Ice Type
Ice-types hit hard and freeze the pace of battle. Though fragile, their chilling power can cripple teams when used wisely. Handle with care—and with cold precision.
Ice-type Pokémon are adapted to survive extreme cold, thriving in frozen caves, snowy mountains, and polar regions. They can control ice freely, often using it in battle to freeze opponents solid.
Many Ice-type moves have the chance to freeze a target completely, leaving them unable to act until thawed.
Ice Pokémon are the epitome of a glass cannon. Offensively, they have an advantage over some good types, but defensively they have some struggles. Ice Pokémon only resist Ice moves, and they have four weaknesses: Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel.
To combat some of their defensive weaknesses, Ice-type Pokémon have two distinct options for them.
The weather condition Snow raises the defense stats of all Ice Pokémon by 50%
During Snow, Ice-types have access to the move Aurora Veil, a combination of Reflect and Light Screen that decreased the damage from opponents' moves.
*An Ice-type Pokémon trainer should take advantage of this as much as possible in addition to having fast options.
Ice-type is part of 4 imperfect triangles, meaning that the 3 types in the triangle are all super effective to each other, but do not all resist each other. Consider these options as you try to round out your team.
Ice - Rock - Grass
Ice - Fire - Ground
Ice - Steel - Ground
Ice - Flying - Fighting
Key Abilities
Key Moves
Trainer Tips
Exploit their chill: Ice Pokémon strike hard against Flying, Grass, Ground, and Dragon, but they melt under Fire, Rock, Steel, and Fighting.
Expect coverage: Many use Ice Beam or Blizzard, giving them crucial roles as Dragon counters.
Mind their fragility: Ice-types often have low defenses—don’t let them take repeated hits.
Respect the cold: Found on snowy peaks and frozen caves, they embody harsh survival and precision.
Solid Ice-type Choices:
Ninetales (Alolan)
Snow Warning ability instantly sets up a defense boost
Access to Aurora Veil
Lapras
Potential bulk with a healing option creates a wall option which only gets better in Snow/Aurora Veil
Water-typing helps cover against Rock and Fire weakness
Baxcalibur
Pseudo Legendary with a base stat total of 600
Dual typing with Dragon provides some resistances to common types
Cloyster
2nd highest defense stat in this format. With Snow and Aurora veil, Cloister could only be dealt with, with special attackers
Water-typing helps cover against Rock and Fire weakness
Iron Bundle
Sweeper with high special attack and speed
Access to Aurora Veil
Abomasnow
Snow Warning ability instantly sets up a defense boost
Access to Aurora Veil
