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 adjacent to 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. The accuracy of Sheer Cold depends on the level of the user and the level of the target and is worked out with the formula: Accuracy = [(level of user-level of target) + 30]%. Sheer Cold ignores all changes to accuracy and evasion stats.

Mystery Dungeon

Sheer Cold will cause a Pokémon to instantly faint through 'calamitous damage' but is unreliably prone to missing.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	34			34				34			'
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	55			55				55			'
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	85			78				78			'
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice	61			59				59			'
363		Spheal	Ice	Water	49			49				49			'
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water	55			55				55			'
365		Walrein	Ice	Water	61			65				65			'
382		Kyogre	Water		Water	60			60	75		75			'
459		Snover	Grass	Ice				46				46			'
460		Abomasnow	Grass	Ice				58				58			'
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice								52			'
583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice								58			'
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice								67			'
613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice								57			'
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice								66			'
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice								61			'
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 event

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0245 Suicune Water 13th Movie Event 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

Lapras Beartic
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
	Beartic's body becomes outlined light blue and it releases a beam of light blue energy from its mouth.
Two wild Beartic	BW046		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Glalie
The user makes physical contact with the opponent and slowly starts to freeze its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Glalie takes a deep breath, sucking in bright energy from all around. It then fires a powerful beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. If the opponent gets hit by the attack, it is automatically knocked out.
The Battle Factory's Glalie	VS. Glalie		Debut

In other generations

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

• 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 leveling up.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 絕對零度 Juéduì Língdù Dutch Ijskoud French Glaciation German Eiseskälte Greek Δριμύ Ψύχος Italian Purogelo Korean 절대영도 Jeoldae Yeongdo Portuguese Congelamento Serbian Potpuno Zamrzavanje Spanish Frío Polar

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