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weavile
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Weavile

Sharp Claw Pokémon

DarkIce

It lives in snowy regions. It carves patterns in trees with its claws as a signal to others.

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

Offensive Focus Sash
Item
Focus Sash / Life Orb
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Weavile's excellent Speed tier gives it access to the fastest Fake Out in the metagame and the ability to remove the foes' items with Knock Off before they can act. This is particularly useful against Pokemon such as Power Herb Xerneas and most Sitrus Berry users such as Dialga and Palkia; however, unless Weavile uses Knock Off as Xerneas switches in, Xerneas can just use Moonblast immediately, OHKOing Weavile if its Focus Sash has been broken or activating it if it is still intact. Weavile's typing and STAB combination allow it to deal with threats such as Mega Salamence and Rayquaza easily, greatly damaging them with Icicle Crash even after an Attack drop from Intimidate and OHKOing Salamence if it decides not to Mega Evolve. Although Weavile's typing isn't horrible offensively, it doesn't grant it a significant defensive presence; furthermore, Weavile's bulk is extremely low, leaving it vulnerable even to resisted Ghost-, Ice-, and Dark-type attacks and to most priority attacks, such as Fake Out and Sucker Punch. Weavile is also susceptible to priority status moves such as Thunder Wave from Prankster Thundurus, as losing its Speed advantage often makes Weavile useless. Lastly, even though its STAB combination isn't resisted by many Pokemon, if Weavile can't hit the foe super effectively, it struggles to deal with bulky Pokemon, especially Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre.

Most Used Moves

Fake Out
98.5%
Knock Off
91.5%
Feint
72.5%
Ice Punch
19.0%
Low Kick
16.6%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
47.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc