Sheer Cold (move)

Sheer Cold ぜったいれいど Absolute Zero

The foe is attacked with a blast of absolute-zero cold. The foe instantly faints if it hits.

Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  30% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but 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.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 087 Dewgong Water Ice 34 131 Lapras Water Ice 55 144 Articuno Ice Flying 85 362 Glalie Ice 61 363 Spheal Ice Water 49 364 Sealeo Ice Water 55 365 Walrein Ice Water 61 382 Kyogre Water 60 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 087 Dewgong Water Ice 34 131 Lapras Water Ice 55 144 Articuno Ice Flying 78 362 Glalie Ice 59 363 Spheal Ice Water 49 364 Sealeo Ice Water 55 365 Walrein Ice Water 65 382 Kyogre Water 60DPPt 382 Kyogre Water 75HGSS 459 Snover Grass Ice 46 460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 58 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

	Lapras
The foe is attacked with a blast of absolute-zero cold. The foe instantly faints if it hits.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode 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!		None

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 levelling up.
• Glalie is the only pure Ice-type capable of learning this move.

In other languages

• French: Glaciation
• German: Eiseskälte
• Italian: Purogelo
• Spanish: Frío Polar

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

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