A Froslass first appeared under the ownership of [[Candice]] in ''[[PS388|VS. Froslass]]'', where it is presented as her secret weapon to battle {{adv|Platinum}}. Due to [[Platinum's Rapidash|her Rapdiash]] and its speed, its attacks rarely hit, and didn't dish out much damage due to the type matchup, but the moment Platinum ordered it to use {{m|Rest}}, its {{m|Wake-Up Slap}} dealt out lethal damage, forcing her to recall it. Then, after [[Platinum (Adventures)#Lopunny|Platinum's Lopunny]] managed to defeat Candice's {{p|Abomasnow}}, and Froslass seemed to have the battle won when Lopunny fainted as well, it was finally beaten by Rapidash. Platinum, revealing that she had Lopunny faint itself with its {{m|Healing Wish}}, Candice handed her the [[Glacier Badge]], and the three head out to [[Lake Acuity]].
A Froslass first appeared under the ownership of [[Candice]] in ''[[PS388|VS. Froslass]]'', where it is presented as her secret weapon to battle {{adv|Platinum}}. Due to [[Platinum's Rapidash|her Rapdiash]] and its speed, its attacks rarely hit, and didn't dish out much damage due to the type matchup, but the moment Platinum ordered it to use {{m|Rest}}, its {{m|Wake-Up Slap}} dealt out lethal damage, forcing her to recall it. Then, after [[Platinum (Adventures)#Lopunny|Platinum's Lopunny]] managed to defeat Candice's {{p|Abomasnow}}, and Froslass seemed to have the battle won when Lopunny fainted as well, it was finally beaten by Rapidash. Platinum, revealing that she had Lopunny faint itself with its {{m|Healing Wish}}, Candice handed her the [[Glacier Badge]], and the three head out to [[Lake Acuity]].
Candice later gives Platinum a Froslass.
Candice later gives Platinum a Froslass. Platinum sends her, along with her other Pokémon, to help [[Looker]]. She later uses Froslass at the Battle Hall.
Froslass doesn't have any feet, so she floats in the air like her counterpart, Glalie. What appears to be her torso is hollow, as is stated in the Pokédex's entry for Froslass, which is the reason for her surprisingly low weight. This "body" resembles a kimono, especially due to the fact that the red band around her waist is reminiscent of an Obi. Her arms, which hang off the sides of her head like ears, are flared at the wrist to further give it a kimono look. The flared portions of her arms have a dappled light blue coloration, and Froslass's hands consist of three small fingers. Froslass's head is shaped like a droplet of water turned on its side. The head has two ice crystals on top of it, as well as several holes through which a purple skin can be seen. From two of them, crystal-blue eyes with yellow scleras peek out. A small mouth can be found below her white "mask".
Gender differences
Froslass is a female-only species. Glalie partially counts as her male counterpart, because they both evolve from the same Pokémon. However, a Glalie could still be female.
Special abilities
Froslass has the ability to freeze foes with her -58 degrees Fahrenheit breath and create illusions to manipulate both her prey and foes as evidenced in the anime.
Behavior
Froslass' behavior is somewhat reminiscent to that of the Yuki-onna in Japanese mythology, since it will wander around snowstorms or blizzards to find unsuspecting humans and prey and will attack by freezing them into solid ice. Froslass are also very caring and will protect those who she loves and trusts, especially their young.
Habitat
Froslass live in very snowy areas. Their rarity is quite high.
A Froslass appeared in DP187 under the ownership of Paul where she battled against Ash's Pikachu, where she gave him trouble using a Hail-Snow Cloak combo; however, after the Hail cleared, she was defeated by a Volt Tackle from Pikachu.
Froslass, the Snow Land Pokémon and an evolved form of Snorunt. It freezes its opponents to temperatures nearly minus sixty degrees.
In the manga
Candice's Froslass
A Froslass first appeared under the ownership of Candice in VS. Froslass, where it is presented as her secret weapon to battle Platinum. Due to her Rapdiash and its speed, its attacks rarely hit, and didn't dish out much damage due to the type matchup, but the moment Platinum ordered it to use Rest, its Wake-Up Slap dealt out lethal damage, forcing her to recall it. Then, after Platinum's Lopunny managed to defeat Candice's Abomasnow, and Froslass seemed to have the battle won when Lopunny fainted as well, it was finally beaten by Rapidash. Platinum, revealing that she had Lopunny faint itself with its Healing Wish, Candice handed her the Glacier Badge, and the three head out to Lake Acuity.
Candice later gives Platinum a Froslass. Platinum sends her, along with her other Pokémon, to help Looker. She later uses Froslass at the Battle Hall.
She and Frost Rotom are the only Template:Type2 Pokémon that have fewer weaknesses than resistances and immunities.
Froslass and Shedinja are the only two Ghost-types that evolve from a Pokémon that wasn't a Ghost-type, if Shedinja's appearance in the player's party counts as an evolution.
Although Froslass is a Ghost-type Pokémon and it is stated that she floats in the air, she does not have the ability to Levitate.
Froslass is tied with Gengar for the fastest Ghost-type Pokémon, with a base Speed of 110.
Froslass has a high amount of similarity with Jynx: both learn Wake-Up Slap at level 28, both are female-only, both are dual Ice-types with Ice as their primary type which have unique combinations, which their secondary-type are the only of their type to learn Wake-Up Slap, both are fully-evolved, both only evolve from pre-evolutions, both can learn nearly the same Ice-type moves by their level or TM, having nearly the same TMs, and both have different moves from their pre-evolutions.
She may be a partial counterpart to Gallade. Both of their first forms can evolve by level, regardless of gender, or gender-specific evolution with a Dawn Stone, the only Pokémon that evolve with it.
Origin
Froslass is most likely based on Yuki-onna, a female ice-spirit of Japanese folklore.
Name origin
Its English name comes from frost and lass. Its Japanese name may come from 雪 yuki, snow, and 女の子 menoko, an old word for girl. It also sounds like a corruption of 着物 kimono.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Froslass images on Bulbagarden Archives.
