Snover

**Snover** (Japanese: **ユキカブリ** *Yukikaburi*) is a dual-type {{Grass}}/{{Ice}} Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves into Abomasnow starting at level 40.

## Biology

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Snover is a creature with a white upper body and brown lower body that resembles a snow-covered tree. It will be two-thirds brown if male and two-thirds white if female. It has green eyes and three points on top of its head. Its feet and green tail are stubby, and there are two green spikes that resemble pinecones on its back. Five cones form its hand: a large central cone with four smaller cones around it. Edible white berries grow along Snover's midsection. Snover lives on snowy peaks in warm seasons, but migrates lower as the weather cools. A curious Pokémon, it often approaches people and can be found inspecting footprints in the snow.

### Major appearances

Snover debuted in PK18. Dawn's Piplup and Ash's Aipom bumped into one while wandering around in a cave, and it subsequently went on a rampage.

A talking Snover appeared in PK19.

A male Snover appeared in *The Lonely Snover*, where it wanted to be friends with Template:Ash and Template:Ashfr.

A female Snover was used by Candice to battle Template:Ash in *Sliding Into Seventh!*. It battled Gliscor and managed to defeat it before being beaten by Chimchar.

A male Snover appeared in *Over the Mountain of Snow!*. It wasn't feeling well and was being looked after by an Abomasnow. With help from Template:An, Snover soon recovered.

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### Minor appearances

A Snover appeared in *Giratina and the Sky Warrior* as one of the many Pokémon attempting to stop a glacier from destroying the nearby village.

A male Snover appeared in *Challenging a Towering Figure!*, where it battled against a Donphan during the Festival Battle Challenge.

A Snover appeared in the opening sequence of *Zoroark: Master of Illusions*.

### Pokédex entries

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## In the manga

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### In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga, Template:Ash and Nurse Joy rescue an injured Snover in *Hurry Up! Dawn's Pinch!!*.

### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Candice has a collection of ice Pokémon in her Gym that includes multiple Snover, but the only one she uses in battle is the one that fought Platinum's Empoleon, which also happens to be the only one she caught. She was seemingly defeated by the Emperor Pokémon's Metal Claw, but managed to launch a Seed Bomb that landed on Empoleon's head, fainting her and resulting in a tie. It first appeared in *Striking Out Snover*.

## Other appearances

### Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In the Template:St stage, a Snover can be seen on the {{Ice}} terrain.

#### Trophy information

*"A Frost Tree Pokémon. It lives in snowy mountains and resembles a wintry peak. In the spring it grows berries that resemble ice candies. In battle it causes a storm to appear, hides itself in fog, and then creates and launches a ball of ice as a preemptive strike. It evolves into Abomasnow."*

## Game data

### NPC appearances

* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: In the Special Episode Bidoof's Wish, Snover is the member of Team Rogue that gives Bidoof a map to the Star Cave and accompanies him on his journey there, only to gang up on him with the rest of Team Rogue. Bidoof is saved when Wigglytuff and the other guild members arrive to chase off Team Rogue.

### Pokédex entries

 Alpha Sapphire  | In the spring, it grows berries with the texture of frozen treats around its belly.

### Held items

 X | Y | Never-Melt Ice Never-Melt Ice (5%)

### Stats

#### Base stats

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

### Side game data

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### Sprites

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## Trivia

* Snover is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 334.
* No other Pokémon share the same type combination as Snover and its evolution Abomasnow.

### Origin

Snover appears to have been made to resemble a snow-covered fir tree. Its 'hat' resembles the kanji for mountain (山) which originates from a pictogram of three mountain peaks.

### Name origin

Snover may be a combination of *snow* and *clover* or *cover* (as in covered with snow). Alternatively, it may be a shortening of the phrase "snowed over".

Yukikaburi is a combination of 雪 *yuki* (snow) and 頭 *kaburi* (head). Alternatively, it may also derive from 蕪菁 *kabu* (turnip) or 被せる *kabuseru* (to cover).

## External links

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