Abomasnow

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Abomasnow ユキノー Yukinoo
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Species	Type
Frost Tree Pokémon
Number	Ability
#460	Snow Warning
Height	Weight
7’ 03" (2.2 m)	298.7 lbs. (135.5kg)
Gender Ratio
Male: 50%	Female: 50%
Evolves From	Evolves Into
Snover	None
Egg Group	Catch Rate
Monster/Plant	60
Tier	EV Yield
BL	1 Atk./1 Sp. Atk.

Abomasnow (Japanese: ユキノー Yukinoo) is a Grass/Ice-type introduced in the Diamond and Pearl versions. Despite having very mediocre stats, Abomasnow is a fairly popular Pokemon in the standard metagame, mainly due to its unique ability, Snow Warning. Much like Tyranitar's and Hippowdon's Sandstream, Snow Warning summons an infinite Hail storm when Abomasnow comes into the field. As such, Abomasnow is a popular addition on Hail teams, or teams revolving around Ice type Pokemon. The numerous appeals of Hail include residual damage to all but a select few Pokemon, Blizzard gaining 100% accuracy and a chance to break through Protect/Detect and various abilities including Snow Cloak and Ice Body that benefit under Hail. Because of its fairly average stats across the board, Abomasnow is able to excel in a number of areas, which is only further complemented by its enormous movepool. With the ability to do things ranging from support to stalling to dealing lots of damage with dual STAB Base 120 Power attacks (Blizzard and Wood Hammer) Abomasnow is not something to be underestimated.