Competitive Information for Weavile [Sword/Shield]
Dark / Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Weavile? 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.
Weavile is a phenomenal Dark and Ice-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Weavile when battling in the 8th generation meta. Weavile is weak to Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Wide Lens
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fake Out
- Triple Axel / Icicle Crash
- Fake Tears / Foul Play
- Taunt
Physical Sweeper Weavile (Popular/Trending)
Weavile is a decent Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Weavile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Weavile's moves. With Pressure, if Weavile is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ 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).
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
Item: Focus Sash / Chople Berry
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 180 Hp / 252 Atk / 32 Def / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Triple Axel / Icicle Crash
- Poison Jab / Double-Edge
- Psycho Cut
Physical Sweeper Weavile (Pressure)
Weavile is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Weavile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Pressure, if Weavile is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Poison Jab was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ 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).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Shard
- Brick Break
- Taunt
- Ice Punch
Weavile Physical Sweeper (Killer)
Weavile is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Weavile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Weavile is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
Item: Lax Incense
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 108 Hp / 76 Def / 140 SpA / 76 SpD / 108 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Beat Up / Night Slash
- Ice Beam / Blizzard
- Swords Dance / False Swipe
Weavile Special Tank (House Keeping)
Weavile is a pretty decent Special Tank. It tries to take a large amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Pressure, if Weavile is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Sweeper
♦ Beat Up is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Dark-type move (all healthy allies aid in damaging the target).
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Blizzard is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze foes. can't miss in hail).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Weavile's attack by 2 stages).
♦ False Swipe is a physical 40-base power Normal-type move (always leaves the target with at least 1 hp).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Weavile? 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 / Chople Berry
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 180 Hp / 252 Atk / 32 Def / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Triple Axel / Icicle Crash
- Poison Jab / Double-Edge
- Psycho Cut
Doubles Physical Sweeper Weavile (Pressure)
Weavile is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Weavile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Pressure, if Weavile is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Poison Jab was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ 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).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Weavile 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 Weavile 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 Weavile
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych Up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- 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: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Feint, Ice Shard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Weavile
- Beat Up
- Fake Out
- Fake Tears
- Foul Play
- Ice Shard
- Icicle Crash
- Protect
- Surf
- Taunt
- Triple Axel
Common Effort Values for Weavile in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 12/188/4/0/52/252 )
- Optimize Weavile's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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