Blizzard (move)

Blizzard ふぶき Blizzard

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Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  120 Accuracy  70% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all adjacent foes, but not allies

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM14 in Generation I TM14 in Generation II TM14 in Generation III TM14 in Generation IV TM14 in Generation V

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Blizzard on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Blizzard on Eevee's Movedex

Blizzard (Japanese: ふぶき Blizzard) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation I. It has been TM14 in every generation so far.

Effect

Generation I

Blizzard does damage and has a 10% chance of freezing the target. It has an accuracy of 90% in Generation I.

In the Japanese versions of the Generation I main series games, Blizzard had a 30% chance of freezing. The chance was lowered to 10% for Pokémon Yellow's Colosseum 2, the Pokémon Stadium games, and all international Generation I games.

Generation II

Blizzard has an accuracy of 70% and has a 10% chance of freezing the target.

Generation III

Blizzard will hit both opponents in a Double Battle.

Generation IV

Blizzard has 100% accuracy if used while it is hailing. In Diamond and Pearl, it also has a 30% chance of bypassing Protect and Detect, but not in Platinum onward.

Generation V

Blizzard will ignore accuracy and evasion checks under Hail. In Triple Battles, Blizzard will only hit opposing adjacent Pokémon.

Description

Games Description Stad The strongest Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of freezing the target solid. Stad2 The strongest Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of freezing the target. GSC An attack that may freeze the foe. RSE Hits the foe with an icy storm that may freeze it.* A brutal snow-and-wind attack that may freeze the foe.* FRLG The foe is blasted with a blizzard. It may freeze the foe solid. Colo.XD Hits the foe with an icy storm that may freeze it.* A vicious snow-and-wind attack that may freeze the foe.* DPPtHGSS A howling blizzard is summoned to strike the foe. It may also freeze the target solid. BWB2W2Conq A howling blizzard is summoned to strike the opposing team. It may also freeze them solid.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	58			57			67			55				60
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	51			73			73			71				71
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground	no			46			46			44				44
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground	no			56			56			56				56	52
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	no			49			57			45				48
245		Suicune	Water		Water	no			no			no					85	85
351		Castform	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			no				50	40
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice	no			no			43			46				46
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice	no			no			53			51				51
363		Spheal	Ice	Water	no			no			43			43				43
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water	no			no			47			47				47
365		Walrein	Ice	Water	no			no			50			52				52
459		Snover	Grass	Ice	no			no			no			41				41
460		Abomasnow	Grass	Ice	no			no			no			47				47
471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			71				71	45
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground	no			no			no			56				56	52
478		Froslass	Ice	Ghost	no			no			no			51				51
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				49
583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				53
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				59
613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				45
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				45
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice	no			no			no			no				78
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I TM14		II TM14		III TM14		IV TM14		V TM14
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
008		Wartortle	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
020		Raticate	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
033		Nidorino	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
036		Clefable	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
039		Jigglypuff	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
040		Wigglytuff	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
055		Golduck	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
060		Poliwag	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
086		Seel	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
090		Shellder	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
098		Krabby	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
099		Kingler	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
104		Cubone	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
105		Marowak	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
108		Lickitung	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
118		Goldeen	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
119		Seaking	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
120		Staryu	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
128		Tauros	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
137		Porygon	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
162		Furret	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric							✔			✔				✔		✔
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric							✔			✔				✔		✔
183		Marill	Water		Water				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
184		Azumarill	Water		Water				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
186		Politoed	Water		Water				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
194		Wooper	Water	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
222		Corsola	Water	Rock							✔			✔				✔		✔
223		Remoraid	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
225		Delibird	Ice	Flying				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
226		Mantine	Water	Flying				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
233		Porygon2	Normal		Normal				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
241		Miltank	Normal		Normal				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
242		Blissey	Normal		Normal				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
245		Suicune	Water		Water				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark							✔			✔				✔		✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
258		Mudkip	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
260		Swampert	Water	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
270		Lotad	Water	Grass							✔			✔				✔		✔
271		Lombre	Water	Grass							✔			✔				✔		✔
272		Ludicolo	Water	Grass							✔			✔				✔		✔
278		Wingull	Water	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
283		Surskit	Bug	Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
288		Vigoroth	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
293		Whismur	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
298		Azurill	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
301		Delcatty	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock							✔			✔				✔		✔
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark							✔			✔				✔		✔
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark							✔			✔				✔		✔
320		Wailmer	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
321		Wailord	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
335		Zangoose	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic										✔				✔		✔
339		Barboach	Water	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
340		Whiscash	Water	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
341		Corphish	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark							✔			✔				✔		✔
349		Feebas	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
350		Milotic	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
351		Castform	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost							✔			✔				✔		✔
356		Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost							✔			✔				✔		✔
359		Absol	Dark		Dark							✔			✔				✔		✔
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice							✔			✔				✔		✔
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice							✔			✔				✔		✔
363		Spheal	Ice	Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
365		Walrein	Ice	Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
366		Clamperl	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
367		Huntail	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock							✔			✔				✔		✔
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
378		Regice	Ice		Ice							✔			✔				✔		✔
382		Kyogre	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
393		Piplup	Water		Water										✔				✔		✔
394		Prinplup	Water		Water										✔				✔		✔
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel										✔				✔		✔
399		Bidoof	Normal		Normal										✔				✔		✔
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water										✔				✔		✔
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock										✔				✔		✔
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock										✔				✔		✔
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel										✔				✔		✔
411		Bastiodon	Rock	Steel										✔				✔		✔
418		Buizel	Water		Water										✔				✔		✔
419		Floatzel	Water		Water										✔				✔		✔
422		Shellos	Water		Water										✔				✔		✔
423		Gastrodon	Water	Ground										✔				✔		✔
428		Lopunny	Normal		Normal										✔				✔		✔
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal										✔				✔		✔
456		Finneon	Water		Water										✔				✔		✔
457		Lumineon	Water		Water										✔				✔		✔
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying										✔				✔		✔
459		Snover	Grass	Ice										✔				✔		✔
460		Abomasnow	Grass	Ice										✔				✔		✔
461		Weavile	Dark	Ice										✔				✔		✔
463		Lickilicky	Normal		Normal										✔				✔		✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock										✔				✔		✔
471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice										✔				✔		✔
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground										✔				✔		✔
474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal										✔				✔		✔
477		Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost										✔				✔		✔
478		Froslass	Ice	Ghost										✔				✔		✔
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic										✔				✔		✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon										✔				✔		✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon										✔				✔		✔
489		Phione	Water		Water										✔				✔		✔
490		Manaphy	Water		Water										✔				✔		✔
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark										✔				✔		✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal										✔				✔		✔
501		Oshawott	Water		Water														✔		✔
502		Dewott	Water		Water														✔		✔
503		Samurott	Water		Water														✔		✔
515		Panpour	Water		Water														✔		✔
516		Simipour	Water		Water														✔		✔
531		Audino	Normal		Normal														✔		✔
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock														✔		✔
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock														✔		✔
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice														✔		✔
583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice														✔		✔
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice														✔		✔
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost														✔		✔
593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost														✔		✔
594		Alomomola	Water		Water														✔		✔
613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice														✔		✔
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice														✔		✔
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice														✔		✔
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice														✔		✔
649		Genesect	Bug	Steel														✔		✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 479 Rotom Frost Rotom Electric Ghost Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 479 Rotom Frost Rotom Electric Ice Pokémon Black and White Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

Blizzard is the only move of Articuno, and Walrein.

In the anime

Vanillite	Skitty	Lopunny	Jynx
The user fires an icy wind filled with small snowballs from its mouth to its opponent
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Cloyster	Cloyster fires a blizzard from its face at the opponent.
Prima's Cloyster	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		Debut
Jynx	Jynx fires an icy wind filled with small snowballs from its mouth at its opponent.
Prima's Jynx	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		None
Nurse Joy's Jynx	EP250		None
Erica's Jynx	Mean With Envy		None
Three wild Jynx	Three Jynx and a Baby!		None
Snorlax	Snorlax opens its mouth and releases a strong blizzard from it at the opponent, freezing it. Sometimes, the snow glows light blue.
A wild Snorlax	Snorlax Snowman		None
Smoochum	Smoochum releases a beam of wind and light blue glowing snow from its mouth at the opponent, freezing it.
A wild Smoochum	Trouble in Big Town		None
Articuno	Articuno flaps its wings and a strong blizzard comes out of them at the opponent.
A wild Articuno	Freeze Frame		None
Delibird	Delibird waves the wing holding it tail back and forth and a strong blizzard comes out of it at the opponent.
Team Rocket's Delibird	Dues and Don'ts		None
Piloswine	Piloswine releases a powerful blizzard from its body or its mouth at the opponent.
Pryce's Piloswine	As Cold as Pryce		None
Nurse Joy's Piloswine	EP250		None
Swinub	Swinub shakes its body and a blizzard comes out of it at the opponent or Swinub fires a blizzard from its face at the opponent.
Nurse Joy's Swinub	EP250		None
Leona's Swinub	Hot Springing a Leak!		None
Spheal	Spheal opens its mouth and a blizzard comes out of it at the opponent.
Marius's Spheal	The Spheal of Approval		None
Sealeo	Sealeo opens its mouth and a blizzard is released from its mouth at the opponent.
Captain Stern's Sealeo	The Spheal of Approval		None
Juan's Sealeo	The Great Eight Fate!		None
Skitty	Skitty opens it mouth and white sparkles form in its mouth. It then fires a blizzard from its mouth at the opponent.
Dr. Abby's Johnny	Delcatty Got Your Tongue		None
May's Skitty	Delcatty Got Your Tongue		None
Delcatty	Delcatty opens its mouth and fires a blizzard at the opponent from it at the opponent.
Dr. Abby's Johnny	Delcatty Got Your Tongue		None
Slakoth	Slakoth opens its mouth and the inside of its mouth glows white. It then fires a blizzard from its mouth at the opponent.
Norman's Slakoth	Balance of Power		None
Weavile	Weavile fires a blizzard from its mouth at the opponent. The move freezes the opponent. Sometimes, the gem on its head glows orange, or Weavile waves its arms and releases a blizzard from its body at the opponent.
Kidd Summers's Weavile	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew		None
Paul's Weavile	Top-Down Training!		None
A Coordinator's Weavile	Playing the Performance Encore!		None
Regice	Regice holds its hands in front of it, then opens them to a 'T' formation and releases a blizzard from its body at the opponent.
Brandon's Regice	Pace - The Final Frontier!		None
Shellos	Shellos opens its mouth and gathers white energy inside its mouth. It then fires a blizzard from its mouth at the opponent.
Zoey's Shellos	A Stand-up Sit-Down!		None
Wingull	Wingull flaps its wings and releases a blizzard from its wings at the opponent.
Holly's Wingull	Tag! We're It...!		None
Sudowoodo	The branches on Sudowoodo's head glows white and it releases a blizzard from its body at the opponent.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Hot Springing a Leak!		Used via Mimic
Mamoswine	Mamoswine opens its mouth and fires a blizzard from its mouth at the opponent, freezing it.
A wild Mamoswine	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
Froslass	Froslass opens its mouth and releases a powerful blizzard from its mouth at the opponent, or Froslass raises its arms into the air and releases a blizzard from its hands into the air. The blizzard shoots up, then curls around and circles around the opponent.
A wild Froslass	Pikachu's Ice Adventure		None
A Coordinator's Froslass	Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!		None
Abomasnow	Abomasnow fires a blizzard from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Abomasnow	Pikachu's Ice Adventure		None
Candice's Abomasnow	Classroom Training!		None
Rotom	Rotom opens the doors on the front of its body and releases a blizzard from inside itself at the opponent.
A wild Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None
Arceus	Arceus's body becomes surrounded by multiple white rings and white circles. It then brings its head forward and the rings turn into small snowballs, and it fires a blizzard from its body at the opponent.
Arceus (M12)	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None
Lopunny	Lopunny opens its mouth and releases a blizzard from it at the opponent.
Nando's Lopunny	Coming Full - Festival Circle!		None
Vanillite	Vanillite opens its mouth and the inside of it starts to glow light blue. It then releases a powerful blizzard from its mouth at the opponent.
Trip's Vanillite	Ash and Trip's Third Battle!		None
Cryogonal Man's two henchmen's Vanillite	The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!		None
Tide's Vanillite	BW125		None
Beartic	Beartic opens its mouth and a light blue orb of energy forms in front of it. It then fires a powerful wind with snow inside it from the orb at the opponent.
Multiple wild Beartic	The Beartic Mountain Feud!		None
Georgia's Beartic	Jostling for the Junior Cup!		None
Vanillish	Vanillish opens its mouth and the inside of it starts to glow light blue. It then releases a powerful blizzard from its mouth at the opponent.
Brycen's Vanillish	Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!		None
Swanna	Swanna opens its beak and the inside of it starts to glow light blue. It then releases a powerful blizzard from its mouth at the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Swanna	Crisis at the Ferroseed Research!		Swanna cannot legally learn Blizzard
Glaceon	Glaceon releases a powerful blizzard from its mouth at the opponent.
Virgil's Glaceon	Lost at the League!		None

In the manga

In the Be a Master!! Pokémon BW manga

	Samurott
A strong blast of wind in the form of a blizzard is launched at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Samurott	Samurott opens its mouth and releases a blizzard at the opponent.
Bianca's Samurott	Birth of the Ultimate Pokémon Trainer!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Sneasel	Thu-Fi-Zer	Delibird	Rotom
The user releases a powerful blizzard. It sometimes freezes the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Articuno	Articuno flaps its wings and releases a powerful blizzard at the opponent, freezing it.
Green's Articuno	You Know... Articuno!		Debut
Thu-Fi-Zer	Thu-Fi-Zer waves its wing and a powerful icy wind comes out and hits the opponent.
Thu-Fi-Zer	The Winged Legends		None
Dewgong	Dewgong waves its front fins and a powerful blizzard is released from them. The blizzard swirls around the opponent.
Lorelei's Dewgong	Do Wrong, Dewgong!		None
Cloyster	Cloyster releases a powerful icy wind from its mouth at the opponent. The wind swirls around the opponent.
Lorelei's Cloyster	Valiant Venomoth!		None
Sneasel	Sneasel waves one of its arms and a powerful icy wind appears and hits the opponent, freezing it.
Silver's Sneasel	Tyranitar War		None
Delibird	Delibird waves one of its wings and a powerful icy wind appears.
The Masked Man's Delibird	Delibird Delivery - 1		None
Swinub	Swinub sucks in a breath of air, then fires a beam of snow from its face at the opponent, freezing it.
Pryce's Swinub	Savvy Swinub		None
Omastar	Omastar releases a powerful blizzard from its mouth at the opponent, freezing it.
Yellow's Omny	Battling Place in the Space		None
Dusclops	Dusclops releases a powerful blizzard from underneath the three tooth-like appendages on its body at the opponent, freezing it.
Emerald's Dusclops	VS. Milotic		None
Regice	Regice releases a powerful blizzard from the front of its body at the opponent.
Brandon's Regice	VS. Surskit I		None
Milotic	Milotic releases a cold blast of air from its mouth at the opponent, freezing it.
Ruby's Mimi	VS. Sceptile		None
Prinplup	Prinplup releases a powerful stream of cold air from its beak at the opponent.
Platinum's Prinplup	Ring Around the Roserade (II)		None
Quagsire	Quagsire opens its mouth and fires a powerful beam of snow from its mouth at the opponent. As it fires the beam, cold air rises from the sides of its mouth.
Crasher Wake's Quagsire	Floatzel and Jetsam		None
Empoleon	Empoleon opens its beak and releases a powerful beam of snow from it at the opponent. As it fires the beam, cold air rises from the sides of its beak.
Platinum's Empoleon	Floatzel and Jetsam		None
Froslass	Froslass opens its mouth and releases a beam of snow from it at the opponent.
Platinum's Froslass	To and Fro with Froslass		None
Weavile	Weavile releases a powerful chilling wind from its body at the opponent. The wind spins around the opponent, trapping it inside and freezing it.
Cyrus's Weavile	VS. Spiritomb		None
Octillery	Octillery releases a beam of cold air from its mouth at the opponent.
Saturn's Octillery	VS. Cradily		None
Mamoswine	Mamoswine opens its mouth and releases a powerful beam of snow from its mouth at the opponent.
Dia's Moo	VS. Dialga and Palkia III		None
Rotom	Rotom opens the doors on the front of its body and releases a powerful wind with snow in it at the opponent.
Dia's Rotom	VS. Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)		None

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga

	Feebas
The user fires a chilly snowstorm at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Feebas	Feebas fires a blanket of snow in the form of a blizzard from its mouth.
Enta's Feebas	Introducing the Frontier Brains!		Debut

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

The user releases a powerful blizzard at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Articuno	Articuno flaps its wings and releases a powerful blizzard at the opponent.
Blaine's Articuno	Cinnabar Island		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Blizzard is the only move whose accuracy has decreased between generations.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 暴風雪 Bàofēngxuě Dutch Sneeuwstorm Finnish Lumimyrsky European French Blizzard German Blizzard Greek Χιονοθύελλα Hindi बर्फीला तूफ़ान Barfeela Toofaan Indonesian Badai Es Italian Bora Korean 눈보라 Nunbora Norwegian Snøstorm Polish Śnieżyca Portuguese Brazil Nevasca Portugal Tempestade (until Master Quest) Tempestade de Neve (Master Quest and Advanced) Tempestade (until final Advanced Series) Geada (Diamond and Pearl Series) Romanian Vijelia Serbian Mećava Spanish Latin America Ventisca Nevada ( in Tag! We're It!) Spain Ventisca

Variations of the move Blizzard
Gunk Shot Blizzard • Focus Blast • Thunder • Hurricane

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