gabite

Base Flavor

diamond: There is a long-held belief that medicine made from its scales will heal even incurable illnesses.

pearl: It habitually digs up and hoards gems in its nest. Its loot is constantly targeted by thieves.

platinum: It loves sparkly things. It seeks treasures in caves and hoards the loot in its nest.

heartgold: As it digs to expand its nest, it habitually digs up gems that it then hoards in its nest.

soulsilver: As it digs to expand its nest, it habitually digs up gems that it then hoards in its nest.

black: It loves sparkly things. It seeks treasures in caves and hoards the loot in its nest.

white: It loves sparkly things. It seeks treasures in caves and hoards the loot in its nest.

black-2: It loves sparkly things. It seeks treasures in caves and hoards the loot in its nest.

white-2: It loves sparkly things. It seeks treasures in caves and hoards the loot in its nest.

x: It loves sparkly things. It seeks treasures in caves and hoards the loot in its nest.

y: As it digs to expand its nest, it habitually digs up gems that it then hoards in its nest.

omega-ruby: It loves sparkly things. It seeks treasures in caves and hoards the loot in its nest.

alpha-sapphire: As it digs to expand its nest, it habitually digs up gems that it then hoards in its nest.

sun: In rare cases, it molts and sheds its scales. Medicine containing its scales as an ingredient will make a weary body feel invigorated.

moon: Shiny objects are its passion. It can be found in its cave, scarcely moving, its gaze fixed on the jewels it’s amassed or Carbink it has caught.

ultra-sun: It loves shiny things. When it finds a Sableye trying to catch a Carbink, Gabite becomes furiously angry and attacks the Sableye.

ultra-moon: It sheds its skin and gradually grows larger. Its scales can be ground into a powder and used as raw materials for traditional medicine.

sword: This Pokémon emits ultrasonic waves from a protrusion on either side of its head to probe pitch-dark caves.

shield: Jewels are buried in the caves these Pokémon nest in, but you’ll be torn apart by claws and fangs the moment you enter one of these caves.

legends-arceus: Though Gabite are usually of a violent disposition, when I gave one a glass bead it had been eyeing covetously, it suddenly became quite docile.

Base Stats

Habitat

Abilities

• sand-veil

  During a sandstorm, this Pokémon has 1.25× its evasion, and it does not take sandstorm damage regardless of type. The evasion bonus does not count as a stat modifier. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, the wild encounter rate is halved in a sandstorm.

• rough-skin

  Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user takes 1/8 of its maximum HP in damage. This ability functions identically to iron barbs.

Moves