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Ice Shard こおりのつぶて Ice Throwing Stone

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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 Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Causes the user to move earlier on the next turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

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. It has a priority of +1, so is used before all moves that do not have increased priority.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
027A		Sandshrew Alola Form		Field		Field				8PE
028A		Sandslash Alola Form		Field		Field				1PE
037A		Vulpix Alola Form		Field		Field				10
038A		Ninetales Alola Form		Field		Field				1
0086		Seel		Water 1	Field	17	17	17	17SMUSUM 16PE
0087		Dewgong		Water 1	Field	17	17	17	17SMUSUM 15PE
0090		Shellder		Water 3		Water 3	28	28	28	28SMUSUM 13PE
0131		Lapras		Monster	Water 1	10	10	10	10SMUSUM 19PE
0144		Articuno		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	15	15	15	15SMUSUM 1PE
0215		Sneasel		Field		Field	49	51BW 47B2W2	47	47
0220		Swinub		Field		Field	28	28BW 24B2W2	24	24
0361		Snorunt		Fairy	Mineral	37	37	37XY 10ORAS	10
0362		Glalie		Fairy	Mineral			1, 10ORAS	1, 10
0459		Snover		Monster	Grass	26	26	26	26
0460		Abomasnow		Monster	Grass	26	26	26	26
0471		Glaceon		Field		Field	36	36BW 25B2W2	25	25
0478		Froslass		Fairy	Mineral	37	37	37XY 1, 10ORAS	1, 10
0615		Cryogonal		Mineral		Mineral		5	1, 5	1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0215		Sneasel		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
0225		Delibird		Water 1	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
0231		Phanpy		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
0582		Vanillite		Mineral		Mineral		✔	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Special move

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0225		Delibird		Water 1	Field	Dream World - Windswept Sky
0583		Vanillish		Mineral		Mineral	Dream World - Icy Cave
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0461		Weavile		Field		Field	2009 World Championships Weavile
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon GO

Ice Shard
Fast Attack
Gyms & Raids Power 12 Energy boost 12 Duration 1.2 seconds Damage window ? seconds
Trainer Battles Power ? Energy boost ? Turns ?
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility By Elite Fast TM By GO Snapshot As Shadow Pokémon As Purified Pokémon Formerly eligible None

• Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Ice Shard had a power of 10 and an energy gain of 7%.
• Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Ice Shard had a power of 15 and a duration of 1.4 seconds.
• Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 21, 2017, Ice Shard had a duration of 1.7 seconds.

Dewgong and Lapras may only know this move if they were obtained before February 16, 2017.

Description

In the anime

Abomasnow Mamoswine Mega Abomasnow Glaceon
The user forms icy projectiles, then launches them at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Snover raises its hands above its head and a ball of light blue, glowing ice forms in between them. It then throws the ball at the opponent. When it hits, the opponent becomes surrounded by a light blue light, and when the glow fades, the opponent becomes frozen.
A wild Snover	Pikachu's Exploration Club		Debut
	A glowing, light blue block of ice forms in front of Swinub's nose, and it then fires it at the opponent, or Swinub fires a beam of white wind with shards of ice in it at the opponent.
Leona's Swinub	Hot Springing a Leak!		None
Dawn's Swinub	Hungry For the Good Life!		None
	Glaceon opens its mouth and fires multiple shards of ice from its mouth at the opponent. Sometimes, its forehead glows light blue when using the move.
May's Glaceon	Strategy With a Smile!		None
A wild Glaceon	Eevee & Friends		None
	Froslass floats into the air and spins her body rapidly, releasing multiple glowing, light blue balls of ice from her body at the opponent, or Froslass raises her arms above her head and forms a light blue, glowing ball of ice in between them. She then tosses the ball at the opponent.
A wild Froslass	Pikachu's Ice Adventure		None
Paul's Froslass	A Real Rival Rouser!		None
	Weavile raises its hands and forms a glowing, light blue block of ice in between them. It then throws it at the opponent or a white outline glows from Weavile's body and then light blue, multi-sided blocks of ice appear around it and the blocks of ice are thrown at the opponent.
Paul's Weavile	Aiding the Enemy!		None
Mable's Weavile	The Right Hero for the Right Job!		None
	Piloswine creates a glowing, light blue ball of ice in front of its nose and fires it at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, the opponent glows light blue and becomes frozen.
Dawn's Piloswine	A Breed Stampede!		None
	Mamoswine creates a glowing, light blue ball of ice in-between the ends of its tusks and fires it at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, the opponent becomes frozen, or Mamoswine releases multiple glowing, light blue icicles from its mouth at the opponent.
Dawn's Mamoswine	A Breed Stampede!		None
	Abomasnow holds its hands above its head and a glowing, light blue ball of ice forms in between them. It then tosses it at the opponent, or Abomasnow releases a glowing, light blue ball of ice from its mouth at the opponent. Or Abomasnow lifts its head towards the air above it, opens its mouth, with the inside of it glowing a bright white color, and the rim of the inside glowing light blue, and then multiple ice shards come out from the mouth. Or the inside of Abomasnow glows light blue and then blue shards of multiple variants of blue colored ice shards shoot from its mouth, with a light blue aura surrounding the shards, leaving behind a light blue trail as the shards fly through the air and then the shards are sent towards the opponent.
Candice's Abomasnow	Classroom Training!		None
Wulfric's Abomasnow	All Hail the Ice Battlefield!		None
A wild Abomasnow	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel		None
	Vanillite's body becomes outlined in light blue. Then, light blue orbs of energy form around Vanillite's body and spin around it in a circle. The light blue orbs then glow a bright white, and when the glow fades, the orbs have turned into multiple shards of ice. Vanillite then fires the ice shards at the opponent.
Trip's Vanillite	Ash and Trip's Third Battle!		None
	The inside of Mega Abomasnow's glows light blue and then blue shards of multiple variants of blue colored ice shards shoot from its mouth, with a light blue aura surround the shards, leaving behind a light blue trail as the shards fly through the air and then the shards are sent towards the opponent.
Wulfric's Abomasnow	A Real Icebreaker!		None
	Sneasel forms a ring of ice shards in front of its body which briefly glow light blue, before it throws them at the opponent
Pokémon Hunter's Sneasel	The Power of Us		None

In the manga

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga

Abomasnow
The user shoots out shards ice.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Abomasnow releases several shards of ice out of its mouth.
Team Galactic's Abomasnow	A World Covered In Darkness		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Abomasnow Froslass
The user spits up several balls of snow or ice at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Abomasnow opens its mouth and releases a beam of small snowballs from its mouth at the opponent. The balls of snow then pile on the opponent when it hits the ground and trap it under snow.
Candice's Abomasnow	To and Fro with Froslass		Debut
	Froslass waves one of her arms to the side and multiple shards of ice come out of her arm and fire at the opponent.
Platinum's Froslass	Dealing with Dragonite		None

In other generations

Core series games

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 冰礫 Bīnglīk * 冰粒 Bīnglāp​ * Mandarin 冰礫 / 冰砾 Bīnglì * 冰粒 Bīng​lì​ * Dutch IJsschild French Éclats Glace German Eissplitter Greek Θραύσμα Πάγου Thráfsma Págou Indonesian Kerikil Es Italian Geloscheggia Korean 얼음뭉치 Eol'eum Mungchi Polish Odłamki Lodu Portuguese Brazil Caco de Gelo Portugal Estilhaço de Gelo Romanian Ciobul de Gheață Spanish Latin America Hielazo (DP063) Fragmento de Hielo (DP079-DP155) Canto Helado (DP161-present) Spain Canto Helado Vietnamese Phi Băng Đá

Variations of the move Quick Attack
Quick Attack • Mach Punch • Bullet Punch Ice Shard • Shadow Sneak Vacuum Wave

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