Question

What are the possible weaknesses and resistances (4x) against Freeze-Dry?

Comments

I mean, that is regular for an ice type move and dual types. The move isn't dual type, it is just super effective to water.

Edit: So essentially, it will have the same weaknesses and resistances of an Ice Type Move, except that it is Super Effective to water types :P

Answer 1

A regular Ice move would be SE on Flying/Ground/Grass/Dragon, and NVE on Fire/Water/Ice/Steel. For Freeze-Dry, you just move Water out of the second column and into the first. That leaves only Fire, Ice, and Steel as resistances, and since nothing has the Fire/Ice typing, the only Pokemon that double-resist that are Heatran and Alola Sandshrew/Sandslash.

Meanwhile, the list of double weaknesses grows larger: in addition to things like Dragonite, Garchomp, and Torterra that were already massively weak to ice, Water forms existing dual typings with each of the other four, so (for example) Pelipper, Swampert, Ludicolo, and Kingdra all have double weaknesses. Coincidentally, those Pokemon all sound likely to show up on rain teams...

Comments

Freeze Dry is a Rain team Killer? (This is useful for me; my friend uses rain teams/weather teams in general in casual battles a lot...)