Sheer Cold (move)

Sheer Cold ぜったいれいど Absolute Zero

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Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not 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, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Sheer Cold on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Sheer Cold on Eevee's Movedex

Sheer Cold (Japanese: ぜったいれいど Absolute Zero) is an Ice-type one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

If it hits, it will inflict damage equal to the opponent's current HP, therefore knocking out the target. It will fail if the target's level is higher than the user's level. The accuracy of Sheer Cold depends on the level of the user and the level of the target and is worked out with the formula: Accuracy = [(level of user-level of target) + 30]%. Sheer Cold ignores all changes to accuracy and evasion stats.

Mystery Dungeon

Sheer Cold will cause a Pokémon to instantly faint through 'calamitous damage', regardless of level, but is unreliably prone to missing.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	34			34				34
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	55			55				55
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	85			78				78
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice	61			59				59
363		Spheal	Ice	Water	49			49				49
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water	55			55				55
365		Walrein	Ice	Water	61			65				65
382		Kyogre	Water		Water	60			60	75		75
459		Snover	Grass	Ice	no			46				46
460		Abomasnow	Grass	Ice	no			58				58
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice	no			no				52
583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice	no			no				58
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice	no			no				67
613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice	no			no				57
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice	no			no				66
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice	no			no				61
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 245 Suicune Water 13th Movie Event 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 the anime

Vanillish	Lapras	Beartic
The foe is attacked with a blast of absolute-zero cold. The foe instantly faints if it hits.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Lapras	Lapras's body glows light blue and releases a wave of light blue energy, freezing anything around it.
Solidad's Lapras	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!		Debut
Beartic	Beartic's body becomes outlined in light blue aura and it pulls its head back and opens its mouth. When it does, a spinning orb of bright blue energy forms in front of it. Beartic then fires a powerful light blue beam of energy with light blue snowflake-shaped sparkles from the orb at the opponent.
Two wild Beartic	The Beartic Mountain Feud!		None
Vanillish	Vanillish's body becomes outlined light blue and it releases a beam of light blue energy from its mouth, creating thick layers of ice on the ground underneath it as it travels.
Freege Man's Vanillish	BW057		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Glalie
The user makes physical contact with the opponent and slowly starts to freeze its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Glalie	Glalie takes a deep breath, sucking in bright energy from all around. It then fires a powerful beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. If the opponent gets hit by the attack, it is automatically knocked out.
The Battle Factory's Glalie	VS. Glalie		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)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Sheer Cold is the only OHKO move not introduced in Generation I, the only OHKO move that can affect all types, and the only Special OHKO move.
• Kyogre is the only non-Ice-type Pokémon capable of learning this move through leveling up.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 絕對零度 Juéduì Língdù Dutch Ijskoud French Glaciation German Eiseskälte Greek Δριμύ Ψύχος Italian Purogelo Korean 절대영도 Jeoldae Yeongdo Brazilian Portuguese Frio Absoluto Serbian Potpuno Zamrzavanje Spanish Frío Polar

One-hit knockout moves
Fissure • Guillotine • Horn Drill Sheer Cold

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