Best powers in South Park: Snow Day ranked and how to unlock them

Want to use the best powers in South Park: Snow Day? While your weapons are your main damage dealers in the new 3D South Park title, you can use your Pissed Off energy bar to activate powerful abilities in combat. Read on to learn about these powers and which ones are the best for your playstyle.

For more on the game, check if South Park: Snow Day has crossplay support and a campaign.

Best powers tier list in South Park: Snow Day

After spending several hours across every mode in South Park: Snow Day, we’ve picked out the best powers and arranged them in our tier list. Read on for a detailed explanation of each power and how upgrades can improve them even further.

Tier	Powers
S-Tier	Healing Totem, Bullrush
A-Tier	Cheesing, Drone Bomb
B-Tier	Snow Turret, Gravity Bomb
C-Tier	Bubble Shield, Fart Escape

S-Tier – Healing Totem

This power lets you plant a Totem that heals you and your allies. This one’s a lifesaver, especially at the Hard difficulty. An upgrade lets it revive allies, meaning that you can pop it on the verge of death and it’ll bring you back into the game. It’s also handy with AI companions who aren’t particularly great at health management.

S-Tier – Bullrush

Fart yourself forward through enemies, charging them and carrying them with you. The Bullrush lets you adopt an offensive approach while gunning for enemies or quickly sprint away at low health. Since you carry enemies with you, it’s perfect for disrupting enemy formations, especially archer posts. With the right upgrades, you can deal even more damage or get healed as you run through enemy forces.

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Remember that upgrades can drastically alter a power

For instance, the Bullrush normally carries enemies. But an upgrade can increase its damage and reduce its impact to a single opponent.

A-Tier – Cheesing

Drug your enemies with cat urine to make them temporarily fight for you. It’s not as helpful as the previous two abilities but it can help thin down enemy numbers. Try using it on enemy snipers who can freeze your foes for you. The effect wears off eventually but you can use upgrades to enhance its effects.

A-Tier – Drone Bomb

Release a drone that seeks enemies and explodes after a short delay. I prefer using the upgrade that turns it into a healing bot to enhance survivability. But the default drone attack is great too, especially when you’re low on health and on the run.

B-Tier – Snow Turret

Construct a mechanical monstrosity that fires snowballs for you. It’s a good option to drain the health of enemies. An upgrade turns them into fireballs that deal even more damage so try getting that card when you can. It’s a good offensive pick but it might not help you if you prefer sprinting all over the map.

B-Tier – Gravity Bomb

Release a drifting void that sucks enemies in and damages them. This is useful against waves of smaller enemies, especially when they use special cards to gain enhanced powers. But it’s not as versatile as the other powers on this list.

C-Tier – Bubble Shield

Reflects projectiles back at your attackers. This one is pretty situational as projectiles aren’t the deadliest threats you’ll face. Sure, a sniper can be annoying but there are heavy melee hitters who will simply charge towards you. The latter can be hard to deal with and using one slot for a situational item will lower your odds of success.

C-Tier – Fart escape

Fart yourself up to safety and gross out the enemies in your wake. While this is the first ability that you get in the game, it’s not great. While it’s a good ability to escape enemies, additional mini-jumps as you land make it difficult to remain mobile. It appears to be an intentional flaw in the power but this lowers its appeal when it comes to picking it for Snow Day’s missions.

How to unlock all powers in South Park: Snow Day

Finish challenges in the game to unlock all available powers. Expect more powers to arrive with DLC and Snow Day’s Season Pass. Hover over a locked power in Kupa Keep to check what challenge needs to be completed to unlock it.

Here are all the challenges that unlock powers in South Park: Snow Day:

• Gravity Bomb – Avoid Stan by crossing the rooftops of Main Street.
• Bubble Shield – Liberate the fabled treasure of Stark’s Pond.
• Cheesing – Defeat Princess Kenny at the Town Square Amphiteater.
• Bullrush – Break open 25 lootable containers.
• Snow Turret – Become an honorary Marshwalker.
• Drone Bomb – Defeat Liane at the church.

That covers all the best powers in South Park: Snow Day. For more on the game, check out our best weapons guide and if South Park: Snow Day can be played solo.

South Park: Snow Day powers FAQs

How to get more powers in South Park: Snow Day?

While some of them are automatically unlocked via mission progression, other powers are unlocked by achieving specific in-game goals.

Will South Park: Snow Day get more powers as DLC?

While DLC has been confirmed, we don’t know if more powers are on the way.