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weavile
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Weavile

Sharp Claw Pokémon

DarkIce

They travel in groups of four or five, leaving signs for one another on trees and rocks. They bring down their prey with coordinated attacks.

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

Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Pickpocket
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Weavile is the best Pursuit trapper in the CAP metagame thanks to its great Speed, allowing it to reliably check and trap Pokemon like Tornadus-T, Pajantom, and Mega Latios. Furthermore, it's a good offensive Shell Smash Necturna check thanks to its access to Ice Shard, while resisting Shadow Sneak thanks to its typing. Additionally, its great STAB combination alongside decently high-Base Power moves like Knock Off and Icicle Crash makes it pretty threatening to switch into for most Pokemon. However, Weavile is forced to use either Choice Band or Choice Scarf to reliably OHKO -1 Necturna, which will leave it vulnerable once it locks itself into one move. While its typing is good offensively, Weavile is also worn down easily due to its susceptibility to entry hazards in general. Furthermore, its awful defensive typing makes it very hard to reliably get Weavile into play, which often has to be done through VoltTurn support or on predicted switches.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
100.0%
Ice Shard
57.4%
Pursuit
52.5%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc