Freeze Shock (move)

Freeze Shock フリーズボルト Freeze Bolt

Battles Type  Ice Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  140 Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

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Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Freeze Shock (Japanese: フリーズボルト Freeze Bolt) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation V. It is Black Kyurem's signature move.

Effect

Freeze Shock deals damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.

Freeze Shock does nothing on the turn it is selected, other than state that the user is charging. This charge turn can be skipped using a Power Herb. On the following turn, Freeze Shock will deal damage, PP will be deducted from it, and it will count as the last move used. Once Freeze Shock is selected, the user won't be able to switch out until it is disrupted or fully executed.

If Freeze Shock is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted from it, and it will not count as the last move used. If the target uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user is charging, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed immediately before using Freeze Shock (or fail if it can't).

Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Freeze Shock.

Description

Games Description BW On the second turn, the user hits the target with electrically charged ice. It may leave the target with paralysis.

Learnset

Generation V

Currently, no Pokémon is known to learn Freeze Shock by TM, Move Tutor or level up, although it is slated for release in Pokémon Black and White 2 as Black Kyurem's signature move.

Trivia

• This move seems to draw reference to both Zekrom and Kyurem, as it is Ice-type and its name and side-effect are related to the Electric type.
  • Also, a move that is believed to be its polar opposite, Ice Burn, seems to also draw reference to Kyurem's typing and Zekrom's polar opposite, Reshiram.
    • Furthermore, the animation for the actual attacking part is very similar to that of Bolt Strike.
• Along with Ice Burn, Freeze Shock has the highest base power of all Ice-type moves.
• Freeze Shock is the only Ice-type move able to cause paralysis.

In other languages

Language Title French Éclair Gelé German Frostvolt Italian Elettrogelo Korean 프리즈볼트 Freeze Volt Spanish Rayo Gélido

Variations of the move Sky Attack
Sky Attack • Freeze Shock Ice Burn

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.