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Icicle Spear つららばり Icicle Needle

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Battles Type  Ice Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  25* Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Icicle Spear (Japanese: つららばり Icicle Needle) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature move of Shellder.

Effect

Generation III

Icicle Spear has a base power of 10, does damage, and hits 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Each attack made has an equal chance to land a critical hit.

Icicle Spear will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation IV

Same as Generation III, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Generation V

Icicle Spear's Power increased from 10 to 25. Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. Each hit will also cause Weak Armor to activate.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0090 Shellder Water 8 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0220 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swinub
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0090 Shellder Water 13 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0220 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swinub
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0090 Shellder Water 13 0582 Vanillite Ice -- 0583 Vanillish Ice -- 0584 Vanilluxe Ice -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0220 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swinub
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

Shellder Vanillite
The user fires ice shaped like icicles at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Shellder fires sharp, thin icicle shaped ice shards from its mouth at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Shellder	Old Rivals, New Tricks!		Debut
	Vanillite fires sharp, thin icicle shaped ice shards from its mouth at the opponent.
Trip's Vanillite	BW034		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Shellder Icicle Spear Adventures.png Shellder
The user releases four icicles from its body at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Shellder releases four icicles from the black parts on its face above its mouth at the opponent. The icicles travel so fast that they leave behind a white trail where they shot.
Lorelei's Shellder	Father's Name is Giovanni		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Dutch IJsspeer French Stalagtite German Eisspeer Greek Παγολόγχη Italian Gelolancia Korean 고드름침 Godoreum Chim Portuguese Lança de Gelo Serbian Ledenice Spanish Carámbano

Variations of the move Bullet Seed
Bullet Seed • Icicle Spear

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