Weavile

#461 (Sinnoh)

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Pokémon type

Dark

Ice

Boosted in Fog and Snow weather

Weavile weaknesses

Weavile is weak to Rock, Bug, Steel, Fire and Fairy-type moves, and doubly weak to Fighting-type moves.

256%

160%

Resistances

Weavile is resistant to Ghost, Ice and Dark-type moves, and doubly resistant to Psychic-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Weavile

The best moves for Weavile are Snarl and Avalanche when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. This combination also deals the most damage per turn in Trainer Battles.

Attacking

Snarl

13.2DPS

Avalanche

40.8DPS

Defending

Snarl

13.2DPS

Avalanche

40.8DPS

Trainer Battles

Snarl

4.3EPT

Avalanche

2.4DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Sneasel family. Weavile evolves from Sneasel for 100 Candy.

Sneasel

Weavile

100

Sneasel requires Sinnoh Stone to evolve into Weavile.

Hisuian Sneasel

Sneasler

100

You can only evolve Hisuian Sneasel into Sneasler during the day, after walking 7 km with it as your buddy.

Game images

Weavile, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Weavile is a Dark & Ice Pokémon which evolves from Sneasel. It is weak to Fighting, Rock, Bug, Steel, Fire and Fairy moves. Weavile's best moveset is Snarl & Avalanche and it has a Max CP of 3,397.

About

"Thanks to its increased intelligence, scrapping over food is a thing of the past. A scratch from its claws will give you a case of frostbite!"

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Feint Attack	11	10	13.2
Snarl	11	13	13.2
Ice Shard	10	10	12

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Triple Axel	60	3	2.18
Avalanche	85	2	2.04
Foul Play	70	2	1.68
Focus Blast	140	1	1.4
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Max Move	Lv 1	Lv 2	Lv 3
Max Darkness from Feint Attack, Snarl	250	300	350
Max Hailstorm from Ice Shard	250	300	350
Max Guard shield HP	20	40	60
Max Spirit heal, % of max HP	8%	12%	16%

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Snarl	5	3	2	4.3
Ice Shard	9	3	3.6	3.3
Feint Attack	6	2	3.6	3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Avalanche	90	45	2.4
Focus Blast	150	75	2
Foul Play	65	40	1.95
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Triple Axel ▲ att	60	45	1.6
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Avalanche 40.8 DPS	14	100%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Triple Axel 36 DPS	13.6	97%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Foul Play 42 DPS	13.5	96%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Avalanche 40.8 DPS	13.1	93%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Triple Axel 36 DPS	12.8	91%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Avalanche 40.8 DPS	12.6	90%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Foul Play 42 DPS	12.6	90%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	12.4	89%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Triple Axel 36 DPS	12.3	88%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Foul Play 42 DPS	12.1	86%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	11.7	83%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	11.5	82%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	11.2	80%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	10.8	77%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	10.2	73%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	8	57%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	8	57%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	7.3	52%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Avalanche 40.8 DPS	5.5	100%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Triple Axel 36 DPS	5.3	96%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Avalanche 40.8 DPS	5	91%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Foul Play 42 DPS	5	91%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Triple Axel 36 DPS	4.9	89%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Avalanche 40.8 DPS	4.9	88%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Triple Axel 36 DPS	4.7	85%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	4.7	85%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Foul Play 42 DPS	4.6	84%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Foul Play 42 DPS	4.4	81%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	4.4	79%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	4.2	76%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.4	63%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.3	60%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.1	57%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.3	43%
Snarl 13.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.3	42%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.2	40%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Avalanche 2.4 DPE	12	12.4	100%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Avalanche 2.4 DPE	15	11.6	94%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Avalanche 2.4 DPE	16	10.8	87%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Focus Blast 2 DPE	18	10.7	86%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Foul Play 1.95 DPE	12	10.5	84%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Focus Blast 2 DPE	24	10.3	83%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Foul Play 1.95 DPE	12	10.1	81%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	10.1	81%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	21	9.8	79%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Focus Blast 2 DPE	26	9.6	77%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Foul Play 1.95 DPE	14	9.5	76%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	24	9.2	74%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Triple Axel ▲ att 1.6 DPE	15	8.9	72%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Triple Axel ▲ att 1.6 DPE	12	8.9	72%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Triple Axel ▲ att 1.6 DPE	16	8.4	68%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	21	4.1	33%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	24	4	33%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	2.6	21%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Weavile?

Weavile is weak to Rock, Bug, Steel, Fire and Fairy moves, and doubly weak to Fighting moves.

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Keldeo (Resolute Form)

Low Kick

Secret Sword

0.33
2
Blaziken (Shadow)

Counter

Aura Sphere

0.36
3
Terrakion

Double Kick

Sacred Sword

0.4
4
Conkeldurr (Shadow)

Force Palm

Dynamic Punch

0.4
5
Keldeo (Ordinary Form)

Low Kick

Sacred Sword

0.41
6
Gallade (Shadow)

Low Kick

Sacred Sword

0.42
7
Blaziken

Counter

Aura Sphere

0.42
8
Lucario

Force Palm

Aura Sphere

0.43
9
Urshifu (Rapid Strike Style)

Counter

Dynamic Punch

0.44
10
Machamp (Shadow)

Counter

Dynamic Punch

0.45

The best counter to Weavile is Keldeo (Resolute Form) with Low Kick and Secret Sword, followed by Blaziken (Shadow), Terrakion and Conkeldurr (Shadow). The best Mega or Primal to bring is Mega Mewtwo X with Counter and Dynamic Punch+.

The top Weavile counters, ranked by how many trainers it takes to win the raid in time, each bringing six of that Pokémon at level 40. Fewer is better. Simulated raid battles against Weavile's own moves and stats, with no dodging. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		243
Defense		171
Stamina		172

Max HP

Level 40	147
Level 50	157

Average size

Height	1.1 m
Weight	34 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	50,000
Candy	50

Purification cost

Stardust	3,000
Candy	3

Other

Buddy walk distance

3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,288
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,717
Level 30 Max wild	2,576
Level 40	3,005
Level 50	3,397

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	2,146
Level 35 (wild)	2,790