Ice Punch (move)
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| Ice Punch れいとうパンチ Freezing Punch | ||||||||||||
| The foe is punched with an icy fist. It may leave the target frozen. | ||||||||||||
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Ice Punch (Japanese: れいとうパンチ Freezing Punch) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation I.
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Effect
Generation I
Ice Punch does damage and has a 9.8% chance of freezing the target. Ice Punch can't freeze a target 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.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | 
| Hitmonchan | Fighting | 38 | |
| 124 | 
| Jynx | Ice | Psychic | 31 |
| 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 II
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 |
| Hitmonchan | Fighting | 26 | |
| 124 |
| Jynx | Ice | Psychic | 25 |
| 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 TM33
Generation III
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 |
| Hitmonchan | Fighting | 26 | |
| 124 |
| Jynx | Ice | Psychic | 25 |
| 308 | 
| Medicham | Fighting | Psychic | -- |
| 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
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 063 | 
| Abra | Psychic | Medicham Hitmonchan | |
| 096 | 
| Drowzee | Psychic | Medicham Hitmonchan | |
| 238 | 
| Smoochum | Ice | Psychic | Medicham Hitmonchan |
| 239 | 
| Elekid | Electric | Medicham Hitmonchan | |
| 307 | 
| Meditite | Fighting | Psychic | Medicham Hitmonchan |
| 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. | |||||
By move tutor
In Pokémon Emerald
Special move
| # | Pokémon | Type | Obtained in | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 239 |
| Elekid | Electric | Pokémon XD (Trade for purified Togepi) | |
| 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 IV
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 |
| Hitmonchan | Fighting | 31 | |
| 124 |
| Jynx | Ice | Psychic | 18 |
| 308 |
| Medicham | Fighting | Psychic | -- |
| 356 | 
| Dusclops | Ghost | -- | |
| 460 | 
| Abomasnow | Grass | Ice | -- |
| 477 | 
| Dusknoir | Ghost | -- | |
| 486 | 
| Regigigas | Normal | -- | |
| 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
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 063 |
| Abra | Psychic | Medicham Hitmonchan | |
| 066 | 
| Machop | Fighting | Medicham Hitmonchan | |
| 092 | 
| Gastly | Ghost | Dusclops, Dusknoir | |
| 096 |
| Drowzee | Psychic | Medicham Hitmonchan | |
| 158 | 
| Totodile | Water | Delibird Abomasnow | |
| 215 | 
| Sneasel* | Dark | Ice | Delibird Buneary, Lopunny |
| 225 | 
| Delibird* | Ice | Flying | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Sneasel, Weavile Buneary, Lopunny |
| 238 |
| Smoochum | Ice | Psychic | Medicham Hitmonchan |
| 239 |
| Elekid | Electric | Medicham Hitmonchan | |
| 307 |
| Meditite | Fighting | Psychic | Medicham Hitmonchan |
| 427 | 
| Buneary | Normal | Medicham Hitmonchan | |
| 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. | |||||
By move tutor
In Pokémon Platinum
In the anime
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| Medicham | Snorlax | Medicham | Abomasnow |
| The user hits the foe with an icy fist. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Episode Used In | Notes | |
| Jynx
| Jynx's hand becomes surrounded in a blizzard. It then punches the opponent, resulting in freezing it. | ||
| Lorelei's Jynx | The Mandarin Island Miss-match | Debut | |
 Snorlax
| The user's hand glows bluish-white. The user then punches the opponent, resulting in freezing it. | ||
| Ash's Snorlax | Better Eight Than Never | None | |
| Medicham
| The user's hand glows bluish-white. The user then punches the opponent, resulting in freezing it. | ||
| Grace's Medicham | Pros and Con Artists! | None | |
| Greta's Medicham | Wheel... of Frontier! | None | |
| Abomasnow
| The green part of its arm glows bluish-white and then it punches the foe. | ||
| Candice's Abomasnow | DP127 | None | |
In other languages
- French: Poinglace
- German: Eishieb
- Italian: Gelopugno
- Spanish: Puño Hielo
- Dutch: IJsslag
- Hindi: Barfeela Muka
| Elemental Punches | |
|---|---|
| Fire Punch | Ice Punch | ThunderPunch |
| Generation II TMs | |
|---|---|
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | |
| Generation II HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | |
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