Sableye - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Sableye can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Sableye artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Sableye learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Leer	Normal	—	100
1	Scratch	Normal	40	100
3	Astonish	Ghost	30	100
9	Shadow Sneak	Ghost	40	100
12	Fake Out	Normal	40	100
15	Disable	Normal	—	100
18	Detect	Fighting	—	—
21	Night Shade	Ghost	—	100
24	Fury Swipes	Normal	18	80
27	Knock Off	Dark	65	100
30	Quash	Dark	—	100
33	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
36	Mean Look	Normal	—	—
39	Power Gem	Rock	80	100
42	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	80	90
45	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
48	Foul Play	Dark	95	100

Egg moves

Sableye learns the following moves via breeding or picnics in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Feint	Normal	30	100
Flatter	Dark	—	100
Metal Burst	Steel	—	100
Recover	Normal	—	—
Sucker Punch	Dark	70	100
Torment	Dark	—	100

Moves learnt by TM

Sableye is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
05	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
12	Low Kick	Fighting	—	100
16	Psybeam	Psychic	65	100
17	Confuse Ray	Ghost	—	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
27	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
29	Hex	Ghost	65	100
30	Snarl	Dark	55	95
31	Metal Claw	Steel	50	95
34	Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
35	Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
36	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
39	Low Sweep	Fighting	65	100
42	Night Shade	Ghost	—	100
43	Fling	Dark	—	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
55	Dig	Ground	80	100
58	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
59	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	80	90
61	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
62	Foul Play	Dark	95	100
64	Bulk Up	Fighting	—	—
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
67	Fire Punch	Fire	75	100
68	Thunder Punch	Electric	75	100
69	Ice Punch	Ice	75	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
73	Drain Punch	Fighting	75	100
74	Reflect	Psychic	—	—
75	Light Screen	Psychic	—	—
79	Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	80	100
80	Metronome	Normal	—	—
82	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	90
83	Poison Jab	Poison	80	100
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
87	Taunt	Dark	—	100
92	Imprison	Psychic	—	—
94	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
98	Skill Swap	Psychic	—	—
101	Power Gem	Rock	80	100
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
105	X-Scissor	Bug	80	100
107	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	—	85
109	Trick	Psychic	—	100
111	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
119	Energy Ball	Grass	90	100
120	Psychic	Psychic	90	100
122	Encore	Normal	—	100
129	Calm Mind	Psychic	—	—
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
140	Nasty Plot	Dark	—	—
151	Phantom Force	Ghost	90	100
152	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
163	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100

Sableye egg move parents

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Sableye Mega Sableye

Sableye's egg groups: Human-Like

The egg moves for Sableye are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Sableye with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Sableye with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Feint

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Hitmontop Meditite Medicham Monferno Infernape Lucario Gallade Cinderace
Breeding	Makuhita Hariyama Sableye Croagunk Toxicroak Mienfoo Hawlucha
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Feint

Flatter

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Croagunk Toxicroak Gothita Gothorita Gothitelle Impidimp Morgrem Grimmsnarl
Breeding	Drowzee Hypno Sableye
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Flatter

Metal Burst

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Bisharp Kingambit
Breeding	Sableye
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Metal Burst

Recover

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Meditite Medicham
Breeding	Sableye
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Recover

Sucker Punch

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Hitmonlee Hitmontop Cacnea Cacturne Croagunk Toxicroak Impidimp Morgrem Grimmsnarl
Breeding	Sableye Pawniard Bisharp Scorbunny Raboot Cinderace Kingambit
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Sucker Punch

Torment

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Chimchar Monferno Infernape Pawniard Bisharp Impidimp Morgrem Grimmsnarl Kingambit
Breeding	Sableye Gothita Gothorita Gothitelle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Torment

Mega Sableye's egg groups: Human-Like