Ice Shard (move)

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Ice Shard
こおりのつぶて Ice Throwing Stone

The user flash freezes chunks of ice and hurls them. This move always goes first.

Battles

Type	Ice
Category	Physical
PP	30 (max. 48)
Power	40
Accuracy	100%
Priority	+1
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe
Self	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Super Contests

Category	Beauty
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Ice Shard (Japanese: こおりのつぶて Ice Throwing Stone) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Ice Shard inflicts damage, and is an increased priority move. If the target does not use an increased priority move during the round that it is used, Ice Shard will go first regardless of the user's or target's speed. If the target also uses a move with an increased priority of +1 during the same round that the user uses Ice Shard, the attack order of the users will be determined normally. If the user is put to sleep or frozen during the round that Ice Shard is (or attempts to be) used, Ice Shard's increased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
086	Seel	Water		17
087	Dewgong	Water	Ice	17
090	Shellder	Water		28
131	Lapras	Water	Ice	10
144	Articuno	Ice	Flying	15
215	Sneasel	Dark	Ice	49
220	Swinub	Ice	Ground	28
361	Snorunt	Ice		37
459	Snover	Ice	Grass	26
460	Abomasnow	Ice	Grass	26
471	Glaceon	Ice		36
478	Froslass	Ice	Ghost	37
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
215	Sneasel	Dark	Ice	Seel, Dewgong Swinub, Piloswine Mamoswine Delibird Phanpy, Donphan Glaceon
225	Delibird	Ice	Flying	Seel, Dewgong Lapras Sneasel, Weavile Swinub, Piloswine Mamoswine Glaceon
231	Phanpy	Ground		Seel, Dewgong Sneasel, Weavile Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine Glaceon
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

Pokémon	Method

Abomasnow	Mamoswine	Piloswine	Glaceon
The user forms icy projectiles, then launches them at the opponent.
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Swinub	A glowing light blue block of ice forms in front of Swinub's nose. It then fires it at the opponent.
Leona's Swinub	Hot Springing a Leak!		Debut
Dawn's Swinub	Hungry For the Good Life!		None
Glaceon	Shards of ice are shot from Glaceon's mouth.
May's Glaceon	Strategy With a Smile!		None
Weavile	A light blue shard is formed between Weavile's claws and launched at its foe.
Paul's Weavile	Aiding the Enemy!		None
Piloswine	A ball of ice is created above its nose, then thrown at the foe.
Dawn's Piloswine	Sleepless in Pre-Battle!		None
Mamoswine	A ball of ice is created above its nose, then thrown at the foe.
Dawn's Mamoswine	A Breed Stampede!		None
Abomasnow	A big shard of ice formed on near its arms and is tossed at its foe.
Candice's Abomasnow	Classroom Training!		None
Snover	Chunks of ice form on Snover's club-arms and are tossed at its foe.
A wild Snover	Pikachu's Exploration Club		Debut