Is Abomasnow Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Grass/Ice with AbilitySnow Warning setting permanent hail. The only native hail setter available. Handles Bertha, Cynthia's Garchomp, and Crasher Wake through Grass. Four weaknesses including Fire are the cost. The hail team archetype starts here.
Abomasnow resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Abomasnow resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Abomasnow has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Abomasnow resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Abomasnow has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Abomasnow has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Abomasnow has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Abomasnow has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Abomasnow trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Abomasnow resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Abomasnow trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Abomasnow trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Abomasnow has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Abomasnow resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Abomasnow has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Abomasnow has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Abomasnow in Mt. Coronet (walking, Lv 40, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40GrassWood HammerPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 47IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Catch Snover
Catch Snover in Mt. Coronet (walking, Lv 38, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 38)
- LV 38GrassWood HammerPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- LV 41IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Abomasnow in Diamond & Pearl
Abomasnow stands common in one snowy Mt. Coronet pocket at level 40. You can catch the ice monster directly up there, though most players simply raise a Snover from the surrounding routes.
Wild Abomasnow may be holding when caught:
Never Melt Ice (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a piece of ice that repels heat and boosts Ice-type moves.1 location to catch Abomasnow4 locations to catch Snover
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Catch Snover at any of the 4 locations below, then level it up to 40 — it evolves into Abomasnow.
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Badge 6Where To Catch Abomasnow in DP
The path to Abomasnow starts with Snover at Lv. 32-38 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Abomasnow catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Abomasnow in Diamond & Pearl
Abomasnow looms in the snowy heights of Mt. Coronet, so a PokeRadar chain there coughs up its shiny at last. Compare Shiny Abomasnow odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Abomasnow Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Abomasnow preloaded.
Abomasnow Weakness
Abomasnow is weak to Fire, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Bug, Rock, and Steel. Watch out for Fire attacks, those deal 4x damage. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Fire |
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting, Poison, Flying, Bug, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Abomasnow Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Abomasnow
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 4x195-229%KO Focus Punch 2x132-156%KO Poison Jab 2x47-56% Iron Tail 2x60-70% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Ninetales builds →Fire Blast 4x160-188%KO Iron Tail 2x47-55% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 4x186-220%KO Iron Tail 2x62-73% Aerial Ace 2x37-44% Rock Smash 2x26-31% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x153-181%KO Rock Slide 2x52-61% Aerial Ace 2x43-50% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x160-188%KO Iron Tail 2x71-84% Rock Slide 2x54-64% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x134-158%KO Poison Jab 2x72-85% X-Scissor 2x47-56% Rock Slide 2x45-53% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Flareon builds →Fire Blast 4x179-211%KO Iron Tail 2x71-84% Rock Smash 2x30-35% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Forretress BugSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Forretress builds →Flash Cannon 2x43-50% Rock Slide 2x40-47% Rock Smash 2x21-26% | ||
 Ponyta Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Ponyta builds →Fire Blast 4x132-156%KO Iron Tail 2x50-60% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x128-151%KO Fire Blast 4x75-89% Poison Jab 2x47-55% Rock Slide 2x44-52% | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Empoleon builds →Flash Cannon 2x68-80% Brick Break 2x39-46% Rock Slide 2x39-46% Aerial Ace 2x31-37% | ||
 Mawile Steel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Mawile builds →Focus Punch 2x75-89% Fire Blast 4x80-95% Flash Cannon 2x40-48% Rock Slide 2x39-46% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Abomasnow View Drapion builds →Fire Fang 4x69-82% Poison Jab 2x64-76% X-Scissor 2x43-50% Iron Tail 2x53-63% | ||
Abomasnow Evolutions
Evolved from Snover. Abomasnow is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+30 over Snover), and Abomasnow peaks at 494 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Abomasnow to get Snover eggs easily using 45 partners from the Grass and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Double-Edge, Growth, Leech Seed and 4 more.
DP Abomasnow Best Moveset
Permanent hail from AbilitySnow Warning guarantees MoveBlizzard never misses and chips non-Ice opponents every turn. 92 in both Attack stats let the moveset go physical or special, and Grass/Ice coverage is unique. Multiple type weaknesses (including 4x Fire) and 60 Speed are the costs.
Best Build
Abomasnow best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Ice Shard
- Wood Hammer
- Leech Seed
- Blizzard
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Abomasnow gets Double-Edge and Growth exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Coverage across 8 types rounds out the picture alongside Wood Hammer and Solar Beam.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
43 of 45 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It whips up blizzards in mountains that are always buried in snow. It is the abominable snowman.
It blankets wide areas in snow by whipping up blizzards. It is also known as “The Ice Monster.”
Abomasnow Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Abomasnow does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Abomasnow hits 594 BST.
Yes. Wild Abomasnow in Diamond & Pearl can hold Never Melt Ice (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Never Melt Ice.
In Diamond & Pearl, Abomasnow plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Blizzard is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Adamant is the go-to nature for Abomasnow. That's +Attack / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Abomasnow has appeared in 14 titles over 6 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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