Agatorian
Everything has a Pryce
Sableye @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp
- Encore
- Recover
This physical wall's darkness will engulf your hopes in ZU! Sableye features mostly on balance teams, providing various forms of support and most notably being one of the best counters to a top tier threat in Sawk. It gives physical attackers, like Sawk, Gourgeist-S, and Rhydon, a lot of trouble with its Prankster Will-O-Wisp, making up for its mediocre Defense. Encore shuts down setup sweepers such as Klinklang, Qwilfish, and Silvally formes. Knock Off cripples item-dependent switch-ins such as Clefairy and Ninetales. Due to Sableye's Fairy weakness and low Special Defense, it is setup fodder for Alcremie and vulnerable to Jynx and Appletun. Having switch-ins to them such as Klinklang and Articuno is necessary. Prankster Sableye also struggles against Dark-types, so consider pairing it with Gurdurr and Alcremie. It also appreciates partners like Rhydon and Stunfisk to deal with troublesome Fire-types such as Rapidash and Ninetales.
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