Sheer Cold (move)

Sheer Cold ぜったいれいど Absolute Zero

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Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Sheer Cold (Japanese: ぜったいれいど Absolute Zero) is an Template:Type2 one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

If it hits, it will inflict damage equal to the opponent's current HP, therefore knocking out the target. It will fail if the target's level is higher than the user's level. The accuracy of Sheer Cold depends on the level of the user and the level of the target and is worked out with the formula: Accuracy = [(level of user-level of target) + 30]%. Sheer Cold ignores all changes to accuracy and evasion stats.

Mystery Dungeon

Sheer Cold will cause a Pokémon to instantly faint through 'calamitous damage' but is unreliably prone to missing.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 34 0131 Lapras Water Ice 55 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 85 0362 Glalie Ice 61 0363 Spheal Ice Water 49 0364 Sealeo Ice Water 55 0365 Walrein Ice Water 61 0382 Kyogre Water 60 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 34 0131 Lapras Water Ice 55 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 78 0362 Glalie Ice 59 0363 Spheal Ice Water 49 0364 Sealeo Ice Water 55 0365 Walrein Ice Water 65 0382 Kyogre Water 60 0382 Kyogre Water 75 0459 Snover Grass Ice 46 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 58 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0245 Suicune Water 13th Movie Event Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 34 0131 Lapras Water Ice 55 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 78 0362 Glalie Ice 59 0363 Spheal Ice Water 49 0364 Sealeo Ice Water 55 0365 Walrein Ice Water 65 0382 Kyogre Water 75 0459 Snover Grass Ice 46 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 58 0582 Vanillite Ice 52 0583 Vanillish Ice 58 0584 Vanilluxe Ice 67 0613 Cubchoo Ice 57 0614 Beartic Ice 66 0615 Cryogonal Ice 61 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Lapras Sheer Cold.png Lapras
The foe is attacked with a blast of absolute-zero cold. The foe instantly faints if it hits.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Lapras's body glows light blue and releases a wave of light blue energy, freezing anything around it.
Solidad's Lapras	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Glalie
The user makes physical contact with the opponent and slowly starts to freeze its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Glalie takes a deep breath, sucking in bright energy from all around. It then fires a powerful beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. If the opponent gets hit by the attack, it is automatically knocked out.
The Battle Factory's Glalie	VS. Glalie		Debut

Trivia

• Sheer Cold is the only OHKO move not introduced in Generation I, the only OHKO move that can affect all types, and the only Special OHKO move.
• Kyogre is the only non-Template:Type2 Pokémon capable of learning this move through leveling up.

In other languages

• Dutch: Ijskoud
• French: Glaciation
• German: Eiseskälte
• Greek: Δριμύ Ψύχος
• Italian: Purogelo
• Korean: 절대영도 Jeoldae Yeongdo
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Congelamento
• Spanish: Frío Polar
• Serbian: Potpuno Zamrzavanje

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