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Icy Wind

Ice · Special · 21 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Ice
Icy Wind
TypeIce
CategorySpecial
Base power55
Accuracy95%
PP15
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Pelipper 8.3% 3.2% Mega Froslass 7.7% 1.2% Mega Gengar 6.7% 4.5% Ninetales-Alola 6.5% 44.4% Milotic 6.0% 49.5% Politoed 3.5% 5.9% Clefable 1.0% 4.3% Zoroark-Hisui 0.81% 65.3% Vanilluxe 0.74% 18.4% Glaceon 0.28% 6.6% Blastoise 0.28% 10.7% Vaporeon 0.24% 2.9% Basculegion-F 0.18% 25.5% Mr. Rime 0.15% 18.7% Empoleon 0.15% 10.8% Aurorus 0.14% 8.3% Gardevoir 0.12% 42.8% Simipour 0.06% 22.8% Starmie 0.03% 19% Castform 0.02% 32.3% Dragalge 0.02% 14.2%

What it does

Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage.

At 55 base power it is the 35th strongest of the 39 damaging special moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

21 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Icy Wind. The one that matters most is Pelipper, which is on 8.3% of teams and carrys it on 3.2% 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, Aurora Veil, Freeze-Dry, Ice Beam, Ice Fang and others.

Who could and does not

71 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Icy Wind at all, against the 21 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, Toxapex, Dragonite, Tyranitar, Primarina and Sableye — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Icy Wind accounts for an expected 0.08 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 60th most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 3% of that comes from Pelipper alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Water (9), Ice (6) and Ghost (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 Pelipper seated — Pelipper brings Icy Wind to more teams than any of the other 20 Pokémon that carry it.

More

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