Competitive Information for Snom [Sword/Shield]
Ice / Bug
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Snom? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Snom is a stupendous Ice and Bug-typed Pokemon. Snom is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Snom can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Snom is weak to Fire, Flying, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Occa Berry / Charti Berry
Ability: Ice Scales
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 136 Hp / 40 Def / 252 SpA / 80 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz / Struggle Bug
- Icy Wind / Powder Snow
- Round / Snore
- Fairy Wind
Special Sweeper Snom (Ice Scales)
Snom is a spectacular Special Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Ice Scales, Snom receives 1/2 damage from special attacks. With a Occa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fire-type attack then the Occa Berry gets consumed. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Powder Snow is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the foes).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Snom must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Fairy Wind is a special 40-base power Fairy-type move that deals damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Snom? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Occa Berry / Charti Berry
Ability: Ice Scales
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 136 Hp / 40 Def / 252 SpA / 80 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Powder Snow
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Round / Snore
- Fairy Wind
Doubles Special Sweeper Snom (Ice Scales)
Snom is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Ice Scales, Snom receives 1/2 damage from special attacks. With a Occa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fire-type attack then the Occa Berry gets consumed. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Powder Snow is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the foes).
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Snom must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Fairy Wind is a special 40-base power Fairy-type move that deals damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Snom learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Snom can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Snom
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Most notable and possible best moves for Snom
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Snom in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Snom's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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