Sheer Cold (move)

Sheer Cold ぜったいれいど Absolute Zero

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Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  30% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Sheer Cold (Japanese: ぜったいれいど Absolute Zero) is an Template:Type2 one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

If it hits, it will inflict damage equal to the opponent's current HP, therefore knocking out the target. It will fail if the target's level is higher than the user's level.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 34 0131 Lapras Water Ice 55 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 85 0362 Glalie Ice 61 0363 Spheal Ice Water 49 0364 Sealeo Ice Water 55 0365 Walrein Ice Water 61 0382 Kyogre Water 60 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 34 0131 Lapras Water Ice 55 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 78 0362 Glalie Ice 59 0363 Spheal Ice Water 49 0364 Sealeo Ice Water 55 0365 Walrein Ice Water 65 0382 Kyogre Water 60 0382 Kyogre Water 75 0459 Snover Grass Ice 46 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 58 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

File:Lapras sheer cold2.jpg Lapras
The foe is attacked with a blast of absolute-zero cold. The foe instantly faints if it hits.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Lapras's body glows light blue and releases a wave of light blue energy, freezing anything around it.
Solidad's Lapras	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!		Debut

Trivia

• Sheer Cold is the only OHKO move not introduced in Generation I, the only OHKO move that can affect all types, and the only Special OHKO move.
• Kyogre is the only non-Template:Type2 Pokémon capable of learning this move through levelling up.
• Glalie is the only pure Ice-type capable of learning this move.

In other languages

• French: Glaciation
• German: Eiseskälte
• Italian: Purogelo
• Spanish: Frío Polar
• Korean: 절대영도 jeoldaeyeongdo