Appearance
A bipedal mix of cat and weasel, mainly dark teal, with bright red tail feathers and one on the left ear. Long white claws tip its limbs.
#215
Sneasel
Sharp Claw Pokémon
DarkIce
- Height
- 0.9 m
- Weight
- 28 kg
- Generation
- 2
- Region
- Johto
Sneasel is a Dark / Ice-type Pokémon, No. 215 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 2 (Johto region).
« Its sturdy, curved claws are ideal for traversing precipitous cliffs. From the tips of these claws drips a venom that infiltrates the nerves of any prey caught in Sneasel's grasp. »
Its story
Lifestyle
Smart and sneaky, it ambushes prey at night and steals eggs. The poison-clawed Hisuian form evolves into Sneasler; the Johtonian form into Weavile.
In the anime
Harrison's Sneasel beats Ash's Pikachu at the Silver Conference, then loses to Totodile.
Name origin
Its look crosses a kamaitachi with a cat. Sneasel may blend sneak, sneaky, and weasel.
Did you know?
- Pairs hunt together, then fight over the stolen eggs.
- Breeders despise it enough to try to wipe it out.
- Very rarely, it has been seen sleeping belly-up while washing its face.
Found in the Pokédex of:
JohtoSinnohUnovaKalosAlolaGalarHisuiPaldea
In other languages
Farfuret
Sniebel
ニューラ포푸니狃拉