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Sneasler
How to beat · Reg M-B

Sneasler

FightingPoisonUnburden physical sweeper

Sneasler is already fast at 120 base Speed, and Unburden doubles it once its held berry is consumed — after that it outruns essentially the entire format. Dire Claw (its signature) can poison, paralyze, or sleep, and Close Combat plus its Poison STAB give it the coverage to break past most walls once it's moving first.

The set
Ability
Unburden
Item
White Herb
Max Speed
189
Live usage
20.3%
Close CombatDire ClawFake OutProtect
Don't click this

Don't let it get the free Unburden turn. Once the berry pops it's twice as fast and you've lost the speed war — so pressure it before it activates, or bring a bulky answer that doesn't care about being outsped. Also don't spam contact into a Dire Claw set and hope: the poison/para/sleep chance can end your attacker's game on its own.

Good answers
Corviknight
CorviknightPressure

Corviknight resists Poison and takes Close Combat without folding, and it doesn't hand Sneasler an easy KO to snowball from. Speed doesn't matter if the hit doesn't dent you — and Corviknight pivots away to reset.

Hatterene
HattereneMagic Bounce

Hatterene resists Fighting and threatens a Fairy/Psychic hit back. It's slow, so it's happiest under Trick Room, but even outside it a bulky Hatterene forces Sneasler off Close Combat and blunts the sweep.

Gallade
GalladeJustified

You beat an Unburden sweeper by not letting it outspeed the turn that matters. A faster answer, Trick Room, or a priority move flips the read — and Gallade's Psychic STAB is super-effective into Sneasler's Fighting/Poison.

More answers by type
Gliscor
Gliscor
hitsGroundFlyingresistsFightingPoison
Golurk
Golurk
hitsGroundresistsPoison
Runerigus
Runerigus
hitsGroundresistsPoison
Slowbro (Galar)
Slowbro (Galar)
hitsPsychicresistsFightingPoison
Slowking (Galar)
Slowking (Galar)
hitsPsychicresistsFightingPoison
Mega Golurk
Mega Golurk
hitsGroundresistsPoison
Common partners
A Fake Out / chip lead

Sneasler wants a partner that forces the berry-activation turn (chip it to a Sitrus proc, or Fake Out cover so it sets up safely). Deny that free turn — remove the Fake Out partner or keep Sneasler from ever dropping below its berry threshold on your terms.

Every answer on this card was checked against the live learnset and roster data shown above — a citation that no longer holds is dropped, not shown. Type-based answers are computed from base stats and STAB. Speed is the real level-50 maximum. This is deterministic and sourced — no guesses.