Competitive Information for Sneasel [Ruby/Sapphire]

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Competitive Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire Movesets and Strategies for Sneasel

Base Stats for Sneasel

Dark / Ice

Abilities:

Keen EyeKeen Eye: Prevents other Pokemon from lowering this Pokemon's accuracy stat stage.

Inner FocusInner Focus: This Pokemon cannot be made to flinch.

Evolutions / Family:
Sneasel

Weakness Chart for Dark/Ice-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

0.5x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

¼x

½x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Sneasel? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.

Sneasel is a decent Dark and Ice-typed Pokemon. Sneasel are common Pokemon to see in the RS metagame. Sneasel is weak to Bug, Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.

Species: Sneasel
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 112 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Shadow Ball
- Brick Break / Rock Smash
- Metal Claw

Physical Sweeper Sneasel

Sneasel is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Inner Focus, Sneasel cannot be made to flinch.

♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Sneasel's attack by 1 stage).

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Sneasel? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.

Doubles Physical Sweeper Sneasel

Sneasel is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Previously before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Inner Focus, Sneasel cannot be made to flinch.

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Movepool

Wondering what moves can Sneasel learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.

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Extended Move Details:Additional move information such as Risk versus Reward Statistics or Move power versus specific type-matchups

Damage Modifiers:

Type-matchup: Sort through and determine which moves would best work versus an opponent of the typing you select.

Apply STABS.T.A.B : Same-Type Attack Bonus
These moves are always highlighted below in bold. When this box is checked, the bonus is calculated into the Versus column when a type-matchup is selected.

Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Sneasel can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.

Competitive RS Move and Ability Combos for Sneasel

Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Snatch
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break

Optimize Sneasel's EVs for Ruby/Sapphire