Is Sableye Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Iron Island with Sapphire in the DS slot. Dark/Ghost has zero type weaknesses in Gen 4 since Fairy doesn't exist yet. AbilityKeen Eye prevents accuracy drops. An interesting defensive typing behind a Dual Slot gate.
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 Fantina'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 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 Jupiter'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 Saturn's team.
Sableye trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Sableye on Iron Island (walking, Lv 30-31, rare). Pokémon Sapphire in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- LV 32DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Maylene
- TUTORDarkSucker PunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 212
- 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
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM61FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15Exchange Service Corner counter at the Battle Frontier, which you enter from the Fight Area
Platinum Sableye Locations
Sableye is locked behind the dual-slot trick: with a Pokemon Sapphire game loaded, it spawns rarely inside Iron Island in the low thirties. No cartridge means no Sableye anywhere in Platinum.
1 location to catch Sableye
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Sableye in Platinum
5 walking spots at Lv. 30-32 for Sableye, all with tough odds. Lock in the highest-rate location from the list and grind it out.
How to Get Shiny Sableye in Platinum
Sableye lurks only on Iron Island, where the Radar can't help, so breed one with a foreign Ditto for its shiny. Compare Shiny Sableye odds across every game
Shiny Sableye Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum 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 Platinum 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 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.
Pt Sableye Best Moveset
Zero type weaknesses this generation means nothing hits the moveset super-effectively. 50 Speed and 75 in both offenses limit the damage output, but Ghost/Dark coverage and immunity to Normal, Fighting, and Psychic give safe switch-in options nobody else has.
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 12 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
41 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones.
Sableye Platinum Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Platinum, but Sableye does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Sableye hits 480 BST.
In Platinum, Sableye plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Platinum, 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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