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Type Ice
Type Ice HOME

The Ice type (Japanese: こおりタイプ, HepburnKoori taipu) is one of the eighteen Pokémon elemental types.

Ice-type Pokémon stand out for being able to endure very low temperatures, as well as adapting to freezing weathers. They control ice at will. Their habitats go from the top of mountains, frozen caves and caverns or even the poles.

Many Ice-type moves have chances of freezing the target, which prevents them from attacking until they thaw out.

Famous Ice-type Pokémon Trainers include Lorelei, a member of the Kanto Elite Four; Pryce, the seventh Gym Leader of the Johto region's Mahogany Town; Glacia, a member of the Hoenn Elite Four; Candice, the seventh Gym Leader of Sinnoh's Snowpoint City; Brycen, once a Gym Leader in Unova; Wulfric, the last Gym Leader in Kalos; Melony, the sixth Gym Leader of Galar in Pokémon Shield, and Grusha the Gym Leader of the Glaseado gym in Paldea.

Ice-type moves[]

  • There are 33 Ice-type moves.
  • In battles: Physical moves stand out.
    • 13 moves are of the Physical type.
    • 11 moves are of the Special type.
    • 6 moves are of the Other type.
  • In contests: Beautiful moves stand out.
    • 20 moves are of the Beautiful type type.
    • 1 move is of the Cool type type.
    • There are no moves of the Clever type, Cute type and Tough type types.

List of Ice-type moves[]

Name Category Contest Generation Power
Aurora Beam Special type Beautiful type Generation I 65
Aurora Veil Other type Beautiful type Generation VII -
Avalanche Physical type Beautiful type[1] Generation IV 60/120
Blizzard Special type Beautiful type Generation I 110[2]
Chilly Reception Other type - Generation IX -
Freeze Shock Physical type Beautiful type Generation V 140
Freeze-Dry Special type Beautiful type Generation VI 70
Freezy Frost Special type Beautiful type Generation VII 90
Frost Breath Special type Beautiful type Generation V 60[3]
G-Max Resonance - - Generation VIII -
Glacial Lance Physical type - Generation VIII 120
Glaciate Special type Beautiful type Generation V 65
Hail Other type Beautiful type Generation III -
Haze Other type Beautiful type Generation I -
Ice Ball Physical type Beautiful type Generation III 30-480
Ice Beam Special type Beautiful type Generation I 90[4]
Ice Burn Special type Beautiful type Generation V 140
Ice Fang Physical type Cool type Generation IV 65
Ice Hammer Physical type Beautiful type Generation VII 100
Ice Punch Physical type Beautiful type Generation I 75
Ice Shard Physical type Beautiful type Generation IV 40
Ice Spinner Physical type - Generation IX 80
Icicle Crash Physical type Beautiful type Generation V 85
Icicle Spear Physical type Beautiful type Generation III 25[5] (x2-5)
Icy Wind Special type Beautiful type Generation II 55
Max Hailstorm - - Generation VIII -
Mist Other type Beautiful type Generation I -
Mountain Gale Physical type - Generation VIII 100
Powder Snow Special type Beautiful type Generation II 40
Sheer Cold Special type Beautiful type Generation III K.O. in one hit
Snowscape Other type - Generation IX -
Subzero Slammer - - Generation VII -
Triple Axel Physical type - Generation VIII 20

Effectiveness of Ice-type moves[]

×2
Super effective against Pokémon of the types: Type Dragon, Type Flying, Type Grass and Type Ground.
½
Not very effective against Pokémon of the types: Type Fire, Type Ice, Type Steel and Type Water.

Weaknesses and resistances of the Ice type[]

A type chart displaying the weaknesses and resistances of a Pokémon when damaged by a move. Empty fields are moves that do normal damage.

×4
Doubly super effective
×2
Super effective
½
Resistant
¼
Very resistant
×0
Immune
Type of the move
Bug type vertical Dark type vertical Dragon type vertical Electric type vertical Fairy type vertical Fighting type vertical Fire type vertical Flying type vertical Ghost type vertical Grass type vertical Ground type vertical Ice type vertical Normal type vertical Poison type vertical Psychic type vertical Rock type vertical Steel type vertical Water type vertical
Type Ice
×2
×2
½
×2
×2
Type IceType Bug
×4
×2
½
½
½
×4
×2
Type IceType Dark
×2
½
×2
×4
×2
½
½
×0
×2
×2
Type IceType Dragon
×2
½
×2
×2
½
×2
×2
½
Type IceType Electric
½
×2
×2
½
×2
½
×2
Type IceType Fairy
½
½
×0
×2
½
×2
×2
×4
Type IceType Fighting
½
½
×2
×2
×2
½
×2
×2
Type IceType Fire
½
½
×2
½
×2
¼
×4
×2
Type IceType Flying
½
×2
×2
½
×0
×4
×2
Type IceType Ghost
½
×2
×0
×2
×2
½
×0
½
×2
×2
Type IceType Grass
×2
½
×2
×4
×2
½
½
×2
×2
×2
½
Type IceType Ground
×0
×2
×2
×2
½
×2
×2
Type IceType Psychic
×2
×2
×2
×2
[6]
½
½
×2
×2
Type IceType Rock
×4
½
×2
×2
½
½
½
×2
×4
×2
Type IceType Steel
½
½
½
×4
×4
½
½
×2
¼
½
×0
½
Type IceType Water
×2
×2
×2
¼
×2
½

Ice-type-Pokémon Trainers[]

Ice-type-Pokémon Gym Leaders[]

Leader Location Badge
VSPryce
Pryce
Mahogany Town, Johto Glacier Badge
Glacier Badge
VSCandice
Candice
Snowpoint City, Sinnoh Icicle Badge
Icicle Badge
VSBrycen
Brycen[7]
Icirrus City, Unova Freeze Badge
Freeze Badge
Wulfric
Wulfric
Snowbelle City, Kalos Freeze Badge
Iceberg Badge
Melony League Card
Melony
Circhester, Galar Ice Badge
Ice Badge
Grusha
Grusha
Glaseado, Paldea

Ice-type-Pokémon Elite Four members[]

Competence Category
Lorelei VS PE
Lorelei
Kanto Elite Four
ORAS VSGlacia
Glacia
Hoenn Elite Four

Ice-type records[]

  • White Kyurem is the tallest Ice type Pokémon.
  • Hail Form Castform and Snom are the smallest Ice type Pokémon.
  • Hail Form Castform is the lightest Ice type Pokémon.
  • Ice Rider Calyrex is the heaviest Ice type Pokémon.
  • Smoochum evolves at the lowest level (30)
  • Arctibax evolves at the highest level (54)
  • Cetitan has the most HP of all Ice-types (170)
  • Black Kyurem has the most Attack of all Ice-types (170)
  • Baxcalibur has the highest Attack of all non-Legendary Ice-types (145)
  • Avalugg and its Hisuian Form have the most Defense of all Ice-types (184), especially during a Snowscape. (276)
  • White Kyurem has the most Sp. Atk of all Ice-types (170)
  • Mega Abomasnow has the highest Special Attack of all non-Legendary Ice-types (132)
  • Regice has the most Sp. Def of all Ice-types (200)
  • Cryogonal has the highest Special Defense of all non-Legendary Ice types (135)
  • Iron Bundle has the most Speed of all Ice-types (136)
  • Weavile has the highest Speed of all non-Legendary, non-Regional Variant, and non-Paradox Ice-types (125)
  • Black Kyurem and White Kyurem have the highest base stat totals of all Ice-types (700)

Ice-type Pokémon[]

56 Pokémon are Ice type.

Pure Ice-type Pokémon[]

Primary Ice-type Pokémon[]

Secondary Ice-type Pokémon[]

Pokémon with Ice-type alternate formes[]

The following alternate formes of some Pokémon are also of the Ice type.

Relations with other types[]

  • They're strong against the Dragon type because all dragons are depicted as reptiles, which are cold-blooded creatures that can't stand low temperatures. Something interesting about this is that the Bug type isn't weak to them.
  • They're strong against the Flying type because most birds migrate away during the cold seasons. It could also be because flying animals have trouble flying when their wings are frozen.
  • They're strong against the Grass type because most plants can't stand low temperatures, similarly to reptiles.
  • They're strong against the Ground type because earth becomes fragile when frozen and ice erodes it.
  • They're weak against the Fire type because heat from the fire melts ice.
  • They're weak against the Fighting type because some fighters break ice when training. This is similar to the reason why the Rock and Steel types are weak to Fighting types.
  • They're weak against the Rock type because rock, being harder than ice, can break it.
  • They're weak against the Steel type because of the fact that metal is much harder than ice, and metal tools like shovels, ice picks, and certain machines are used to shatter ice.
  • The Water type resists them because ice melts when it touches a liquid.
  • They resist themselves because ice that's used to attack another source of ice will break.

Trivia[]

  • The Ice type has the fewest Pokémon with its type with only 51 unique Pokémon.
  • The Ice type has the most unique-type combinations with 18 different species containing it along with another type.
  • The Ice-type is tied with the Electric type for the least Mega Evolutions (2 each).
  • In Generation III, all Ice-type moves were Beautiful.
    • It shares this trait with the Fire type.
  • Despite being around since Generation I, pure Ice types weren't introduced until Generation III.
  • The Ice type is tied with the Ground type and the Ghost type for the least Gigantamax forms, each having 1.
  • Strangely, the Steel type resists the Ice type instead of being mutually weak to or at least neutral to it, despite the fact that very cold temperatures in the true x2 nonfiction life make metal brittle and ruin machines (which many Steel-types such as Magnezone are based on). Thick ice can also rip apart sheets of steel- an example would be the Titanic, which was destroyed by an iceberg. Conversely, ice can be futile against a large quantities of bulk steel.
    • In addition, the Rock type only takes normal damage from them instead of being weak to them, even though ice expands, and if the ice is wedged between the cracks of the rock, the rock will crack as the ice expands, linking to the reason the Rock type is weak to the Water type.
  • As of Generation IX, the only types that haven't been paired with the Ice-type are the Normal and the Poison type.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Before Generation VI, this was a Cool type-type move.
  2. ^ 120 until Generation V.
  3. ^ 40 in Generation V.
  4. ^ 95 until Generation V.
  5. ^ 10 until Generation V.
  6. ^ In Generation I, Ice/Psychic-type Pokémon were immune to Ghost-type moves.
  7. ^ Only in Pokémon Black and White.
  8. ^ Only in its Snowy Form.
  9. ^ In Generation IV, all of Rotom's forms were Type Electric and Type Ghost type.
  10. ^ Due to the ability Multitype, equipped with the Icicle Plate.
  11. ^ Due to the ability RKS System, equipped with the Ice Memory.
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