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Thievul

Fox Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Thievul

Thievul (shiny)

Height: 1.2 m
Weight: 19.9 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate127(26.0%)Moderate

Base friendship50Low

Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps

Growth ratefast

Base EXP159

With a lithe body and sharp claws, it goes around stealing food and eggs. Boltund is its natural enemy.

In Pokémon GO · 2136 max CP

Base stats

HP

70

Attack

58

Defense

58

Sp. Atk

87

Sp. Def

92

Speed

90

Total

455

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Ensures success fleeing from wild battles.

Doubles Speed upon using or losing a held item.

This Pokémon's moves have double power against Pokémon that switched in this turn.

Egg groups: Field

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Bug2×

Resistant to

Dark½×

Immune to

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

Unburden Sweeper

PU

Moves

Item

Grassy Seed

AbilityUnburden

NatureModest+SpA/−Atk

EV spread

Def24

SpA▲252

SpD124

Spe108

Stakeout

PU

Moves

Item

Choice Specs

AbilityStakeout

NatureModest+SpA/−Atk

EV spread

SpA▲252

SpD4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Thievul

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

Sword

Bridge Field Dusty Bowl Giant's Mirror Hammerlocke Hills Route 7 Route 9 South Lake Miloch Stony Wilderness West Lake Axewell

Shield

Bridge Field Dusty Bowl Giant's Mirror Hammerlocke Hills Route 7 Route 9 South Lake Miloch Stony Wilderness West Lake Axewell

Isle of Armor (Sword)

Challenge Road Honeycalm Sea Soothing Wetlands Workout Sea

Isle of Armor (Shield)

Challenge Road Honeycalm Sea Soothing Wetlands Workout Sea

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Frigid Sea Frostpoint Field Giant's Bed Giant's Foot Max Lair Snowslide Slope

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Frigid Sea Frostpoint Field Giant's Bed Giant's Foot Max Lair Snowslide Slope

Evolution

Nickit

Lv. 18

Thievul

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Notable moves

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

Sucker PunchSTAB

Night SlashSTAB

Moves

Find a move13 of 13

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Thief Takes the target’s item.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
1	Beat Up Hits once for every conscious Pokémon the trainer has.	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
1	Hone Claws Raises the user’s Attack and accuracy by one stage.	Dark	Status	—	—	15
1	Quick Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	30
1	Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
12	Snarl Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage.	Dark	Special	55	95	15
16	Assurance Power is doubled if the target has already received damage this turn.	Dark	Physical	60	100	10
22	Nasty Plot Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages.	Dark	Status	—	—	20
28	Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move.	Dark	Physical	70	100	5
34	Night Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Dark	Physical	70	100	15
40	Tail Slap Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	25	85	10
46	Foul Play Calculates damage with the target’s attacking stat.	Dark	Physical	95	100	15
52	Parting Shot Lowers all targets’ Attack and Special Attack by one stage. Makes the user switch out.	Dark	Status	—	100	20

Sprites & renders

9 sprites & renders for Thievul.

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“Thievul”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/thievul.

Species data from PokéAPI.