Ice (type)
Template:ElementalTypes The Ice type (Japanese: こおりタイプ Ice type) is one of the seventeen elemental 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
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Battle properties
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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. 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 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.
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
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Half Ice-type Pokémon
Primary Ice-type Pokémon
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Secondary Ice-type Pokémon
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Moves
Damage-dealing moves
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Non-damaging moves
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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 Normal-type 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 Generations I and II introduced the fewest, with zero apiece.
- The only dual-typed Ice-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V was a legendary Pokémon.
In other languages
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