The Snowball (Japanese: ゆきだま Snowball) is a type of consumable held item introduced in Generation VI.

Snowball
ゆきだま
Snowball
Bag Snowball Sprite.png
Snowball
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation VI
Pocket
Generation VI Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Fling
Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
XYORAS N/A $100
SM N/A $2,000

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 is not consumed if the holder already has +6 Attack stat stages (unless its Ability is Contrary, in which case it won't activate if the holder has -6 Attack stat stages). It is not consumed if the holder is unaffected by the Ice-type move due to its Ability (such as Telepathy) or is protected from the Ice-type move.

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

Description

Games Description
XYORAS
SM
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts Attack if hit with an Ice-type attack. It can only be used once.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
XY Snow pile (in battles; using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide)
ORAS Battle Maison (32BP), held by wild Snorunt
SM Held by wild Vulpix and wild Snorunt

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

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