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Inkay

dark psychicRevolving Pokémon

#0685 Slurpuff Malamar #0687

Opponents who stare at the flashing of the light-emitting spots on its body become dazed and lose their will to fight.

Height: 0.4 m
Weight: 3.5 kg
Generation: 6

Defensive matchups

Weaknesses

bug4×

fairy2×

Resistances

None

Immunities

psychic0×

Based on typing; abilities and battle effects are not included.

Base Stats

Hp53

Attack54

Defense53

Sp. Atk37

Sp. Def46

Speed45

Total288

Abilities

Contrary

Suction Cups

Infiltrator (hidden)

Training

Catch Rate	190 (74.5%)
Base Exp	58
Base Happiness	70
Growth Rate	Medium

Breeding

Egg Groups	Water1, Water2
Gender	50.0% male, 50.0% female
Egg Cycles	20 (5140 steps)

Compare evolutions and forms

Compare Inkay with its evolution family and other forms of the same species. Parentheses show the difference from Inkay.

Base stats and differences
Pokémon	HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed	Total
Inkay	53	54	53	37	46	45	288
Malamar	86 (+33)	92 (+38)	88 (+35)	68 (+31)	75 (+29)	73 (+28)	482 (+194)

These are base stats, not in-battle values. Level, nature, IVs and EVs change the final stats. Forms are not available in every game; an alternate form is not necessarily an evolution.

Data: PokéAPI. Differences calculated from the records shown.

Evolution Chain

Inkay#0686

Level 30

Malamar#0687

Pokédex Entries

Opponents who stare at the flashing of the light-emitting spots on its body become dazed and lose their will to fight.

It flashes the light-emitting spots on its body, which drains its opponent’s will to fight. It takes the opportunity to scuttle away and hide.

ultra sun

It draws prey near with its blinking lights and then wraps them up in its long tentacles and holds them in place.

ultra moon

When exchanging information with others of its kind, it flashes the light-emitting spots on its body in a complex rhythm.

sword

It spins while making its luminescent spots flash. These spots allow it to communicate with others by using different patterns of light.

shield

By exposing foes to the blinking of its luminescent spots, Inkay demoralizes them, and then it seizes the chance to flee.

Moves Learned

Game Version:

Moves learned by level up

Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Tackle	normal	Physical	40	100%
1	Peck	flying	Physical	35	100%
3	Hypnosis	psychic	Status	—	60%
6	Wrap	normal	Physical	15	90%
9	Payback	dark	Physical	50	100%
12	Pluck	flying	Physical	60	100%
18	Swagger	normal	Status	—	85%
21	Slash	normal	Physical	70	100%
24	Night Slash	dark	Physical	70	100%
27	Psycho Cut	psychic	Physical	70	100%
31	Switcheroo	dark	Status	—	100%
36	Topsy Turvy	dark	Status	—	—
39	Superpower	fighting	Physical	120	100%

Moves learned by TM/HM

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Aerial Ace	flying	Physical	60	—
Baton Pass	normal	Status	—	—
Calm Mind	psychic	Status	—	—
Dark Pulse	dark	Special	80	100%
Endure	normal	Status	—	—
Expanding Force	psychic	Special	80	100%
Facade	normal	Physical	70	100%
Fake Tears	dark	Status	—	100%
Flamethrower	fire	Special	90	100%
Fling	dark	Physical	—	100%
Foul Play	dark	Physical	95	100%
Future Sight	psychic	Special	120	100%
Gravity	psychic	Status	—	—
Helping Hand	normal	Status	—	—
Knock Off	dark	Physical	65	100%
Lash Out	dark	Physical	75	100%
Light Screen	psychic	Status	—	—
Liquidation	water	Physical	85	100%
Lunge	bug	Physical	80	100%
Nasty Plot	dark	Status	—	—
Protect	normal	Status	—	—
Psybeam	psychic	Special	65	100%
Psych Up	normal	Status	—	—
Psychic	psychic	Special	90	100%
Psyshock	psychic	Special	80	100%
Rain Dance	water	Status	—	—
Reflect	psychic	Status	—	—
Rest	psychic	Status	—	—
Rock Slide	rock	Physical	75	90%
Skill Swap	psychic	Status	—	—
Sleep Talk	normal	Status	—	—
Spite	ghost	Status	—	100%
Stored Power	psychic	Special	20	100%
Substitute	normal	Status	—	—
Sunny Day	fire	Status	—	—
Swift	normal	Special	60	—
Taunt	dark	Status	—	100%
Tera Blast	normal	Special	80	100%
Thief	dark	Physical	60	100%
Thunderbolt	electric	Special	90	100%
Trick	psychic	Status	—	100%
Trick Room	psychic	Status	—	—