon Sapphire in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 32DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 39GhostShadow ClawPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- LV 53GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM61FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
Diamond & Pearl Sableye Locations
Sableye haunts Iron Island, but only with a Sapphire cart in the GBA port. Link that cart and the gem-eyed Pokemon turns up rare in the deep tunnels, level 31 to 34.
1 location to catch Sableye
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 5Best Locations to Catch Sableye in Diamond & Pearl
Catching Sableye takes patience. The 5 walking encounters at Lv. 31-34 all have low spawn rates, so pick one location and stay put for the best odds.
How to Get Shiny Sableye in Diamond & Pearl
Sableye lurks in the dark of Iron Island, where a PokeRadar chain is what drops its shiny odds sharply. Compare Shiny Sableye odds across every game
Shiny Sableye Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Sableye Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Sableye already selected.
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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Sableye Weak Against
FortressBest Pokemon Against Sableye
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Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemShucaberry NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Sableye View Persian builds →U Turn15-17% Bite13-15% | ||
Sableye Evolutions
Sableye is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with a decent partner pool. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 5 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Sableye easily with 39 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Flatter, Moonlight, Nasty Plot and 2 more to offspring.
DP Sableye Best Moveset
Dark/Ghost typing has zero weaknesses this generation since Fairy type doesn't exist yet. That's a powerful defensive trait, and the moveset can stall with MoveRecover and MoveWill-O-Wisp while nothing hits super-effectively. 50 across the board in stats keeps it in check.
Best Build
Sableye best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Will O Wisp
- Recover
- Brick Break
- Shadow Sneak
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Flatter and Moonlight give Sableye options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 9 types already covers a decent range on top of Shadow Ball and Dark Pulse. 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
41 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones.
Sableye Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Sableye does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Sableye hits 480 BST.
In Diamond & Pearl, Sableye plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Relaxed is the go-to nature for Sableye. That's +Defense / -Speed. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Sableye appears in 16 games spanning 7 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 7Let's Go
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
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