Is Weavile Good in Black & White Playthrough?
Razor Claw on Sneasel at night. Dark/Ice with AbilityPressure. Fast physical Dark and Ice attacks. One of the best postgame evolutions for handling Shauntal and Caitlin.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Cilan's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Chili's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Cress's team.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Lenora's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Burgh's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Elesa's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Clay's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Skyla's team.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Brycen's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Drayden's team.
Shauntal's team hits Sneasel's weaknesses hard.
Grimsley's team hits Sneasel's weaknesses hard.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Caitlin's team.
Marshal's team hits Sneasel's weaknesses hard.
Alder's team hits Weavile's weaknesses hard.
Catch Sneasel
Catch Sneasel in the Giant Chasm (walking, Lv 48, uncommon).
Evolve Sneasel to Weavile
It evolves in the post-game, after the credits.
How to Get Weavile in Black & White
Weavile doesn't appear wild. Catch Sneasel instead, it shows up at moderate rates. Evolve it through a special method to get Weavile. The 2-stage line is mapped in the step cards below.
How to Obtain Weavile in BW
To get Weavile, start by catching Sneasel through walking encounters at Lv. 48-58. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Weavile ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Sneasel egg.
How to Get Shiny Weavile in Black & White
Weavile owes its shiny to breeding: hatch a Sneasel from a foreign-language parent at 1 in 1,365, then a night-time Razor Claw finishes it. Compare Shiny Weavile odds across every game
Black & White Shiny Weavile Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,366 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 144 |
| 25%one in four | 393 |
| 50%coin flip | 947 |
| 90%very likely | 3,145 |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Weavile in the Black & White Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Weavile Weakness
Fighting, Fire, Bug, Rock, and Steel moves hit Weavile for super-effective damage. Fighting hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Psychic-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Fighting |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Bug, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice, Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Weavile Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Weavile
 Cobalion SteelFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodMistralton Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Cobalion builds →Close Combat 4x244-287%KO Iron Head 2x81-96% Stone Edge 2x68-80% X-Scissor 2x54-64% | ||
 Terrakion RockFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodVictory Road Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Terrakion builds →Close Combat 4x328-386%KO Stone Edge 2x138-162%KO X-Scissor 2x73-86% | ||
 Hitmonchan Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Hitmonchan builds →Focus Punch 4x345-406%KO Stone Edge 2x77-90% Fire Punch 2x58-69% Bullet Punch 2x31-37% | ||
 Gurdurr Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Gurdurr builds →Focus Punch 4x345-406%KO Stone Edge 2x77-90% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Heracross builds →Close Combat 4x321-377%KO Megahorn 2x160-189%KO Stone Edge 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Sawk Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Sawk builds →Close Combat 4x321-377%KO Stone Edge 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Gallade builds →Close Combat 4x321-377%KO X-Scissor 2x72-85% Stone Edge 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Mienshao Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Mienshao builds →High Jump Kick 4x347-408%KO Stone Edge 2x89-105%KO U-turn 2x63-74% | ||
 Scrafty DarkFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Scrafty builds →Focus Punch 4x304-358%KO Head Smash 2x101-119%KO Incinerate 2x10-12% | ||
 Emboar FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Nuvema Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Emboar builds →Hammer Arm 4x263-310%KO Flare Blitz 2x158-186%KO Head Smash 2x131-154%KO | ||
 Throh Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Throh builds →Superpower 4x266-313%KO Stone Edge 2x74-87% | ||
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Primeape builds →Close Combat 4x275-324%KO Stone Edge 2x77-90% Overheat 2x56-66% U-turn 2x54-64% | ||
 Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodDesert Resort Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Darmanitan builds →Superpower 4x236-278%KO Flare Blitz 2x177-208%KO Stone Edge 2x98-115%KO U-turn 2x69-82% | ||
 Aggron SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Aggron builds →Brick Break 4x121-143%KO Iron Head 2x97-114%KO Stone Edge 2x120-141%KO Fire Blast 2x48-56% | ||
Weavile Evolutions
Weavile evolved from Sneasel's chain using a held item. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Sneasel eggs (average hatch time). The evolution from Sneasel pushed Weavile to 510 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +25. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Weavile to get Sneasel eggs easily using 181 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Assist, Avalanche, Bite and 11 more.
BW Weavile Best Moveset
120 Attack at 125 Speed makes Weavile one of the fastest physical attackers in the format. Dark/Ice TermStab covers Dragon, Psychic, Ghost, Flying, and Ground super-effectively. The moveset fires MoveIce Shard priority and physical Dark attacks before almost anything can respond. 70 HP and 65 Defense fold to any Fighting move.
Best Build
Weavile best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Shard
- Low Kick
- Ice Punch
- Night Slash
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Weavile's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Blizzard and Ice Beam gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Evolution made it even more devious. It communicates by clawing signs in boulders.
Weavile Black & White Guide
Yes, and the story past them too. Weavile turns up only after the credits, which roll once N’s Castle is behind you.
In Black & White, use Weavile as a sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats,
For Black & White, build your team around Starmie, Dragonite, and Landorus Therian. These have the highest co-usage rates with Weavile in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Pickpocket is the hidden ability. Steals attacking Pokémon's held items on contact. Not always the best choice. Compare it to Weavile's regular abilities before committing.
For Black & White, run Jolly on Weavile. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
Since Diamond & Pearl, Weavile has been in 13 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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