What is a good moveset for Abomasnow?
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This the set I use in gen V
Abomasnow@ LeftoversAbility: Snow WarningEVs: 128 Def / 252 SpA / 128 SpDModest Nature- Blizzard- Giga Drain- Leech Seed- Water Pulse
Water pulse you have to tm then transfer or use PO
Gen V
Abomasnow (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 HP / 128 Atk / 128 SAtk
Mild Nature (+SAtk, -Def)
Abomasnow@ LeftoversAbility: Snow WarningEVs: 252 HP / 132 Atk / 126 SpALonely Nature-Leech Seed-Blizzard-Ice Shard-Protect/Wood Hammer
Okay, lets get straight to the point, Abomasnow is a very fragile Pokemon and can be easily KO’ed with a 4x Fire weakness. Abomasnow will have to do its best to do whatever it can before getting KO’ed unless you want to save him for later, switch after doing what you can. Leech Seed is there to annoy others while gaining HP back from possible Wood Hammer damage. Blizzard is a must have, with itself activating Hail, to create a 100% accuracy STAB Blizzard in someones face! Ice Shard is useful for the last turn enemies, and who doesn’t love priority? You can switch between Protect to stall one turn for Leftys to heal you, and one turn of Hail damage to your opponent, or Wood Hammer for a STAB attack that packs good power.
Abomasnow @ Choice ScarfAbility: Snow Warning252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 SpeLonely Nature- Blizzard- Ice Shard- Wood Hammer- Earthquake / Brick Break
Blizzard is your stab and though your offence is not focused on SAtk it will still do a decent amount with 180 base power after stab.Ice Shard is priority and will help you avoid a Fire Blast from a Scarfed Salamance and will let you finish off frail Pokemon such as Dugtrio and Alakazam.Wood Hammer is powerfull stab.Earthqukae is recomended over Brick break as it provides so much more coverage for Abomasnow at least.
I know a few will agree this is the best Abomasnow set out there at least for sweeping.
Choice Band Abomasnow
Abomasnow @ Choice BandAbility:Snow WarningEVs:172 HP / 252 / 84 SpeAdamant Nature- Wood Hammer- Ice Shard- Earthquake- Focus Punch
Abomasnow @ AbomasiteTrait: Snow WarningEVs: 252 HP / 128 SAtk / 128 AtkQuiet Nature
Well, it’s been snowing all day, so why not make a set for the Frost Tree Pokemon? :P
Gen 8 (SwSh)
Abomasnow @ Choice ScarfAbility: Snow WarningEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Blizzard- Energy Ball- Earth Power- Focus Blast / Shadow Ball
Abomasnow @ Leftovers / Big Root / Life OrbAbility: Snow WarningEVs: 252 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpDModest Nature- Blizzard- Giga Drain / Energy Ball- Leech Seed- Hidden Power [Ground]
Doubles and Triples
Abomasnow @ LeftoversAbility: Snow WarningEVs: 252 HP / 128 Atk / 128 SpABrave Nature- Blizzard- Rock Slide- Bulldoze- Leech Seed
Blizzardis a multi-Pokemon hit move and it isSTABand is thus very useful for Doubles and Triples.Rock-slideiscoverageand can hit multiple Pokemon at once.Bulldozehits all Pokemon on the field so be careful who is your partner, it is there instead of Earthquake in order to cripple Sweepers.Leech-seedis also crippling because even if Abomasnow is taken down the Pokemon that replaces him will be healed.
Special Tank AbomasnowAbomasnow @ Leftovers / AbomasiteAbility: Snow WarningEVs: 164 HP / 4 Def / 100 SpA / 244 SpDCalm Nature- Light Screen- Substitute- Blizzard- Leech Seed
Light Screen is for walling a lot of special attackers, Substitute is obvious. Blizzard is with 100% Accuracy in the hail and a powerful and reliable move, while Leech Seed is for healing.
Use this as a special attacker, Bulky yet full of power- with Double Team (a nice addition), you can gain evasiveness to not take a hit, while using blizzard (Snow Warning! YAY!) or Giga Drain.
Abomasnow @ Life OrbAbility: SoundproofEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 DefAdamant Nature- Swords Dance- Ice Punch- Wood Hammer- Earthquake
Abomasnow @ LeftoversAbility: Snow BodyEVs: 128 Def / 252 SpA / 128 SpDModest Nature- Blizzard- Giga Drain- Leech Seed- Hidden Power [Rock]
Explanation: Blizzard abuses Abomasnow’s ability and guarantees that it will never miss, with a high STAB as well despite low PP. Giga Drain is also STAB and helps to recover HP for the otherwise fragile Abomasnow. Leech Seed is also to recover HP and make it last longer. HP (Rock) covers Fire and Bug types, both of which are Abomasnow’s weaknesses. I prefer Special moves for this Abomasnow and hence the EV spread to give it higher power and last longer, and that way your nature doesn’t have to shortchange on Defense since Abomasnow isn’t a mixed attacker.
Gen 8 NUAbomasnow @ LeftoversAbility: Snow WarningEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpDBrave NatureIVs: 0 Spe- Earthquake- Seed Bomb- Ice Shard- Swords Dance
For use in Trick Room. Earthquake hits fire and steel types. Seed Bomb is STAB. Ice Shard is also STAB. Swords Dance boosts your attack stat. I chose Ice Shard over a stronger move like Ice Punch because you might be in a scenario where you use Swords Dance more than once and Trick Room runs out.
I’m not a competitive player, but I came up with this moveset for the story mode and I think it could work competitively.
Abomasnow@ LeftoversAbility: Snow WarningEVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpDAdamant Nature-Aurora Veil-Stomping Tantrum-Sheer Cold-Ice Punch/Icicle Spear
Adamant is the best nature for the moveset because it doesn’t use special moves, so Atk is important but SpAtk is useless. Def and SpDef are also useful, since Abomasnow has more weaknesses than any other Pokémon.Ideally, you would start withAurora Veil. It only works in hail, which Snow Warning generates. Its defensive power makes up for the whole more-weaknesses-than-any-other-Pokémon thing.Stomping Tantrumis Ground-type, so it covers most types Abomasnow is weak to, including its double-weakness, Fire. It has 75 base power, but it increases to a whopping 150 if the move is used after a failed move.Sheer Coldis an OHKO move, which means it fails alot. Alternating between Sheer Cold and Stomping Tantrum is a fairly effective strategy, especially with an Aurora Veil in place. (If Sheer Cold runs out of PP and the hail stops, you can always use Aurora Veil, which always fails outside of hail. That sentence had many rhymes.)For the last move, go forIce PunchorIcicle Spear. They’re both physical (benefit from Atk) and Ice-type (covers Flying-types, who are immune to Ground). Ice Punch can freeze and Icicle Spear deals high damage if it hits 4 or 5 times, so pick whichever you prefer.This moveset also works for the story mode, especially since it only uses natural and TM moves.
Abomasnow @ Choice Specs / Life OrbAbility: Snow WarningEVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpDQuiet NatureIVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe- Blizzard- Giga Drain- Earth Power- Shadow Ball
Special Trick Room sweeper. Specs and Life Orb boost all moves. Blizzard is STAB never misses in Hail, which you can set up, and Giga Drain is STAB healing (which also heals LO damage). Other moves are coverage.
Have fun using this set, hope I helped! :D
Gen 8 ZUAbomasnow @ Choice SpecsAbility: Snow WarningEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeModest NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Blizzard- Leaf Storm- Giga Drain / Focus Blast- Earth Power
With the unbanning of Snow Warning from NU, Snow Warning is now useable in ZU, meaning Abomasnow has potential in ZU now. Here is a Choice Specs set. Blizzard is a powerful ice STAB that doesn’t miss in hail. Leaf Storm is powerful grass STAB that deals with water types who resist Blizzard. Giga Drain is for an accurate grass STAB that is useful endgame, while Focus Blast can be used to hit steel types hard. Earth Power provides coverage against fire and steel types.
Gen 9 NU Snow SetterAbomasnow @ Icy RockAbility: Snow WarningTera Type: WaterEVs: 248 HP / 164 SpA / 96 SpeModest NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Aurora Veil- Blizzard- Giga Drain- Earth Power
Abomasnow was one of the few Pokemon who dropped to Gen 9 NU, so here is a Snow setter for it. Aurora Veil is used to setup essentially Light Screen and Reflect in one move that halves the damage taken, which supports Abomasnow’s teammates. Blizzard is used for a powerful Ice STAB that doesn’t miss in snow. Giga Drain is for a Grass STAB that allows Abomasnow to recover some HP. Earth Power provides coverage against Steel- and Fire-types such as Copperajah, Crocalor, Perrserker, and Magneton.
Icy Rock is used to extend the turns of Snow, as this set should be used on Snow teams. 248 HP EVs allow Abomasnow to live a Close Combat from Passimian while Snow is up and Abomasnow is at full HP. 96 Speed EVs allow Abomasnow to outspeed Sandaconda that aren’t using any Speed EVs. The rest of the EVs are used in Special Attack along with a Modest Nature to give Abomasnow’s attacks more power. Tera Water is used to turn Abomasnow’s 4x Fire weakness into a resistance.
