Is Sableye Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Safari Zone encounter. Dark/Ghost with zero type weaknesses in Gen 4 since Fairy doesn't exist yet. AbilityKeen Eye prevents accuracy drops. No evolution and modest stats, but nothing hits Sableye super-effectively. Unique defensive niche.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Sableye's defenses.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
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 Janine'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 trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Sableye has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Sableye on Route 9 (walking, Lv 13-15, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM66DarkPaybackPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 35
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 32DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 39GhostShadow ClawPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Clair
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
- LV 50PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 80Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 53GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
HeartGold & SoulSilver Sableye Locations
One Kanto route runs a Sableye swarm, but only in HeartGold and only while the swarm is live. SoulSilver puts Mawile on that exact route instead, so the gem-eyed pair trade places by version.
1 location to catch Sableye
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Sableye in HeartGold & SoulSilver
How to Get Shiny Sableye in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Sableye lurks along Route 9 in HeartGold, though a shiny hatches faster from Masuda breeding. Compare Shiny Sableye odds across every game
Shiny Sableye Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
C | ||
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 6 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 Feint, Flatter, Moonlight and 3 more to offspring.
HGSS Sableye Best Moveset
Dark/Ghost with zero type weaknesses, immune to Normal, Fighting, and Psychic entirely. The moveset can switch into three move types with no damage. 50 Speed and 75 in both offenses limit what Sableye does on the attack, but the typing alone creates defensive value.
Best Build
Sableye best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Will O Wisp
- Recover
- Brick Break
- Shadow Sneak
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Sableye can spread damage across 10 types, with Normal and Rock punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Shadow Ball and Dark Pulse keeps the pressure honest on everything else.
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
All 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It dwells in the darkness of caves. It uses its sharp claws to dig up gems to nourish itself.
Sableye HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in HeartGold & SoulSilver, but Sableye does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Sableye hits 480 BST.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Sableye plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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
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