Inkay#686

Among other species it looks pale; its highest stat is Attack. Its weakest point is Sp. Atk — lower than 88% of species. Taken together these numbers say little in its favor: below 89% of the Pokédex. This is not the final form yet — it evolves once more, so the numbers above describe this stage, not what it will end up as. On defense it has 2 weaknesses and 1 full immunity. Watch out for the Bug type — damage from it is quadrupled.

✦ Regular version

Dark Psychic

Height: 0.4 m (1′04″) Weight: 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs)

Base stats

HP

53

26%

Atk

54

22%

Def

53

27%

SpA

37

12%

SpD

46

20%

Spe

45

23%

TOTAL

288

11%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Weak point: Sp. Atk.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Attack, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Which nature to choose

It hits physically: its Attack (54) is 17 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all. Evolution does not change it, so pick it for the final form, not for these numbers.

• Adamant +Atk · −SpA It moves second and nothing will change that, so the whole boost goes into power.
• Brave +Atk · −Spe The Trick Room version: with the turn order reversed, the slower the better, and Gyro Ball calculates its power from exactly this lowered Speed.

• Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Regional numbers 6

The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.

Kalos	#010	X / Y
Alola	#026	Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
Galar	#290	Sword / Shield
Isle of Armor	#108	Sword / Shield , Sword/Shield: The Isle of Armor
Blueberry Academy	#080	Scarlet / Violet , Scarlet/Violet: The Indigo Disk
Lumiose City	#159	Legends: Z-A

Abilities

• Contrary Inverts stat changes.
• Suction Cups Prevents being forced out of battle by other Pokémon's moves.
• Infiltrator Bypasses light screen, reflect, and safeguard.

Pokédex entry

Opponents who stare at the flashing of the light-emitting spots on its body become dazed and lose their will to fight.

Egg Group: Water 1 Egg Group: Water 2 Gender: 50% ♂ / 50% ♀ Catch difficulty: easy (190/255) Base friendship: 70/255 Base EXP: 58

Evolution line Full line →

#686 Inkay #687 Malamar Level 30, holding the console upside down

How much damage Inkay takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

The sprites come straight from the games in which Inkay appeared — one from each release.

Gen 6 2013

Gen 7 2016

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Inkay has 11 cards in 10 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.

Kalos Starter Set XY XY Roaring Skies Ancient Origins BREAKthrough

Offspring can come from 139 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.

The Egg hatches after 20 cycles, which is roughly 5,400 steps. The exact cycle length depends on the game — newer titles shortened it noticeably — so treat this number as an order of magnitude, not a countdown. Having the Flame Body Ability in your party halves the wait.

#007

Squirtle

#008

Wartortle

#009

Blastoise

#054

Psyduck

#055

Golduck

#060

Poliwag

#061

Poliwhirl

#062

Poliwrath

#079

Slowpoke

#080

Slowbro

#086

Seel

#087

Dewgong

The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.

Alola

Galar

Kalos