Weavile (Pokémon)

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Weavile Sharp Claw Pokémon マニューラ Manyula #461 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Dark Ice Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Pressure Cacophony Cacophony Pickpocket Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 3'07" 1.1 m Weavile 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 75.0 lbs. 34.0 kg Weavile 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 199 Gen. IV Unknown IV 179 V+	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Weavile 0 HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Black	Base friendship 35
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Weavile (Japanese: マニューラ Manyula) is a dual-type Dark/Ice Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from Sneasel when leveled up at night while holding a Razor Claw.

Biology

Weavile is a bipedal, weasel-like Pokémon with a pale, gray body that has several feathery areas. It has a bright red crown and collar made of wide feathers, and a single, thinner feather on each ear. The ear feathers are smaller on a female Weavile. Weavile has two tail feathers and three claws on each paw. There is a yellow, oval marking in the center of its forehead. Its eyes are red with three eyelashes, and four fangs protrude from its upper jaw.

Weavile is devious and intelligent. It usually lives in cold, icy areas where it forms small packs of four or five members. It can form about 500 distinct signs its friends to find, A pack of Weavile uses teamwork to take down its prey. In Alola, Weavile hunts Alolan Sandshrew and Vulpix, then divides its prey among the pack. It can communicate in the form of carving patterns on trees, ice and boulders. In Galar, Weaville hunts the Mamoswine together in order to bring the prey down.

In the anime

In the main series

Weavile in the anime

Major appearances

Two Weavile appeared in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, under the ownership of Kidd Summers. One of them was used in a battle against Ash and took on Pikachu, but it was defeated by Thunderbolt. Both were later used in an attempt to place a tracking device on Mew. Later on, they were let out by Kidd, who was protecting them as she was being sucked in by the Tree of Beginning's immune system.

Multiple Weavile appeared in Duels of the Jungle. Two of them were fighting over which one would rule a group of fellow Weavile and Sneasel.

A Weavile debuted in Top-Down Training!, under the ownership of Paul. It was used in a battle against Cynthia, but it was soon defeated by her Garchomp. Weavile later helped its Trainer catch Gliscor during Riding the Winds of Change!. It then had a sparring match with Torterra in Aiding the Enemy!. Weavile was later used in the Full Battle against Ash in Pedal to the Mettle!, but it was defeated by Staraptor.

A Weavile appeared in Eevee & Friends as a friend of an Umbreon living with an Eevee and the rest of the Eeveelutions.

A Weavile debuted in The Legend of the Ninja Hero!, under the ownership of Kagetomo. It reappeared in the next episode. Weavile was used to create a diversion to capture Hanzo, and then to battle Ippei's Greninja.

A Weavile debuted in An Explosive Operation!, under the ownership of Mable. She used it to attack Zygarde alongside Aliana's Druddigon. Weavile reappeared in The Right Hero for the Right Job!, where it attacked the helicopter that Serena, Team Rocket, Mairin, and Professor Sycamore were using to approach Lysandre Labs. After the arrival of Steven, Weavile and several Team Grunt's Pokémon battled Steven's Metagross, but were presumably defeated. Weavile appeared again in the next episode, where it aided Celosia's Drapion in its battle against Team Rocket.

A Weavile appeared in Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!, under the ownership of Alain. It was used in the final round of the Lumiose Conference against Ash. Weavile managed to defeat Noivern, but it was defeated soon after by Hawlucha.

Minor appearances

A Weavile made a brief cameo as a thief in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness.

A Weavile appeared in Another One Gabites the Dust!, under the ownership of a Coordinator competing in the Chocovine Contest.

A Weavile appeared in A Marathon Rivalry!, under the ownership of a competitor in the Pokéathlon held in Camellia Town.

A Coordinator's Weavile appeared in Playing the Performance Encore!, where it was used along with a Lickilicky in the Battle Stage of the Daybreak Contest.

A Trainer's Weavile appeared in a flashback in Flint Sparks the Fire!.

A Trainer's Weavile appeared in The Power of Us, where it was competing in the Pokémon Catch Race.

Pokédex entries

In Pokémon Generations

Weavile in Pokémon Generations

Zinzolin's Weavile appeared in The Frozen World. It battled Drayden's Haxorus alongside Zinzolin's Cryogonal and multiple Liepard belonging to some Team Plasma Grunts.

Another Weavile appeared, during a fantasy of a story from the past, in The Redemption, under the ownership of a soldier. It was one of the many Pokémon fighting in the great war of Kalos 3,000 years previously.

In the manga

Weavile in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga

Shin owned a Weavile.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Silver's Weavile

A Weavile appeared in Dramatic Drapion & Crafty Kricketune II.

Cyrus has a Weavile which was used against Cynthia at the Veilstone Galactic HQ in Shunning Spiritomb. It defeated her Spiritomb by freezing it.

Silver owns a Weavile which evolved in Dealing With A Koffing Fit. He is very close to him, being his very first Pokémon, obtained while he was only two years old.

Multiple Weavile appeared in All About Arceus III.

A Weavile appeared in a flashback in Flabébé Blooms.

Anabel owns a Weavile, which first appeared in PASM24.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Weavile debuted as a silhouette in The Mystery Boy, Jun!!.

Weavile physically debuted in Team Galactic's Conspiracy, Revealed!!, under the ownership of Cyrus. He sent out Weavile to battle Hareta, who fought back with his Piplup. Weavile proved to be a very dangerous opponent, even blasting Piplup off the bridge (where the battle took place) with its Hyper Beam. However, Piplup was able to use its Torrent to turn things around and defeat Weavile with a powered-up Surf.

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness manga

A Weavile who was part of Team AWD appeared in the adaptation of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

A Weavile appeared in PMDP02, under the ownership of Dai Fugō.

A Weavile appeared in PMDP10, under the ownership of Dia.

In the TCG

Main article: Weavile (TCG)

Other appearances

Weavile in Pokkén Tournament

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

When Weavile is released from a Poké Ball, it dashes from side to side and uses False Swipe. It also dazes the opponent.

Trophy information

"A Sharp Claw Pokémon. The crown on its head resembles a fully opened folding fan. Its sharp, hooked claws and outstanding speed are its most memorable features. It's one of the Pokémon that can be expected to perform well in the front lines of a battle. There are many Trainers who teach it the TM False Swipe and travel with it to catch rare Pokémon."

Pokkén Tournament

Weavile is Speed-type playable character in Pokkén. Moves it can use include Agility, Fury Swipes, Fake Out, Knock Off, and Night Slash. In Burst form, it can use the Burst Attack Sonic Slash.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team: A possible reward for one of the toughest optional missions is a statue of Weavile that is displayed outside the rescue base.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: A female Weavile leads Team AWD, a team that pursues the challenges of Zero Isle. Arbok and Drapion hold her in high respect, referring to her by the title of 'Lady'.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Team AWD are shown in the Team Charm Special Episode, being the major antagonists of the story.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Sword	Shield	Quick Claw (5%)
Events*		Focus Sash (100%)	Sitrus Berry (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM00 TM00 Mega Punch Normal Physical 08080 085}}85% 20 TM01 TM01 Mega Kick Normal Physical 120120 075}}75% 5 TM04 TM04 Ice Punch Ice Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM15 TM15 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM16 TM16 Screech Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 40 TM18 TM18 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM23 TM23 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM34 TM34 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM35 TM35 Hail Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM36 TM36 Whirlpool Water Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM37 TM37 Beat Up Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM42 TM42 Revenge Fighting Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM43 TM43 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM47 TM47 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM51 TM51 Icicle Spear Ice Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM57 TM57 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM58 TM58 Assurance Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM59 TM59 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM64 TM64 Avalanche Ice Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM65 TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM69 TM69 Psycho Cut Psychic Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM75 TM75 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM79 TM79 Retaliate Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 5 TM85 TM85 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM94 TM94 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100}}100% 40 TR00 TR00 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR04 TR04 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR05 TR05 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR06 TR06 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TR07 TR07 Low Kick Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TR12 TR12 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR31 TR31 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR37 TR37 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TR49 TR49 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR57 TR57 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TR58 TR58 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR60 TR60 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR64 TR64 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TR68 TR68 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR81 TR81 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TR95 TR95 Throat Chop Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Weavile Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Weavile Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -12% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Dark Poké Assist: Dark Field move: (Cut ×4) Browser entry R-245 Its attacks consist of gusts of dark winds, hunks of ice, and dark pulses.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Dark Poké Assist: (present) Dark Field move: (present) (Cut ×4) Poké Assist: (past) Dark Field move: (past) (Cut ×1) Browser entry R-203/N-131 It sends gusts of dark wind to attack.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●●●
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★★ Move: Night Slash Attack: ★★★★ Ability 1: Dodge Ability 2: High-rise Ability 3: Shadow Dash Defense: ★★★ Speed: ★★★★★ Evolves from Sneasel when its Speed is 175 or higher, and its link is improved while its Warrior is equipped with a Razor Claw Range: 3 Perfect Links: Kunoichi and Toshimitsu
Pokémon Battle Trozei Dark Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Dark Attack Power: 70 - 125 10 #235 Astonish Delays your opponent's disruptions. Swappable Skill(s): Sleep Combo
Pokémon GO Base HP: 172 Base Attack: 243 Base Defense: 171 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Ice Shard, Feint Attack, Snarl* Charged Attacks: Avalanche, Focus Blast, Foul Play

Evolution

Unevolved Sneasel  Dark  Ice

Level up holding Razor Claw (Night) →

First evolution Weavile  Dark  Ice

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

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

Trivia

• Weavile weighs as much as Dawn. It shares this similarity with Porygon-Z and Alolan Marowak.
• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Weavile and its pre-evolved form.

Origin

Weavile may be based on the kamaitachi, a type of yōkai often represented as weasel demons with sickles on their front legs and sometimes understood as the cause of mysterious cuts on the skin, especially in cold weather. It also shares some traits with cats and weasels. Its appearance may be based on old Egyptian fashion, as it includes what resemble a headdress, collar, and earrings similar to what Egyptian deities wear. Its "eyeshadow" also resembles Egyptian makeup.

Name origin

Weavile may be a combination of weasel, "evil", and vile.

Manyula is a combination of 魔 ma (demon), 潜入 sennyū (sneaking in), and 鼬 yū (weasel, an alternate reading of itachi). Nyu itself may be a combination of ニャー nya (the sound a cat makes) and 鼬 yū.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese マニューラ Manyula From 魔 ma, 潜入 sennyū, ニャー nya, 鼬 yū, and 野良 nora French Dimoret From dim, mort and furet Spanish Weavile Same as English name German Snibunna From Sniebel Italian Weavile Same as English name Korean 포푸니라 Popunira Mandarin Chinese 瑪狃拉 / 玛狃拉 Mǎ Niǔ Lā Transliteration of its Japanese name. Cantonese Chinese 瑪狃拉 Máh Náu Lāai Transliteration of its Japanese name.

More languages

Related articles

• Silver's Weavile
• Team AWD

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