Competitive Information for Sneasel [Sword/Shield]
Dark / Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sneasel? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Sneasel is pretty popular Dark and Ice-typed Pokemon. Sneasel is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Sneasel is weak to Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Eviolite
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fake Out
- Triple Axel
- Fake Tears / Beat Up
- Taunt
Physical Sweeper Sneasel (Popular/Trending)
Sneasel is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Sneasel is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite changes that. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Sneasel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Inner Focus, Sneasel cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Triple Axel is a physical STAB-boosted 20-base power Ice-type move (hits 3 times. Each hit can miss, but power rises).
◆ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
◆ Beat Up is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Dark-type move (all healthy allies aid in damaging the target).
◆ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
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Item: Focus Sash / Chople Berry
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 112 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play / Knock Off
- Triple Axel / Icicle Crash
- Psycho Cut / Poison Jab
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Sneasel (Inner Focus)
Sneasel is an astounding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sneasel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Inner Focus, Sneasel cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate. Psycho Cut or Poison Jab are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Chople Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fighting-type attack then the Chople Berry gets consumed.
◆ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Triple Axel is a physical STAB-boosted 20-base power Ice-type move (hits 3 times. Each hit can miss, but power rises).
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sneasel? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Triple Axel
- Fake Out
- Surf
- Icy Wind
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sneasel (Popular VGC)
Sneasel is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sneasel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Inner Focus, Sneasel cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Fake Out is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. First turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Chople Berry
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 112 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play / Knock Off
- Triple Axel / Icicle Crash
- Psycho Cut / Poison Jab
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sneasel (Inner Focus)
Sneasel is a spectacular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sneasel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Inner Focus, Sneasel cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate. Psycho Cut or Poison Jab are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Chople Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fighting-type attack then the Chople Berry gets consumed.
◆ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Triple Axel is a physical STAB-boosted 20-base power Ice-type move (hits 3 times. Each hit can miss, but power rises).
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Sneasel can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Sneasel
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Feint, Ice Shard, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Sneasel's stats
- Agility
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Metal Claw
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Sneasel
- Beat Up
- Fake Out
- Fake Tears
- Foul Play
- Ice Beam
- Ice Shard
- Icy Wind
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Surf
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Triple Axel
Common Effort Values for Sneasel in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 252/0/4/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Sneasel's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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