Powder Snow (move)

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.

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.

Generation V

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 -- 0613 Kumasyun Kumasyun Ice -- 0614 Tsunbear Tsunbear Ice -- 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 the anime

The user attacks with a chilling gust of powdery snow.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Swinub shakes its nose and blue powder comes out of it at the opponents, freezing them.
Rory's Su	Spring Fever		Debut
Rory's Ein	Spring Fever		Debut
Rory's Ub	Spring Fever		Debut
	Smoochum releases a beam of wind and light blue glowing snow from its mouth at the opponent, freezing it.
A wild Smoochum	Trouble in Big Town		None
	Articuno flaps its wings and a mini-blizzard comes out and freezes anything it tounches.
A wild Articuno	Freeze Frame		None
	Jynx blows out snow from its mouth and it freezes the opponent.
Nurse Joy's Jynx	The Ice Cave!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The user releases snow from its body at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Swinub releases snow from its body at the opponent.
Pryce's Swinub	Ice-Skating Swinub		Debut

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 learn this move can potentially get STAB from it.
• In Generation II, all the Pokémon that learn Powder Snow are dual types.

In other languages

• Dutch: Poedersneeuw
• French: Poudreuse
• German: Pulverschnee
• Greek: Πάχνη
• Hindi: Barfeela Powder
• Italian: Polneve
• Korean: 눈싸라기 Nun Ssaragi
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Nevar
• Spanish: Nieve polvo
• Serbian: Snežni Prah

Variations of the move Acid
Acid • Bubble • Ember • Thunder Shock • Powder Snow

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.