Sentret
Scout Pokémon
When Sentret sleeps, it does so while another stands guard. The sentry wakes the others at the first sign of danger. When this Pokémon becomes separated from its pack, it becomes incapable of sleep due to fear.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Sentret
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 Sentret can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foresight Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 4 | Defense Curl Raises user’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 7 | Quick Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 13 | Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 18 | 80 | 15 |
| 16 | Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 19 | Follow Me Redirects the target’s single-target effects to the user for this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 25 | Slam Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 75 | 20 |
| 28 | Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 31 | Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 36 | Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 39 | Baton Pass Allows the trainer to switch out the user and pass effects along to its replacement. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 42 | Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 42 | Me First Uses the target’s move against it before it attacks, with power increased by half. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 42 | Reversal Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power. | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
| 47 | Hyper Voice Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Sentret can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
22 sprites & renders for Sentret.






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Cite this page
“Sentret”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/sentret.
Species data from PokéAPI.