#0679

Honedge

Sword Pokémon

Steel Ghost

The blue eye on the sword’s handguard is the true body of Honedge. With its old cloth, it drains people’s lives away.

In Pokémon GO · 1390 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height0.8 m

Weight2.0 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate180(33.8%)Moderate

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP65

Abilities

No Guard

Ensures all moves used by and against the Pokémon hit.

Egg groups: Mineral

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

100

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

325

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ground2×

Ghost2×

Fire2×

Dark2×

Resistant to

Bug¼×

Flying½×

Rock½×

Steel½×

Grass½×

Psychic½×

Ice½×

Dragon½×

Fairy½×

Immune to

Normal0×

Fighting0×

Poison0×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Offensive

Moves

Item

Eviolite / Berry Juice

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

EV spread

HP76

Atk▲116

Def116

SpD140

Spe52

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Honedge

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Sun

Moon

Ultra Sun

Ultra Moon

Sword

Shield

Evolution

#0679Honedge

Lv. 35

#0680Doublade

Dusk Stone

#0681Aegislash

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Honedge can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
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	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
4	Shadow Sneak Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Ghost	Physical	40	100	30
8	Autotomize Raises the user’s Speed by two stages and halves the user’s weight.	Steel	Status	—	—	15
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
36	Iron Head Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
40	Power Trick User swaps Attack and Defense.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
44	Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
48	Sacred Sword Ignores the target’s stat modifiers.	Fighting	Physical	90	100	15