#0461 · Sinnoh · Generation 4

Weavile

Sharp Claw Pokémon · Dark/Ice-type

Weavile is a Dark/Ice-type Pokémon, the Sharp Claw Pokémon, number 461 (#0461) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 1.1 m tall and weighs 34 kg.

Weavile is the Sharp Claw Pokémon, a Dark and Ice pack hunter that carves signs into trees, ice and boulders to talk to its friends. Pokédex lore puts the number of distinct signs at over 500.

How to pronounce Weavile

Weavile is pronounced WEE-vile. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Weavile said out loud:

In Japanese it is マニューラ (Manyula).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Weavile is a pale grey, weasel-and-cat-like biped, 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall and 34 kg (75.0 lb), with a red crown and collar of feathers, a thinner feather on each ear (smaller on females) and four fangs. The Pokédex says a scratch from its claws gives you frostbite.

Behaviour

Weavile travels in groups of four or five, led by one of the pack. Its members leave each other signs clawed into trees, ice and boulders, and the Pokédex says their teamwork brings down prey as large as Mamoswine. A Legends: Arceus entry guesses that evolving gave it a bigger brain, and another says it no longer scraps over food. Bulbapedia notes it has been seen gesturing in its sleep.

Habitat

It lives in cold, snowy regions. In Scarlet and Violet it is found on Paldea's Glaseado Mountain, in 5-star Tera Raids, and by evolving Sneasel in The Teal Mask. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

In Alola the Pokédex says its main food is Vulpix and Sandshrew, which the pack carefully shares out.

Powers

Its Abilities are Pressure and, hidden, Pickpocket; unlike the rest of its family it has only two. It learns Night Slash, Dark Pulse, Ice Shard, Nasty Plot and Triple Axel. With 125 base Speed and 120 base Attack it is an extremely fast, hard-hitting attacker.

Name origin

Weavile may combine 'weasel', 'weave', 'evil' and 'vile'. The Japanese name is Manyula (マニューラ), which may blend ma ('demon'), 'maneuver' and Nyula, the name of Sneasel.

Design inspiration

Like Sneasel, Weavile may nod to the kamaitachi, a weasel yōkai blamed for mysterious cuts in cold weather. Bulbapedia notes its crown, collar and eye markings may echo ancient Egyptian fashion, and that its head feathers might recall war bonnets or the wind in kamaitachi stories. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Sneasel evolves into Weavile when it levels up at night while holding a Razor Claw.

In the games

Weavile first appeared in Diamond and Pearl, where you get one by evolving Sneasel. In Legends: Arceus it appears in space-time distortions in the Obsidian Fieldlands.

In the anime

Kidd Summers' Weavile fought Ash's Pikachu in the film 'Lucario and the Mystery of Mew'. Paul's Weavile lost to Cynthia's Garchomp in 'Top-Down Training!', and Alain's beat Ash's Noivern in the Lumiose Conference final.

Fun facts

• It mirrors Gliscor: both are dual-type Generation IV Pokémon with a base stat total of 510, and both evolve at night holding a Razor-named item.
• Weavile and Sneasel are the only black Ice-type Pokémon, according to Bulbapedia.
• Its first appearance in the anime series was 'Duels of the Jungle', where two Weavile fought over who would lead a group of Weavile and Sneasel.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Weavile (Pokémon) · Serebii: Weavile (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 70
• Attack: 120
• Defense: 65
• Sp. Atk: 45
• Sp. Def: 85
• Speed: 125

Weavile’s base stat total is 510. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Weavile weak to?

Weavile takes extra damage from Fighting (4×), Fire (2×), Bug (2×), Rock (2×), Steel (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Ice (½×), Ghost (½×), Dark (½×).

It is immune to Psychic moves.

Evolution

What does Weavile evolve from?

Weavile evolves from Sneasel (Level up, at night, holding Razor Claw).

Weavile is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Sneasel, Weavile, Sneasler.

• Sneasel evolves into Sneasler (Hisuian Sneasel: Level up, during the day, holding Razor Claw).

Abilities

• Pressure: Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.
• Pickpocket (hidden ability): Steals attacking Pokémon's held items on contact.

Moves

Moves Weavile learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (59)

Weavile can learn 59 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Fake Tears, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Water Pulse, Low Kick, Thief, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Aerial Ace, Snarl, Metal Claw, Swift, Icy Wind, Low Sweep, Fling, Avalanche, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Snowscape, Dig, False Swipe, Brick Break, Shadow Claw, Foul Play, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Metronome, Poison Jab, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Dark Pulse, Substitute, X-Scissor, Shadow Ball, Surf, Ice Spinner, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Ice Beam, Nasty Plot, Blizzard, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Spite, Knock Off, Icicle Spear, Focus Punch, Lash Out, Triple Axel, Throat Chop, Upper Hand.

Egg moves (8), which Sneasel can hatch knowing:Bite, Counter, Double Hit, Fake Out, Feint, Ice Shard, Icicle Crash, Spite.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 35.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Attack and 1 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 179.

Pokédex entries

This species corners prey as a pack, under the guidance of a leader. Weavile displays increased cunning, leading me to speculate that its evolution caused further brain development. (Legends: Arceus)

With its claws, it leaves behind signs for its friends to find. The number of distinct signs is said to be over 500. (Shield)

They attack their quarry in packs. Prey as large as Mamoswine easily fall to the teamwork of a group of Weavile. (Sword)

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! (Ultra Moon)

One Weavile will trip a Sandshrew and flip it over, and then another Weavile will deal the finishing blow with its sharp claws. (Ultra Sun)

They dwell in cold places. This Pokémon's main food source in Alola is Vulpix and Sandshrew, which they carefully divide among their group. (Moon)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Pokémon in Gen 4: 125 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Fastest Ice type in Gen 4: 125 Speed.
• Fastest Dark type in Gen 4: 125 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 54% of all Pokémon (1.1 m).
• Heavier than 57% of all Pokémon (34 kg).
• Base stat total 510, ranked #237 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #25 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Dark and Ice.
• One of 51 black Pokémon.
• Number 75 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 76 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 12 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Weavile (Pokémon), Serebii: Weavile (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (WEE-vile): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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