Sneasel (Japanese: ニューラ Nyula) is a dual-type Dark/Ice Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It evolves into Weavile when leveled up while holding a Razor Claw during the night.

In Hisui, Sneasel has a dual-type Fighting/Poison regional form. It evolves into Sneasler when leveled up while holding a Razor Claw during the day.

(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for more details.)

Biology

Sneasel is a bipedal mustelid Pokémon that resembles both a cat and a weasel. It is primarily bluish-black with three bright red feathers for its tail and a single one on its left ear. The ear feather is shorter on the female than on the male. The other ear is short and pointed, and it has narrow red eyes. On its forehead and chest are oval, yellow gem-like protrusions. It has red eyes with black eyelash-like markings on the edges. It has long limbs with two large, white retractable claws on its hands and feet. It is perfectly capable of using its claws to do substantial damage. Its claws are also used for climbing trees in boreal or sub-alpine forests where it lives. It can also bring out its claws to startle foes that attacked it.

Sneasel is a smart, sneaky, and notoriously vicious Pokémon, and blends well into the night in order to ambush their prey. Sneasel feeds on Eggs, such as those of Pidgey, that it steals from unattended nests. It uses its claws to poke a hole in the Egg before slurping the contents out. It has been known to form pairs to hunt: one Sneasel will lure the parents away from their nest, while the other steals their Eggs. Although the Sneasel pair works together, they will also fight over their hunt among themselves. As a result of its Egg-based diet, Sneasel are despised by Breeders to the point where they try to drive away or eradicate the former. Sneasel also preys on Alolan Sandshrew, but the Sandshrew's skin is so hard that it can cause Sneasel's claws to snap off.

Prior to Generation IV, Beat Up was its signature move, but other Pokémon could still inherit it via breeding.

Forms

Sneasel has a regional form: Hisuian Sneasel.

In Hisui, Sneasel has a similar appearance to its Johtonian counterpart. It has a white body with purple colorations on its face, chest, shoulders, and forelimbs. The feathers on its tail and ear are light purple; like Johtonian Sneasel, the ear feather is shorter on the female than on the male. It has rounder eyes than its Johtonian form, although it shares the latter's gem-like protrusions, as well as the large claws on its hands and feet. The claws are tipped with poison, and are purple on its forelimbs and white on its feet.

Hisuian Sneasel's sturdy and curved claws allow it to climb and travel through the walls of precipitous cliffs where it lives. The venom from the tips of its claws is capable of invading the nervous system of any prey it scratches. It has been observed that Hisuian Sneasel lacks the spitefulness of its Johtonian counterpart, and it has been theorized that differences in their environments account for the differing personalities. As a result, Hisuian Sneasel evolves into Sneasler instead of Weavile.

Evolution

Sneasel evolves into Weavile.

Hisuian Sneasel evolves into Sneasler.

Hisuian Sneasel

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Sneasel

In Pokémon Emerald, Sneasel can only be found in the Battle Frontier.

Hisuian Sneasel

Stats

Base stats

Sneasel

Hisuian Sneasel

Hisuian Sneasel has the same base stats as Johtonian Sneasel. Due to the different way stats are calculated in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, exact minimum and maximum stats are not shown in this table.

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Sneasel

Hisuian Sneasel

Learnset

By leveling up

Sneasel

Hisuian Sneasel

By TM

Sneasel

Hisuian Sneasel

By breeding

Sneasel

Hisuian Sneasel

Special moves

Sneasel

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Sneasel

Hisuian Sneasel

Evolution data

Sneasel

Sneasel evolves into Weavile when leveled up while holding a Razor Claw during the night. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it evolves into Weavile when exposed to a Razor Claw during the night.

Hisuian Sneasel

Hisuian Sneasel evolves into Sneasler when leveled up while holding a Razor Claw during the day. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it evolves into Sneasler when exposed to a Razor Claw during the day.

Sprites

In the anime

Major appearances

Harrison's Sneasel

Sneasel made its main series debut in Pop Goes The Sneasel, where one was blocking access to the Flame of Ho-Oh. Harrison caught it and later used it in his Silver Conference battle against Ash. It defeated Pikachu and then lost to Totodile.

Other

Sneasel debuted in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, under the ownership of the Iron-Masked Marauder. He used it, along with a Scizor, to retrieve Celebi.

In Hail to the Chef, Rhoda's Sneasel is her sous-chef. It took a dislike to Meowth and deliberately made his food taste terrible.

In Duels of the Jungle, a female Sneasel tried to stop a feud between two Weavile.

In Sliding Into Seventh!, Candice used a Sneasel in her Gym battle against Ash. It battled Grotle and lost despite being at a type advantage.

Team Flare Grunts used multiple Sneasel in From A to Z!, An Explosive Operation!, and The Right Hero for the Right Job!.

In Getting a Jump on the Competition!, a Sneasel battled and lost to Hala's Crabrawler. Its defeat triggered Crabrawler's evolution into a Crabominable.

In The Power of Us, a Pokémon hunter's Sneasel and another hunter's Houndoom searched for Zeraora, but targeted a Teddiursa and Ditto instead. This forced Zeraora and soon Ash and his friends to intervene, eventually leaving Sneasel defeated.

Minor appearances

In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Sneasel to the school's underage students for use in lessons.

In Off the Unbeaten Path, a Trainer's Sneasel participated in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.

A Coordinator's Sneasel appeared in Settling a Not-So-Old Score!.

A Sneasel appeared in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.

In Foggy Pokémon Orienteering! and Battling Into the Hall of Fame!, a Trainer's Sneasel attended the Pokémon Summer Camp.

In Performing with Fiery Charm!, a Performer's Sneasel competed in the Dendemille Showcase. In A Performance Pop Quiz!, it competed in the Anistar Showcase. In Party Dancecapades! it attended Monsieur Pierre's dance party. In Master Class is in Session!, it competed in the Gloire City Master Class Showcase but was eliminated. Afterwards, Sneasel spectated the rest of the Showcase in Performing a Pathway to the Future!.

A Trainer's Sneasel appeared in Getting a Jump on the Competition!.

In Battle Royal 151!, a Trainer's Sneasel competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference but ended up losing.

A Sneasel appeared in Settling the Scorbunny!.

A Trainer's Sneasel appeared in The Sinnoh Iceberg Race!.

A Trainer's Sneasel appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.

A Sneasel appeared in HZ040 at Manya's house.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Movie adaptations

Two Sneasel appeared in ICYR2.

Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~

Kunoichi was seen with a Sneasel.

Pokémon Adventures

Sneasel's most predominant role is as one of Silver's Pokémon. He first appeared in Who Gives a Hoothoot?. It is his first Pokémon as he was the Pokémon that he used during his training under the Masked Man, and the only one seen with him in flashbacks of his childhood prior to being kidnapped. He is a dexterous and crafty fighter that fully utilizes his speed and attacks of both the Dark type and the Ice type. After many years, he evolved into a Weavile in Lance's hidden Whirl Islands chamber.

In My, My, My Mimic, a Sneasel was captured by Carr, who wanted to ambush Red and Blue. However, it is frozen and beaten by the newly arrived Lorelei.

Two Sneasel appeared in Disagreeable Graveler.

In Striking Out Snover, three wild Sneasel were near Snowpoint City, with some of them being cared by Candice.

A Sneasel appeared in To and Fro with Froslass.

Multiple Sneasel appeared in All About Arceus III.

A Team Plasma Grunt's Sneasel appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition.

Two Sneasel belonging to Workers appeared in PS611. They reappeared in a flashback in PS615.

Multiple Sneasel appeared in the Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc, where it was seen on Mount Lanakila.

Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master!

Ryū owns a Sneasel.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Sneasel is Black's main Pokémon in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys.

Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

A Sneasel appeared in GDZ47, under the ownership of a thief.

Asuka is revealed to have a Sneasel, which first appeared in GDZ59.

A Sneasel appeared in GDZ67, under the ownership of a monk.

Shu caught a Sneasel, as seen in GDZ73.

Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~

A Sneasel appeared in The Scarlet Scroll: Kunoichi's Situation, under the ownership of Kunoichi.

In the TCG

Other appearances

POKÉMON Detective Pikachu

Multiple Sneasel appeared in POKÉMON Detective Pikachu.

Trivia

• Sneasel is one of fourteen Pokémon that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries for in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
• Sneasel can be seen as a counterpart to Gligar. Both of them have two types which cause them to have a 4× weakness to another type, have the same base stat total, evolve into Pokémon that were introduced in Generation IV (Weavile and Gliscor), and do so by leveling up at night while holding an Evolution item whose name includes the word razor (Razor Claw and Razor Fang). Additionally, both are available as Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum, and found in The Under Subway.
• Sneasel has the highest base Speed stat of all Pokémon that are capable of evolving.
• Despite Sneasel being based on the kamaitachi, which has the same Japanese name as Razor Wind, Sneasel cannot learn this move.
• Sneasel is the only Pokémon to have a gender difference in both its standard form and regional form.
  • Furthermore, Hisuan Sneasel is the only regional form to have gender differences.
• Sneasel is the only dual-type Pokémon to have a dual-type regional form that doesn't share either of its types.
• Sneasel is the only Pokémon with a Hisuian form to have its original form available in any capacity in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
• Hisuian Sneasel and its evolution were designed by Hitoshi Ariga.[1]
• In Pokémon Legends: Arceus's internal code, Hisuian Sneasel's Hidden Ability is Poison Touch instead of Pickpocket.
• Sneasel has been depicted with three variants in color. In Pokémon Gold and Silver, Sneasel had a bronze coloration while its tail feathers were a dark cyan; while in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Sneasel had a light purple body. The third color variant is its current bluish black color which has been consistently depicted in the main series games from Pokémon Crystal onwards.
• Johtonian Sneasel and its evolved form, Weavile, are the only black Ice-type Pokémon.

Origin

Sneasel may be based on the kamaitachi, a type of yōkai often represented as weasel demons with sickles on their front legs and sometimes understood as the cause of mysterious cuts on the skin, especially in cold weather. It also resembles black cats. It may also draw inspiration from the viverrids, weasel-like mammals with half-retractable claws that are sometimes mistaken for cats; its "feathers" perhaps represent the dorsal crest seen on some species. These feathers could also represent the wind itself, the key element of kamaitachi, as feathers are often associated with the wind, because they allow birds to move in the air and create gusts. Its eye markings are similar to that of ones in Egyptian style, possibly Horus's.

Name origin

Sneasel is a combination of sneaky and weasel. It may also derive from sneeze, an action associated with having a cold or being cold, or sneesl (Scots for to begin to rain or snow) — both of which refer to its Ice type.

Nyula may be a combination of 潜入 sennyū (sneaking in) and 鼬 yū (weasel, an alternate reading of itachi). Alternatively, it may be a combination of new, ニャー nya (the sound a cat makes), and 野良 nora (stray, as in a stray cat, as strays are usually violent and tricky).

In other languages

More languages Hebrew סניזל Snizel Transcription of English name Hindi चोरीला Chorila From चोरी chori or चोर chor Russian Снизел Snizel Transcription of English name Thai นิวลา Niola Transcription of Japanese name

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