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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

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Here is this week's Surprise Trade, I will be trading Snover, and I usually breed for 31 IVs in at least 4 or 5 stats. I went with Modest for the Nature, I did consider going with Quiet at first, as the Snover line are mixed attackers with a low Speed stat, but I find that most of its best moves are special moves, so this was why I went with Modest. I didn't go for the Hidden Ability of Soundproof, while this was the Ability for Mega Abomasnow back in Generation 6 to avoid damage from moves like Hyper Voice or Bug Buzz before it was Mega Evolved, as it does get Snow Warning in its Mega Evolved form anyway, Mega Evolution has been removed, and the Snow Warning is the Ability to go for, the change from hail to snow does mean that Snover will not hinder its teammates like it did before the change.
For Egg Moves, I went with Weather Ball, Double-Edge, Leech Seed, and Growth, the other move is Stomp, but I didn't really need to go with that, and Weather Ball is a TM that was added in the DLC update. For Pokémon that can learn those moves, it can get Double-Edge from the Sunkern and Bergmite lines, Leech Seed from various Grass-type Pokémon, like Hoppip, Smoliv, Cacnea, and Petilil, it can learn Growth from many Pokémon like Bellsprout, Capsakid, Fomantis, Seedot, and a few others, and Weather Ball requires a Mirror Herb, it can be learned from Snorunt, Eiscue, and Tadbulb.
Snover's starting moves are Leer and Powder Snow, but having Weather Ball is an improvement over Powder Snow, because with Snow Warning, its Weather Ball is an Ice-type move when the snow is up. It learns Leafage, Mist, Ice Shard, Razor Leaf, Icy Wind, Swagger, Ingrain, Wood Hammer, Blizzard, and Sheer Cold. It evolves into Abomasnow at Level 40 and learns Ice Punch upon evolution and can relearn Aurora Veil.
Next are TMs, I will go over what Abomasnow can learn, it can get Water Pulse, Low Kick, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Bulldoze, Brick Break, Magical Leaf, Rock Tomb, Avalanche, Bullet Seed, Seed Bomb, Grass Knot, Stomping Tantrum, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, Body Press, Giga Drain, Energy Ball, Ice Spinner, Earth Power, Ice Beam, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Outrage, Focus Blast, Leaf Storm, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Icicle Spear, Focus Punch, and Grassy Glide.
Before the Teal Mask update, Abomasnow was the Pokémon that set up the snow, as it was the only Pokémon to have Snow Warning, but with the return of Alolan Ninetales, which had higher Speed than Abomasnow, it was the better user of Aurora Veil. At the time of this video going up, Pikalytics has not updated to the current format, and I know that Pokémon HOME has the rankings of the Pokémon, but I might as well go over the possible moves it can use. Blizzard is a move you will want on Abomasnow, this is because when the snow is up, Blizzard has 100% accuracy, and it can set up Aurora Veil. Abomasnow will want a Water Tera Type to resist the Fire-type moves it is weak to, as its type combo of Ice/Grass is one of the worse defensive type combinations, Energy Ball and Earth Power can be used for type coverage, and it has Ice Shard for priority. Its best teammates are mostly Ice-type Pokémon like Iron Bundle, Baxcalibur, Chien-Pao, and many others, and with some returning Ice-types like Alolan Sandslash and Mamoswine, those pair well in a snow team.
In Double Battles, Abomasnow was the Pokémon that set up the snow, but now Alolan Ninetales has taken the title of snow summoner. It paired well with Articuno, which can use Tailwind to set up and it can use moves like Freeze-Dry and Icy Wind for attacks, and it also used Blizzard for 100% accuracy in the snow. With Alolan Ninetales back, Abomasnow has fallen in the usage charts, this is because Alolan Ninetales has higher Speed and is a better user of Aurora Veil, and it is an excellent support Pokémon in Double Battles.
In Tera Raid Battles, the only reason to use Ice-types is when taking on Pokémon with a Dragon, Grass, or Flying Tera Type, as long as that Pokémon does not have Fire as their base type, and Abomasnow does learn some moves like Chilling Water, Helping Hand, and Aurora Veil to support its team, while Blizzard is its main attack, but once again, Alolan Ninetales is back in the game and does everything Abomasnow can do, but much better.
Its late evolution level is a drawback when going through the game, and while it does get Razor Leaf early on, getting Trailblaze can help with a Grass-type move until getting the TM for Giga Drain, and Weather Ball will be Snover's main move for the early game until Blizzard when evolved, you can choose to hold off Snover's evolution until Level 45 to get Blizzard earlier, Abomasnow learns it at Level 49, and the good thing about snow replacing hail is that it doesn't hinder teammates, this was the one downside to using Abomasnow in previous generations.

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