Ice Burn (move)

Ice Burn コールドフレア Cold Flare

Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  140 Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Ice Burn (Japanese: コールドフレア Cold Flare) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation V. It is speculated to be one of Kyurem's signature moves.

Effect

Ice Burn deals damage, has a 30% chance of burning the target.

Ice Burn does nothing on the turn it is selected, other than state that the user is charging. This charge turn can be skipped using a Power Herb. On the following turn, Ice Burn will deal damage, PP will be deducted from it, and it will count as the last move used. Once Ice Burn is selected, the user won't be able to switch out until it is disrupted or fully executed.

If Ice Burn is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted from it, and it will not count as the last move used. If the target uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user is charging, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed immediately before using Ice Burn (or fail if it can't).

Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Ice Burn.

Learnset

Generation V

Currently, no Pokémon is known to learn Ice Burn by TM, Move tutor or Level up, although it has been speculated to be Kyurem's signature move.

Trivia

• This move seems to draw reference to both Reshiram and Kyurem, as it is an Ice-type move and its side-effect are related to the Fire type.
  • Also, a move that is believed to be its polar opposite, Freeze Shock, seems to also draw reference to Kyurem's typing and Reshiram's polar opposite, Zekrom.
    • Furthermore, the animation for the actual attacking part is very similar to that of Blue Flare.
• Along with Freeze Shock, Ice Burn has the highest base power of all Ice-type moves.
• Ice Burn is the only Ice-type move that is able to cause burn.
  • This may be a reference to frost bite, which is similar to a burn.

In other languages

• French: Feu Glacé
• German: Frosthauch
• Greek: Χιονίστρα
• Italian: Vampagelida
• Spanish: Llama gélida

Variations of the move Sky Attack
Sky Attack • Freeze Shock Ice Burn

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