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sneasel
#215

Sneasel

Sharp Claw Pokémon

DarkIce

A smart and sneaky Pokémon. A pair may work together to steal eggs by having one lure the parents away.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 95
Defense 55
Sp. Atk 35
Sp. Def 75
Speed 115
Total 430

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

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Details

Category Sharp Claw Pokémon
Height 0.9 m
Weight 28.0 kg
Base Exp 86
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

sneasel Front Front
sneasel Back Back
sneasel Front Shiny Front Shiny
sneasel Back Shiny Back Shiny
sneasel Front ♀ Front ♀
sneasel Back ♀ Back ♀
sneasel Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
sneasel Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
sneasel Official Art Official Art
sneasel Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu
Offensive
Moves
Punishment / Foul Play
Ice Shard / Taunt
Item
Eviolite / Life Orb
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Sneasel has the makings of a good sweeper: it is incredibly fast, has acceptable attack power and it has fantastic dual STABs in Dark and Ice. This allows Sneasel to perform a rather specific niche in targeting notable threats, such as Serperior, Jynx, Swellow, Exeggutor, Haunter, and Golurk. Sneasel is a total glass cannon though, as it is extremely frail with 55 / 55 / 75 defenses. Sneasel's biggest drawback however is that its moves have only average power at best, with none of its STAB options reaching 80 base power. This really hurts its offensive potential and forces it to only target Pokemon weak to its STABs. Thankfully, it does a decent job at it, particularly being the best Jynx trapper due to Dark STAB and greater speed, making Sneasel a very specialized Pokemon in the tier.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc