Pokédex · III (Hoenn)

Castform (Snowy Form)#10015

Its stats are balanced — none stands out enough to force a single team role on it. In defense it has 4 weaknesses and 1 resistance at its disposal.

Castform (Snowy Form)
Shiny version
Ice
Height: 0.3 m (1′00″) Weight: 0.8 kg (1.8 lbs)

Base stats

HP
70
51%
Atk
70
41%
Def
70
49%
SpA
70
55%
SpD
70
51%
Spe
70
54%
TOTAL
420
43%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. All six values are identical — 70 each.

Attack and Defense share first place here, so any nature that raises one of them will do. The list of natures shows what each one does.

Which nature to choose

Attack (70) and Sp. Atk (70) are nearly equal, so neither of these two stats can be lowered for free. The price has to be paid in defense — in the weaker one, because Defense does not stop anything here anyway.

  • Lonely +Atk · −Def The boost goes into the stronger offensive stat and the drop into a defense that does not decide anything anyway.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Abilities

  • Forecast Changes castform's type and form to match the weather.

Pokédex entry

CASTFORM’s appearance changes with the weather. This POKéMON gained the ability to use the vast power of nature to protect its tiny body.

Habitat: Grassland Egg Group: Fairy Egg Group: Amorphous Gender: 50% ♂ / 50% ♀ Catch difficulty: hard (45/255) Base friendship: 70/255 Base EXP: 147
Evolution line

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Castform (Snowy Form) takes when it is hit by a move of each type.

Weak to Fire ×2 Fighting ×2 Rock ×2 Steel ×2
Resistant to Ice ×½

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Castform (Snowy Form) — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Castform (Snowy Form) — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

Offspring can come from 115 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (42 via TM/TR, 11 via Egg, 19 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Tackle Normal Physical 40 100% 35
10 Ember Fire Special 40 100% 25
10 Powder Snow Ice Special 40 100% 25
10 Water Gun Water Special 40 100% 25
15 Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100% 15
20 Hail Ice Status — — 10
20 Rain Dance Water Status — — 5
20 Sunny Day Fire Status — — 5
25 Weather Ball Normal Special 50 100% 10
35 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70% 5
35 Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85% 5
35 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80% 5
45 Hurricane Flying Special 110 70% 10