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Ice Punch

Ice · Physical · 22 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Ice
Ice Punch
TypeIce
CategoryPhysical
Base power75
Accuracy100%
PP15
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Mega Swampert 8.5% 84.1% Mega Metagross 7.3% 20.2% Mega Tyranitar 7.3% 26.2% Annihilape 4.8% 9.8% Mega Kangaskhan 3.5% 18% Mega Scrafty 2.4% 22.2% Mega Lopunny 0.86% 2.6% Palafin 0.48% 11.6% Mega Lucario 0.43% 9.9% Mega Golurk 0.34% 59.8% Mega Feraligatr 0.32% 37% Conkeldurr 0.25% 45.2% Mega Crabominable 0.22% 12.1% Medicham 0.17% 6.4% Rhyperior 0.12% 36.2% Mega Gallade 0.11% 26.4% Diggersby 0.05% 36.7% Machamp 0.04% 15.3% Watchog 0.04% 47.1% Beartic 0.03% 10.9% Pangoro 0.02% 9.1% Aggron 0.01% 71.6%

What it does

Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.

At 75 base power it is the 25th strongest of the 42 damaging physical moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

22 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Ice Punch. The one that matters most is Mega Swampert, which is on 8.5% of teams and carrys it on 84.1% 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, Freeze-Dry, Ice Fang, Aurora Veil, Icy Wind, Ice Beam and others.

Who could and does not

50 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Ice Punch at all, against the 22 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 Grimmsnarl, Politoed, Kommo-o, Sableye, Dragonite and Weavile — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Ice Punch accounts for an expected 0.13 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 43rd most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs. 55% of that comes from Mega Swampert alone, so it is really one Pokémon’s move rather than the format’s. Its carriers are mostly Fighting (10), Ground (4) and Normal (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.