Sneasel (Pokémon)

Sneasel ニューラ Nyula

Artwork from FR/LG

Types Species  Dark  Ice  Sharp Claw Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Inner Focus or Keen Eye 1,059,860 Pokédex National #215 Johto #213 Hoenn #357* Sinnoh #144 Browser Fiore R-199 Almia R-244 Height Weight 2'11" 61.7 lbs. Pokédex color Body style Footprint Catch rate Black 60 Gender ratio   50% male   50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Ground 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 1 Exp. 132 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Pokémon Palace Network Pokédex (Gen. II-III) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. II-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Serebii's Pokédex: Generation II Generation III (Spin-Off games) Generation IV (Spin-Off games) On Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex (Gen. II) On Ultimate Pokémon Center Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Sneasel (Japanese: ニューラ Nyula) is a dual-type Dark/Ice Pokémon.

It evolves into Weavile when leveled up at night while holding a Razor Claw.

Biology

Physiology

Sneasel is a bipedal Pokémon which vaguely resembles a weasel. Its body is predominantly black, but it possesses bright red feather-like growths on its left ear and lower back. Its most striking features are the two retractable claws on its front and back paws. It also has distinctive yellow markings on its face and chest. Its unusual facial markings, which resemble eyelashes, are found on both males and females; these markings strongly resemble the false eyelashes worn by the primary character in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.

Gender differences

A female has a shorter red feather on its head than a male.

Special abilities

Sneasel normally attack by using claw-based moves, such as Slash or Metal Claw. Sneasel are also capable of learning punching moves like Ice Punch or Focus Punch. Since Sneasel is a Dark-type Pokémon, it can learn certain attacks that come with very disruptive effects: stealing an opponent's hold item (Thief), or preventing foes from using the same attack twice in a row (Torment). Sneasel is a very agile Pokémon, making it a tough target to hit.

Sneasel's signature move is Beat Up, an attack that summons its teammates to pummel a foe.

Behavior

Sneasel are notoriously vicious Pokémon, which are perfectly capable of using their impressive claws to do substantial amounts of damage. Sneasel enjoy attacking and injuring the weak; their nasty temperament can be seen in Hail to the Chef when one sabotaged Meowth's food, nearly leading to a clash of claws. Sneasel are surely agile and will move with ninja-like movements in battle, as they are are cunning, and have developed many strategies to capture their prey. In addition to being formidable weapons, their claws are also useful tools and enable them to climb trees.

Habitat

Forest Pokémon

Sneasel generally live in forests, but are also found in caves and mountainous areas. Many also love vast snow fields.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Sneasel's preferred diet consists of Pidgey eggs, but like most Pokémon, Sneasel sometimes eat Berries.

In the anime

Sneasel in the anime

Sneasel's first appearance was in Pokémon 4Ever. Vicious sent this Pokémon along with Scizor to get Celebi.

In Pop Goes The Sneasel, this Pokémon was blocking access to the Flame of Ho-Oh. Harrison captured that Sneasel and later used it in the Silver Conference. Harrison's Sneasel beat Ash's Pikachu, then lost to Ash's Totodile.

A Sneasel was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.

Sneasel also made an appearance in Hail to the Chef under the ownership of Rhoda, a girl that lives outside of Saffron City who was competing with her sister, who owned a Mr. Mime, for the ownership of her father's restaurant.

In Duels of the Jungle, a Sneasel tried to stop a feud between two Weavile.

A Sneasel made a cameo appearance in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.

A Sneasel appeared in DP127 under the ownership of Candice where it battled Ash's Grotle.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Special

Sneasel's most predominant role is as one of Silver's Pokémon, presumably his first Pokémon as it was the Pokémon he used during his training under the Mask of Ice.

In the TCG

Main article: Sneasel (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Sneasel is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Pokémon Colosseum
Shadow moves		Level 43+	Purified moves
Shadow Rush	Shadow		Faint Attack	Dark
--			Screech	Normal
--			Fury Swipes	Normal
--			Icy Wind	Ice

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 7.7%	Friend Area: Darkness Ridge
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Never let your guard down. That's for your own benefit.
26%-50% HP	Tch. My HP's down halfway already?
1%-25% HP	The jig is up... I can't put any power behind my claws...
Level Up	Yes! I leveled up. Watch me claw with authority!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Dark	Loops: 3	Minimum Experience: 42
Poké Assist: ( Dark )	Field Move: (Cut ×2)	Maximum Experience: 52
"Sneasel dashes about to slash with its claws. They have amazing cutting power!"
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6.4%	IQ Group: F
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Dark	Poké Assist: ( Dark )	Field Move: (None)
"It hurls blocks of ice and sends gusts of dark wind to attack."

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Level up holding Razor Claw (Night)	First evolution
	Sneasel  Dark  Ice		Weavile  Dark  Ice

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	File:Spr 3r 215 s.png		File:Spr 3e 215 s.gif	File:Spr 3f 215 s.png		File:Spr b g3 215 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
				NO SPRITES AVAILABLE

For other sprites and images, please see Sneasel images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Sneasel's back sprite from Pokémon Crystal

• Sneasel is the first Ice-type in the National Pokédex listing that evolves into another Ice-type. Before Generation IV, this honor went to Swinub.
• In Sneasel's Gold and Silver sprites, its fur is brown and its "feathers" are colored blue instead of pink. This mistake was corrected in Crystal's sprite. Also, the head "feather" appears to be hollowed out, like a rabbit ear, in Crystal and forward. The head "feather" change was also needed for the shiny sprites. The shiny sprites, however, are properly colored.
• Sneasel is one of fourteen Pokémon that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries for in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
• In Gold and Silver, Sneasel's front sprites are the same in both versions. There are very few other Pokémon like this, with some including Spinarak and Ariados. Strangely, these Pokémon all have a relation to the fact that they can only be found in the wild at night.
• Sneasel and Weavile are the only Pokémon which are Dark/Ice.
  • In the past, many mistook Sneasel not to be an Ice-type, due to lack of usable Ice-types moves, as all were special-based at the past, and Sneasel's special attack stat is some of the lowest in the game. With the advent of the physical/special split, Sneasel and its new evolution Weavile now have usable physical Ice-type moves, namely Ice Shard and Ice Punch; the same issue was true for the lack of physical Dark-type moves as well, but Sneasel was never mistaken for a non-Dark type, as many other Dark-types prior to D/P/Pt suffered the same problem, namely Absol.
• Sneasel has the highest base Speed of all Pokémon that can evolve.
• Sneasel, along with Eevee and Trapinch, are the only Pokémon with two abilities that can evolve into Pokémon with only one ability.
  • Sneasel is the only one of those three whose evolution did not get a change in type.

Origin

It may be based on weasels, but it also seems to draw inspiration from 鎌鼬 kamaitachi, weasel demons with sickles on their front legs.

Name origin

Sneasel's name is a combination of sneaky and weasel. The name is pronounced as "sneezele", which may refer to "sniffle," "the sniffles," "sneeze," or "sneezing" resulting from a bad cold (a possible reference to this Pokémon's Dark/Ice type). Sneasel's Japanese name may come from 潜入 sennyū, sneaking in, and 鼬 yū, an alternate reading of itachi, or weasel.

In other languages

• German: Sniebel
• French: Farfuret - From farfadet (leprechaun) and furet (ferret).
• Korean: 포푸니 Popuni
• Italian: Sneasel

External links

• Dark Claws, the fanlisting for Sneasel

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