Sableye Best Tera Raid Build

The best Sableye Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has the Prankster ability, and the Light Clay held item. Read on to learn what the best Sableye Tera Raid Build is and how to use it.

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Best Sableye Tera Raid Build

Screen Prankster Support Build

Best Sableye Tera Builds
Screen Prankster Support Tera Build	Psychic Support Counter
Weather Support Tera Build	Ghost Special Attacker Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Sableye	Tera Type			Nature
				Impish (↑Def, ↓Sp. Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Def: 252		Sp. Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Prankster	・ Recover ・ Light Screen ・ Reflect ・ Helping Hand
Held Item
Light Clay

Summary

The best ability for Sableye in Tera Raid Battles is Prankster. This move increases the Speed priority of status moves by 1. Moves affected by this ability are ineffective against Dark-type opponents.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Sableye with a Dark Tera Type because of its immunity to Psychic. As a Support Pokemon, an Impish nature would be best.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards a bulky defense to help with survivability and support your team longer in the field. Max out your Defense and HP EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Special Defense. The Light Clay would make Reflect and Light Screen linger longer in the field; decreasing damage taken from the opposing Pokemon.

Tera Raid Strategy

Sableye Tera Raid Situational Strategies
Buffer	Help out your allies with Helping Hand so they can dish out more damage!
Screen Setter	Help the team's overall bulk by setting up a priority Light Screen.

In this Build, Sableye functions as purely a support Pokemon. Start off the raid by setting up a Light Screen or Reflect to raise the team's overall bulk against the Raid Boss' attacks. You can then support your allies with Helping Hand or "Go All Out!" cheers to raise their damage

If you run low on HP you can reliably use Recover as Prankster will allow Sableye to move before the raid boss can attack.

Psychic Tera Raid Support Counter

Best Sableye Tera Builds
Screen Prankster Support Tera Build	Psychic Support Counter
Weather Support Tera Build	Ghost Special Attacker Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Sableye	Tera Type			Nature
				Calm (↑Sp.Def, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Def 4		Sp.Def: 252
Ability	Moveset
Prankster	・ Light Screen / Reflect ・ Mud-Slap ・ Snarl ・ Helping Hand
Held Item
Bright Powder

Summary

With its amazing typing making it the perfect Reflect Type target, Sableye is an amazing support especially if you're planning on hosting raids.

Prankster is the best ability for Sableye as it will alllow it to pull off a Light Screen or Reflect before a Special Attacking Raid Boss can attack.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting Sableye with a Dark Tera Type but it doesn't really matter as you will be focusing as a support for the team. If you do wish to terastallize, Dark is the best option so you will still be immune to Psyshock as this build has little to no Defense investment.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid Support EV spreads should lean towards bulk. Max out your HP and Special Defense EVs, while allocating the rest into Defense. Give Sableye a Bright Powder in order for the Raid Boss' attacks to miss more often.

Tera Raid Strategy

Sableye Tera Raid Situational Strategies
Debuffer	Help the other attackers by debilitating the Raid Boss with Mud-Slap or Snarl.
Buffer	Help out your allies with Helping Hand so they can dish out more damage!
Screen Setter	Help the team's overall bulk by setting up a priority Light Screen.
Reflect Type Target	Make your ally Mews Dark/Ghost types by letting them use Reflect Type on Sableye!

In this Build, Sableye functions as purely a support Pokemon. Start off the raid by setting up a Light Screen or Reflect to raise the team's overall bulk against the Raid Boss' devastating Special Attacks.

After Light Screen is set up, you can start using Mud-Slap to drop its accuracy. When the Raid Boss' accuracy can longer be dropped, start using Snarl to debilitate its damage output.

When the Raid Boss has been sufficiently debuffed, and your attacker is ready to Terastalize and attack, use Helping Hand to maximize your allies' damage.

Weather Support Build

Best Sableye Tera Builds
Screen Prankster Support Tera Build	Psychic Support Counter
Weather Support Tera Build	Ghost Special Attacker Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Sableye		Tera Type			Nature
					Impish (↑Def, ↓Sp. Atk)
		EV Spread
		HP: 252		Def: 252		Sp. Def: 4
Ability		Moveset
Prankster		・ Recover ・ Light Screen / Reflect ・ Sunny Day / Rain Dance ・ Helping Hand
Held Item
Heat Rock	Damp Rock

Summary

The best ability for Sableye in Tera Raid Battles is Prankster. This move increases the Speed priority of status moves by 1. Moves affected by this ability are ineffective against Dark-type opponents.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Sableye with a Dark Tera Type because of its immunity to Psychic. As a Support Pokemon, an Impish nature would be best.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards a bulky defense to help with survivability and support your team longer in the field. Max out your Defense and HP EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Special Defense. The Heat Rock will ensure the Sun you set up with Sunny Day will last longer and the same as with the Damp Rock to Rain

Tera Raid Strategy

Sableye Tera Raid Situational Strategies
Buffer	Help out your allies with Helping Hand so they can dish out more damage!
Weather Setter	Help the team's overall damage output by setting up a priority Sunny Day or Rain Dance.
Screen Setter	Help the team's overall bulk by setting up a priority Light Screen.

In this Build, Sableye functions as purely a support Pokemon. Start off the raid by setting up a Light Screen or Reflect to raise the team's overall bulk against the Raid Boss' attacks. You can then support your allies with Helping Hand or "Go All Out!" cheers to raise their damage.

You can then get priority weather set up with either Sunny Day or Rain Dance

If you run low on HP you can reliably use Recover as Prankster will allow Sableye to move before the raid boss can attack.

Ghost Tera Special Attacker

Best Sableye Tera Builds
Screen Prankster Support Tera Build	Psychic Support Counter
Weather Support Tera Build	Ghost Special Attacker Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Sableye	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp.Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Sp.Atk 252		Sp.Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Prankster	・ Recover ・ Nasty Plot ・ Thunder Wave ・ Hex
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best ability for Sableye in Tera Raid Battles is Prankster. This move increases the Speed priority of status moves by 1. Moves affected by this ability are ineffective against Dark-type opponents.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Sableye with a Ghost Tera Type to boost the power of Hex. As a Special Attacker, a Modest Nature would be best to ensure it hits as hard as possible with its special moves.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense. Max out your HP and Sp.Atk EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Special Defense. Give it a Shell Bell to help Typhlosion recover HP when it attacks.

Tera Raid Strategy

Sableye Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Counter Strategy
Turn 1	Use Hex to deal damage and build up Tera Orb Charge.
Turns 2~4	Use Nasty Plot three times to give Sableye +6 Sp.Atk. Note: Make sure to setup Calm Mind after the tera raid boss resets stats.
Turns 5	Use Thunder Wave to inflict Paralyze. Note: Make sure to Paralyze the Tera Raid boss before it sets up a shield.
Low HP Turns	Use Recover to heal yourself, you will always go before the Rais Boss due to Prankster.
Turn 6+	Once you have enough Tera Orb charge, terastallize into a Ghost-type and use Hex to deal boosted damage to the boss' shield and finish the raid.

Start the Tera Raid by using Shadow Ball to deal damage and build up Tera Orb Charge. Then, use Nasty Plot three times to boost Sableye's Sp.Atk and Sp.Defense.

Use Thunder Wave to inflict Paralyze on the Raid boss. Make sure to use this move before it sets up a shield.

Once you have enough Tera Orb charge, terastallize into a Ghost-type and deal boosted damage with Hex which will have 130 Base Power when the boss is inflicted with a status condition.

Effective Counter Against Ghost and Psychic Type Tera Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)

This Sableye Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Ghost and Psychic Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fairy Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Sableye will be weak to this Type.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

How to Make Best Sableye Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Sableye Tera Raid Build
Catch Sableye at Alfornada Cavern Use Mints to change its nature. Use an Ability Capsule to Change Its Ability. EV Train Sableye Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give Sableye a Held Item.

Catch Sableye at Alfornada Cavern

You can catch a Sableye with a Dark Tera Type at Alfornada Cavern.

Make sure to bring a Pokemon that has a low Power move and can inflict a status effect to make it easier to catch.

Best Pokemon for Catching

Use Tera Shards to Change Tera Type

If the Sableye build you are following requires it to have a different Tera type, you will need to have 50 Tera Shards of the type you need, and bring it to Medali to have your Pokemon's Tera Type changed.

How to Change Tera Type

Use Mints to Change Its Nature

Item	Effect
Impish Mint	An item used to change a Pokemon's nature to copy the Impish nature, promoting the growth of a Pokemon's Defense while sacrificing the steady growth of it's Special Attack.
Modest Mint	An item used to change a Pokemon's nature to copy the Modest nature, promoting the growth of a Pokemon's Special Attack while sacrificing the steady growth of it's Attack.

If it has a different nature, you can use Mints to change its nature to your desired nature.

The easiest way to get this is by buying it from the Chansey Supply shop at Mesagoza for ₽20,000.

How to Change a Pokemon's Nature

Use an Ability Capsule to Change Its Ability

If its ability is different from our recommendation, you can use an Ability Capsule to change it.

This item can be bought at Chansey Supply shops for ₽100,000.

Ability Capsule Location and How to Get

Use an Ability Patch to Change Its Ability

If the build you are following requires it to have its Hidden Ability, you can use an Ability Patch to give Sableye its Hidden Ability.

Ability Patch Location and How to Get

EV Train Sableye

EV train Sableye according to the build's EV spread using Vitamins or the traditional way with Power Items and battling Pokemon with the right EV yield.

Support Build

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 2 HP Up, 26 Iron, and 1 Zinc . All of these items can be bought at a Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 in total.

Alternatively, you can use Power Items that you can buy at a Delibird Presents shop for ₽10,000 each. Have your Pokemon hold the respective Power Item while defeating the Pokemon listed below.

Held Item	Number of Pokemon to Defeat	Defeat Any of These Pokemon
Power Weight (For HP EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 HP EVs)	・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper Location: South of Los Platos
Power Belt (For Defense EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Defense EVs)	・Tarountula Location: South of Los Platos
Power Band (For Special Defense EVs)	1 in Total (To get 4 Special Defense EVs)	・Hoppip ・Swablu Location: South Province (Area 1)

Special Attacker Build

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 Calcium, 26 HP Up, and 1 Zinc. All of these items can be bought at a Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 in total.

Alternatively, you can use Power Items that you can buy at a Delibird Presents shop for ₽10,000 each. Have your Pokemon hold the respective Power Item while defeating the Pokemon listed below.

Held Item	Number of Pokemon to Defeat	Defeat Any of These Pokemon
Power Weight (For HP EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 HP EVs)	・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper Location: South of Los Platos
Power Lens (For Special Attack EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Special Attack EVs)	・Psyduck ・Toxel ・Hatenna Location: South Province (Area 4)
Power Band (For Special Defense EVs)	1 in Total (To get 4 Special Defense EVs)	・Hoppip ・Swablu Location: South Province (Area 1)

How to EV Train Fast

Hyper Train at Montenevera

After EV training it, head to Montenevera and talk to the man with an Abomasnow near the Pokemon Center. He will hyper train your Pokemon using Bottle Caps.

A Bottle Cap can be bought at the Delibird Presents shops for ₽20,000 after getting 6 Gym Badges. 1 Bottle Cap is needed for each stat that will be maxed out.

Hyper Training: How to Increase IVs

Level Up to 100

Next, level it up to 100 to maximize its stats. The easiest way to do this is by farming Exp candies from Tera Raid Battles.

How to Level Up Fast: EXP Farming Guide

Give Sableye a Held Item

You can also give your Sableye a Held Item to help it when facing off against various Raid Pokemon.

Learn how to find the recommended held item and price from the table below!

Item Name	Location	Price
Light Clay	Cascarrafa Delibird Presents	₽20,000
Damp Rock	Cascarrafa Delibird Presents	₽8,000
Shell Bell	Levincia Delibird Presents	₽20,000
Heat Rock	Cascarrafa Delibird Presents	₽8,000

Delibird Presents Locations and All Items

Sableye Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Get Other Moves From TMs

The table below includes all the moves Sableye learns from TMs needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.

TM / Move Name	How to Get Materials
TM029 Hex	Next to a rock (west) near the base of Team Star's Dark crew. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Mimikyu Scrap x3 ・Greavard Wax x3
TM049 Sunny Day	Can be found along the road from the northwest exit of Cortondo. Follow the road west out of the town until you head up the cliffside. You will see the TM near a rock on the cliff overlooking Cortondo. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Litleo Tuft x3 ・Sunkern Leaf x3 ・Torkoal Coal x3
TM050 Rain Dance	Near the sunken watchtower in the middle of the Asado Desert. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Azurill Fur x3 ・Shellos Mucus x3 ・Wattrel Feather x3
TM074 Reflect	Inside the scaffolding on the northern side of East Province (Area Three). Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Drowzee Fur x3 ・Flittle Down x3
TM075 Light Screen	Found to the east of Artazon on rocky terrain. Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Magnemite Screw x3 ・Voltorb Sparks x3
TM082 Thunder Wave	Rewarded by the Battle League Rep for defeating four trainers outside of the Academy in South Province .Arera One. Required League Points: 400 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Mareep Wool x3 ・Pawmi Fur x3
TM130 Helping Hand	Located in South Province (Area Three), on a cliff overlooking a Pokemon Center. Requires Koraidon's/Miraidon's High Jump ability to reach it. Required League Points: 400 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Eevee Fur x1
TM140 Nasty Plot	Located in Mesagoza - Staff Room: Talk to Ms. Raifort after completing all history lessons and catching all four Treasures of Ruin. Required League Points: 5000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Meowth Fur x3 ・Spiritomb Fragment x3 ・Tatsugiri Scales x3

List of TMs and Locations

Give Sableye Recover from Gastrodon as an Egg Move

1	Catch a Gastrodon, then make them remember the move Recover.
2	Buy a Mirror Herb at Delibird Presents in Cascarrafa. The item costs ₽30,000 so make sure you have enough money.
3	Remove everyone from your party except for Gastrodon and Sableye. There should only be two Pokemon in your party.
4	Delete one of Sableye's move, then let it hold the Mirror Herb.
5	Have a picnic with Gastrodon and Sableye. Wait for a few minutes, then pack up. Check Sableye's summary to see that it now has Recover!

How to Learn and Transfer Egg Moves

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