Snowball

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	Introduced in Generation VI
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The Snowball (Japanese: ゆきだま Snowball) is an item introduced in Generation VI.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
XY ORAS	N/A	$100
SM USUM SwSh	N/A	$2,000
LA	N/A	$10
SV	$5,000	$1,250

Effect

Held item

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).

Bag item

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, if the player has Snowballs in their satchel, they can be thrown at wild Pokémon to temporarily stun them.

Other uses

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, if a Snowball is held by a nicknamed Regice in the party, along with Regirock and Registeel, it allows Regigigas to spawn in Island Cave, except at night or before defeating or catching Groudon^OR/Kyogre^AS.

Description

Held item

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.
PE SwSh BDSP LA	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.
SV	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This single-use ball of snow boosts the Attack stat if the holder is damaged by an Ice-type move.

Hisui

Games	Description
LA SV	A hard ball made of compressed snow. Hitting a Pokémon with one may stun the Pokémon, creating an opening for you to act.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
XY		Snow piles
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) Held by wild Snorunt and wild Snom (5% chance each)
SwShIA		Cram-o-matic (Ice: 2-20 points, 82-90 points)
SwShCT		Hidden recurring item (Slippery Slope, Frostpoint Field, Snowslide Slope)
LA		Snow piles (Alabaster Icelands)
SV		Delibird Presents (Cascarrafa Branch, after earning 4 Gym Badges) Sparkling overworld item (Glaseado Mountain)
SVID		Sparkling overworld item (Polar Biome)

Distribution

Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
SM	Pokémon Center Alolan Vulpix items	Japan	February 13 to May 13, 2017

Gallery

Artwork


Artwork from Legends: Arceus	Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	雪球 Syutkàuh (held item) 雪丸 Syutyún (Hisui)
Chinese	Mandarin	雪球 Xuěqiú (held item) 雪丸 Xuěwán (Hisui)
French		Boule de Neige
German		Schneeball
Italian		Palla di neve
Korean		눈덩이 Nundeong-i
Spanish		Bola de Nieve

External links

On Smogon Itemdex:
- Generation VI – VII – VIII – IX

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.