Ice Shard (move)

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Ice Shard
こおりのつぶて Ice Throwing Stone

Battles

Type	Ice
Category	Physical
PP	30 (max. 48)
Power	40
Accuracy	100%
Priority	+1
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target

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

Availability

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

Super Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jamming	0
Causes the user to move earlier on the next turn.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Ice Shard (Japanese: こおりのつぶて Ice Throwing Stone) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Ice Shard inflicts damage, and is an increased priority move. If the target does not use an increased priority move during the round that it is used, Ice Shard will go first regardless of the user's or target's speed. If the target also uses a move with an increased priority of +1 during the same round that the user uses Ice Shard, the attack order of the users will be determined normally. If the user is put to sleep or frozen during the round that Ice Shard is (or attempts to be) used, Ice Shard's increased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

Description

Games	Description
	The user flash freezes chunks of ice and hurls them. This move always goes first.
PMDT D S	Inflicts damage on a target up to 2 tiles away.
	The user flash freezes chunks of ice and hurls them at the target. This move always goes first.
	The user flash-freezes chunks of ice and hurls them at the target. This move always goes first.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
#	Pokémon		Type		I		II	III		IV		V	VI
086		Seel	Water		Water	17			17			17
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	17			17			17
090		Shellder	Water		Water	28			28			28
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	10			10			10
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	15			15			15
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	49			51	47	47
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground	28			28	24	24
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice	37			37			37 10
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice							--, 10
459		Snover	Grass	Ice	26			26			26
460		Abomasnow	Grass	Ice	26			26			26
471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice	36			36	25	25
478		Froslass	Ice	Ghost	37			37			37 --, 10
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice				5			--, 5
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		Type		Father
#	Pokémon		Type		II		III	IV	V	VI
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice
225		Delibird	Ice	Flying
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice	no
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 V

#	Pokémon	Type		Obtained with
0225	Delibird	Ice	Flying	Dream World - Windswept Sky
0583	Vanillish	Ice		Dream World - Icy Cave
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

Pokémon	Method
Abomasnow Mamoswine Vanillite Glaceon
The user forms icy projectiles, then launches them at the opponent.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Snover raises its hands above its head and a ball of light blue glowing ice forms in between them. It then throws the ball at the opponent. When it hits, the opponent becomes surrounded by a light blue light and when the glow fades, the opponent becomes frozen.
A wild Snover	Pikachu's Exploration Club	Debut
	A glowing light blue block of ice forms in front of Swinub's nose, and it then fires it at the opponent, or Swinub fires a beam of white wind with shards of ice in it at the opponent.
Leona's Swinub	Hot Springing a Leak!	None
Dawn's Swinub	Hungry For the Good Life!	None
	Glaceon opens its mouth and fires multiple shards of ice from its mouth at the opponent. Sometimes its forehead glows light blue when using the move.
May's Glaceon	Strategy With a Smile!	None
A wild Glaceon	Eevee & Friends	None
A Glaceon in Shauna's fantasy	XY089	None

|- | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | | align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | Froslass floats into the air and spins its body rapidly, releasing multiple glowing light blue balls of ice from its body at the opponent, or Froslass raises its arms above its head and forms a light blue glowing ball of ice in between them. It then tosses the ball at the opponent. |- | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | A wild Froslass | colspan="2" align="center" style="width: 50%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E" | Pikachu's Ice Adventure | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | None |- | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | Paul's Froslass | colspan="2" align="center" style="width: 50%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E" | A Real Rival Rouser! | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | None |- | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | | align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | Weavile raises its hands and forms a glowing light blue block of ice in between them. It then throws it at the opponent. |- | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | Paul's Weavile | colspan="2" align="center" style="width: 50%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E" | Aiding the Enemy! | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | None |- | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | | align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | Piloswine creates a glowing light blue ball of ice in front of its nose and fires it at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, the opponent glows light blue and becomes frozen. |- | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | Dawn's Piloswine | colspan="2" align="center" style="width: 50%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E" | A Breed Stampede! | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | None |- | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | | align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | Mamoswine creates a glowing light blue ball of ice in between the ends of its tusks and fires it at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, the opponent becomes frozen, or Mamoswine releases multiple glowing light blue icicles from its mouth at the opponent. |- | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | Dawn's Mamoswine | colspan="2" align="center" style="width: 50%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E" | A Breed Stampede! | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | None |- | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | | align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | Abomasnow holds its hands above its head and a glowing light blue ball of ice forms in between them. It then tosses it at the opponent, or Abomasnow releases a glowing light blue ball of ice from its mouth at the opponent. |- | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | Candice's Abomasnow | colspan="2" align="center" style="width: 50%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E" | Classroom Training! | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E;" | None |- | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | | align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #28869E" | Vanillite's body becomes outlined in light blue. Then, light blue orbs of energy form around Vanillite's body and spin around it in a circle. The light blue orbs then glow a bright white and when the glow fades, the orbs have turned into multiple shards of ice. Vanillite then fires the ice shards at the opponent. |- | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;" | Trip's Vanillite | colspan="2" align="center" style="width: 50%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E" | Ash and Trip's Third Battle! | align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #81DFF7; border: 1px solid #28869E; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;" | None |}

In the manga

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga

Pokémon	Method
Abomasnow
The user shoots out shards ice.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Abomasnow releases several shards of ice out of its mouth.
Team Galactic's Abomasnow	A World Covered In Darkness	Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pokémon	Method
Abomasnow Froslass
The user spits up several balls of snow or ice at the opponent.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Abomasnow opens its mouth and releases a beam of small snowballs from its mouth at the opponent. The balls of snow then pile on the opponent when it hits the ground and trap it under snow.
Candice's Abomasnow	To and Fro with Froslass	Debut
	Froslass waves one of its arms to the side and multiple shards of ice come out of its arm and fire at the opponent.
Platinum's Froslass	Dealing with Dragonite	None

In other generations

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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

This move originated as a TCG Attack.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		冰粒 Bīnglì
Dutch		IJsschild
French		Éclats Glace
German		Eissplitter
Greek		Θραύσμα Πάγου
Indonesian		Kerikil Es
Italian		Geloscheggia
Korean		얼음뭉치 Eol'eum Mungchi
Polish		Odłamki lodu
Portuguese	Brazil	Caco de Gelo
Portuguese	Portugal	Estilhaço de Gelo
Romanian		Ciobul de Gheață
Spanish	Latin America	Hielazo (DP063) Fragmento de Hielo (DP079-DP155) Canto Helado (DP161-present)
Spanish	Spain	Canto Helado

Variations of the move Quick Attack

	Quick Attack • Mach Punch • Bullet Punch Ice Shard • Shadow Sneak
	Vacuum Wave

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