Snowball

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.

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

Snowball
ゆきだま
Snowball

Pokémon Global Link artwork

Introduced in Generation VI

Pocket
Generation VI	Items
Generation VII	Items
Generation VIII	Other Items

Fling
Power	30

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
XY ORAS	N/A	100
SM USUM SwSh	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 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
XY ORAS SM USUM	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.

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)
SM USUM		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)

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	雪球 Syutkàuh
Chinese	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's Itemdex:
- Generation VI
- Generation VII

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