What does Snover evolve into?

Get Snover to Abomasnow at level 40. At 334 BST, Snover is just the starting point.

At what level does Snover evolve?

Level 40 gets you Abomasnow . Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.

In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Snover does the job early-game if you need a Grass/Ice type on your team. Evolve it into Abomasnow before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.

Where can you catch Snover?

You can find Snover in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 13 other games across the series.

Snover - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Utility

Balanced

DTier

40Speed · Very Slow

Stats & Training

Snover's stats barely vary. None sit in respectable range with no real gaps. It's a blank slate for EV investment. Worth 1 Attack EV, slow 1.25M XP grind to max.

Base Stats

Avg

HP60

Attack62

Defense50

Sp. Atk62

Sp. Def60

Speed40

Total334

Details

Catch Rate

Moderate120 / 255

Growth Rate

Slow1.25M XP

Height1.0 m

Weight50.5 kg

Base XP67

Abilities

Snow Warning

Summons hail that lasts indefinitely upon entering battle.

SoundproofHA

Protects against sound-based moves.

EV Yield

HPAtk+1DefSpASpDSpe

Attack training source

Pokedex Entries

It lives on snowy mountains. Having had little contact with humans, it is boldly inquisitive.

Snover Weakness

Snover's Grass/Ice typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Bug, Rock, and Steel. Fire hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.

Snover Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
4x (Critical)	Fire
2x (Weak)	Fighting, Poison, Flying, Bug, Rock, Steel
0.5x (Resist)	Water, Electric, Grass, Ground

Type ChartFragile

7Weak

4Resist

0Immune

Score-12

4xCritical

Fire

2xWeak

Fighting Poison Flying Bug Rock Steel

½xResist

Water Electric Grass Ground

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (6)

Water Ground Rock Grass Flying Dragon

How to Beat Snover in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl (Best Counters)

Ponyta Fire	C
Available Moves Moves OverheatTM50 Fire BlastTM38 Iron TailTM23 FlamethrowerTM35 Damage vs Snover Overheat 4x 226-266%KO Fire Blast 4x 190-224%KO Iron Tail 2x 81-96% Flamethrower 4x 159-188%KO View Ponyta builds →
Steelix SteelGround	C
Available Moves Moves Iron TailTM23 Stone EdgeTM71 Flash CannonTM91 Rock SlideTM80 Damage vs Snover Iron Tail 2x 122-143%KO Stone Edge 2x 81-96% Flash Cannon 2x 63-76% Rock Slide 2x 62-73% View Steelix builds →
Bronzong SteelPsychic	C
Available Moves Moves Flash CannonTM91 Rock SlideTM80 Rock TombTM39 Rock SmashTM98 Damage vs Snover Flash Cannon 2x 82-97% Rock Slide 2x 63-75% Rock Tomb 2x 51-61% Rock Smash 2x 35-42% View Bronzong builds →
Magnemite ElectricSteel	C
TM Move Moves Flash CannonTM91 Damage vs Snover Flash Cannon 2x 95-112%KO View Magnemite builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 30 U-turnTM89 Steel WingTM47 Damage vs Snover Fly 2x 55-65% Air Slash 2x 59-70% U-turn 2x 30-35% Steel Wing 2x 30-35% View Wingull builds →

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Evolution

Snover evolves into Abomasnow. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 160 total stats over Snover. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#459Snover

Level 40

#460Abomasnow

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Snover

GrassIce

Abomasnow

GrassIce

90+30

ATK

92+30

DEF

75+25

SP.ATK

92+30

SP.DEF

85+25

SPE

60+20

BST

334C-Tier

494B-Tier+160

ROLE

Balanced

TYPE

Utility

Mixed

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed Snover easily with 45 breeding partners from the Plant and Monster egg groups. Pass egg moves like Double-Edge, Growth, Leech Seed and 5 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

PlantMonster

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

8moves

Breed With (best first)

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Snover Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 8.

Try selecting a different game/generation filter, or check back later.

Moves

You'll want to breed for Double-Edge and Growth on Snover. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Wood Hammer and Solar Beam, they expand what Snover can actually threaten in practice.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Leer

D—10030Normal

Lv 1

Powder Snow

—4010025Ice

Lv 5

Leafage

—4010040Grass

Lv 10

Mist

D——30Ice

Lv 15

Ice Shard+1

D4010030Ice

Lv 20

Razor Leaf

—559525Grass

Lv 25

Icy Wind

D559515Ice

Lv 30

Swagger

D—8515Normal

Lv 35

Ingrain

———20Grass

Lv 41

Wood Hammer

C12010015Grass

Lv 45

Blizzard

C110705Ice

Lv 50

Sheer Cold

——305Ice

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

C—10015Normal

TM72

Avalanche-4

D6010010Ice

TM14

Blizzard

C110705Ice

TM09

Bullet Seed

D2510030Grass

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM58

Endure+4

C——10Normal

TM53

Energy Ball

C9010010Grass

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM70

Flash

——10020Normal

TM19

Giga Drain

C7510010Grass

TM86

Grass Knot

D—10020Grass

TM07

Hail

C——10Ice

TM13

Ice Beam

C9010010Ice

TM23

Iron Tail

D1007515Steel

TM16

Light Screen

C——30Psychic

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM18

Rain Dance

C——5Water

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM20

Safeguard

C——25Normal

TM30

Shadow Ball

D8010015Ghost

TM82

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM22

Solar Beam

C12010010Grass

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM87

Swagger

D—8515Normal

TM75

Swords Dance

C——20Normal

TM03

Water Pulse

D6010020Water

Egg Moves

Egg

Double-Edge

C12010015Normal

Egg

Growth

C——20Normal

Egg

Leech Seed

C—9010Grass

Egg

Magical Leaf

D60—20Grass

Egg

Mist

D——30Ice

Egg

Seed Bomb

C8010015Grass

Egg

Skull Bash

—13010010Normal

Egg

Stomp

—6510020Normal

Tutor Moves

Snover can't learn any Tutor moves

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Snover Locations

A solid number of locations for Snover with decent spawn rates across late-game routes. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.

Best Locations to Catch Snover in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Snover's encounter pool splits between Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond. You've got 14 walking spots at Lv. 32-46 total, but your version determines which ones actually show up.

Route 216

Shining PearlGrass Lv.32-33 Route

25%Late

Route 216

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.32-33 Route

25%Late

Acuity Lakefront

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.34-35 Water

25%Late

Acuity Lakefront

Shining PearlGrass Lv.34-35 Water

25%Late

Route 217

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.34-35 Route

25%Late

Route 217

Shining PearlGrass Lv.34-35 Route

25%Late

Mt. Coronet - Summit

Shining PearlGrass Lv.38 Cave

20%Late

Mt. Coronet - Summit

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.38 Cave

20%Late

Glacial Cavern

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.42-46 Cave

Late

Requires Icicle Badge

Glacial Cavern

Shining PearlGrass Lv.42-46 Cave

Late

Requires Icicle Badge

Icy Cave

Shining PearlGrass Lv.42-46 Ice

Late

Requires Icicle Badge

Icy Cave

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.42-46 Ice

Late

Requires Icicle Badge

Whiteout Cave

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.42-46 Cave

Late

Requires Icicle Badge

Whiteout Cave

Shining PearlGrass Lv.42-46 Cave

Late

Requires Icicle Badge

Snover Guide

Get Snover to Abomasnow at level 40. At 334 BST, Snover is just the starting point.
Level 40 gets you Abomasnow. Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Snover does the job early-game if you need a Grass/Ice type on your team. Evolve it into Abomasnow before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
You can find Snover in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 13 other games across the series.

Game Availability

Snover first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Doduo NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Steel WingTM47 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Snover Fly 2x 123-146%KO Steel Wing 2x 63-74% Pluck 2x 86-103%KO Aerial Ace 2x 86-103%KO View Doduo builds →
Budew GrassPoison	D
TM Move Moves Sludge BombTM36 Damage vs Snover Sludge Bomb 2x 80-94% View Budew builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Sludge BombTM36 Steel WingTM47 PluckTM88 Damage vs Snover Fly 2x 86-103%KO Sludge Bomb 2x 63-77% Steel Wing 2x 43-51% Pluck 2x 57-69% View Zubat builds →
Starly NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Steel WingTM47 Wing AttackLv. 9 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Snover Fly 2x 94-111%KO Steel Wing 2x 49-57% Wing Attack 2x 63-77% Aerial Ace 2x 63-77% View Starly builds →
Kricketot Bug	D
Available Move Moves Struggle BugLv. 6 Damage vs Snover Struggle Bug 2x 34-43% View Kricketot builds →

Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Steel WingTM47 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Snover Fly 2x 108-128%KO Steel Wing 2x 58-70% Pluck 2x 75-90% Aerial Ace 2x 75-90% View Murkrow builds →
Beautifly BugFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Bug BuzzTM62 Bug BiteLv. 1 Aerial AceTM40 GustLv. 1 Damage vs Snover Bug Buzz 2x 108-128%KO Bug Bite 2x 70-83% Aerial Ace 2x 70-83% Gust 2x 50-60% View Beautifly builds →
Doduo NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Steel WingTM47 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Snover Fly 2x 108-128%KO Steel Wing 2x 58-70% Pluck 2x 75-90% Aerial Ace 2x 75-90% View Doduo builds →
Budew GrassPoison	D
TM Move Moves Sludge BombTM36 Damage vs Snover Sludge Bomb 2x 70-83% View Budew builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Sludge BombTM36 Steel WingTM47 PluckTM88 Damage vs Snover Fly 2x 75-90% Sludge Bomb 2x 55-68% Steel Wing 2x 38-45% Pluck 2x 50-60% View Zubat builds →

Ponyta Fire	C
Available Moves Moves OverheatTM50 Fire BlastTM38 Iron TailTM23 FlamethrowerTM35 Damage vs Snover Overheat 4x 240-282%KO Fire Blast 4x 204-240%KO Iron Tail 2x 86-101%KO Flamethrower 4x 167-198%KO View Ponyta builds →
Bronzong SteelPsychic	C
Available Moves Moves Flash CannonTM91 Rock SlideTM80 Rock TombTM39 Rock SmashTM98 Damage vs Snover Flash Cannon 2x 86-102%KO Rock Slide 2x 66-78% Rock Tomb 2x 53-64% Rock Smash 2x 38-45% View Bronzong builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 FlyTM94 U-turnTM89 Steel WingTM47 Damage vs Snover Sludge Bomb 2x 84-99% Fly 2x 111-131%KO U-turn 2x 58-68% Steel Wing 2x 58-68% View Golbat builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 18 Steel WingTM47 Damage vs Snover Sky Attack 2x 122-145%KO Fly 2x 80-95% Air Slash 2x 86-102%KO Steel Wing 2x 41-49% View Noctowl builds →
Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Steel WingTM47 Wing AttackLv. 15 PluckTM88 Damage vs Snover Fly 2x 116-138%KO Steel Wing 2x 60-71% Wing Attack 2x 78-92% Pluck 2x 78-92% View Murkrow builds →

Ponyta Fire	C
Available Moves Moves OverheatTM50 Fire BlastTM38 Iron TailTM23 FlamethrowerTM35 Damage vs Snover Overheat 4x 240-282%KO Fire Blast 4x 204-240%KO Iron Tail 2x 86-101%KO Flamethrower 4x 167-198%KO View Ponyta builds →
Bronzong SteelPsychic	C
Available Moves Moves Flash CannonTM91 Rock SlideTM80 Rock TombTM39 Rock SmashTM98 Damage vs Snover Flash Cannon 2x 86-102%KO Rock Slide 2x 66-78% Rock Tomb 2x 53-64% Rock Smash 2x 38-45% View Bronzong builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 FlyTM94 U-turnTM89 Steel WingTM47 Damage vs Snover Sludge Bomb 2x 84-99% Fly 2x 111-131%KO U-turn 2x 58-68% Steel Wing 2x 58-68% View Golbat builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 18 Steel WingTM47 Damage vs Snover Sky Attack 2x 122-145%KO Fly 2x 80-95% Air Slash 2x 86-102%KO Steel Wing 2x 41-49% View Noctowl builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 30 U-turnTM89 Steel WingTM47 Damage vs Snover Fly 2x 60-71% Air Slash 2x 62-74% U-turn 2x 32-38% Steel Wing 2x 32-38% View Wingull builds →

Ponyta Fire	C
Available Moves Moves OverheatTM50 Fire BlastTM38 Iron TailTM23 FlamethrowerTM35 Damage vs Snover Overheat 4x 229-270%KO Fire Blast 4x 193-228%KO Iron Tail 2x 83-98% Flamethrower 4x 163-192%KO View Ponyta builds →
Bronzong SteelPsychic	C
Available Moves Moves Flash CannonTM91 Rock SlideTM80 Rock TombTM39 Rock SmashTM98 Damage vs Snover Flash Cannon 2x 84-99% Rock Slide 2x 64-76% Rock Tomb 2x 52-62% Rock Smash 2x 35-42% View Bronzong builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 FlyTM94 U-turnTM89 Steel WingTM47 Damage vs Snover Sludge Bomb 2x 81-96% Fly 2x 107-126%KO U-turn 2x 56-66% Steel Wing 2x 56-66% View Golbat builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 18 Steel WingTM47 Damage vs Snover Sky Attack 2x 117-138%KO Fly 2x 76-90% Air Slash 2x 84-99% Steel Wing 2x 40-48% View Noctowl builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 30 U-turnTM89 Steel WingTM47 Damage vs Snover Fly 2x 56-66% Air Slash 2x 61-72% U-turn 2x 28-34% Steel Wing 2x 28-34% View Wingull builds →

Tyranitar RockDark	A
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemChoice Band NatureAdamant Moves CrunchSTAB Stone Edge Earthquake Stealth Rock Damage vs Snover Crunch 146-172%KO Stone Edge 2x 366-431%KO Earthquake 61-72% View Tyranitar builds →
Torkoal Fire	B
Recommended Build AbilityDrought ItemHeatrock NatureModest Moves EruptionSTAB Solar Beam ProtectPriority FlamethrowerSTAB Damage vs Snover Eruption 4x 469-552%KO Flamethrower 4x 281-331%KO View Torkoal builds →
Skarmory SteelFlying	B
Recommended Build AbilitySturdy ItemRocky Helmet NatureImpish Moves RoostRecovery Body Press SpikesHazard Iron Defense View Skarmory builds →
Gyarados WaterFlying	B
Recommended Build AbilityMoxie ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves WaterfallSTAB Dragon Dance BounceSTAB Ice Fang Damage vs Snover Waterfall 46-55% Bounce 2x 198-233%KO Ice Fang 50-59% View Gyarados builds →