Snowball

If you were looking for the Snowball in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, see Snowball (Hisui).

Snowball ゆきだま Snowball

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Introduced in Generation VI Pocket Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 30

The Snowball (Japanese: ゆきだま Snowball) is a type of consumable held item introduced in Generation VI. It raises the holder's Attack when it is hit by a damaging Ice-type move.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price XYORAS N/A 100 SMUSUM SwSh N/A 2,000 SV 5,000 1,250

Effect

If the holder is hit by a Ice-type damaging move, it consumes the Snowball and its Attack is increased by one stage.

It does not activate if the holder already has +6 Attack stat stages (unless its Ability is Contrary, in which case it will not activate if the holder has -6 Attack stat stages). It does not activate if the holder is protected from or unaffected by the Ice-type move (e.g. due to Telepathy or Wonder Guard).

If multiple Pokémon each holding a Snowball are hit by an Ice-type move at once, each hit Pokémon will consume its Snowball before Symbiosis transfers any item (including Snowballs).

Other uses

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, if held by a nicknamed Regice in the party, along with Regirock and Registeel, allows to spawn Regigigas in Island Cave, except at night or before defeating/catching Groudon^OR/Kyogre^AS.

Description

Games Description XYORAS SMUSUM An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts Attack if hit with an Ice-type attack. It can only be used once. SwSh An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts Attack if the holder is hit with an Ice-type attack. It can only be used once. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. This single-use ball of snow boosts the Attack stat if the holder is damaged by an Ice-type move.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods XY Snow pile (in battles; using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide) ORAS Battle Maison (32 BP) Held by wild Snorunt (5% chance) SMUSUM Held by wild Vulpix and wild Snorunt (5% chance each) SwSh Circhester Battle Tower (10 BP) Possible gift after cooking curry Held by wild Snorunt and wild Snom (5% chance each) SwShIoA Cram-o-matic (Ice: 2-20 points) Cram-o-matic (Ice: 82-90 points) SV Delibird Presents (Cascarrafa Branch, after earning 4 Gym Badges) Glaseado Mountain (sparkling overworld items)

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 雪球 Syutkàuh Mandarin 雪球 Xuěqiú French Boule de Neige German Schneeball Italian Palla di neve Korean 눈덩이 Nundeong-i Spanish Bola de Nieve

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation VI – VII – VIII – IX

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.