#0679 Honedge

Artwork: PokéAPI.

SteelGhost

Abilities

No GuardEnsures both Pokémon’s and foe’s attacks land.

Hidden ability

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Capture

Easy catch

Gender

50.0% female

Egg groups

Mineral

Growth

Medium Fast

EV yield

1 Defense

Honedge’s base stats

HP	45
Attack	80
Defense	100
Sp. Atk	35
Sp. Def	37
Speed	28
Total	325

Where to find it

Chance per encounter, under the conditions shown.

Times and conditions

• Morning: 4:00–9:59
• Day: 10:00–19:59
• Night: 20:00–3:59

Calendar encounters can replace a land slot on specific dates.

Where to find Honedge in the wild

Location	Method / conditions	Level	Chance
Pokémon Tower, upper floors	Grass/cave, night	25	1%
Ruins of Alph	Grass/cave, day	5	1%

Evolution

Evolves into Doublade at Lv 35.

Level-up moves

“On evolution” moves are learned when this Pokémon evolves. Open a move for its full effects and any special behavior in this hack.

Honedge’s level-up moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	Effect and notes
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100	35	A physical attack in which the user charges and slams into the foe with its whole body.
1	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	100	15	Slashes the target twice with a scythe, claw, or similar weapon.
4	Shadow Sneak	Ghost	Physical	40	100	30	The user extends its shadow and attacks the foe from behind. This move always goes first.
8	Autotomize	Steel	Status	—	—	15	The user sheds useless parts of its body. Sharply raises its Speed and lowers its weight.
12	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20	The user confounds the foe with speed, then slashes. The attack lands without fail.
16	Metal Sound	Steel	Status	—	85	40	A horrible sound like scraping metal lowers the foe’s Sp. Def by 2 stages.
20	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	20	The foe is attacked with a slash of claws, etc. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
24	Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100	15	The user slashes the foe the instant an opportunity arises. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
28	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100	5	The user avenges a fainted ally. Its power rises if an ally fainted on the previous turn.
32	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15	The user hardens its body’s surface like iron. Raises its Defense by 2 stages.
36	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100	15	The user slams the foe with its steel-hard head. 30% chance to make the target flinch.
40	Power Trick	Psychic	Status	—	—	10	The user employs its psychic power to switch its Attack with its Defense stat.
44	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20	A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. It raises the user’s Attack by 2 stages.
48	Sacred Sword	Fighting	Physical	90	100	15	The user slashes with a sword, ignoring the foe’s stat changes.

TMs and HMs

TMs and HMs Honedge can learn

TM / HM	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	Effect and notes
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15	A unique attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the Pokémon using it.
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10	It enables the user to evade all attacks for 1 turn. Its chance of failing rises if used in succession.
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5	The user summons a heavy rain for 5 turns. Water-type moves become 1.5 times stronger.
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	var.	100	20	A full-power attack that grows more powerful the more the user likes its Trainer.
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15	The user attacks with tough fists, etc. It can also break any barrier such as Light Screen and Reflect.
TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20	A wondrous wall of light halves the damage from physical attacks for 5 turns.
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20	The user confounds the foe with speed, then slashes. The attack lands without fail.
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20	An attack whose power is 2 times higher if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5	The user goes to sleep for 2 turns. It fully restores the user’s HP and heals any status problem.
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15	The user charms a foe of the opposite gender. The foe has a 50% chance of being unable to act.
TM54	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100	40	A restrained attack that prevents the foe from fainting. The target is left with at least 1 HP.
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10	The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.
TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100	15	The user slashes with a sharp claw made from shadows. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	var.	100	5	The user tackles the foe with a high-speed spin. The slower the user, the greater the damage.
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20	A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. It raises the user’s Attack by 2 stages.
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10	Large boulders are hurled at the foe. It has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10	While it is asleep, the user randomly uses one of the moves it knows.
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10	The user makes a copy of itself using 1/4 of its HP. The copy serves as the user’s decoy.
TM91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	10	The user gathers its light and fires it. 10% chance to lower the foe’s Sp. Def by 1 stage.
TM119	Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100	20	Swings its body wildly to damage all opposing Pokémon.

Move tutors

Moves Honedge can learn from tutors

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	Effect and notes	Tutor location, cost and requirements
Solar Blade	Grass	Physical	125	100	10	The user gathers sunlight on turn 1, then focuses it into a blade to strike on turn 2.	Azalea Kurt house · Cost: Free Requirements: Azalea Town: the Charcoal Kiln's Farfetch'd (Cut → Leek → battle → Solar Blade tutor) taught by the Farfetch'd master in Azalea Town

Egg moves

Honedge’s egg moves

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	Effect and notes
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5	The user blocks the foe’s way with arms spread wide to prevent escape.
Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	—	—	5	If the user faints after using this move, the foe that landed the knockout hit dies along with it.
Wide Guard	Rock	Status	—	—	10	For 1 turn, the user blocks attacks that would hit its whole team.

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