Ice Burn (move)

Ice Burn コールドフレア Cold Flare

Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  140 Accuracy  90% 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 V 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   Affected by how well the previous Pokémon's move went.

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

Ice Burn (Japanese: コールドフレア Cold Flare) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation V. It is one of the signature moves of White Kyurem.

Effect

Ice Burn deals damage and has a 30% chance of burning the target.

Ice Burn does nothing on the turn it is selected, other than state that the user is cloaked in a freezing air. This charge turn can be skipped using a Power Herb. On the following turn, Ice Burn will deal damage, PP will be deducted from it, and it will count as the last move used. Once Ice Burn is selected, the user won't be able to switch out until it is disrupted or fully executed.

If Ice Burn is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted from it, and it will not count as the last move used. If the target uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user is charging, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed immediately before using Ice Burn (or fail if it can't).

Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Ice Burn.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM SwShLA On the second turn, an ultracold, freezing wind surrounds the target. This may leave the target with a burn. BDSP This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
646		Kyurem White Kyurem		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	50B2W2	50	50	80SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Description

Games Description MDGtI It damages enemies in the same room. It could also cause the Burn status condition. With the Burn status, they keep taking damage, and their Attack also goes down slightly. SMD You'll get the Ice Burn status condition, which lets you charge power to damage enemies in the same room on the next turn. It could also leave them with a burn.

In the anime

Main series

	White Kyurem (M15)	White Kyurem (M18)
The user creates multiple beams of reddish-purple energy and fires it at opponents
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Kyurem	White Kyurem's body glows orange and creates a circular reddish-purple aura around itself. It then releases multiple reddish-purple beams of energy at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, it freezes it.
Kyurem (M15)	Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice		Debut
A Kyurem summoned by Hoopa	Hoopa and the Clash of Ages		None

Pokémon Generations

	White Kyurem
The user creates a sphere of freezing energy and fires it at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Kyurem	White Kyurem creates a purple-blue sphere of energy surrounded by yellow-orange flames in front of its body. It then fires the sphere at the opponent.
A Kyurem controlled by Ghetsis	The King Returns		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	White Kyurem
The user releases a beam of energy at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Kyurem	White Kyurem fires a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Zinzolin's Kyurem	Giant Chasm		Debut

Movie adaptations

	White Kyurem
The user releases a glowing ball.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Kyurem	White Kyurem forms energy in the form of a ball from its mouth and fires the energy.
A wild Kyurem	Hoopa and the Clash of Ages		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

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	BW	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

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	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• This move seems to draw reference to both Reshiram and Kyurem, as it is an Ice-type move and its side-effect is related to the Fire type. Furthermore, in Pokémon Black and White, the animation for the actual attacking part resembles that of Blue Flare, one of Reshiram's signature moves.
  • Freeze Shock, a move variation of Ice Burn, likewise references Kyurem and Zekrom.
• Ice Burn is tied with Freeze Shock for the highest base power of all Ice-type moves, excluding Z-Moves, Max Moves, and G-Max Moves.
  • A Subzero Slammer based on either of them has the highest base power of all Ice-type moves.
• Ice Burn is the only Ice-type move that is able to cause burn, excluding moves that have been changed to Ice-type by Refrigerate.
  • The burn side-effect may be a reference to frostbite, which is similar to a burn.
• Ice Burn and Freeze Shock are programmed into Pokémon Black and White, but were not legitimately usable prior to the release of Black 2 and White 2, in which a Smeargle that has Sketched the moves can be traded back to Black and White.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 極寒冷焰 Gihkhòhn Láahngyihm Mandarin 極寒冷焰 / 极寒冷焰 Jíhán Lěngyàn French Feu Glacé German Frosthauch Italian Vampagelida Korean 콜드플레어 Cold Flare Portuguese Brazil Gelochama Queimadura de Gelo (TCG) Portugal Queimadura de Gelo Spanish Llama Gélida

Variations of the move Sky Attack
Sky Attack • Freeze Shock Ice Burn

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