Is Weavile Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Sneasel evolves at Razor Claw plus night leveling. Dark/Ice with AbilityPressure. One of the fastest Pokemon in Sinnoh. Handles Lucian's Psychic E4 and Cynthia's Garchomp through Ice. Flint and Aaron fall to Dark and Ice respectively. Weavile covers more E4 matchups than almost anything.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Sneasel has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Sneasel resists most of Fantina's coverage and hits back hard.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Sneasel trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Weavile has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Weavile has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Weavile trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Weavile has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Weavile trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Weavile has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Weavile resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Weavile has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Weavile has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Weavile trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Sneasel
Catch Sneasel on Route 216 (walking, Lv 33-35, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Sneasel to Weavile
Sneasel evolves into Weavile with a hold Razor Claw. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Candice.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 41)
- LV 41DarkNight SlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 212
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 49DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Weavile in Platinum
Weavile has no wild encounter in Platinum. Catch a Sneasel, give it a Razor Claw to hold, then level it up at night, and the sharp-clawed weasel evolves from there.
Wild Weavile may be holding when caught:
Grip Claw (50% chance) A Pokemon hold item that extends the duration of multiturn attacks like Bind and Wrap.
Quick Claw (5% chance) Held: Holder has a 3/16 (18.75%) chance to move first.Catch Sneasel at any of these 5 spots to eventually evolve into Weavile.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Sneasel
- 2Evolve WeavileHold Razor Claw, Nighttime
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8How to Obtain Weavile in Pt
Sneasel is your first catch on the way to Weavile. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 33-51 across 12 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch SneaselRoute 216Lv.33-35GrassRate 35%Acuity LakefrontLv.33-35GrassRate 25%Morning/dayRoute 217Lv.33-35GrassRate 25%Morning/dayRoute 217Lv.34-35GrassRate 15%NightAcuity LakefrontLv.35GrassRate 15%NightLake AcuityLv.41GrassRate 10%Snowpoint Temple - 1FLv.49CaveRate 10%Snowpoint Temple - B1FLv.49CaveRate 10%Snowpoint Temple - B2FLv.50CaveRate 10%Snowpoint Temple - B3FLv.50CaveRate 10%Snowpoint Temple - B4FLv.51CaveRate 10%Snowpoint Temple - B5FLv.51CaveRate 10%
- Step 2Weavile ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Sneasel egg.
How to Get Shiny Weavile in Platinum
Weavile needs a Razor Claw at night, so chain a Sneasel on Route 217 to 40 for a shiny, then evolve it after dark. Compare Shiny Weavile odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Weavile Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Weavile in the Platinum 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
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 4x336-395%KO Fire Blast 2x109-128%KO Iron Tail 2x74-88% U-turn 2x53-64% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 4x407-479%KO Iron Tail 2x91-107%KO Rock Slide 2x68-81% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 4x391-460%KO Rock Slide 2x66-78% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 4x391-460%KO X-Scissor 2x70-82% Rock Slide 2x66-78% | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Rampardos builds →Focus Punch 4x329-388%KO Rock Slide 2x124-147%KO Iron Tail 2x110-130%KO Fire Blast 2x50-59% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 4x340-400%KO X-Scissor 2x60-71% Rock Slide 2x57-68% | ||
 Registeel Steel | B | |
Obtain MethodIron Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Registeel builds →Focus Punch 4x171-202%KO Flash Cannon 2x57-67% Rock Slide 2x43-51% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 4x324-381%KO Rock Slide 2x55-65% Fire Blast 2x42-50% | ||
 Mawile Steel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Mawile builds →Focus Punch 4x189-223%KO Flash Cannon 2x45-53% Rock Slide 2x48-57% Fire Blast 2x44-53% | ||
 Riolu Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodIron Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Riolu builds →Focus Punch 4x245-288%KO Iron Tail 2x55-65% Rock Slide 2x42-50% | ||
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Medicham builds →Focus Punch 4x217-256%KO Fire Punch 2x36-43% Rock Slide 2x36-43% | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Empoleon builds →Flash Cannon 2x77-91% Brick Break 4x97-115%KO Rock Slide 2x48-57% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Forretress BugSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weavile View Forretress builds →Bug Bite 2x61-72% Flash Cannon 2x49-58% Rock Smash 4x55-65% Rock Slide 2x50-59% | ||
Weavile Evolutions
Weavile evolved from Sneasel's chain using an evolution 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 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Bite, Counter, Crush Claw and 9 more.
Pt Weavile Best Moveset
120 Attack at 125 Speed on physical Dark and Ice moves. The moveset tears through anything weak to either type before opponents can respond, and MoveIce Shard adds Ice-type priority for even faster targets. Paper defenses at 65-85 mean one returned hit is often fatal.
Best Build
Weavile best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Shard
- Night Slash
- Low Kick
- Pursuit
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
49 of 51 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Evolution made it even more devious. It communicates by clawing signs in boulders.
Weavile Platinum Guide
In Platinum, use Weavile as a sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats, Pursuit is the primary attack.
For Platinum, build your team around Infernape. These have the highest co-usage rates with Weavile in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For Platinum, 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
Winds & Waves
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