Frost Breath (move)

Move data

Type	Ice
Category	Special
Power	60
Accuracy	90
PP	10  (max. 16)
Introduced	Generation 5

Technical/Hidden Machine

Effects

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

However, Pokemon 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 base power 40. Critical hits also increase power by 2× rather than 1.5× so the effective power 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

Targets a single adjacent Pokemon.

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