Is Sneasel Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Ice Path or Mt. Silver at night. Dark/Ice is a strong type combination on paper, but Gen 2's physical/special split by type ruins it. Dark and Ice are both Special, but Sneasel's Attack is the high stat. Crystal doesn't fix the fundamental mismatch that limits Sneasel until Gen 4.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Sneasel's weaknesses hard.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Sneasel resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Sneasel in Ice Path (walking, Lv 22, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 25DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
Crystal Sneasel Locations
Sneasel slinks through the Ice Path at night, sitting at rare-to-uncommon odds and nowhere else. After dark in that cavern is the single window to find one.
Wild Sneasel may be holding when caught:
Quick Claw (2% chance) Raises 1st strike ratio. (HOLD)1 location to catch Sneasel
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 7Best Locations to Catch Sneasel in Crystal
Walking encounters at Lv. 22-26 across 3 spots for Sneasel. Sorted by progression so you can see what's reachable at your current point in the game.
How to Get Shiny Sneasel in Crystal
Sneasel slinks through the Ice Path at night between levels 22 and 26, and its spawns run rare to uncommon, so expect a long, cold evening. Compare Shiny Sneasel odds across every game
Shiny Sneasel Evolution
Does Not EvolveCrystal Shiny Sneasel Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Crystal with Sneasel preloaded.
Sneasel Weakness
Sneasel's Dark/Ice typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting, Fire, Bug, Rock, and Steel. Fighting hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Psychic-type attacks completely. At base 115 Speed, Sneasel outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Fighting |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Bug, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice, Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Sneasel Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Sneasel
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 4x278-328%KO | ||
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Poliwhirl (Route 30 Surfing) | ||
 Machoke Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Machoke builds →Vital Throw 4x202-238%KO Fire Blast 2x53-62% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x144-170%KO Dynamic Punch 4x163-192%KO Iron Tail 2x81-96% Rollout 2x25-30% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x134-158%KO Iron Tail 2x101-119%KO Rock Smash 4x44-53% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Entei builds →Fire Blast 2x123-144%KO Iron Tail 2x106-125%KO Rock Smash 4x44-53% | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x134-158%KO Dynamic Punch 4x179-211%KO Iron Tail 2x90-106%KO | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Pinsir builds →Submission 4x182-215%KO Fury Cutter 2x19-23% | ||
 Flareon Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Flareon builds →Fire Blast 2x129-153%KO Iron Tail 2x117-138%KO | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x106-125%KO Dynamic Punch 4x189-223%KO Fire Punch 2x25-30% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Graveler builds →Dynamic Punch 4x179-211%KO Rock Throw 2x69-82% Fire Blast 2x49-58% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
 Scyther Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sneasel View Scyther builds →Rock Smash 4x44-53% Fury Cutter 2x19-23% | ||
Sneasel Evolutions
Sneasel doesn't evolve, so breeding's where the action is. You'll find plenty of partners across one egg group, and eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 5 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Sneasel easily with 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Bite, Counter, Foresight and 2 more to offspring.
C Sneasel Best Moveset
115 Speed outspeeds nearly everything, but 35 Defense crumbles to any physical contact and 95 Attack can't break through the top tier. Dark/Ice typing sounds useful but the stat line can't back it. Held ItemLeftovers sustains briefly. All speed, no durability.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Feint Attack
- Metal Claw
- Fury Swipes
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Bite and Counter from the egg pool give Sneasel something extra. Pair those with Blizzard and Ice Beam for STAB and coverage across 8 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
29 of 34 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
This cunning POKéMON hides under the cover of darkness, waiting to attack its prey.
Sneasel Crystal Guide
Yes. Wild Sneasel in Crystal can hold Quick Claw (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Quick Claw.
In Crystal, Sneasel has 430 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Crystal, use Sneasel as a pivot. Special attacks are the main output. It outspeeds most threats,
Game Availability
Available since Gold & Silver, Sneasel appears in 18 games spanning 8 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Hisuian form in Generation 8.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLAHisuian
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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