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weavile
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Weavile

Sharp Claw Pokémon

DarkIce

Evolution made it even more devious. It communicates by clawing signs in boulders.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 120
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 45
Sp. Def 85
Speed 125
Total 510

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Sharp Claw Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 34.0 kg
Base Exp 179
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

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

Competitive

Trapper
Item
Dread Plate
Ability
Pickpocket / Pressure
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Weavile is one of the fastest Pokemon in the metagame, able to outpace OU staples such as Latios, Alakazam, and Starmie. This means, unlike Tyranitar and Scizor, it's able to Pursuit trap the aforementioned Psychic-types without a Choice Scarf. Another appealing aspect about Weavile is its access to STAB Ice Shard, meaning that it can revenge kill sweepers like Garchomp, Dragonite, Landorus-T, and Thundurus-T. This makes Weavile good against offensive teams that rely on these Pokemon outspeeding foes after a Speed boost to sweep.

Unfortunately, Weavile has several egregious flaws. While it's much faster and more efficient at disposing of specific Pokemon, it can't switch into any of them because of its weakness-laden typing that's exacerbated by its vulnerability to entry hazards, especially Stealth Rock, thus worsening its consistency as a trapper. For these reasons, Weavile is often passed over for Tyranitar and Scizor, as the former sets up sand, granting it better defensive utility against special attackers, and can set up Stealth Rock, while the latter has a much better defensive typing and more versatility, making it easier to fit on teams. Additionally, both Tyranitar and Scizor have much better coverage and defensive utility than Weavile, lending themselves to a greater variety of teams.

Most Used Moves

Ice Shard
97.8%
Low Kick
73.3%
Pursuit
72.9%
Beat Up
43.0%
Ice Punch
24.3%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
15.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc