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Inkay

DarkPsychic
Available for SV PLZA SWSH
Order Inkay — free

Inkay is a Dark/Psychic-type Pokémon (National Dex #686) with a low stat total of 288. You can have one built for Scarlet & Violet, Legends: Z-A and Sword & Shield, and every copy is generated through the same PKHeX legality engine Pokémon HOME uses on deposit.

Its best stat is Attack at 54, which makes it a balanced all-rounder. Attack and Special Attack sit close together, so it can run either a physical or a special set depending on what your team needs. When you order one here you pick the nature, EV spread, IVs and Tera type yourself, so you can build the exact spread the set calls for rather than breeding for it.

Defensively, Inkay takes super-effective damage from Bug at 4×, and Fairy at 2×. It is completely immune to Psychic. Its ability options are Contrary, Suction Cups, Infiltrator, and you choose which one your copy carries.

Inkay evolves into Malamar (30). You can order any stage directly rather than raising it — useful when you want the final evolution at a specific level, or the pre-evolution with an egg move it can only learn early.

In-game, Inkay has 28 recorded encounter locations across Scarlet & Violet (5), Legends: Z-A (6), Sword & Shield (17) — listed in full below with levels, catchable marks and legal Poké Balls. Note that at least one encounter is shiny-locked in Sword & Shield, meaning it cannot be found shiny there no matter how long you hunt. A shiny Inkay ordered here is built with a legal PID and Encryption Constant, so it passes the same checks a hunted one does. If you want the honest answer on ban risk before you trade, read Is Pokémon Genning Safe?.

Base stats

Attack 54
HP 53
Defense 53
Sp. Def 46
Speed 45
Sp. Atk 37
Total 288

Abilities

  • Contrary
  • Suction Cups
  • Infiltrator

Gender

Male / Female

Type matchups

Weak to BugFairy

Immune to Psychic

Evolutions

Malamar (30)

Where to find Inkay

Scarlet & Violet

Location Levels Method Notes
a Picnic 1 Egg —
a crystal cavern 35 3★ Tera Raid Blueberry 2 guaranteed 31 IVs
Coastal Biome 58–69 Wild —
Coastal Biome 58–60 Fixed —
Torchlit Labyrinth 60–68 Wild —

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Location Levels Method Notes
Hyperspace Lumiose 17–38 Wild —
Hyperspace Lumiose 26–47 Wild Alpha · 3 guaranteed 31 IVs
Wild Zone 11 31–33 Wild —
The Sewers 35–39 Wild —
Wild Zone 11 41–43 Wild Alpha · 3 guaranteed 31 IVs
The Sewers 46–49 Wild Alpha · 3 guaranteed 31 IVs

Sword & Shield

Location Levels Method Notes
a Nursery Worker 1 Egg —
Pokémon GO 1–50 Pokemon GO (Wild) —
Pokémon GO 8–50 Pokemon GO (Shadow) Shiny-locked
Challenge Beach (Isle of Armor) 10–18 Wild —
Fields of Honor (Isle of Armor) 10–18 Wild —
Training Lowlands (Isle of Armor) 10–21 Wild —
Pokémon Den 15–30 Max Raid 2 guaranteed 31 IVs
Pokémon GO 15–50 Pokemon GO (PremierBallBug) —
Loop Lagoon (Isle of Armor) 16–24 Wild —
Pokémon GO 20–50 Pokemon GO (Raid) —
Pokémon GO 20–50 Pokemon GO (MaxBattle) —
Pokémon GO 20–50 Pokemon GO (RaidShadow) —
Bridge Field (Wild Area) 26–43 Wild —
Hammerlocke Hills (Wild Area) 28–30 Wild —
Route 7 37–41 Wild —
Route 9 (Circhester Bay) 39–43 Wild —
Dusty Bowl (Wild Area) 41–45 Wild —

Moves

Every move Inkay can learn in each game. The level column shows where it is learned by level-up; moves available only by TM, tutor or breeding sit at the top with no level.

Scarlet & Violet

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
— Acupressure Normal Status — 101 30
— Destiny Bond Ghost Status — 101 5
— Disable Normal Status — 100 20
1 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 101 20
1 Baton Pass Normal Status — 101 40
1 Calm Mind Psychic Status — 101 20
1 Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100 15
1 Endure Normal Status — 101 10
1 Expanding Force Psychic Special 80 100 10
1 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
1 Fake Tears Dark Status — 100 20
1 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 15
1 Fling Dark Physical 1 100 10
1 Future Sight Psychic Special 120 100 10
1 Gravity Psychic Status — 101 5
1 Helping Hand Normal Status — 101 20
1 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 20
1 Lash Out Dark Physical 75 100 5
1 Light Screen Psychic Status — 101 30
1 Liquidation Water Physical 85 100 10
1 Lunge Bug Physical 80 100 15
1 Nasty Plot Dark Status — 101 20
1 Peck Flying Physical 35 100 35
1 Protect Normal Status — 101 10
1 Psych Up Normal Status — 101 10
1 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 10
1 Psyshock Psychic Special 80 100 10
1 Rain Dance Water Status — 101 5
1 Reflect Psychic Status — 101 20
1 Rest Psychic Status — 101 5
1 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 10
1 Skill Swap Psychic Status — 101 10
1 Sleep Talk Normal Status — 101 10
1 Spite Ghost Status — 100 10
1 Stored Power Psychic Special 20 100 10
1 Substitute Normal Status — 101 10
1 Sunny Day Fire Status — 101 5
1 Swift Normal Special 60 101 20
1 Tackle Normal Physical 40 100 35
1 Taunt Dark Status — 100 20
1 Tera Blast Normal Special 80 100 10
1 Thief Dark Physical 60 100 25
1 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 15
1 Trick Psychic Status — 100 10
1 Trick Room Psychic Status — 101 5
3 Hypnosis Psychic Status — 60 20
6 Wrap Normal Physical 15 90 20
9 Payback Dark Physical 50 100 10
12 Pluck Flying Physical 60 100 20
15 Psybeam Psychic Special 65 100 20
18 Swagger Normal Status — 85 15
21 Slash Normal Physical 70 100 20
24 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 15
27 Psycho Cut Psychic Physical 70 100 20
31 Switcheroo Dark Status — 100 10
33 Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100 15
36 Topsy-Turvy Dark Status — 101 20
39 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100 5

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Calm Mind Psychic Status — 100 20
1 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100 5
1 Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100 15
1 Endure Normal Status — 100 10
1 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
1 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 15
1 Future Sight Psychic Special 120 100 10
1 Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100 15
1 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 20
1 Light Screen Psychic Status — 100 30
1 Liquidation Water Physical 85 100 10
1 Mimic Normal Status — 100 10
1 Nasty Plot Dark Status — 100 20
1 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 15
1 Peck Flying Physical 35 100 35
1 Protect Normal Status — 100 10
1 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 10
1 Psyshock Psychic Special 80 100 10
1 Reflect Psychic Status — 100 20
1 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 10
1 Substitute Normal Status — 100 10
1 Swagger Normal Status — 85 15
1 Tackle Normal Physical 40 100 35
1 Taunt Dark Status — 100 20
1 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 15
1 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 80 90 15
3 Hypnosis Psychic Status — 60 20
6 Fake Tears Dark Status — 100 20
15 Psybeam Psychic Special 65 100 20
21 Slash Normal Physical 70 100 20
33 Psycho Cut Psychic Physical 70 100 20
42 Topsy-Turvy Dark Status — 100 20

Sword & Shield

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
— Acupressure Normal Status — 100 30
— Destiny Bond Ghost Status — 100 5
— Disable Normal Status — 100 20
1 Ally Switch Psychic Status — 100 15
1 Attract Normal Status — 100 15
1 Baton Pass Normal Status — 100 40
1 Calm Mind Psychic Status — 100 20
1 Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100 15
1 Endure Normal Status — 100 10
1 Expanding Force Psychic Special 80 100 10
1 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
1 Fake Tears Dark Status — 100 20
1 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 15
1 Fling Dark Physical — 100 10
1 Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100 15
1 Future Sight Psychic Special 120 100 10
1 Guard Swap Psychic Status — 100 10
1 Lash Out Dark Physical 75 100 5
1 Light Screen Psychic Status — 100 30
1 Liquidation Water Physical 85 100 10
1 Nasty Plot Dark Status — 100 20
1 Payback Dark Physical 50 100 10
1 Peck Flying Physical 35 100 35
1 Protect Normal Status — 100 10
1 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 10
1 Psycho Cut Psychic Physical 70 100 20
1 Rain Dance Water Status — 100 5
1 Reflect Psychic Status — 100 20
1 Rest Psychic Status — 100 10
1 Retaliate Normal Physical 70 100 5
1 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 10
1 Round Normal Special 60 100 15
1 Sleep Talk Normal Status — 100 10
1 Snore Normal Special 50 100 15
1 Stored Power Psychic Special 20 100 10
1 Substitute Normal Status — 100 10
1 Sunny Day Fire Status — 100 5
1 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100 5
1 Tackle Normal Physical 40 100 35
1 Taunt Dark Status — 100 20
1 Thief Dark Physical 60 100 25
1 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 15
1 Trick Room Psychic Status — 100 5
3 Hypnosis Psychic Status — 60 20
6 Wrap Normal Physical 15 90 20
12 Pluck Flying Physical 60 100 20
15 Psybeam Psychic Special 65 100 20
18 Swagger Normal Status — 85 15
21 Slash Normal Physical 70 100 20
24 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 15
31 Switcheroo Dark Status — 100 10
36 Topsy-Turvy Dark Status — 100 20

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Frequently Asked Questions about Inkay

How do I get Inkay for free?
Order it on GenPKM. Pick Inkay in the Pokédex, choose the level, nature, IVs, EVs, ability, Poké Ball and whether you want it shiny, then our trade bot runs a Link Trade and sends it to your game. It is free, and it takes about a minute once you are through the queue.
Which games is Inkay available in?
GenPKM can build Inkay for Scarlet & Violet, Legends: Z-A, Sword & Shield. Each game has its own move pool and encounter data, so the copy you receive is legal for the specific game you pick.
Is a genned Inkay legal in Pokémon HOME?
Yes. Every Inkay built here is validated against PKHeX, which applies the same legality rules Pokémon HOME uses when you deposit. It passes HOME without flags and transfers normally between the games that support the species.
What is Inkay weak against?
Inkay is Dark/Psychic-type, so it takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fairy. It is immune to Psychic.
What is the best nature for Inkay?
Inkay's Attack (54) and Special Attack (37) are close, so it works with either a physical or special nature depending on the set you are building. You pick the nature when ordering.
Which abilities can Inkay have?
Inkay can have Contrary, Suction Cups, Infiltrator. You select which one your copy carries when you order it, including the hidden ability where the species has one.
Can I get a shiny Inkay?
Yes, through GenPKM. Note that at least one in-game encounter for Inkay is shiny-locked, so it cannot be found shiny in the wild there. A shiny ordered here is generated with a legal PID and Encryption Constant and passes Pokémon HOME's shiny verification.