[[Category:Dark/Ghost-type Pokémon]][[Category:Generation III Pokémon]] [[Category:Purple Pokémon]]
Sableye (Japanese: ヤミラミ Yamirami) is a Dark/Ghost-type Pokémon.
Special abilities
Its special abilities are either Keen Eye or Stall. It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones. As a Dark/Ghost-type, it has no weaknesses.
Appearance
Sableye has deep, purple colored fur with little claws, pointed ears, and sharp teeth. It also had two big gemstones over its eyes, with a gem on its tummy and three gems on its back. It resembles a Hopkinsville goblin.
A Sableye in action!
In the anime
Sableye first appeared in Ready, Willing, and Sableye. The Darkness Pokémon was playing jokes on Ash and his friends.
In that same episode, Sableye also uses the attacks: Mean Look, Lick, Scratch and Night Shade. It should be noted that under normal circumstances Sableye cannot use Lick.
Cassidy's Sableye made a small appearance in Oaknapped.
A Sableye is to appeear in Extremespeed Genesect and the Reawakening of Mewtwo.
Evolution
Sableye has no evolutionary forms.
Game info
Game locations
| Locations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Version(s) | Area(s) | Rarity |
| Ruby and Sapphire | Granite Cave, Sky Pillar, Cave of Origin, Victory Road (Sapphire Only) | Common |
| FireRed and LeafGreen | Trade | None |
| Emerald | Granite Cave, Sky Pillar, Cave of Origin, Victory Road | Common |
| Diamond and Pearl | Iron Island (Sapphire) | Dongle |
| Platinum | Iron Island (Sapphire) | Dongle |
| HeartGold and SoulSilver | Route 9 | Swarm |
| Black and White | Challenger's Cave | Rare |
| Black 2 and White 2 | Trade | None |
Pokédex entries
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Learnset
| D/P | Attack | Type |
| Catch | Leer | Normal |
| Catch | Scratch | Normal |
| 4 | Foresight | Normal |
| 8 | Night Shade | Ghost |
| 11 | Astonish | Ghost |
| 15 | Fury Swipes | Normal |
| 18 | Fake Out | Normal |
| 22 | Detect | Fighting |
| 25 | Shadow Sneak | Ghost |
| 29 | Knock Off | Dark |
| 32 | Faint Attack | Dark |
| 36 | Punishment | Dark |
| 39 | Shadow Claw | Ghost |
| 43 | Power Gem | Rock |
| 46 | Confuse Ray | Ghost |
| 50 | Zen Headbutt | Psychic |
| 53 | Shadow Ball | Ghost |
| 57 | Mean Look | Normal |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness
In this game the Sableye are the servants of Dusknoir, and are constantly spying on and trying to capture the player Pokémon in the world of the future. However, when Dusknoir reforms in the special episode, they do so as well. They demonstrate this by first attacking Primal Dialga to protect Dusknoir (though they are easily blasted away by his Roar of Time) and later by locating Primal Dialga when he is searching for a Passage of Time.
Sprites
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Trivia
- Sableye was the first of the 5 Pokémon to be introduced that cannot be hit with a super effective attack under normal conditions, Spiritomb, Tynamo and its evolutions being the others.
- Because of this, if a cheat device is used to give Sableye the Wonder Guard ability, it will become invincible.
- They can be beaten when a Pokémon uses Foresight and then another Fighting-type move.
- The only thing to have no weaknesses and the Wonder Guard ability, without cheats, is an enemy in Pokestar Studios. A Dark/Ghost type with the Wonder Guard ability.
- The word Sable is an adjective commonly used to describe the black fur of some animals.
- Sableye was a Pokémon exclusive to Sapphire version. Similarly, it is considered a HeartGold exclusive though it can be caught on the Pokéwalker route Rally, which is only available through means of an event.
- Sableye is the first Ghost-type Pokémon to actually be affected by Ground-type moves, as the Gastly family and Misdreavus, the only Ghost-types in Generation I and II, have the ability Levitate and Shedinja, the only Ghost-type before it in Generation III, has the ability Wonder Guard, preventing Ground-type moves, as well as other types of moves, from affecting it.
- Sableye shares the same species name with Murkrow, They are both called The Darkness Pokémon.
- They also have the Prankster hidden ability in the Dream World.
See also
- Pokémon.com Pokédex
- Legendary Pokémon data
- The Pokémon Database
- Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
- Psypokes Psydex data