Snivy
Grass Snake Pokémon
They photosynthesize by bathing their tails in sunlight. When they are not feeling well, their tails droop.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Berry Juice
LCNormalium Z
LCChoice Scarf
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Where to find Snivy
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Snivy can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 4 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 7 | Vine Whip Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Grass | Physical | 45 | 100 | 25 |
| 10 | Wrap Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 90 | 20 |
| 13 | Growth Raises the user’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 16 | Leaf Tornado Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Grass | Special | 65 | 90 | 10 |
| 16 | Magical Leaf Never misses. | Grass | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| 19 | Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn. | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 22 | Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 25 | Slam Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 75 | 20 |
| 28 | Leaf Blade Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 31 | Coil Raises the user’s Attack, Defense, and accuracy by one stage each. | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 34 | Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Gastro Acid Nullifies target’s ability until it leaves battle. | Poison | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Wring Out Power increases against targets with more HP remaining, up to a maximum of 121 power. | Normal | Special | — | 100 | 5 |
| 40 | Leaf Storm Lowers the user’s Special Attack by two stages after inflicting damage. | Grass | Special | 130 | 90 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Snivy can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
13 sprites & renders for Snivy.






Across the games







More Grass-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
No reader notes on Snivy yet.
Cite this page
“Snivy”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/snivy.
Species data from PokéAPI.