Ice Punch (move)

Ice Punch れいとうパンチ
The foe is punched with an icy fist. It may leave the target frozen.
Battles
Type	Ice
Category	Physical
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	75
Accuracy	100%
Introduced	[[Generation {{{gen}}}]]
Availability
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock
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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.
Ice Punch on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Ice Punch on Eevee's Movedex

Ice Punch (Japanese: れいとうパンチ Freezing Punch) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Ice Punch does damage and has a 9.8% chance of freezing the opponent.

Ice Punch can't freeze an opponent that has a Substitute or already has a major status ailment.

Generation II and on

Same as before, but with a 10% chance of causing freezing instead.

In the anime

Ash's Snorlax using Ice Punch.

Pokémon

Snorlax. The user's hand glows bluish-white. The user then punches the opponent, resulting in freezing it.

• Used by Ash's Snorlax from Better Eight Than Never to ???.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

By move tutor

Generation IV

In other languages

• French: Poinglace
• German: Eishieb
• Italian: Gelopugno
• Spanish: Puño Hielo

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.