Frost Breath (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Ice
Category	Special
Power	60
Accuracy	90
PP	10 (max. 16)
Makes contact?	No
Introduced	Generation 5

Machine/Record

Black/White Black 2/White 2	TM79
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	TM79
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	TM79

Effects

Frost Breath deals damage and always results in a critical hit, increasing its power to 90.

Pokémon with the abilities Battle Armor or Shell Armor, or those under the effect of Lucky Chant are immune to critical hits so Frost Breath will hit them with base power 60.

Changes

In Generation 5, Frost Breath has 40 base power.
In Generation 5, critical hits increase power by 2× rather than 1.5× so the effective power of Frost Breath is 80 with the critical hit.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Icium Z and uses its Z-Power, Frost Breath turns into Subzero Slammer and has base power 120.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English	Frost Breath
Japanese	こおりのいぶき (Kōri no Ibuki)
German	Eisesodem
French	Souffle Glacé
Italian	Alitogelido
Spanish	Vaho Gélido
Korean	얼음숨결
Chinese (Simplified)	冰息
Chinese (Traditional)	冰息

Game descriptions

Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user blows a cold breath on the target. This attack always results in a critical hit.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user blows its cold breath on the target. This attack always results in a critical hit.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	The user blows its cold breath on the target. This attack always results in a critical hit.
Sword/Shield B.Diamond/S.Pearl	The user blows its cold breath on the target. This attack always results in a critical hit.
Scarlet/Violet	The user attacks by blowing its cold breath on the target. This move always lands a critical hit.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Frost Breath at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.