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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

Moves

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

Barack Aboma (Swords Dance)
Item
Abomasite
Ability
Soundproof
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 76
Atk 252
Spe 180
President Snow (Mixed Attacker)
Moves
Wood Hammer / Giga Drain
Earthquake / Focus Blast
Item
Abomasite
Ability
Soundproof
Nature
Mild
EVs
HP 8
Atk 68
SpA 252
Spe 180

Strategy Overview

Abomasnow has a great offensive typing, being able to threaten Water-types and top-tier threats such as Hydreigon, Mega Aerodactyl, and Crobat alike. While all these threats are faster than Abomasnow, it has a great priority move in Ice Shard, meaning it can pick off all of them fairly easily. Its typing gives it some nice resistances to Water, Ground, and Electric. It also can boost its Attack with Swords Dance quite easily, as it can force a lot of switches. Mega Abomasnow also gains a great Speed tier for Trick Room teams, as its abysmal base 30 Speed is one of the "fastest" Speed stats under Trick Room.

Unfortunately, Mega Abomasnow has one of the worst defensive typings, which gives it common weaknesses to Fire, Fighting, and Flying and undermines its nice 90 / 105 / 105 bulk. Mega Abomasnow loses Speed, which can be great for Trick Room teams, but it isn't that great otherwise, as a lot of common UU walls, such as Umbreon, Alomomola, Florges, and Tentacruel, outspeed and can proceed to get a free Wish off against Mega Abomasnow or threaten it with a Scald or STAB Sludge Bomb in Tentacruel's case.

Most Used Moves

Blizzard
99.9%
Ice Shard
28.4%

Most Used Items

Icy Rock
13.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc