Honedge
Honedge is a Steel/Ghost-type Pokémon, the Sword Pokémon, number 679 (#0679) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 0.8 m tall and weighs 2 kg.
Honedge is the Sword Pokémon, an old sword possessed by the spirit of a person it once cut down. The Pokédex says its true body is the blue eye on the hilt, and that anyone who dares to grab it has their life energy drained away.
How to pronounce Honedge
Honedge is pronounced HOHN-ej. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Honedge said out loud:
In Japanese it is ヒトツキ (Hitotsuki).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Honedge is a medieval-style silver sword 0.8 m long and weighing 2 kg, with a light grey hilt and a long dark blue cloth sash that works like a hand and holds its sheath. The blue gem embedded in the hilt is its eye. Bulbapedia says it is nocturnal.
Behaviour
The Pokédex says Honedge forms when the spirit of someone long dead settles into a sword, after which it clings to people and feeds on their life force. Grip its hilt and it winds the cloth around your arm and drains your life energy entirely.
Habitat
Bulbapedia says it typically lives in grassy plains. Honedge is unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet, but in Legends: Z-A it is found in Lysandre Labs in Magenta District and in Wild Zone 4 of Rouge District.
Powers
Its only Ability is No Guard, which makes every move it uses, and every move used against it, hit. It strikes with Shadow Sneak, Fury Cutter, Iron Head and Sacred Sword and can boost its Attack with Swords Dance. With 100 base Defense but only 28 Speed, it is sturdy and very slow.
Name origin
Honedge may combine 'hone', 'one' and 'edge'. The Japanese name is Hitotsuki (ヒトツキ), which may blend hitotsu ('one') with tsuki, either 'stab' or 'possession by a spirit'.
Design inspiration
Bulbapedia credits Hitoshi Ariga with designing Honedge and its evolutions, citing a deviantArt post. It appears to be a possessed sword, perhaps echoing the tsukumogami of Japanese legend, forgotten objects that come alive, or Tyrfing, the cursed blade of Norse legend. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Honedge evolves into Doublade at level 35, and Doublade becomes Aegislash with a Dusk Stone.
In the games
As the first link of Kalos's haunted-sword family, Honedge arrived in X and Y. Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC also puts it in the Steel zones of Hyperspace Lumiose.
In the anime
Argus Steel's Honedge, his main Pokémon, debuted in the short film 'Diancie - Princess of the Diamond Domain'. Sawyer's Honedge lost to Ash's Pikachu in 'A Meeting of Two Journeys!' and later evolved, through Doublade, into Aegislash.
Fun facts
- Discounting forms, Honedge and its evolutions were the last Generation VI Pokémon to arrive in Pokémon GO, debuting on 22 July 2025.
- Two rings and a hole near the top of its sheath make the whole sword look like it has a face, though its real eye is the gem on the hilt.
- Honedge is in the background of the Ironworks Chamber, the second phase of the Kalos Pokémon League stage in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, alongside Steelix, Scizor and Klinklang.
Base stats
- HP: 45
- Attack: 80
- Defense: 100
- Sp. Atk: 35
- Sp. Def: 37
- Speed: 28
Honedge’s base stat total is 325. Its highest stat is Defense.
Type matchups
What is Honedge weak to?
Honedge takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Ground (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.
It resists Bug (¼×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Flying (½×), Psychic (½×), Rock (½×), Dragon (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).
It is immune to Normal, Fighting, Poison moves.
Evolution
How does Honedge evolve?
Honedge evolves into Doublade at level 35.
The whole family: Honedge, Doublade, Aegislash.
Abilities
- No Guard: Ensures all moves used by and against the Pokémon hit.
Moves
Moves Honedge learns by level up in Sword / Shield
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 40 |
| 4 | Shadow Sneak | Ghost | Physical | 40 |
| 8 | Autotomize | Steel | Status | — |
| 12 | Aerial Ace | Flying | Physical | 60 |
| 16 | Metal Sound | Steel | Status | — |
| 20 | Slash | Normal | Physical | 70 |
| 24 | Night Slash | Dark | Physical | 70 |
| 28 | Retaliate | Normal | Physical | 70 |
| 32 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — |
| 36 | Iron Head | Steel | Physical | 80 |
| 40 | Power Trick | Psychic | Status | — |
| 44 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — |
| 48 | Sacred Sword | Fighting | Physical | 90 |
TM moves (27)
Honedge can learn 27 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Solar Blade, Screech, Reflect, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Attract, Rain Dance, Facade, Brick Break, Shadow Claw, Psycho Cut, Round, Retaliate, False Swipe, Brutal Swing, Swords Dance, Substitute, Reversal, Endure, Sleep Talk, Iron Defense, Gyro Ball, Close Combat, Flash Cannon, Iron Head.
Egg moves (3):Block, Destiny Bond, Wide Guard.
Move tutor moves (1): Steel Beam.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Mineral.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 180 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Defense effort value.
- Base experience yield: 65.
Pokédex entries
The blue eye on the sword's handguard is the true body of Honedge. With its old cloth, it drains people's lives away. (Shield)
Honedge's soul once belonged to a person who was killed a long time ago by the sword that makes up Honedge's body. (Sword)
If anyone dares to grab its hilt, it wraps a blue cloth around that person's arm and drains that person's life energy completely. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)
Apparently this Pokémon is born when a departed spirit inhabits a sword. It attaches itself to people and drinks their life force. (X, Omega Ruby)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ヒトツキ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Hitotsuki |
| French | Monorpale |
| German | Gramokles |
| Spanish | Honedge |
| Italian | Honedge |
| Korean | 단칼빙 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 独剑鞘 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 獨劍鞘 |
Trivia
- Lightest Ghost type in Gen 6: 2 kg.
- Slowest Ghost type in Gen 6: 28 Speed.
- Lightest Steel type in Gen 6: 2 kg.
- Slowest Steel type in Gen 6: 28 Speed.
- Lowest base stat total among Steel types in Gen 6: 325.
- Taller than 39% of all Pokémon (0.8 m).
- Heavier than 7% of all Pokémon (2 kg).
- Base stat total 325, ranked #761 of 1,025.
- One of 4 Pokémon that are both Steel and Ghost.
- One of 147 brown Pokémon.
- Number 30 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
- Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
- Can learn 41 different moves in Sword / Shield.
- Catch rate 180: about 23.5% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 4 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Honedge (Pokémon), Serebii: Honedge (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (HOHN-ej): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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