Icy Wind (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

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Icy Wind (Japanese: こごえるかぜ Freezing Wind) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation II.

It is:

Effect

Generation II

Icy Wind inflicts damage and has a 99.6% chance of lowering the target's Speed stat by one stage.

Generation III onwards

Icy Wind deals damage to all adjacent opponents and lowers the Speed of hit Pokémon by one stage.

Icy Wind can be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if the move Hail was used in the prior turn.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
0037				Field						15	16		16
0038				Field						−	1		1
0086				Water 1	Field	17	11	11	11	11		11	11
0087				Water 1	Field	1, 17	1, 11	1, 11	1, 11	1, 11		1, 11	1
0122				Human-Like							20
0215				Field		43	28	28BW 14B2W2	14	14	24	24	24
0220				Field		−	25	25BW 21B2W2	21	21	30	30	30
0221				Field		−	25	25BW 21B2W2	21	21	30	30	30
0361				Fairy	Mineral	16	13	13	13XY 14ORAS	14	25	25	25
0362				Fairy	Mineral	16	13	13	13XY 14ORAS	14	25	25	25
0378				No Eggs Discovered		9	9	9	9XY 1, 7ORAS	1, 7	1	1	1
0459				Monster	Grass		9	9	9	9	25	25	25
0460				Monster	Grass		1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	25	25	25
0461				Field			28	28BW 14B2W2	14	14	24	24	24
0471				Field			15	15BW 9B2W2	9	1, Evo.	1, Evo.	1, Evo.	Evo.
0473				Field			−	−	−	−	30	30	30
0478				Fairy	Mineral		13	13	13XY 14ORAS	14	25	25	25
0582				Mineral				13	13	13	12
0583				Mineral				13	13	13	12
0584				Mineral				13	13	13	12
0613				Field				13	13	13	9		9
0614				Field				1, 13	1, 13	1, 13	9		9
0615				Mineral				17	17	5	16		12
0646				No Eggs Discovered				1	1	1	−		−
0698				Monster					13	13	12
0699				Monster					13	13	12
0712				Monster	Mineral				10	10	12		12
0713				Monster	Mineral				10	10	12		12
0713				Monster	Mineral								12
0728				Water 1	Field					16USUM	15		15
0729				Water 1	Field					16USUM	15		15
0730				Water 1	Field					16USUM	15		15
0866				Human-Like							20
0873				Bug							1, Evo.		Evo.
0875				Water 1	Field						18		18
0883				No Eggs Discovered							14
0996				Dragon	Mineral								6
0997				Dragon	Mineral								6
0998				Dragon	Mineral								6
1002				No Eggs Discovered									5
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 TM/Move Tutor

By breeding

Special move

Generation V

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0730				Water 1	Field	Hidden Ability Pokémon Bank PrimarinaSM
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.

Generation IX

By event

Generation IV

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Icy Wind deals damage and reduces the target's Travel Speed by one stage.

Pokémon Conquest

Stars: ★★★ Power: 34 Accuracy: 95%

Effect: Lowers targets' range by one tile.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon GO

Updates

• July 30, 2016
  • Power: 15 → 25
• February 16, 2017
  • Power: 25 → 60
  • Energy cost: 20 → 33
  • Duration: 3.8 → 3.3 seconds

• December 11, 2019
  • Secondary effect added

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Pokémon Masters EX

Notes:

• Stat decreases caused by this move apply to each target hit.
• Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Lowers the target's Speed.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Icy Wind is Alolan Ninetales's second move. The user attacks with a gust of freezing air, damaging, shoving, and slowing enemies hit. At level 6, it is replaced by either Blizzard or Aurora Veil. Due to the effect of Snow Warning, Icy Wind slings snow and contributes to Alolan Ninetales freezing opposing Pokémon.

Description

In the anime

Sneasel Vanilluxe Primarina Dewgong and Glaceon
The user attacks with a gust of chilled air. The chilled air numbs the opponent's limbs, making them slower.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Murkrow flaps its wings and a cold wind blows out from them at the opponent.
Lily's Murkrow	Hocus Pokémon		Debut
	Azumarill blows a beam of icy wind from its mouth at the opponent.
Jackson's Azumarill	Tie One On!		None
	Snorunt blows sparkling blue snow out of its mouth, freezing anything the snow touches.
Ash's Snorunt	Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snorunt!		None
	Glalie blows sparkling blue snow out of its mouth, freezing anything it touches.
Ash's Glalie	Island Time		None
	Masquerain flaps its wings and waves of sparkling blue snow come out of its body and at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Masquerain	Old Rivals, New Tricks!		None
	Sneasel blows a beam of wind with sparkling blue snow in it at the opponent from its mouth; or, Sneasel holds its hands above its head and forms a ball of icy wind. It then releases a gust of icy wind from the ball toward the opponent.
Candice's Sneasel	Sliding Into Seventh!		None
Pokémon hunter's Sneasel	The Power of Us		None
	Snover releases a strong wind with sparkling blue snow in it at the opponent from its body.
Candice's Snover	Sliding Into Seventh!		None
	Beartic opens its mouth and the inside of it starts to glow light blue and light blue sparkles gather inside its mouth. Beartic then releases a wind with snow inside of it from its mouth at the opponent. When the wind hits the opponent, it freezes it.
Multiple wild Beartic	The Beartic Mountain Feud!		None
	The inside of Vanillish's mouth starts to glow light blue and it releases a wind with light blue sparkles in it from its mouth at the opponent.
Cryogonal Man's Vanillish	The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!		None
	Vanilluxe's mouths glow light blue and it releases a wind with light blue sparkles inside from its mouths at the opponent.
Georgia's Vanilluxe	Crisis at Ferroseed Research!		None
	Glaceon opens its mouth and the inside of it starts to glow light blue. It then releases a powerful blizzard from its mouth at the opponent; or, Glaceon releases a wind with light blue sparkles in it from its mouth at the opponent, freezing anything it touches.
Virgil's Glaceon	Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!		None
Regina's Mirche	Breaking the Ice!		None
	Abomasnow opens its mouth and the inside of it starts to glow light blue. It then releases a wind with light blue sparkles inside from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Abomasnow	Over the Mountain of Snow!		None
	Weavile blows a beam of wind with sparkling blue snow in it at the opponent from its mouth or the claws on one its hands turn light blue and then it slashes its claw, creating an icy gust of wind which is sent towards the opponent.
Kagetomo's Weavile	The Legend of the Ninja Hero!		None
Mable's Weavile	An Explosive Operation!		None
	The horn on the front of Bergmite's head glows white and then an icy burst of wind shoots out from the horn towards the opponent. The cold air numbs the opponent's limbs, slowing it down.
Wulfric's Bergmite	A Real Icebreaker!		None
	Primarina releases a wind with light blue sparkles inside from its mouth at the opponent, freezing anything it touches.
Lana's Primarina	Battling Besties!		None
	Dewgong releases a wind with light blue sparkles in it from its mouth at the opponent, freezing anything it touches.
Goh's Dewgong	Breaking the Ice!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl

Abomasnow
The user summons a freezing wind of air.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Abomasnow swings its arm and summons a freezing wind of air.
A wild Abomasnow	PDP04		Debut

Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

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