#903

Sneasler

FightingPoison

Best attacking moveset: Poison Jab and Close Combat, worth 13.7 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Sneasler can learn 9 combinations. Poison Jab with Close Combat does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Takes double damagePsychic

Weak toFlyingGround

ResistsFightingPoisonRockGrassDark

Strongly resistsBug

Fast attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Poison Jab	Poison	13	1.0s	+9
Rock Smash	Fighting	17	1.5s	+12
Shadow Claw	Ghost	6	0.5s	+4

Charged attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Aerial Ace	Flying	55	2.5s	-33
Close Combat	Fighting	105	2.5s	-100
X Scissor	Bug	45	1.5s	-33

Shiny

Yes. Shiny Sneasler has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, photobomb.

Evolution family

Sneasel

Weavile

Sneasler

Numbers

Max CP	3,643 at level 50, 3,222 at level 40
Raid catch	1,841 CP at level 20, or 2,302 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch	1,759 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats	259 attack · 158 defense · 190 stamina

What it costs

Candy to evolve	25 Candy
Second charged move	75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Buddy distance	5 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one	3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy
Size	1.3 m and 43 kg

Best moveset against each type

Sneasler does not have one best moveset, it has 6. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Grass, Normal, Rock.

Against	Best moveset	DPS
Grass	Poison Jab + X Scissor	19.9
Normal	Rock Smash + Close Combat	19.2
Rock	Rock Smash + Close Combat	19.2
Steel	Rock Smash + Close Combat	19.2
Ice	Rock Smash + Close Combat	19.2
Dark	Rock Smash + Close Combat	19.2
Psychic	Shadow Claw + X Scissor	16.6
Fairy	Poison Jab + Close Combat	16.6
Fighting	Poison Jab + Aerial Ace	14.5
Bug	Poison Jab + Aerial Ace	14.5
Fire	Poison Jab + Close Combat	13.7
Water	Poison Jab + Close Combat	13.7
Electric	Poison Jab + Close Combat	13.7
Dragon	Poison Jab + Close Combat	13.7
Ghost	Shadow Claw + Aerial Ace	12.6
Ground	Rock Smash + Close Combat	12.3
Flying	Poison Jab + Close Combat	11.7
Poison	Shadow Claw + Aerial Ace	10.1

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Sneasler is actually for.

Counters: what beats Sneasler

Attacker	Type	Moveset	DPS
Mewtwo	Psychic	Confusion + Psystrike Legacy	58.0
Alakazam	Psychic	Confusion + Psychic Legacy	49.5
Azelf	Psychic	Confusion + Futuresight	48.0
Hoopa	PsychicGhost	Confusion + Psychic	47.8
Espeon	Psychic	Confusion + Psychic	47.8
Lunala	PsychicGhost	Confusion + Psychic	46.7
Tapu Lele	PsychicFairy	Confusion + Futuresight	46.2
Latios	DragonPsychic	Zen Headbutt + Psychic	45.9
Metagross	SteelPsychic	Zen Headbutt + Psychic	44.1
Deoxys	Psychic	Zen Headbutt + Psycho Boost	43.9

Ranked by damage per second against Sneasler's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.