Ice · Physical move · Gen 5
Icicle Crash
Icicle Crash is a Ice-type physical move introduced in Generation 5. It has 85 base power and 90% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 28 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Ice
Category
Physical
Power
85
Accuracy
90%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
30% chance to make the target flinch. Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (21 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (8 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (10 Pokémon)
Type matchups as a Ice attack
2× vsGrassGroundFlyingDragon
½× vsFireWaterIceSteel
Pokémon that learn Icicle Crash
28 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alolan Sandshrew | Ice/Steel | 7 | |||
 Alolan Sandslash | Ice/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
 Cloyster | Water/Ice | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Sneasel | Dark/Ice | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
 Swinub | Ice/Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Piloswine | Ice/Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Snorunt | Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
 Glalie | Ice | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 |
 Weavile | Dark/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
 Mamoswine | Ice/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
 Froslass | Ice/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 |
 Galarian Darmanitan | Ice | 8 | |||
 Vanillite | Ice | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Vanillish | Ice | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Vanilluxe | Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | |
 Beartic | Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
 Avalugg | Ice | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 |
 Eiscue | Ice | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Arctozolt | Electric/Ice | 8 | |||
 Arctovish | Water/Ice | 8 | |||
 Glastrier | Ice | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Calyrex-Ice | Psychic/Ice | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Cetoddle | Ice | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Cetitan | Ice | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Frigibax | Dragon/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Arctibax | Dragon/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Baxcalibur | Dragon/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 |
 Chien-Pao | Dark/Ice | ✓ | 9 |
Icicle Crash FAQ
What does Icicle Crash do?
Icicle Crash is a Ice-type physical move with 85 power. Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Which Pokémon can learn Icicle Crash?
28 Pokémon and forms can learn Icicle Crash in at least one game: 21 in Scarlet & Violet, 8 in Pokémon Champions and 10 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Alolan Sandshrew, Alolan Sandslash, Cloyster, Sneasel, Swinub and Piloswine.
Is Icicle Crash in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 8 Pokémon can use Icicle Crash in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Icicle Crash super effective against?
As a Ice-type attack, Icicle Crash is super effective against Grass, Ground, Flying and Dragon, not very effective against Fire, Water, Ice and Steel (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.