Appendix:Diamond and Pearl walkthrough/Section 17

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Snowpoint City

Once you reach Snowpoint City, heal up at the Pokémon Center since your Pokémon are highly likely low on HP or PP. The temple in the northernmost part of the city isn't accessible until you get the National Dex, so save that for later. There is an old man in the north-eastenmost house that will give you a trendy phrase once per day. A girl named Mindy in the north-westernmost house will trade her Haunter (nicknamed Gaspar) for a Medicham. Gaspar is holding an Everstone, so he won't evolve into Gengar.

An interesting weather condition happens only when your DS clock is set to January 12th. On that day, no snow falls in Snowpoint City. Instead, the ground sparkles.

Snowpoint Gym

Heal your Pokémon before entering the Gym. The Gym Leader's highest-leveled Pokémon is level 42. If Infernape was your starter, this Gym will be very easy to beat.

The Snowpoint City Gym puzzle consists of a four-level ice rink with ramps connecting the various floors. There are several giant snowballs that are blocking the stairs to the Gym Leader. You must destroy them by sliding down the ramps at them.

Snowpoint Gym Trainers Trainer Pokémon Ace Trainer Anton Ace Trainer Anton ヨシオ Yoshio Reward: $2340 Snover♂ Lv.39 No item Ace Trainer Alicia Ace Trainer Alicia レイミ Reimi Reward: $2220 Sneasel♀ Lv.37 No item Tentacruel♀ Lv.37 No item Ace Trainer Savannah Ace Trainer Savannah トキコ Tokiko Reward: $2220 Pelipper♀ Lv.35 No item Golduck♀ Lv.36 No item Steelix♀ Lv.37 No item Ace Trainer Sergio Ace Trainer Sergio ヒョウ Hyō Reward: $2220 Floatzel♂ Lv.37 No item Sneasel♂ Lv.37 No item Ace Trainer Brenna Ace Trainer Brenna ミズホ Mizuho Reward: $2340 Snover♀ Lv.39 No item Ace Trainer Isaiah Ace Trainer Isaiah ヒデキ Hideki Reward: $2340 Quagsire♂ Lv.39 No item File:SpriteCandice.png Leader Candice Snowpoint Gym Diamond and Pearl Leader and Professor Candice Oak Snowpoint Gym Diamond and Pearl Reward: $5040 Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: None Snover♀ Lv.38 Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Ingrain Grass Status   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Types: Dark Ice Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Sneasel♀ Lv.38 Taunt Dark Status   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Medicham♀ Lv.40 Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Force Palm Fighting Physical   --       Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: Sitrus Berry Abomasnow♀ Lv.42 Swagger Normal Status   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       GrassWhistle Grass Status   --

All of Candice's Pokémon are weak to fire except for her Medicham, which is weak to ghost- and flying-type moves. (Ice-types, by the way, are also weak to fighting and steel.) You probably won't want to take any flying-types into this Gym, since they're weak to ice, but you might have a ghost-type. Candice sends out her Snover first. Its ability will make it begin to hail, damaging every Pokémon that isn't part ice-type. Try not to let this bother you. Candice's strongest Pokémon is her Abomasnow, which can confuse your Pokémon with Swagger or put them to sleep with GrassWhistle. It also knows Wood Hammer, a grass-type move that has 120 base power. However, it deals recoil damage. Abomasnow's Speed stat isn't the best, so hit it with a fire-type move (which will be 4x-supereffective) before it can do anything to you. Sneasel, which is 4x weak to fighting, shouldn't be too much of a threat.

The Icicle Badge will allow you to use the HM Rock Climb (which was located northeast of the Hiker's house on Route 217) outside of battle. Candice will also give you the TM for Avalanche, an ice-type move whose base power doubles if the Pokémon that uses it has been hurt by the opponent in the same turn.

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Lake Acuity

Veilstone City

Galactic HQ

Galactic Warehouse

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