Shadow Weavile

PVE Movesets Grades

Quick	Charge	ATK	DEF
Ice Shard	Avalanche	A	A
Ice Shard	Foul Play	C	A
Snarl	Avalanche	A-	A-
Snarl	Foul Play	A	B
Feint Attack	Avalanche	B-	B
Feint Attack	Foul Play	B	C
Ice Shard	Triple Axel	A-	B-
Snarl	Triple Axel	C	A
Feint Attack	Triple Axel	C	B

Quick	Charge	ATK	DEF
Ice Shard	Focus Blast	X	X
Snarl	Focus Blast	X	X
Feint Attack	Focus Blast	X	X

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

• Snarl is superior to Feint Attack on offense. 
• Foul Play pairs well to fulfill a Dark-type role. 
• Ice Shard pairs with Avalanche to fulfill an Ice-type role. 
• Triple Axel is slightly weaker than Avalanche, but it remains competitive due to being a 3-bar move.
• Snarl + Avalanche is Shadow Weavile’s best set vs. targets weak to both Ice and Dark, such as Giratina and Latios.
• Focus Blast is not appropriate on Shadow Weavile. TM it.

PVE Defensive Moves Explanation

• Ice Shard and Snarl have similar performance. The former is not resisted by Fighting, while the latter has slightly higher energy gains.
• Triple Axel comes out fast and frequently while still hitting hard, making it the defensive Charged move of choice.
• Avalanche is more punishing than Foul Play when hitting the enemy. Both are about as hard to dodge.
• Focus Blast will never get used before Weavile faints.
• Feint Attack is an inferior quick move.

PVE Overview

PVP Movesets Grades

Quick	Charge	ATK
Snarl	Avalanche Foul Play	A
Snarl	Avalanche Focus Blast	B
Ice Shard	Avalanche Foul Play	B

PvP Moveset Explanation

Snarl + Foul Play and Avalanche

Ice Shard is a solid fast move, but after the update Snarl blows it out of the water with its incredible energy generation, giving Weavile a niche as a unique spammy glass cannon.

Avalanche (90 Power/45 Energy) and Foul Play (70 Power/45 Energy) offer powerful STAB damage with very wide-reaching coverage. Depending on the meta, the much slower Focus Blast could also come in handy as a surprise nuke on Steel-types.

PvP Rating Explanation

Great League: 1 / 5

Weavile's defenses were bad enough, but Shadow Weavile can't even take many neutral hits before it drops.

Ultra League: 2 / 5

Shadow Weavile has some niches in the Ultra League against both Giratina forms, but it's not the most generally useful Pokemon in this capacity.

Master League: 1.5 / 5

Shadow Weavile can threaten many high-powered pokemon in the tier such as Giratina, Lugia, Garchomp, and Dragonite with its potent and pervasive STAB attacks. However, it is still frail, and doesn't perform well when it's not being played to its strengths. Honestly, it's probably better to just run Darkrai or Mamoswine instead.

Fast Moves

12

Ice Shard

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Ice

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
1.20	0.30	10.00		10.00	12.50

10

Feint Attack

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Dark

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
0.90	0.15	10.00		11.11	13.89

12

Snarl

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Dark

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
1.10	0.20	12.73		10.91	13.64

Charge Moves

90

Avalanche

2 Energy

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Ice

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.70	0.40	0.00	1.80	33.33	41.67		60.00

140

Focus Blast

1 Energy

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Fighting

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.51x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
3.50	0.50	0.00	1.40	40.00	50.00		56.00

70

Foul Play

2 Energy

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Dark

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.00	0.20	0.00	1.40	35.00	43.75		49.00

60

Triple Axel

3 Energy

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Ice

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.00	0.20	0.00	1.82	30.00	37.50		54.55

Exclusive Charge Moves

10

Frustration

3 Energy

More Info

Normal

.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.51x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.00	0.80	0.00	0.30	5.00	6.25		1.52

Purification Cost

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

	160% damage
	160% damage
	256% damage
	160% damage
	160% damage
	160% damage

Resistant

	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	39.1% damage

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