Powder Snow in Pokemon Survivor

Powder Snow at a glance

What Powder Snow does

Powder Snow is an Ice-type aura move. A blizzard around you that slows foes.

A Pokemon can learn it if it is Ice-type, which is true of 46 of the 966 Pokemon. It reaches you as a new-move card when you level up, as long as one of your four move slots is free. No Pokemon begins a run with it, so you only find it on level-up cards. Each level-up draws three cards by weight from up to six new-move candidates, your move upgrades and the stat cards, so even a good move can sit out several level-ups.

It slows enemies.

Powder Snow stats by level

At level 1, Powder Snow deals 8 damage with a 0.55 second cooldown. At level 5 that becomes 17 damage every 0.39 seconds, which is 45.2 potential damage per second against 14.5 at level 1.

Potential damage per second multiplies damage by the number of hits and divides by the cooldown. It assumes every one lands on the same enemy and leaves out the Pokemon's attack multiplier, your cards and the type chart, so treat it as an upper bound for comparing levels and moves, not as a kill time.

Powder Snow level-up changes

Each level-up card for Powder Snow applies the changes below. They stack, so the level 5 row above already includes all of them.

• Level 2: +30% radius
• Level 3: +45% damage
• Level 4: -30% cooldown
• Level 5: +30% radius, +50% damage

Powder Snow evolution: Icy Wind

Powder Snow evolves into Icy Wind when it reaches level 5 and you have taken the Sprint card at least once in the same run. Once both are true, a golden evolution card is always offered at your next level-up. Until then, the Sprint card keeps showing up with a note that it unlocks this evolution, so you do not have to hunt for it.

Icy Wind keeps the Ice type and the same slot. Its damage goes from 17 to 31 and its cooldown stays at 0.39 seconds. The move evolution guide lists all 59 evolutions and the cards they need.

• +80% damage
• +35% radius

Which Pokemon can use Powder Snow

46 Pokemon can learn Powder Snow: every Ice-type, which is 16 single-type and 30 dual-type. The best of them by Stat Score are Baxcalibur, Kyurem, Cetitan, and Mamoswine.

No Pokemon starts with Powder Snow, so you only find it on level-up cards.

How to use Powder Snow

• Aura moves do not need a target: Powder Snow fires on its cooldown wherever you are.
• Grass, Ground, Flying, and Dragon take 60% more damage from Ice moves, while Fire, Water, Ice, and Steel take 40% less. Enemies with two types multiply both effects. See the type chart.
• Other aura moves are Grass Knot, Discharge, and Bulldoze. The moves list compares all 64.
• Each Reflexes card multiplies every cooldown by 0.92 and each Power card multiplies damage by 1.10. After 5 Reflexes cards the 0.55 second cooldown of Powder Snow at level 1 becomes 0.36 seconds.
• Only the move group in your active slot fires, and every move in the group keeps its own cooldown timer. A bond, which a rift win gives you, fuses loose moves into one group.
• Weather can boost or weaken Ice moves: see the weather guide.

Powder Snow in Pokemon Survivor FAQ

What does Powder Snow do in Pokemon Survivor?

A blizzard around you that slows foes. It is an Ice-type aura move with 5 levels. It deals 8 damage at level 1 and 17 at level 5.

How do you evolve Powder Snow?

Level it to 5 and take the Sprint card at least once in the same run. A golden evolution card then appears at the next level-up and turns it into Icy Wind.

Which Pokemon can learn Powder Snow?

The 46 Ice-type Pokemon, including dual types. None of them start with it.

Browse all 64 moves in the Pokemon Survivor moves list, or read the Pokemon Survivor guides.