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abomasnow
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Abomasnow

Frost Tree Pokémon

GrassIce

It blankets wide areas in snow by whipping up blizzards. It is also known as “The Ice Monster.”

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 92
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 92
Sp. Def 85
Speed 60
Total 494

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

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Locations

Details

Category Frost Tree Pokémon
Height 2.2 m
Weight 135.5 kg
Base Exp 173
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Monster ,Plant

Sprites

abomasnow Front Front
abomasnow Back Back
abomasnow Front Shiny Front Shiny
abomasnow Back Shiny Back Shiny
abomasnow Front ♀ Front ♀
abomasnow Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
abomasnow Official Art Official Art
abomasnow Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Mixed Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Mild / Hasty
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Abomasnow is a Pokemon that does not look great whatsoever on paper. Its awful defensive typing leaves it weak to some of the most common offensive typings in RU, such as Fire, Rock, and Fighting. Moreover outside of decent HP and mixed offensive stats, Abomasnow's stats are all mediocre. Despite these shortcomings, Abomasnow still remains a potent wallbreaker in this metagame. Though Abomasnow's typing is extremely poor defensively, it is stellar offensively. Abomasnow is able to take advantage of its ability Snow Warning by spamming Blizzard, which has 100% accuracy in hail, and use its Grass-type STAB moves to stop bulky Water-types from countering it. Furthermore, Abomasnow gets fantastic coverage outside of its STAB moves in either a Ground- or Fighting-type attack to hit Steel-types, as well as a priority STAB move in Ice Shard, which can be extremely helpful in certain situations. With proper team support, Abomasnow is extremely dangerous against balance teams thanks to the many opportunities it gets to punch holes into them, but without the proper support it can become dead weight.

Most Used Moves

Ice Shard
73.0%
Blizzard
50.8%
Synthesis
27.4%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
46.1%
Life Orb
34.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc