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sneasel
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Sneasel

Sharp Claw Pokémon

DarkIce

SNEASEL scales trees by punching its hooked claws into the bark. This POKéMON seeks out unguarded nests and steals eggs for food while the parents are 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

Moves

Locations

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

uu Usage: 0.1%
Physical Attacker
Item
Liechi Berry
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Sneasel is tied with Persian as the second fastest Pokemon in the entire metagame, which, alongside its decent base 95 Attack and unique dual typing, would allow it to perform wonderfully as a Swords Dance sweeper or Choice Band wallbreaker. Unfortunately, both of its STAB types are special, and it only has base 35 Special Attack, meaning Sneasel must use non-STAB moves if it wants to make use of its much higher Attack stat. Sneasel is also exceedingly frail and has five glaring weaknesses, necessitating an immense amount of team support in order for it to function. Even so, Sneasel has perfect neutral coverage in Shadow Ball + Brick Break, and in a metagame dominated by Psychic-types such as Hypno, Solrock, Lunatone, and Grumpig, as well as Fighting-weak Pokemon such as Kangaskhan, Cradily, and Walrein, perhaps it's not all bad for everyone's favorite icy weasel.

Most Used Moves

Beat Up
9.4%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc