Raven's Sneasel

**Raven's Sneasel** (Japanese: **レイベンのニューラ** *Reiben's Nyula*) is the first and only Pokémon that Raven was seen capturing.

## **New Era**

### **Johto Journey**

#### **As a Wild Pokémon**

Sneasel, along with his cronies Machop and Machoke, became incredibly infamous when they started preventing any and all Pokémon Trainers from retrieving Ho-Oh's flame from it's shrine, with every Trainer who volunteered to try to stop the offending Pokémon ended up coming back with hurt Pokémon, broken bones, and other serious injuries.

When Raven and Dwayne voluntereed to retrieve the flame, Sneasel found himself battling against Dwayne, when Dwayne attempted to sneak into the shrine, Sneasel tries to take a swing at him, but Dwayne jumps out of the way. Dwayne sends out Misdreavus for a Shadow Ball attack, but Sneasel leaps and avoids it. Sneasel strikes back with Ice Beam and knocks Misdreavus down, but not out. Dwayne's Totodile and Raven's Duraludon finally knock out Machoke and Machop with a Slash and Steel Beam, respectively, and along with Raven, rush towards Dwayne. Misdreavus tries to weaken Sneasel's Defenses with Screech, but Sneasel dodges it again. Finally, Sneasel gives Misdreavus a Poison Jab that throws Misdreavus right into Dwayne. Both get sent right back down the hill, and their descent ends when they collide into a tree. Raven and the other Pokémon rush towards their side, asking if they were alright, and Dwayne assures them that they were fine. Dwayne picks himself up and declares that Sneasel is more powerful than he expected, and they decide to retreat for the time being.

Later, Dwayne and Raven return to the shrine, but Machoke and Machop have recovered. Dwayne sends out Noctowl and Raven uses Duraludon. Noctowl takes Machop down with a Sky Attack, and Duraludon hits Machoke with Dragon Pulse. This knocks the fighters back, but Sneasel orders them forward again. Noctowl uses Extrasensory while Duraludon simply uses its sheer physical strength to lift them up and throw them down the hill. The duo crashes through a tree and hit the ground hard, much to the surprise of the shrine attendant. Raven turns her attention to the Sneasel, and decides to battle with her strongest Pokémon, and brings out her Cinderace. The first attack Cinderace uses is Mega Kick, which Sneasel has no chance of dodging. Sneasel tries to counter with Throat Chop, but Cinderace dodges and counters with Flamethrower. Cinderace gives Sneasel Blaze Kick, knocking it down. Raven throws an Ultra Ball at Sneasel, and successfully catches the Pokémon.

#### **With Raven**

During Raven's battle against Dwayne in the finals of the Silver Conference, Sneasel was selected as her second Pokémon, facing off against Dwayne's Houndoom. Houndoom uses Fire Blast, but Sneasel dodges and and charges towards Houndoom with Poison Jab, but Houndoom jumps to dodge the attack and follows up with Flamethrower. Sneasel uses Ice Beam to create a wall of ice to block Houndoom's attack, before finally knocking it out with Throat Chop. Dwayne then recalls Houndoom and sends Misdreavus as his second Pokémon. Dwayne commands a Shadow Ball, but Sneasel fires off an Ice beam that overpowers Shadow Ball. However, Misdreavus quickly charges towards Sneasel and uses Confuse Ray, leaving Sneasel confused. With Sneasel unable to properly battle, Misdreavus knocks it out with a flurry of Shadow Ball and Power Gem.

### **Hoenn Again**

When Raven decided to travel to the Hoenn region, Sneasel was left at her home in Galar.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Sneasel proved himself as an extremely hostile and aggressive Pokémon, attacking any and all Trainers who attempted to retrieve Ho-Oh's flame from it's shrine for no apparent reason whatsoever, with Sneasel leading a duo of Machop and Machoke, and they often battled every Trainer who volunteered to try and stop them, with most Trainers ending up with hurt Pokémon, broken bones, and other serious injuries.

In terms of power, Sneasel is an extremely powerful Pokémon, with all Trainers who challenged him having failed miserably, and requiring both Dwayne and Raven use more than one Pokémon at a time to stand a chance against Sneasel, with Raven also choosing to capture Sneasel with an Ultra Ball rather than a standard Poké Ball, further proving Sneasel's might.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.