Freeze-Dry (move)

Freeze-Dry フリーズドライ Freeze-Dry

Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  70 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Beautiful Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Beautiful Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.

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

Freeze-Dry (Japanese: フリーズドライ Freeze-Dry) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Freeze-Dry deals damage and has a 10% chance of freezing the target.

If used on a Water-type Pokémon, this move ignores the type effectiveness of this move's type against Water and treats it as being super effective against Water types instead (even during Inverse Battles or if Freeze-Dry's type is changed). If Freeze-Dry's type is already super effective against Water (due to being an Inverse Battle or if Freeze-Dry's type is changed), it will still only be 2× effective against Water. The type effectiveness of Freeze-Dry's type against any other types the target has is determined normally.

Type effectiveness

Freeze-Dry
Damage	Types
2×
1×
½×

Description

Games Description XYORAS SMUSUM The user rapidly cools the target. This may also leave the target frozen. This move is super effective on Water types.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0144		Articuno		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	1	43
0362		Glalie		Fairy	Mineral	42ORAS	1, Evo.
0584		Vanilluxe		Mineral		Mineral	1	1
0615		Cryogonal		Mineral		Mineral	50	49
0699		Aurorus		Monster		Monster	1, 77	1, Evo.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
037A		Vulpix Alola Form		Field		Field		✔
0131		Lapras		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔
0220		Swinub		Field		Field	✔	✔
0225		Delibird		Water 1	Field	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Special move

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0220		Swinub		Field		Field	Island Scan - Tapu VillageSM
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Description

Games Description SMD It could make an enemy frozen. It's super effective on Water-type Pokémon.* It damages an enemy. It's super effective on Water-type Pokémon, too. It could also make the enemy frozen.*

In the anime

Mega Glalie
The user rapidly cools the target. This may also leave the target frozen.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Mega Glalie charges an orb of light blue energy in between the horns on its head. It then fires a beam of light blue energy from the orb at the opponent, freezing them.
Levi's Glalie	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel		Debut

In other generations

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Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Freeze-Dry is the only Ice-type move introduced in Generation VI.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 冷凍乾燥 Láahngdung Gōnchou Mandarin 冷凍乾燥 / 冷冻干燥 Lěngdòng Gānzào French Lyophilisation German Gefriertrockner Italian Liofilizzazione Korean 프리즈드라이 Freeze Dry Polish Suchy mróz Portuguese Liofilização Spanish Liofilización

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