| Snow Warning | |
|---|---|
| Smogon rating | 4 |
| Pokémon running it in Reg M-B | 5 |
Ninetales-Alola
6.5%
99.4%
Mega Froslass
3.7%
100%
Vanilluxe
0.84%
98.4%
Mega Abomasnow
0.67%
99.9%
Aurorus
0.06%
58.2%
On switch-in, this Pokemon summons Snow.
Smogon rates it 4 on their competitive scale, where 5 is format-defining and 0 is actively unhelpful.
5 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder run Snow Warning. The one that matters most is Ninetales-Alola, which is on 6.5% of teams and runs it on 99.4% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.
4 of the Pokémon legal in Regulation M-B have Snow Warning in their ability list, and 5 of those are played often enough to measure. An ability is not a choice the way a move or an item is — most Pokémon that have it have no alternative worth taking — so the gap here is about what sees play, not about what is preferred.
Across the ladder, Snow Warning accounts for an expected 0.12 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 6th most-brought of the 19 abilities this format runs. 55% of that comes from Ninetales-Alola alone, so it is really one Pokémon’s ability rather than the format’s. Its users are mostly Ice (5).
Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.