Froslass (Pokémon)

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Froslass ユキメノコ Yukimenoko #478
Art by Ken Sugimori from Diamond and Pearl
Type Ice Ghost Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Snow Land Pokémon
Abilities Snow Cloak Blue-Striped ----- Cursed Body Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh #208 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R-215 Oblivia R-288 N-153
Height 4'03" Imperial 1.3 m Metric 4'03"/1.3 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 58.6 lbs. Imperial 26.6 kg Metric 58.6 lbs./26.6 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color White	Catch rate 75 (9.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 100% female
Breeding Fairy and Mineral groups 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 2 Base Exp.: 187 Battle Exp.: 1871*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Froslass (Japanese: ユキメノコ Yukimenoko) is a dual-type Ice/Ghost Pokémon.

She evolves from a female Snorunt when exposed to a Dawn Stone. She is one of Snorunt's final forms, the other being Glalie.

Biology

Physiology

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. Some consider Glalie to be the male counterpart although it can be either gender.

Special abilities

Froslass has the ability to freeze foes with her -58 degrees Fahrenheit (-50 degrees Celsius) 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. They are said to secretly put the frozen corpses of their victims on display. Froslass are also very caring and will protect those who she loves and trusts, especially their young.

Habitat

Froslass live in very snowy areas. They are very rare.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Froslass in the anime

Major appearances

Froslass made her anime debut in The Drifting Snorunt! where she kidnapped Dawn's Piplup and Meowth forcing Ash, Dawn, Brock and Team Rocket to help her by saving her child Snorunt from a poacher.

A Froslass appeared in A Real Rival Rouser! under the ownership of Paul where she battled against Ash's Pikachu.

Minor appearances

Froslass first appeared in a brief cameo in the movie Giratina and the Sky Warrior where she helped Ash's friends stop the glacier.

A Froslass and Lucario were participating in a Double Contest on TV in Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry DP116 Froslass Dawn's Pokédex 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

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

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 Rapidash 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 Icicle Badge, and the three head out to Lake Acuity. This Froslass is later given to Platinum at the Spear Pillar.

In the TCG

Main article: Froslass (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: The player battles Froslass at the end of Crevice Cave to save Scizor.
• PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure: Pikachu battles Froslass in the Iceberg Zone to persuade her to make up with Glalie. She also freezes the lake so Pikachu can save Mamoswine.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation I Red {{{redbluedex}}} Blue Yellow {{{yellowdex}}} Stadium {{{stadiumdex}}}
Generation II Gold {{{golddex}}} Silver {{{silverdex}}} Crystal {{{crystaldex}}} Stadium 2 Unknown
Generation III Ruby {{{rubydex}}} Sapphire {{{sapphiredex}}} Emerald {{{emeralddex}}} FireRed {{{firereddex}}} LeafGreen {{{leafgreendex}}}
Generation IV Diamond It freezes foes with an icy breath nearly -60 degrees F. What seems to be its body is actually hollow. Pearl {{{pearldex}}} Platinum It freezes prey by blowing its -58 degree F breath. It is said to then secretly display its prey. HeartGold Legends in snowy regions say that a woman who was lost on an icy mountain was reborn as Froslass. SoulSilver {{{soulsilverdex}}}
Generation V Black It freezes prey by blowing its -58 degree F breath. It is said to then secretly display its prey. White {{{whitedex}}} Black 2 It freezes prey by blowing its -58 degree F breath. It is said to then secretly display its prey. White 2 {{{white2dex}}}
Generation VI X Unknown Y Unknown

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation I Red Blue None Trade Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Trade
Generation II Gold Silver None Trade Crystal None Trade
Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen None Trade Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade
Generation IV Diamond Pearl None Evolve Snorunt♀ Platinum None Evolve Snorunt♀ HeartGold SoulSilver None Evolve Pokéwalker Snorunt♀ Pal Park None Pokéwalker None
Generation V Black White None Poké Transfer Black 2 White 2 None Poké Transfer Dream World None
Generation VI X Y None Trade

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Crystal Crossing (9F-13F)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Almia Castle
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	Sky Fortress
Pokémon Rumble	Rocky Cave
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Glacier: World Axle - B2F, Frozen Tundra
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	Iceberg Zone
Pokémon Conquest	Evolve Snorunt

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 70		130 - 177	250 - 344
Attack: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Defense: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Sp. Atk: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Sp. Def: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Speed: 110		103 - 178	202 - 350
Total: 480	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 3/4 ★★★☆	Power 1/3 ★☆☆
Skill 4/5 ★★★★☆	Stamina 2/3 ★★☆
Jump 3/5 ★★★☆☆	Total 13/20 ★★☆☆

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel 2× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None

Weak to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel 2× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None

Immune to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel 2× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel 2× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None

Notes: If Foresight or Odor Sleuth is used by an opponent, the opponent has Scrappy, or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Normal-type  moves is 1× and the effectiveness of  Fighting-type  moves is 2×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation V Other generations: IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  00Start Powder Snow Ice Special 04040 100100% 25 00Start Leer Normal Status 0000— 100100% 30 00Start Double Team Normal Status 0000— ——% 15 00Start Astonish Ghost Physical 03030 100100% 15 044 Double Team Normal Status 0000— ——% 15 1010 Astonish Ghost Physical 03030 100100% 15 1313 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 09595% 15 1919 Confuse Ray Ghost Status 0000— 100100% 10 2222 Ominous Wind Ghost Special 06060 100100% 5 2828 Wake-Up Slap Fighting Physical 06060 100100% 10 3131 Captivate Normal Status 0000— 100100% 20 3737 Ice Shard Ice Physical 04040 100100% 30 4040 Hail Ice Status 0000— ——% 10 5151 Blizzard Ice Special 120120 07070% 5 5959 Destiny Bond Ghost Status 0000— ——% 5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Froslass Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Froslass Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	09595	100}}100%	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM19	Telekinesis	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	25
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	09595	100}}100%	15
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	120120	070}}70%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
	TM63	Embargo	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100}}100%	10
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM79	Frost Breath	Ice	Special	04040	090}}90%	10
	TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100100	100}}100%	15
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Froslass Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Froslass Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100%	10
	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—%	10
	Block	Normal	Status	—	—%	5
	Disable	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
	Hex	Ghost	Special	50	100%	10
	Fake Tears	Dark	Status	—	100%	20
	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90%	20
	Spikes*	Ground	Status	—	—%	20
	Weather Ball	Normal	Special	50	100%	10
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Froslass in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Froslass in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Froslass Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Froslass Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation V Other generations: IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Game				Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
B	W	B2	W2	Block	Normal	Status	—	—%	5
B	W	B2	W2	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Pain Split	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
B	W	B2	W2	Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Snatch	Dark	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Trick	Psychic	Status	—	100%	10
A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Froslass can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Froslass cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Froslass Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Froslass Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation V Other generations: IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15
	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95%	15
	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15
‡	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Froslass Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Froslass Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Anime-only moves

Move	Type	Episode
Slash	Normal	The Drifting Snorunt!

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!  N/A  Not available
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% Friend Area: Beau Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP My HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP My HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP My HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up. Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -10% IQ group: A
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Ice  Poké Assist: ( Ice ) Field move: (Crush ×4) Browser entry   It makes hunks of ice fall. It protects itself with a ghostly fire.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Ice  ( Ice ) Past ( Normal ) (Crush ×4) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   It causes continuous blizzards around itself that make Pokémon Stopped.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Froslass fought with Glalie in the Iceberg Zone, but usually they are good friends! Her Blizzard can freeze an entire lake!
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★★ Move: Icy Wind Attack: ★★ Ability 1: Mountaineer Defense: ★★★ Ability 2: Dodge Speed: ★★★★ Ability 3: Frostbite Evolves from Snorunt after battling while its female Warrior is equipped with a Dawn Stone Range: 3 Perfect Links: Aya and Hiroko

Evolution

Unevolved Snorunt  Ice

Dawn Stone (female) →

First Evolution Froslass  Ice  Ghost

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Froslass images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Froslass.
  • She and Frost Rotom are the only Ice-type Pokémon not to have more weaknesses than combined resistances and immunities.
  • She is the only Ice-type Pokémon that is immune to Fighting-type moves, which they are normally weak to, due to her being part Ghost-type.
• Froslass and Shedinja are the only two Ghost types that evolve from a Pokémon that isn't a Ghost type.
• Although Froslass floats in the air, she does not have the Ability to Levitate.
• Froslass is the last Pokémon in the National Pokédex that evolves from another Pokémon from a prior generation.
• Froslass is tied with Gengar for the fastest Ghost-type.
• Froslass and her evolutionary line's Egg Group (Fairy and Mineral) are unique.
• Froslass has a lot of similarities 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 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, with the pre-evolutions being from different generations as they are.
  • 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.
• Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames being traded on the GTS, an English language Froslass cannot be traded on the GTS without a nickname in Pokémon Black and White.

Origin

Froslass is most likely based on Yuki-onna, a female ice-spirit of Japanese folklore.

Name origin

Froslass is a combination of frost and lass.

Yukimenoko may be a combination of 雪 yuki (snow) and 女の子 menoko (archaic word for girl). Kimeno also sounds like a corruption of 着物 kimono.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ユキメノコ Yukimenoko From 雪 yuki (snow) and 女の子 menoko (archaic word for girl). Kimeno also sounds like a corruption of 着物 kimono. French Momartik From môme and arctique Spanish Froslass Same as English name German Frosdedje From Frost and possibly Mädchen Italian Froslass Same as English name Korean 눈여아 Nun'yeoa From 눈 nun and 여아 yeoa Mandarin Chinese 雪妖女 Xuě Yāo Nǚ From its Japanese name. Combination of 雪 and 妖女. Cantonese Chinese

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