What is a good moveset for Weavile?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Weavile, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for any of its pre-evolutions can also be shared on this thread.

Be sure to include full set details in your post, e.g. items, abilities, natures and EVs. Some detail, including the intended game mode for your set, is also appreciated. Access the full list of guidelines here.

Weavile Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Role: Dynamax Physical Sweeper
Dynamax:

Weavile @ Choice Band / Choice Scarf
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Throat Chop
- Ice Punch
- Psycho Cut
- Brick Break

• Throat Chop: STAB
• Ice Punch: STAB, freezing chance
• Psycho Cut: Covers Fighting Weakness
• Brick Break: Gets rid of Reflect and Light Screen. Covers Steel and Rock Weaknesses.

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  I haven't used this in the battle tower just yet, but I'll tell you how well it does in the Battle Tower.

You also could swap Psycho Cut or Brick Break for Swords Dance, although I do not recommend it, because of Weaviles not so good HP, Defense and Sp. Defense

Comments

Why a Choice item for a dedicated Dynamaxer? Dynamaxing completely removes the effect of Choice items, so it's generally better to run Life Orb instead, which still gives the extra damage while Dynamaxed.

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It ignores the effects? I honestly didn't know that. And after using this set in the battle tower, Life Orb is definitely better, whether it does effect the holder or not.

Answer 2

Weavile @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure / Pickpocket
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
• Fake Out
• Hone Claws
• Triple Axel
• Knock Off

Fake out gets in some free damage. Home Claws boosts attack and accuracy. Triple Axel hits incredibly hard, has its accuracy boosted by Hone Claws, and is STAB. Knock Off is also STAB.

Answer 3

Series 9 VGC 2021

Weavile @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Tears
- Taunt
- Fake Out
- Triple Axel

>Utility/offense. Poggers. Fake tears is so SpDef go sadge, good with special attackers, taunt is to stop protect and other stuff, fake out is just...fake out, and Triple Axel is good stab.

Answer 4

Weavile @ Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Throat Chop
- Icicle Crash / Ice Shard
- Aerial Ace / Quick Attack / Slash
- Hone Claws / Swords Dance

• Throat Chop (STAB, Opponents can no longer use Sound-Based moves)
• Icicle Crash (STAB, 30% Chance to Flinch Opponent) / Ice Shard (STAB, Priority)
• Aerial Ace (Fighting Coverage) / Quick Attack (Priority) / Slash (Powerful Normal-Type Move)
• Hone Claws (+1 Atk, +1 Acc) / Swords Dance (+2 Atk)

Answer 5

Weavile @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Icicle Crash
- Night Slash
- Brick Break
- Hone Claws / Swords Dance

• Icicle Crash- Hard hitting ice type move
• Night Slash- Dark STAB+ High crit hit ratio
• Brick Break- Coverage to Rock, Steel, other Ice types
• Hone Claws / Swords Dance- Increases Attack and Accuracy (For Icicle Crash)/ 2x Attack

I didn't put Ice shard because it already has good speed with Jolly nature (383 Speed)

Answer 6

I think this will be a good suggestion:

Item: Life Orb
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 80 HP/ 252 Atk/ 176 spe

Jolly Nature:

-Ice Shard
-Ice Crash
-Night Slash
-Pursuit

Thanks to its sky-high Speed and Attack, Weavile performs exceptionally well as a revenge killer thanks to the abundance of Ghost- and Psychic-types in the tier and access to Pursuit.
Night Slash also guarantees the OHKO on many of the Ghost- and Psychic-types that Pursuit is designed to trap, but when the opponent decides not to switch.
The removal of bulky Water-types also makes Weavile's life easier, Weavile’s STAB attacks will make quick work of any opposing Water-type. Powerful attackers that can freely switch in on or lure bulky Water-types, specifically Choice Specs Kingdra, Arcanine, and Choice Band Heracross, are also capable of heavily damaging them, giving Weavile room to pull off a sweep. Zapdos may also be a good teammate to Weavile. Making it easy to deal with Water-type Pokemons.

Answer 7

Here's my suggestion of a moveset for Weavile:

Generation: 6

Weavile (M) @ Ice Gem
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Ice Shard
- Protect
- Swagger
- Punishment

• Ice Shard - STAB and priority
• Protect - For Swagger
• Swagger - If they try to damage you use Protect so you can protect yourself or they could just get hit by confusion.
• Punishment - STAB and massive damage due to Swagger

Comments

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen5ou-73389794

The power of Weavile in OU.

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You can't get Ice Gem in Generation 6.

Answer 8

Here is my favorite weavile set

Unexpected Counter

Weavile @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Triple Axel
- Beat Up / Knock Off
- Counter
- Detect / Ice Shard

Triple axel = Powerful STAB
Beat up if you want to lead with weavile
knock off if not
Counter = YES
If you can predict attack, go for ice shard
if not go for detect
You can counter Physical Primal Groudon,Kartana,and Zacian Crowned and many more wall breaker or physical sweeper.

Answer 9

Back-up Fighter

Weavile (M) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 128 HP / 212 Atk / 168 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Icicle Crash
- Foul Play
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

Honestly, not much about this boy. He only will come out when a type has disadvantage towards him, or when no one else is able to battle. Icicle Crash is STAB and a chunk of damage and Foul Play exists for the same reason. Rest is to heal while Sleep Talk is to attack when you're still asleep. That's pretty much it about this guy. It ain't much, but it's honest work.

Comments

Weavile is so frail, would it be able to pull of a Rest successfully? And imo Knock Off > Foul Play maybe better, and ig you can scratch off Rocky Helm as it's so frail actually...

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I'm still quite working on his set. Might update it sometime later.

Answer 10

Weavile (M/F) @ Leftovers

Hability: Pickpocket

Nature: Adamant

EVs: 140 HP / 184 Def / 184 SpD

• Foul Play
• Ice Punch
• Low Kick
• Giga Impact

*Foul Play can be used for situations such as: Psychic and Ghost type Pokémon. While Ice Punch can be used for Grass, Flying, Ground and Dragon type Pokémon. Low Kick can be used to attack heavy fighting-type Pokémon that give Weavile a ¼ weakness. While Giga Impact can be used in emergency situations, where it is necessary to deal a lot of damage to a Pokémon.*

Comments

what is the EV spread on this thing. giga impact is bad, don't use it. why in the world are you using ice punch over ice spinner or icicle crash. foul play is not good for weavile because it usually uses its great attack stat.

Answer 11

Fakeout lead/ held item remover

Weavile @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Taunt
- Protect

Weavile is the fastest nonboosted fakeout user and works well with defense setup Pokemon or sweepers. A great trick room counter using taunt or fakeout. Directly counters dusclops by being able to remove its eviolite. If weavile is one hit its focus sash will be removed and it will have a chance to pickpocket the enemy’s item.

Comments

Protect is just a shield