Ice (type)

Template:ElementalTypes The Ice type (Japanese: こおりタイプ Ice type) is one of the seventeen types. Notable Trainers that specialize in Ice-type Pokémon are Lorelei of the Kanto Elite Four, Pryce of Mahogany Town, Glacia of the Hoenn Elite Four, Candice of Snowpoint City, and Brycen of Icirrus City. Prior to Generation IV, where moves are designated physical or special based on the move itself rather than its type, all Ice-type moves were special.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 73.93
Attack: 75.13
Defense: 71.57
Sp.Atk: 79.13
Sp.Def: 80.23
Speed: 69.60
Total: 449.60

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 81.89
Attack: 83.26
Defense: 83.26
Sp.Atk: 90.37
Sp.Def: 93.26
Speed: 79.21
Total: 511.26

Battle properties

Generation I

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×	None

Generation II-onwards

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×	None

Characteristics

Defense

The Ice-type is considered by many to be the worst of all types defensively. It only resists itself, while carrying weaknesses to Fire, Fighting, Rock and Steel, making it weak to moves such as Stealth Rock, Bullet Punch and Fire Blast. Their sole resistance is nullified by The Swinub Family's Ground, Articuno's and Delibird's Flying, The Snover line's Grass, and Kyurem's Dragon. Even with a second type, all but two Ice-type Pokémon—Froslass and Frost Rotom—have more weaknesses than resistances and immunities.

Offense

Offensive-wise, because only two non-Ice-types, which are Template:Type2s, doubly resist Ice, and the fact that double weaknesses to Ice are fairly common (largely due to Template:Type2s, whose final forms are often doubly weak), Ice is, along with Ground, Fighting, Rock and Fire, one of the most commonly used attacking types. Ice also pairs well with other common attacking types, notably Ground and Electric. Template:Type2 Pokémon can also effectively use Ice attacks, which cover their major weakness of Grass, as well as Dragon, which resists their moves.

Similarly, an Ice-type Pokémon can often use water-type moves, which covers their weakness of fire and rock.

Contest Properties

When used in contests, Ice-type moves typically become Beauty moves, while some may be Cool moves.

Pokémon

As of Generation V, there are 31 Ice-type Pokémon or 4.78% of all Pokémon, making it the fifteenth most common elemental type, or effectively the third least common type ahead of the Dragon and Ghost types.

Pure Ice-type Pokémon

# Name 351 Castform* 361 Snorunt 362 Glalie 378 Regice 471 Glaceon 582 Vanillite 583 Vanillish 584 Vanilluxe 613 Cubchoo 614 Beartic 615 Cryogonal

Half Ice-type Pokémon

Primary Ice-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 124 Jynx Ice Psychic 144 Articuno Ice Flying 220 Swinub Ice Ground 221 Piloswine Ice Ground 225 Delibird Ice Flying 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 363 Spheal Ice Water 364 Sealeo Ice Water 365 Walrein Ice Water 473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 478 Froslass Ice Ghost

Secondary Ice-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 087 Dewgong Water Ice 091 Cloyster Water Ice 131 Lapras Water Ice 215 Sneasel Dark Ice 459 Snover Grass Ice 460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 461 Weavile Dark Ice 479 Rotom* Electric Ice 646 Kyurem Dragon Ice

Moves

Gen	Move	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Range	Description
I	Aurora Beam	Special	Beauty	06565	100100%	2020 (max 32)	Normal	The target is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. This may also lower the target's Attack stat.
IV	Avalanche	Physical	Cool	06060	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	An attack move that inflicts double the damage if the user has been hurt by the target in the same turn.
I	Blizzard	Special	Beauty	120120	07070%	055 (max 8)	Many Others	A howling blizzard is summoned to strike the opposing team. It may also freeze them solid.
V	Freeze Shock	Physical		140140	09090%	055 (max 8)	Normal	On the second turn, the user hits the target with electrically charged ice. It may leave the target with paralysis.
V	Frost Breath	Special		04040	09090%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user blows a cold breath on the target. This attack always results in a critical hit.
V	Glaciate	Special		06565	09595%	1010 (max 16)	Many Others	The user attacks by blowing freezing cold air at opposing Pokémon. This attack reduces the targets' Speed stat.
III	Hail	Status	Beauty	000—	100100%	1010 (max 16)	All	The user summons a hail storm lasting five turns. It damages all Pokémon except the Ice type.
I	Haze	Status	Beauty	000—	100100%	3030 (max 48)	All	The user creates a haze that eliminates every stat change among all the Pokémon engaged in battle.
III	Ice Ball	Physical	Beauty	03030	09090%	2020 (max 32)	Normal	The user continually rolls into the target over five turns. It becomes stronger each time it hits.
I	Ice Beam	Special	Beauty	09595	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The target is struck with an icy-cold beam of energy. It may also freeze the target solid.
V	Ice Burn	Special		140140	09090%	055 (max 8)	Normal	On the second turn, an ultracold, freezing wind surrounds the target. This may leave the target with a burn.
IV	Ice Fang	Physical	Cool	06565	09595%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	The user bites with cold-infused fangs. It may also make the target flinch or leave it frozen.
I	Ice Punch	Physical	Beauty	07575	100100%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	The target is punched with an icy fist. It may also leave the target frozen.
IV	Ice Shard	Physical	Beauty	04040	100100%	3030 (max 48)	Normal	The user flash freezes chunks of ice and hurls them at the target. This move always goes first.
V	Icicle Crash	Physical		08585	09090%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user attacks by harshly dropping an icicle onto the target. It may also make the target flinch.
III	Icicle Spear	Physical	Beauty	02525	100100%	3030 (max 48)	Normal	The user launches sharp icicles at the target. It strikes two to five times in a row.
II	Icy Wind	Special	Beauty	05555	09595%	1515 (max 24)	Many Others	The user attacks with a gust of chilled air. It also lowers the targets' Speed stat.
I	Mist	Status	Beauty	000—	100100%	3030 (max 48)	Your Party	The user cloaks its body with a white mist that prevents any of its stats from being cut for five turns.
II	Powder Snow	Special	Beauty	04040	100100%	2525 (max 40)	Many Others	The user attacks with a chilling gust of powdery snow. It may also freeze the targets.
III	Sheer Cold	Special	Beauty	000—	03030%	055 (max 8)	Normal	The target is attacked with a blast of absolute-zero cold. The target instantly faints if it hits.
All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual move's page. Target data assumes user is in the lower left.

Trivia

• Although the Ice-type existed since Generation I, pure Ice-type species were not introduced until Generation III.
• In Generation III, all Ice-type moves were Beauty moves.
• Only the Template:Type2 has a lower number of resistances than the Ice-type, having no resistances (but one immunity). Ice only resists itself.
• All types that are weak to Ice have been combined with it on at least one Pokémon.
• There has been a Gym Leader or Elite Four member who specializes in the Ice-type introduced in each generation. All three of the Ice-type Gym Leaders, Pryce, Candice, and Brycen, are the seventh Gym Leaders in their respective region.
• Generation V introduced the most Ice-type Pokémon with seven, not including Frost Rotom's newly changed typing.
  • Every Ice-type introduced in Generation V is a pale blue color. It is the only generation in which this happens.
  • Generation V also introduced the most pure Ice-types, with six new Pokémon. Generation III introduced three, Generation IV introduced one, while Generation I and II introduced none.
    • The only dual-typed Ice-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V was a legendary Pokémon.
• There are more Pokémon with double weaknesses to Ice than any other type.
• Ice is the only type that is super effective against Flying-types that doesn't in turn resist flying moves.

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