The Ice type (Japanese: こおりタイプ, Hepburn: Koori 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 Generation I, 6 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation II, 2 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation III, 4 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation IV, 3 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation V, 5 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation VI, 1 move was introduced.
  • In Generation VII, 4 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation VIII, 5 moves were introduced, with 1 Gigantamax move and 1 Dynamax move.
  • In Generation IX, 3 moves were introduced.
• In battles: Physical moves stand out.
  • 13 moves are of the type.
  • 11 moves are of the type.
  • 6 moves are of the type.
• In contests: Beautiful moves stand out.
  • 20 moves are of the type.
  • 1 move is of the type.
  • There are no moves of the , and types.

List of Ice-type moves[]

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

Effectiveness of Ice-type moves[]

Super effective against Pokémon of the types: , ,  and .

Not very effective against Pokémon of the types: , ,  and .

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.

	Type of the move
						×2	×2					½				×2	×2
							×4	×2		½	½	½				×4	×2
	×2	½			×2	×4	×2		½			½			×0	×2	×2
			×2	½	×2	×2				½						×2	×2	½
				½		×2	×2	½			×2	½				×2
	½	½	×0				×2					½		×2		×2	×4
	½	½			×2		×2	×2				½			×2		×2
	½				½	×2				½	×2	¼				×4		×2
	½			×2			×2			½	×0					×4	×2
	½	×2				×0	×2		×2			½	×0	½		×2	×2
	×2			½		×2	×4	×2		½	½			×2		×2	×2	½
				×0		×2	×2			×2				½			×2	×2
	×2	×2					×2		×2 [6]			½			½	×2	×2
						×4		½		×2	×2	½	½	½		×2	×4	×2
	½		½		½	×4	×4	½		½	×2	¼	½	×0	½
				×2		×2				×2		¼				×2		½

Ice-type-Pokémon Trainers[]

Ice-type-Pokémon Gym Leaders[]

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

Ice-type-Pokémon Elite Four members[]

Competence	Category
Lorelei	Kanto Elite Four
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[]

19 Pokémon (33.93%) with pure Ice-type

#037: Alolan Vulpix

#361: Snorunt

#362: Glalie

#378: Regice

#471: Glaceon

#554: Galarian Darumaka

#555: Galarian Darmanitan

#582: Vanillite

#583: Vanillish

#584: Vanilluxe

#613: Cubchoo

#614: Beartic

#615: Cryogonal

#712: Bergmite

#713: Avalugg

#875: Eiscue (Ice Face)

#896: Glastrier

#974: Cetoddle

#975: Cetitan

Primary Ice-type Pokémon[]

20 Pokémon (35.71%) with primary Ice-type

#027: Alolan Sandshrew

#028: Alolan Sandslash

#038: Alolan Ninetales

#122: Galarian Mr. Mime

#124: Jynx

#144: Articuno

#220: Swinub

#221: Piloswine

#225: Delibird

#238: Smoochum

#363: Spheal

#364: Sealeo

#365: Walrein

#473: Mamoswine

#478: Froslass

#713: Hisuian Avalugg

#866: Mr. Rime

#872: Snom

#873: Frosmoth

#991: Iron Bundle

Secondary Ice-type Pokémon[]

17 Pokémon (30.36%) with secondary Ice-type

#087: Dewgong

#091: Cloyster

#131: Lapras

#215: Sneasel

#459: Snover

#460: Abomasnow

#461: Weavile

#646: Kyurem

#698: Amaura

#699: Aurorus

#740: Crabominable

#881: Arctozolt

#883: Arctovish

#996: Frigibax

#997: Arctibax

#998: Baxcalibur

#1002: Chien-Pao

Pokémon with Ice-type alternate formes[]

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

#131: Gigantamax Lapras

#351: Castform (Snowy Form)
^[8]

#362: Mega Glalie

#460: Mega Abomasnow

#479: Frost Rotom
^[9]

#493: Arceus
^[10]

#555: Galarian Zen Mode Darmanitan

#646: Black Kyurem

#646: White Kyurem

#773: Silvally
^[11]

#875: Eiscue (Noice Face)

#875: Ice Rider Calyrex

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.
  • These Pokémon were Snow Cloak Castform, Snorunt, Glalie & Regice.
• 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[]

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Only exists within Generation II – IV: ??? type · Only exists within Colosseum and XD: Shadow · Only exists within Scarlet and Violet: Stellar