Ice-type Pokémon are usually affiliated with cold weather conditions, surroundings and the abilities to manipulate ice to use for many things. Many Ice-type attacks have a chance of causing the Freeze status effect, which prevents the frozen Pokémon from attacking until it is thawed. Ice-type Pokémon are immune to the Freeze status. In the First Generation, Ice-types were the rarest of all types, and was relatively powerful, but in later generations, with the addition of more powerful Fire, Rock, and Fighting types that are vulnerable against, along with the introduction of the Steel-type, their usefulness declined.
Type Effectness
Generation I
Offensive
Super effective against: Grass, Ground, Dragon,
Not very effective against: Ice, Water
Defense
Resistance against: Ice
Weak against: Fire, Rock, Fighting
Generation II onwards
Offensive
Super effective against: Grass, Ground, Dragon,
Not very effective against: Ice, Water, Fire, Steel
Defense
Resistance against: Ice
Weak against: Fire, Rock, Fighting, Steel
Abilities of Ice Pokémon
Natural
- Clear Body - Just Regice; This is a Steel ability.
- Forecast - Unique to Castform (Snowy form).
- Forewarn - Just the Smoochum family; This is a Psychic ability.
- Hustle - Just Delibird; This is a /Normal ability.
- Hydration - Just Dewgong; This is a Water ability.
- Ice Body
- Inner Focus - This is a Fighting ability.
- Keen Eye - Just Sneasel; This is a ability.
- Levitate - This is a Psychic ability.
- Multitype - Unique to Arceus (Ice Arceus).
- Oblivious - This is a Water ability.
- Pressure - This is a ability.
- Shell Armor - This is a Water ability.
- Skill Link - Unique to the Shellder family.
- Snow Cloak
- Snow Warning - Unique to the Snover family.
- Thick Fat - This is a Water ability.
- Vital Spirit - Just Delibird; This is a Fighting/Normal ability.
- Water Absorb - Just Lapras; This is a Water ability.
Dream World
- Cursed Body - Just Froslass; This is a Ghost ability.
- Insomnia - Just Delibird; This is a ability.
- Moody - Just the Snorunt family (Not Froslass) ; This is a Normal/Water ability.
- Overcoat - Just Cloyster; This is a Bug ability.
- Rattled - Just Cubchoo; This is a Normal ability.
- Soundproof - Just the Snover family; This is a Normal ability.
- Swift Swim - Just Beartic; This is a Water ability.
- Weak Armor - Just the Vanillite family; This is a Rock ability.
- Wicked Thief - Just the Sneasel family; This is a Dark ability.
Ice Pokémon Families
Unevolved | First evolution | Second evolution | Other type |
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Template:Not from type | Dewgong |
This is a Water family; Only Dewgong is Ice | |
Template:Not from type | Cloyster |
This is a Water family; Only Cloyster is Ice | |
Smoochum | Jynx | Psychic | |
Lapras | Water | ||
Template:Not from type | Glaceon | Only Glaceon is Ice. | |
Articuno | |||
Sneasel | Weavile | Dark | |
Swinub | Piloswine | Mamoswine | Ground |
Delibird | |||
Castform | (Snowy Form) | ||
Snorunt | Glalie | Only Froslass is Ghost | |
Froslass | |||
Spheal | Sealeo | Walrein | Water |
Regice | |||
Snover | Abomasnow | Grass | |
Rotom | Electric(Gene. V onward - Frost Form) | ||
Vanillite | Vanillish | Vanilluxe | |
Cubchoo | Beartic | ||
Cryogonal | |||
Kyurem | Dragon |
Pokémon by types | |
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Only exists within Generation II – IV: ??? type · Only exists within Colosseum and XD: Shadow |