Refrigerate (Ability)

Refrigerate フリーズスキン
Freeze Skin
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Generation VI
Normal-type moves become Ice-type moves.
Generation VII
Normal-type moves become Ice-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
Generation VIII
Normal-type moves become Ice-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
Generation IX
Normal-type moves become Ice-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.

Refrigerate (Japanese: フリーズスキン Freeze Skin) is an Ability introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

In battle

Generation VI

Refrigerate causes all Normal-type moves used by the Pokémon to become Ice-type and receive a 30% power boost. It overrides Ion Deluge and Electrify.

Generation VII

Affected moves now receive a 20% power boost.

Generation VIII

If Max Strike is selected with Refrigerate, it'll turn into Max Hailstorm when used.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Refrigerate, as well as the Pokémon that can have Refrigerate and learn those moves.

Although the following moves are affected by the Ability, they currently cannot be learned by any Pokémon with Refrigerate. They may, however, be called via Metronome, Mirror Move, Copycat, or Mimic, or be used by a Pokémon that gained Refrigerate by an Ability like Trace or Receiver or a move such as Skill Swap or Role Play.

Outside of battle

Refrigerate has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Refrigerate

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0362   Glalie
Mega Glalie
Ice Ice Refrigerate None None
0698   Amaura
Rock Ice Refrigerate None Snow Warning
0699   Aurorus
Rock Ice Refrigerate None Snow Warning
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
  • For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Normal-type moves become Ice type and deal 20-25% more damage. When Nature Power is used, although the Ability activates, the move chosen by Nature Power does not become Ice-type and there is no boost in power.

Description

Games Description
SMD Normal-type moves that the Pokémon uses become Ice type and deal more damage!
MDRTDX Normal-type moves used by the Pokémon become Ice type and deal more damage.


In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 冰凍皮膚 Bīngdung Pèihfū
Mandarin 冰凍皮膚 / 冰冻皮肤 Bīngdòng Pífū
  French Peau Gelée
  German Frostschicht
  Italian Pellegelo
  Korean 프리즈스킨 Freeze Skin
  Spanish Piel Helada
  Turkish Dondurucu
  Vietnamese Da Băng Giá


Variations of the Ability Normalize
NormalizeAerilatePixilateRefrigerateGalvanize


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.