Icicle Crash (move)

Move data

Type Ice
Category Physical  Physical
Power 85
Accuracy 90
PP 10  (max. 16)
Makes contact? No
Introduced Generation 5

Effects

Icicle Crash deals damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch (if the target has not yet moved).

Pokémon with the ability Inner Focus or those behind a Substitute cannot be made to flinch.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Icium Z and uses its Z-Power, Icicle Crash turns into Subzero Slammer and has base power 160.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English Icicle Crash
Japanese つららおとし (Tsurara Otoshi)
German Eiszapfhagel
French Chute Glace
Italian Scagliagelo
Spanish Chuzos
Korean 고드름떨구기
Chinese (Simplified) 冰柱坠击
Chinese (Traditional) 冰柱墜擊

Game descriptions

Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
The user attacks by harshly dropping an icicle onto the target. It may also make the target flinch.
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
The user attacks by harshly dropping large icicles onto the target. This may also make the target flinch.
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
The user attacks by harshly dropping large icicles onto the target. This may also make the target flinch.
Sword​/​Shield
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl
The user attacks by harshly dropping large icicles onto the target. This may also make the target flinch.
Scarlet​/​Violet The user attacks by crashing large icicles onto the target. This may also make the target flinch.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Icicle Crash 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.

Alolan Sandslash Sandslash
Alolan Sandslash
#0028 / Ice · Steel
Level 1
Cloyster Cloyster
#0091 / Water · Ice
Level 1
Avalugg Avalugg
#0713 / Ice
Level 51
Glastrier Glastrier
#0896 / Ice
Level 36
Calyrex (Ice Rider) Calyrex
Ice Rider
#0898 / Psychic · Ice
Level 1
Frigibax Frigibax
#0996 / Dragon · Ice
Level 48
Arctibax Arctibax
#0997 / Dragon · Ice
Level 55
Baxcalibur Baxcalibur
#0998 / Dragon · Ice
Level 62
Chien-Pao Chien-Pao
#1002 / Dark · Ice
Level 45

Learnt upon evolution

Beartic Beartic
#0614 / Ice

Learnt by breeding

These Pokémon can learn Icicle Crash as an egg move. Their breeding groups are also shown for reference.

Sneasel Sneasel
#0215 / Dark · Ice
Field
Swinub Swinub
#0220 / Ice · Ground
Field
Weavile Weavile
#0461 / Dark · Ice
Field
Eiscue (Ice Face) Eiscue
Ice Face
#0875 / Ice
Field, Water 1
Cetoddle Cetoddle
#0974 / Ice
Field
Cetitan Cetitan
#0975 / Ice
Field