Level up at night holding Razor ClawTo Weavile

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#0461 · GENERATION 4

Weavile Build Guide

DarkIce

Fast physical setup attacker with priority

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMHeavy-Duty Boots

ABILITYPressure

NATUREJolly

Knock Off

Ice Spinner

Ice Shard

Swords Dance

How to play

Use a safe Swords Dance turn before attacking. Ice Shard gives priority against weakened eligible targets; Knock Off pressures removable held items.

Watch out for

Key risk. Fighting attacks deal 4× damage. Low bulk limits safe setup turns, and Boots do not reduce direct attacks. Ice Spinner removes terrain, which can also disrupt your own team.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Use a safe Swords Dance turn before attacking. Ice Shard gives priority against weakened eligible targets; Knock Off pressures removable held items.

You have one read on a switch

Use Swords Dance for the +2 Attack raise, and remember it disappears when Weavile switches out. Knock Off pressures the held item of anything that stays in, which is often what makes the forced switch happen.

A Steel or Fire type is the target

Ice moves are resisted by Steel, Fire, Ice and Water, so Ice Shard and Ice Spinner are both blunted there. Knock Off is the move that still earns its turn against them.

Terrain is on the field

Ice Spinner removes active terrain when it lands, including terrain your own team set up. Check whose field effect is running before deciding the move is pure upside.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Weavile in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Fighting attacks deal 4× to Weavile, and its bulk cannot absorb them, so the setup turn has to be forced by a predicted switch instead of taken. Ice Shard is the priority finisher; Pressure does not make any of these moves hit harder.

Watch the tradeoff. Fighting attacks deal 4× damage. Low bulk limits safe setup turns, and Boots do not reduce direct attacks. Ice Spinner removes terrain, which can also disrupt your own team.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Weavile or Mamoswine?

Mamoswine offers Electric immunity and Ground attacks, with lower Speed and different weaknesses.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Weavile	Mamoswine
HP	70	110
Attack	120	130
Defense	65	80
Sp. Attack	45	70
Sp. Defense	85	60
Speed	125	80

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Flying or Fairy partner can help against Fighting attacks. A Water teammate resists Fire and Steel attacks.

Gyarados

Resists Fighting, Fire and Steel and provides Ground immunity.

Read Gyarados guide →Compare teammates →

Clefable

Resists Fighting and adds a bulkier special attacking option.

Read Clefable guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

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Alternative: Mamoswine

Mamoswine offers Electric immunity and Ground attacks, with lower Speed and different weaknesses.

Read Mamoswine guide →

Try Mamoswine →

Type matchups

Weak to

Fire2×Fighting4×Bug2×Rock2×Steel2×Fairy2×

Resistances and immunities

Ice0.5×Psychic0×Ghost0.5×Dark0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP70

Attack120

Defense65

Sp. Attack45

Sp. Defense85

Speed125

Evolution chain

Sneasel#215
Level up at night holding Razor Claw
Weavile#461

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Weavile team

Start with Weavile. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#461

Weavile

DarkIce

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SLOT 05

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Understand your team

Offense91

Defense53

Coverage33

Synergy18

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Fighting attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Bug attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Weavile takes 4× damage from Fighting attacks by type.
Your own types can hit 6 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Weavile	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	2×	1	0
Water	1×	0	0
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	1×	0	0
Ice	½×	0	1
Fighting	4×	1	0
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	1×	0	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	0×	0	1
Bug	2×	1	0
Rock	2×	1	0
Ghost	½×	0	1
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	½×	0	1
Steel	2×	1	0
Fairy	2×	1	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireNeutral

WaterNeutral

ElectricNeutral

Grass✓ Super effective

IceNeutral

FightingNeutral

PoisonNeutral

Ground✓ Super effective

Flying✓ Super effective

Psychic✓ Super effective

BugNeutral

RockNeutral

Ghost✓ Super effective

Dragon✓ Super effective

DarkNeutral

SteelNeutral

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.