Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 0.4 m
- Weight
- 3.5 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate190(35.2%)Moderate
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP58
Base stats
HP
53
Attack
54
Defense
53
Sp. Atk
37
Sp. Def
46
Speed
45
Total
288
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
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Where to find Inkay
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Sword
Shield
Isle of Armor (Sword)
Evolution
Lv. 30
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Inkay can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
19 of 19
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Constrict Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Normal | Physical | 10 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 3 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 4 | Reflect Reduces damage from physical attacks by half. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 6 | Wrap Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 90 | 20 |
| 9 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 12 | Pluck If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 13 | Psywave Inflicts damage between 50% and 150% of the user’s level. | Psychic | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 15 | Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 18 | Swagger Raises the target’s Attack by two stages and confuses the target. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 21 | 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 |
| 27 | Psycho Cut Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Psychic | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 31 | Light Screen Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 31 | Switcheroo User and target swap items. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 33 | Foul Play Calculates damage with the target’s attacking stat. | Dark | Physical | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| 36 | Topsy-Turvy Inverts the target’s stat modifiers. | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 39 | Superpower Lowers the user’s Attack and Defense by one stage after inflicting damage. | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Inkay can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
14 sprites & renders for Inkay.
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Cite this page
“Inkay”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/inkay.
Species data from PokéAPI.