Froslass (Pokémon)
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Froslass (Japanese: ユキメノコ Yukimenoko) is a dual-type Ice/Ghost Pokémon.
She evolves from a female Snorunt when exposed to a Dawn Stone. She is one of Snorunt's two final forms, the other being Glalie.
Biology
Physiology
Froslass doesn't have any feet, so she floats in the air like her counterpart, Glalie. What appears to be her torso is hollow, as is stated in the Pokédex's entry for Froslass, which is the reason for her surprisingly low weight. This "body" resembles a kimono, especially due to the fact that the red band around her waist is reminiscent of an Obi. Her arms, which hang off the sides of her head like ears, are flared at the wrist to further give it a kimono look. The flared portions of her arms have a dappled light blue coloration, and Froslass's hands consist of three small fingers. Froslass's head is shaped like a droplet of water turned on its side. The head has two ice crystals on top of it, as well as several holes through which a purple skin can be seen. From two of them, crystal-blue eyes with yellow scleras peek out. A small mouth can be found below her white "mask".
Gender differences
Froslass is a female-only species. Glalie partially counts as her male counterpart, because they both evolve from the same Pokémon. However, a Glalie could still be female.
Special abilities
Froslass has the ability to freeze foes with her -58 degrees Fahrenheit breath and create illusions to manipulate both her prey and foes as evidenced in the anime.
Behavior
Froslass' behavior is somewhat reminiscent to that of the Yuki-onna in Japanese mythology, since it will wander around snowstorms or blizzards to find unsuspecting humans and prey and will attack by freezing them into solid ice. They are said to secretly put the frozen corpses of their victims on display. Froslass are also very caring and will protect those who she loves and trusts, especially their young.
Habitat
Froslass live in very snowy areas. Their rarity is quite high.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
While it is difficult to tell what Froslass feed on, they are sometimes found with a Babiri Berry in their possession.
In the anime
Major appearances
Froslass made her anime debut in The Drifting Snorunt where she kidnapped Dawn's Piplup and Meowth forcing Ash, Dawn, Brock and Team Rocket to help her by saving her child Snorunt from a hunter.
A Froslass appeared in A Real Rival Rouser! under the ownership of Paul where she battled against Ash's Pikachu.
Minor appearances
Froslass had a brief appearance in the movie Giratina and the Sky Warrior where she helped Ash's friends stop the glacier.
A Froslass and Lucario were participating in a Double contest on TV in Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!.
Pokédex entries
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In the manga
A Froslass first appeared under the ownership of Candice in VS. Froslass, where it is presented as her secret weapon to battle Platinum. Due to her Rapdiash and its speed, its attacks rarely hit, and didn't dish out much damage due to the type matchup, but the moment Platinum ordered it to use Rest, its Wake-Up Slap dealt out lethal damage, forcing her to recall it. Then, after Platinum's Lopunny managed to defeat Candice's Abomasnow, and Froslass seemed to have the battle won when Lopunny fainted as well, it was finally beaten by Rapidash. Platinum, revealing that she had Lopunny faint itself with its Healing Wish, Candice handed her the Icicle Badge, and the three head out to Lake Acuity.
Candice later gives Platinum a Froslass. Platinum sends her, along with her other Pokémon, to help Looker. She later uses Froslass at the Battle Hall.
In the TCG
- Main article: Froslass (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: The player battles Froslass at the end of Crevice Cave to save Scizor.
- PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure: Pikachu battles Froslass in the Iceberg Zone to persuade her to make up with Glalie. She also freezes the lake so Pikachu can save Mamoswine.
Pokédex entries
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Game locations
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In side games
Stats
Base stats
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 70
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130 - 177 | 250 - 344 | |
80
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76 - 145 | 148 - 284 | |
70
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67 - 134 | 130 - 262 | |
80
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76 - 145 | 148 - 284 | |
70
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67 - 134 | 130 - 262 | |
110
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103 - 178 | 202 - 350 | |
Total: 480
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Pokéathlon stats
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
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Father | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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Avalanche | Ice | Physical | 60 | 100% | 10 | |||||
Bide | Normal | Physical | — | —% | 10 | |||||
Block | Normal | Status | — | —% | 5 | |||||
Disable | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 20 | |||||
Hex | Ghost | Special | 50 | 100% | 10 | |||||
Fake Tears | Dark | Status | — | 100% | 20 | |||||
Rollout | Rock | Physical | 30 | 90% | 20 | |||||
Spikes* | Ground | Status | — | —% | 20 | |||||
Weather Ball | Normal | Special | 50 | 100% | 10 | |||||
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By tutoring
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Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | |||||||
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By a prior evolution
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Stage | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100% | 25 | |||||
Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100% | 15 | |||||
Ice Fang | Ice | Physical | 65 | 95% | 15 | |||||
Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100% | 15 | |||||
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Anime-only moves
Side game data
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
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PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
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Evolution
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Dawn Stone (female) → |
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Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I. | |||||||
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II. | |||||||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III. | |||||||
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Froslass.
- She and Frost Rotom are the only Template:Type2 Pokémon not to have more weaknesses than combined resistances and immunities.
- She is the only Template:Type2 Pokémon that is immune to Template:Type2 moves, which they are normally weak to, due to her being part Template:Type2.
- Froslass and Shedinja are the only two Ghost-types that evolve from a Pokémon that wasn't a Ghost-type.
- Although Froslass floats in the air, she does not have the ability to Levitate.
- Froslass is the last Pokémon in the National Pokédex that evolves from another Pokémon from a prior generation.
- Froslass is tied with Gengar for the fastest Ghost-type Pokémon, with a base Speed of 110.
- Froslass and her evolutionary line's egg group (Fairy and Mineral) are unique.
- Froslass has a lot of similarities with Jynx: both learn Wake-Up Slap at level 28, both are female-only, both are dual Ice-types with Ice as their primary type which have unique combinations, which their secondary-type are the only of their type to learn Wake-Up Slap, both are fully-evolved, both can learn nearly the same Ice-type moves by their level or TM, having nearly the same TMs, and both have different moves from their pre-evolutions.
- She may be a partial counterpart to Gallade. Both of their first forms can evolve by level, regardless of gender, or gender-specific evolution with a Dawn Stone, the only Pokémon that evolve with it.
Origin
Froslass is most likely based on Yuki-onna, a female ice-spirit of Japanese folklore.
Name origin
Its English name comes from frost and lass. Its Japanese name may come from 雪 yuki, snow, and 女の子 menoko, an old word for girl. It also sounds like a corruption of 着物 kimono.
In other languages
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