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Cryogonal resembles a shiny, blue hexagonal snowflake. Its facial expression is frozen, which leaves Cryogonal with a still, aggressive-looking face. Two cracks run through its face, the upper opening contains its eyes and the lower serves as a mouth. It has two glowing eyes and its large mouth contains an extendable chain of ice, which is used for hunting.
Gender differences
Cryogonal is a genderless species.
Special abilities
Cryogonal can create chains of ice to capture prey. When its body heat rises it turns into steam and vanishes. It reverts back to ice when its body temperature returns to normal.
Cryogonal is the only genderless Pokémon, other than Mew, that can learn Attract. It is unknown why this is the case, given that Attract fails when used by or on a genderless Pokémon.
Origin
Cryogonal's appearance seems to be based on both snowflakes and ice crystals. The ability to trap prey in ice crystals may be a reference to Hrimthurs, Nordic giants who were made of ice, who also have this ability. Because of its back sprite and ability to learn several light-based moves it may also be based on a glass mirror.
Name origin
Cryogonal is a combination of cryo (prefix for ice) and gonal (suffix related to polygons). It may also be derived from cry, as in crying.
Freegeo may be a combination of freeze or frigid and geometrical.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.