Refrigerate (Ability)

Refrigerate	フリーズスキン
	Freeze Skin
Flavor text 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.

Outside of battle

Refrigerate has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Refrigerate

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Glalie Mega Glalie	Ice		Ice	Refrigerate	None	None
	Amaura	Rock	Ice	Refrigerate	None	Snow Warning
	Aurorus	Rock	Ice	Refrigerate	None	Snow Warning
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation IX games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later. For Generation VIII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IX or later.

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

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