Thievul

#828 (Galar)

#829 Gossifleur ›

Pokémon type

Dark

Thievul weaknesses

Thievul is weak to Fighting, Bug and Fairy-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Thievul is resistant to Ghost and Dark-type moves, and doubly resistant to Psychic-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Thievul

The best moves for Thievul are Snarl and Play Rough when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Sucker Punch and Night Slash deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Snarl

13.2DPS

Play Rough

30DPS

Defending

Snarl

13.2DPS

Play Rough

30DPS

Trainer Battles

Sucker Punch

3.5EPT

Night Slash

1.71DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Nickit family. Thievul evolves from Nickit for 50 Candy.

Nickit

Thievul

Game images

Thievul, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Thievul is a Dark Pokémon which evolves from Nickit. It is weak to Fighting, Bug and Fairy moves. Thievul's best moveset is Snarl & Play Rough and it has a Max CP of 2,415.

About

"It secretly marks potential targets with a scent. By following the scent, it stalks its targets and steals from them when they least expect it."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Snarl	11	13	13.2
Sucker Punch	5	12	12
Quick Attack	10	13	10

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Icy Wind Elite TM	65	3	1.97
Play Rough	90	2	1.8
Night Slash	45	3	1.64

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Snarl	5	3	2	4.3
Quick Attack	5	2	2.5	4
Sucker Punch	8	2	4.8	3.5

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Night Slash ▲ att	50	35	1.71
Play Rough	90	60	1.5
Icy Wind Elite TM ▼ att	60	45	1.33

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Play Rough 30 DPS	8.8	100%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Play Rough 30 DPS	8.7	99%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	8.3	95%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	8.2	93%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Play Rough 30 DPS	8.1	92%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	7.6	86%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Icy Wind Elite TM 18.6 DPS	7	80%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Icy Wind Elite TM 18.6 DPS	7	79%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Icy Wind Elite TM 18.6 DPS	6.4	73%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Play Rough 30 DPS	3.6	100%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Play Rough 30 DPS	3.3	91%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	3.2	89%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Icy Wind Elite TM 18.6 DPS	3.2	89%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Icy Wind Elite TM 18.6 DPS	3	82%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	2.9	81%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Play Rough 30 DPS	2.4	66%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Icy Wind Elite TM 18.6 DPS	2.3	63%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	2.2	61%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Sucker Punch 3.5 EPT	Night Slash 1.71 DPE	10	10.8	100%
Sucker Punch 3.5 EPT	Play Rough 1.5 DPE	18	10.1	93%
Sucker Punch 3.5 EPT	Icy Wind Elite TM 1.33 DPE	14	9.5	88%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Night Slash 1.71 DPE	9	9.4	87%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Night Slash 1.71 DPE	10	9.4	87%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Play Rough 1.5 DPE	16	8.5	79%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Play Rough 1.5 DPE	15	8.5	79%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Icy Wind Elite TM 1.33 DPE	12	7.8	73%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Icy Wind Elite TM 1.33 DPE	12	7.8	72%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Thievul?

Thievul is weak to Fighting, Bug and Fairy moves.

The best counter to Thievul is Mega Lucario with Force Palm and Aura Sphere, followed by Mega Mewtwo X, Mega Blaziken and Mega Beedrill.

The top Thievul counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Mega Lucario	Force Palm Aura Sphere	100%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Dynamic Punch+	99%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Focus Blast	96%
Mega Blaziken	Counter Aura Sphere	94%
Mega Lucario	Counter Aura Sphere	89%
Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite Fell Stinger+	83%
Mega Mewtwo Y	Counter Focus Blast	83%
Keldeo (Resolute Form)	Low Kick Secret Sword	82%
Mega Gallade	Low Kick Sacred Sword	81%
Mega Beedrill	Infestation Fell Stinger+	80%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		172
Defense		164
Stamina		172

Max HP

Level 40

147

Size

Height	1.2 m
Weight	19.9 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	1 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	915
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,221
Level 30 Max wild	1,831
Level 40	2,136
Level 50	2,415

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,526
Level 35 (wild)	1,984