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Ice Beam

Ice · Special · 26 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Ice
Ice Beam
TypeIce
CategorySpecial
Base power90
Accuracy100%
PP10
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Mega Blastoise 11.2% 19.2% Pelipper 8.3% 3.1% Milotic 6.0% 44.7% Politoed 3.5% 27% Primarina 3.1% 2.8% Swampert 1.2% 3.6% Vanilluxe 0.74% 1.4% Mega Starmie 0.50% 6.9% Slowking-Galar 0.45% 5.9% Mega Greninja 0.44% 39.8% Drampa 0.37% 11.1% Glaceon 0.28% 3.9% Vaporeon 0.24% 90.4% Overqwil 0.20% 9.9% Basculegion-F 0.18% 25.5% Mr. Rime 0.15% 7% Empoleon 0.15% 66.7% Rampardos 0.09% 27.6% Simipour 0.06% 74.1% Goodra 0.05% 29.8% Slowking 0.04% 15.2% Mega Sharpedo 0.03% 1.3% Froslass 0.03% 30.7% Slowbro-Galar 0.02% 29.5%

What it does

Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.

At 90 base power it is the 17th strongest of the 39 damaging special moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

26 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Ice Beam. The one that matters most is Mega Blastoise, which is on 11.2% of teams and carrys it on 19.2% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Ice move it is super effective against Dragon, Flying, Grass and Ground, resisted by Fire, Ice, Steel and Water. 9 other Ice moves appear in this format: Blizzard, Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Aurora Veil, Freeze-Dry, Ice Fang and others.

Who could and does not

64 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Ice Beam at all, against the 26 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Basculegion, Ninetales-Alola, Toxapex, Dragonite, Tyranitar and Mamoswine — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Ice Beam accounts for an expected 0.07 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 65th most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 31% of that comes from Mega Blastoise alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Water (14), Psychic (5) and Ice (4).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.

Where this goes next

Build

Open the builder with Mega Blastoise seated — Mega Blastoise brings Ice Beam to more teams than any of the other 25 Pokémon that carry it.

More

All 121 moves the format runs, ordered by how many copies an average team carries.