Powder Snow (move)

Powder Snow こなゆき Powder Snow

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Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  25 (max. 40) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Other Side: Affects the opponent's side of the field

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Powder Snow (Japanese: こなゆき Powder Snow) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

Powder Snow inflicts damage and has a 9.8% chance of freezing the target. Powder Snow cannot freeze the target if it has a Substitute or already has a major status ailment.

Generation III onward

The effects are the same as the previous generation; however, it has a 10% chance of freezing the target instead.

In the anime

Pokémon

Swinub. Swinub shakes its nose and blue powder comes out of it towards the opponents, freezing them.

• Used by Rory's Su in Spring Fever. Debut.
• Used by Rory's Ein in Spring Fever. Debut.
• Used by Rory's Ub in Spring Fever. Debut.

Articuno. Articuno flaps its wings and a mini-blizzard comes out and freezes anything it tounches.

• Used by a wild Articuno in Freeze Frame.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic -- 13 0144 Articuno Ice Flying -- 0220 Swinub Ice Ground 10 0221 Piloswine Ice Ground -- 10 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 13 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic -- 13 0144 Articuno Ice Flying -- 0220 Swinub Ice Ground 10 0221 Piloswine Ice Ground -- 10 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 13 0351 Castform Normal 10 0351 Castform Fire 10 0351 Castform Water 10 0351 Castform Ice 10 0361 Snorunt Ice -- 0362 Glalie Ice -- 0363 Spheal Ice Water -- 0364 Sealeo Ice Water -- 0365 Walrein Ice Water -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic -- 11 0144 Articuno Ice Flying -- 0220 Swinub Ice Ground 8 0221 Piloswine Ice Ground -- 8 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 11 0351 Castform Normal 10 0351 Castform Fire 10 0351 Castform Water 10 0351 Castform Ice 10 0361 Snorunt Ice -- 0362 Glalie Ice -- 0363 Spheal Ice Water -- 0364 Sealeo Ice Water -- 0365 Walrein Ice Water -- 0459 Snover Grass Ice -- 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice -- 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground -- 8 0478 Froslass Ice Ghost -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

• Dutch: Poedersneeuw
• French: Poudreuse
• German: Pulverschnee
• Italian: Polneve
• Spanish: Nieve polvo
• Hindi: Barfeela Powder

Trivia

• Castform is the only non-Ice type Pokémon to learn this move.
  • However, Castform can be an ice type, so every Pokémon that can leern this move can get STAB from it.