Doublade
Sword Pokémon
The two swords employ a strategy of rapidly alternating between offense and defense to bring down their prey.
Details
Abilities
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Doublade
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Doublade can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autotomize Raises the user’s Speed by two stages and halves the user’s weight. | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Fury Cutter Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, maxing out after five turns. | Bug | Physical | 40 | 95 | 20 |
| 1 | Shadow Sneak Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 12 | Aerial Ace Never misses. | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 13 | Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out. | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Metal Sound Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages. | Steel | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 20 | Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Night Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 28 | Retaliate Has double power if a friendly Pokémon fainted last turn. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 32 | Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages. | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 38 | Iron Head Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Steel | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 44 | Power Trick User swaps Attack and Defense. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 50 | Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 56 | Sacred Sword Ignores the target’s stat modifiers. | Fighting | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
Sprites & renders
12 sprites & renders for Doublade.






Across the games






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Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
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Cite this page
“Doublade”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/doublade.
Species data from PokéAPI.