Ice Body (Ability)

Ice Body (Japanese: アイスボディ Ice Body) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Fourteen Pokémon can have this Ability, all of which are Ice types or evolve into an Ice type.

Effect

In battle

During hail, a Pokémon with Ice Body will regain ¹/₁₆ of its maximum HP at the end of each turn. A Pokémon with this Ability will take no damage from hail if it otherwise would.

Outside of battle

Ice Body has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Ice Body

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0086		Seel	Water		Water	Thick Fat	Hydration	Ice Body
0087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	Thick Fat	Hydration	Ice Body
0361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice	Inner Focus	Ice Body	Moody
0362		Glalie	Ice		Ice	Inner Focus	Ice Body	Moody
0363		Spheal	Ice	Water	Thick Fat	Ice Body	Oblivious
0364		Sealeo	Ice	Water	Thick Fat	Ice Body	Oblivious
0365		Walrein	Ice	Water	Thick Fat	Ice Body	Oblivious
0378		Regice	Ice		Ice	Clear Body	None	Ice Body
0471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice	Snow Cloak	None	Ice Body
0582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice	Ice Body	None	Weak Armor
0583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice	Ice Body	None	Weak Armor
0584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice	Ice Body	None	Weak Armor
0712		Bergmite	Ice		Ice	Own Tempo	Ice Body	Sturdy
0713		Avalugg	Ice		Ice	Own Tempo	Ice Body	Sturdy
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

The Pokémon gradually regains HP in a hailstorm
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Abomasnow's body glows light green and as it regains a bit of its health.
Wulfric's Avalugg	XY120		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Vanillish
The user heals itself when it's hailing.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	While Hail is active, Vanillish's HP will slowly be recovered.
Brycen's Vanillish	The Cold Hard Truth		Debut

Trivia

• Seel is the only Pokémon with this Ability that benefits from its Hail immunity, since the other thirteen Pokémon are naturally immune to its damage due to their typing.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 冰凍身體 Bīngdòng Shēntǐ French Corps Gel German Eishaut Italian Corpogelo Korean 아이스바디 Ice Body Portuguese Corpo de Gelo Spanish Gélido

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