Is Snorunt Good in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Playthrough?
Wild Ice-type. Glalie at level 42 is a balanced Ice attacker. Dawn Stone on a female Snorunt produces Froslass (Ice/Ghost) instead. Froslass handles the Dragon trial and contributes against Acerola's E4.
Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Ilima's team.
Hala's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
Lana's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
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Kiawe's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Mallow's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Sophocles's Pokemon outpace and outclass Snorunt here.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Acerola's team.
Nanu's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Mina's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Hapu's team.
Molayne's team hits Glalie's weaknesses hard.
Froslass trades roughly evenly with Molayne's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Molayne:
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Froslass has the type edge here and should clean up Olivia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Olivia:
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Acerola's team.
Froslass has the type edge here and should clean up Acerola's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Acerola:
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Kahili's team.
Froslass has the type edge here and should clean up Kahili's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Kahili:
Kukui's team hits Glalie's weaknesses hard.
Froslass trades roughly evenly with Kukui's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Kukui:
Catch Snorunt on Tapu Village (walking, Lv 30-33).
Your Snorunt should hit Level 42 before you reach Molayne, at typical leveling pace.
You can usually obtain this item before you reach Molayne.
How to Get Snorunt in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Snorunt starts showing up in mid-game routes at high spawn rates across 6 encounter spots. The list below is sorted so you can pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
Where To Catch Snorunt in USUM
Snorunt is your first catch on the way to Snorunt. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 30-33 across 6 total spots in the chain.
Snorunt Weakness
Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel moves hit Snorunt for super-effective damage. Standard number of weaknesses for the Ice typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice |
What is Snorunt Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Snorunt
 Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
 Crabrawler Fighting | C | |
 Machop Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Machop builds →Brick Break 2x98-117%KO Smack Down 2x48-57% | ||
 Mankey Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Mankey builds →Brick Break 2x98-117%KO Smack Down 2x48-57% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Sudowoodo builds →Smack Down 2x83-98% Brick Break 2x76-91% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Hawlucha builds →Brick Break 2x105-125%KO Rock Tomb 2x57-67% | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Magmar builds →Flame Burst 2x105-125%KO Brick Break 2x73-87% | ||
 Torracat Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Litten (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Torracat builds →Fire Fang 2x88-105%KO Double Kick 2x28-33% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Hawlucha builds →Brick Break 2x113-134%KO Rock Tomb 2x61-71% | ||
Torracat Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Litten (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Torracat builds →Fire Fang 2x91-107%KO Double Kick 2x30-36% | ||
Crabrawler Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Crabrawler builds →Brick Break 2x104-123%KO Rock Tomb 2x57-68% | ||
 Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Passimian builds →Brick Break 2x132-157%KO Rock Tomb 2x69-83% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Gallade builds →Brick Break 2x137-162%KO Rock Tomb 2x72-86% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Hariyama builds →Brick Break 2x138-162%KO Rock Tomb 2x73-86% | ||
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Poliwrath builds →Brick Break 2x114-134%KO Rock Tomb 2x61-73% | ||
 Bewear NormalFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodHauoli City Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Bewear builds →Brick Break 2x141-166%KO Rock Tomb 2x76-89% | ||
Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Passimian builds →Brick Break 2x138-162%KO Rock Tomb 2x73-86% | ||
Gallade PsychicFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Gallade builds →Brick Break 2x141-166%KO Rock Tomb 2x76-89% | ||
 Aegislash SteelGhost | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Aegislash builds →Head Smash 2x94-111%KO Iron Head 2x76-90% Sacred Sword 2x57-67% | ||
Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
 Incineroar FireDark | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Litten (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Incineroar builds →Overheat 2x172-203%KO Brick Break 2x90-107%KO | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
 Volcarona BugFire | A | |
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Blaziken builds →High Jump Kick 2x230-270%KO Overheat 2x214-251%KO Rock Slide 2x90-106%KO | ||
Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Passimian builds →Close Combat 2x214-251%KO Rock Slide 2x90-106%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Infernape builds →Close Combat 2x188-222%KO Flare Blitz 2x188-222%KO Rock Slide 2x79-94% | ||
Aegislash SteelGhost | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Aegislash builds →Head Smash 2x90-106%KO Iron Head 2x73-86% Sacred Sword 2x55-65% | ||
 Solgaleo PsychicSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodMahalo Trail Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Solgaleo builds →Sunsteel Strike 2x199-235%KO Stone Edge 2x133-157%KO Fire Blast 2x124-146%KO Wake-Up Slap 2x93-110%KO | ||
 Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Hariyama Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Hariyama builds →Close Combat 2x215-253%KO Stone Edge 2x119-140%KO | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Solgaleo PsychicSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodMahalo Trail Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Solgaleo builds →Sunsteel Strike 2x204-240%KO Flare Blitz 2x163-191%KO Stone Edge 2x136-160%KO Wake-Up Slap 2x96-113%KO | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Route 8 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x358-422%KO Brick Break 2x120-141%KO Fire Blast 2x81-95% | ||
Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Hariyama Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Hariyama builds →Close Combat 2x218-257%KO Stone Edge 2x121-143%KO | ||
In Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, Arcanine can KO Snorunt with Flare Blitz (389-457%). Lucario threatens a KO with Close Combat (256-302%). Rhyperior's Earthquake also KOs at 113-133%.
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Arcanine builds →Flare Blitz 2x389-457%KO Extreme Speed86-102%KO Close Combat 2x259-305%KO Wild Charge97-114%KO | ||
 Lucario FightingSteel | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityInnerfocus ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Lucario builds →Close Combat 2x256-302%KO Extreme Speed57-67% Flash Cannon 2x219-258%KO | ||
 Rhyperior GroundRock | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySolidrock ItemAssault Vest NatureImpish Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Rhyperior builds →Earthquake113-133%KO Rock Blast 2x57-68% | ||
 Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityClearbody ItemAssault Vest NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Metagross builds →Earthquake96-113%KO Bullet Punch 2x116-137%KO | ||
Snorunt Evolutions
From here, Snorunt's line branches into Glalie and Froslass. That's 2 possible evolutions, each with its own method. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Snorunt. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Snorunt easily with 50 breeding partners from the Fairy and Mineral egg groups. Pass egg moves like Avalanche, Bide, Block and 7 more to offspring.
USUM Snorunt Best Moveset
Ice at 50 across all stats with AbilityMoody randomly raising one stat sharply every turn as a hidden ability. The moveset at pre-evolution power does nothing. Glalie one evolution away adds 80 across all stats, and Froslass takes the Ghost/Ice path at 110 Speed.
Best Build
Snorunt best EVs are Sp. Atk and HP
Special Attacker Moveset
- Hail
- Avalanche
- Blizzard
- Hidden Power Dragon
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Snorunt picks up Avalanche and Bide only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Blizzard and Ice Beam while Dark and Normal coverage and more adds range.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It feeds mainly on ice and snow. It’s only able to survive in a limited number of places in the warm Alola region.
Rich people from cold areas all share childhood memories of playing with Snorunt.
Snorunt Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Guide
For Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, you can run Snorunt through the first few routes without issues. 300 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Glalie as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Obtainable through an item-based evolution, Snorunt appears in 17 titles across 8 generations since Ruby & Sapphire. The evolution method adds a barrier that wild-catchable Pokemon don't have.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
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
Winds & Waves