Ice Shard (move)

Ice Shard (Japanese: こおりのつぶて Ice Throwing Stone) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Ice Shard
こおりのつぶて Ice Throwing Stone

Battles

Type	Ice
Category	Physical
PP	30 (max. 48)
Power	40
Accuracy	100%
Priority	+1
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Super Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jamming	0
Causes the user to move earlier on the next turn.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Ice Shard inflicts damage. It has a priority of +1, so is used before all moves that do not have increased priority.

Description

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSSPBR	The user flash freezes chunks of ice and hurls them. This move always goes first.
BW B2W2	The user flash freezes chunks of ice and hurls them at the target. This move always goes first.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh	The user flash-freezes chunks of ice and hurls them at the target. This move always goes first.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
027		Sandshrew Alolan Form		Field		Field				8^PE
028		Sandslash Alolan Form		Field		Field				1^PE
037		Vulpix Alolan Form		Field		Field				10	8^SwSh
038		Ninetales Alolan Form		Field		Field				1	1^SwSh
086		Seel		Water 1	Field	17	17	17	17^SM^USUM 16^PE	17^BDSP
087		Dewgong		Water 1	Field	17	17	17	17^SM^USUM 15^PE	17^BDSP
090		Shellder		Water 3		Water 3	28	28	28	28^SM^USUM 13^PE	8^SwSh^BDSP
091		Cloyster		Water 3		Water 3					1^SwSh^BDSP
122		Mr. Mime Galarian Form		Human-Like		Human-Like					1^SwSh
131		Lapras		Monster	Water 1	10	10	10	10^SM^USUM 19^PE	20^SwSh^BDSP
144		Articuno		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	15	15	15	15^SM^USUM 1^PE	15^SwSh^BDSP
215		Sneasel		Field		Field	49	51^BW 47^B2W2	47	47	6^LA
220		Swinub		Field		Field	28	28^BW 24^B2W2	24	24	15^SwSh^BDSP 6^LA
221		Piloswine		Field		Field					15^SwSh^BDSP 6^LA
361		Snorunt		Fairy	Mineral	37	37	37^XY 10^ORAS	10	15^SwSh^BDSP 6^LA
362		Glalie		Fairy	Mineral			1, 10^ORAS	1, 10	15^SwSh^BDSP 6^LA
459		Snover		Monster	Grass	26	26	26	26	15^SwSh^BDSP 11^LA
460		Abomasnow		Monster	Grass	26	26	26	26	15^SwSh^BDSP 11^LA
461		Weavile		Field		Field					1^SwSh^BDSP 6^LA
471		Glaceon		Field		Field	36	36^BW 25^B2W2	25	25	20^SwSh^BDSP
473		Mamoswine		Field		Field					15^SwSh^BDSP 6^LA
478		Froslass		Fairy	Mineral	37	37	37^XY 1, 10^ORAS	1, 10	15^SwSh^BDSP 6^LA
615		Cryogonal		Mineral		Mineral		5	1, 5	1	4^SwSh
712		Bergmite		Monster	Mineral					9^LA
713		Avalugg Hisuian Form		Monster	Mineral					9^LA
866		Mr. Rime		Human-Like		Human-Like					1^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
215		Sneasel		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
225		Delibird		Water 1	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
231		Phanpy		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
582		Vanillite		Mineral		Mineral		✔	✔	✔	✔^SwSh
816		Sobble		Water 1	Field					✔^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#		Egg Groups		Obtained with
225	Delibird	Water 1	Field	Dream World - Windswept Sky
583	Vanillish	Mineral		Mineral	Dream World - Icy Cave
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
461		Weavile		Field		Field	2009 World Championships Weavile
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Ice Shard is a move with 4 base power, 88% accuracy, and 16 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front, from up to 2 tiles away, even if there's an ally inbetween.

Pokémon Masters EX

Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description
Physical	1	—	20	24	100%	An opponent	—	No additional effect.

Pokémon GO

Ice Shard

Fast Attack

Gyms & Raids
Power	12
Energy boost	12
Duration	1.2 seconds
Damage window	0.6 - 0.9 seconds

Trainer Battles
Power	9
Energy boost	10
Turns	3

Eligible Pokémon:

Standard eligibility

By Elite Fast TM

By GO Snapshot

Updates

Gyms & Raids

July 30, 2016
- Power: 10 → 15
- Energy boost: 7 → 12
February 16, 2017
- Power: 15 → 12
- Duration: 1.4 → 1.7 seconds
- Damage window: 1.2 - 1.4 → 0.6 - 0.9 seconds
February 21, 2017
- Duration: 1.7 → 1.2 seconds

Trainer Battles

January 31, 2019
- Power: 8 → 9

Description

Games	Description
MDTD S	Inflicts damage on a target up to 2 tiles away.
BSL	てきポケモンにダメージをあたえる２マスまでとどく
MDGtI SMD MDRTDX	It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Abomasnow	Mamoswine	Mega Abomasnow	Glalie
The user forms icy projectiles, then launches them at the opponent.
User	First Used In		Notes
Snover	Snover raises its hands above its head and a ball of light blue, glowing ice forms in between them. It then throws the ball at the opponent. When it hits, the opponent becomes surrounded by a light blue light, and when the glow fades, the opponent becomes frozen.
A wild Snover	Pikachu's Exploration Club		Debut
Swinub	A glowing, light blue block of ice forms in front of Swinub's nose, and it then fires it at the opponent, or Swinub fires a beam of white wind with shards of ice in it at the opponent.
Leona's Swinub	Hot Springing a Leak!		None
Dawn's Swinub	Hungry For the Good Life!		None
Glaceon	Glaceon opens its mouth and fires multiple shards of ice from its mouth at the opponent. Sometimes, its forehead glows light blue when using the move.
May's Glaceon	Strategy With a Smile!		None
A wild Glaceon	Eevee & Friends		None
Froslass	Froslass floats into the air and spins her body rapidly, releasing multiple glowing, light blue balls of ice from her body at the opponent, or Froslass raises her arms above her head and forms a light blue, glowing ball of ice in between them. She then tosses the ball at the opponent.
A wild Froslass	Pikachu's Ice Adventure		None
Paul's Froslass	A Real Rival Rouser!		None
Weavile	Weavile raises its hands and forms a glowing, light blue block of ice in between them. It then throws it at the opponent or a white outline glows from Weavile's body and then light blue, multi-sided blocks of ice appear around it and the blocks of ice are thrown at the opponent.
Paul's Weavile	Aiding the Enemy!		None
Mable's Weavile	The Right Hero for the Right Job!		None
Piloswine	Piloswine creates a glowing, light blue ball of ice in front of its nose and fires it at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, the opponent glows light blue and becomes frozen.
Dawn's Piloswine	A Breed Stampede!		None
Mamoswine	Mamoswine creates a glowing, light blue ball of ice in-between the ends of its tusks and fires it at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, the opponent becomes frozen; or, Mamoswine releases multiple glowing, light blue icicles from its mouth at the opponent.
Dawn's Mamoswine	A Breed Stampede!		None
Abomasnow	Abomasnow holds its hands above its head and a glowing, light blue ball of ice forms in between them. It then tosses it at the opponent; or, Abomasnow releases a glowing, light blue ball of ice from its mouth at the opponent; or, Abomasnow lifts its head towards the air above it, opens its mouth, with the inside of it glowing a bright white color, and the rim of the inside glowing light blue, and then multiple ice shards come out from the mouth; or, the inside of Abomasnow glows light blue and then blue shards of multiple variants of blue colored ice shards shoot from its mouth, with a light blue aura surrounding the shards, leaving behind a light blue trail as the shards fly through the air and then the shards are sent towards the opponent.
Candice's Abomasnow	Classroom Training!		None
Wulfric's Abomasnow	All Hail the Ice Battlefield!		None
A wild Abomasnow	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel		None
Vanillite	Vanillite's body becomes outlined in light blue. Then, light blue orbs of energy form around Vanillite's body and spin around it in a circle. The light blue orbs then glow a bright white, and when the glow fades, the orbs have turned into multiple shards of ice. Vanillite then fires the ice shards at the opponent.
Trip's Vanillite	Ash and Trip's Third Battle!		None
Abomasnow	The inside of Mega Abomasnow's mouth glows light blue and then blue shards of multiple variants of blue colored ice shards shoot from its mouth, with a light blue aura surround the shards, leaving behind a light blue trail as the shards fly through the air and then the shards are sent towards the opponent.
Wulfric's Abomasnow	A Real Icebreaker!		None
Sneasel	Sneasel forms a ring of ice shards in front of its body which briefly glow light blue, before it throws them at the opponent
Pokémon Hunter's Sneasel	The Power of Us		None
Glalie	Glalie fires multiple shards of ice from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Glalie	Absol Absolved!		None

In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

	Abomasnow

The user shoots out shards ice.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Abomasnow	Abomasnow releases several shards of ice out of its mouth.
Team Galactic's Abomasnow	A World Covered In Darkness	Debut

Pokémon Adventures

	Abomasnow

The user flash-freezes chunks of ice and hurls them at the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Abomasnow	Abomasnow opens its mouth and releases a beam of small snowballs from its mouth at the opponent. The balls of snow then pile on the opponent when it hits the ground and trap it under snow.
Candice's Abomasnow	To and Fro with Froslass	Debut
Froslass	Froslass waves one of her arms to the side and multiple shards of ice come out of her arm and fire at the opponent.
Platinum's Froslass	Dealing with Dragonite	None

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	冰礫 Bīnglīk * 冰粒 Bīnglāp *
Chinese	Mandarin	冰礫 / 冰砾 Bīnglì * 冰粒 Bīnglì *
Czech		Ledová tříšť
Dutch		IJsschild
French		Éclats Glace
German		Eissplitter
Greek		Θραύσμα Πάγου Thráfsma Págou
Hebrew		רסיס קרח Resis Kerakh
Indonesian		Kerikil Es
Italian		Geloscheggia
Korean		얼음뭉치 Eol'eum Mungchi
Polish		Odłamki Lodu
Portuguese	Brazil	Caco de Gelo
Portuguese	Portugal	Estilhaço de Gelo
Romanian		Ciobul de Gheață
Spanish	Latin America	Hielazo (DP063) Fragmento de Hielo (DP079-DP155) Canto Helado (DP161-present)
Spanish	Spain	Canto Helado
Thai		สะเก็ดน้ำแข็ง

Variations of the move Quick Attack

	Quick Attack • Mach Punch • Aqua Jet Bullet Punch • Ice Shard • Shadow Sneak • Accelerock
	Vacuum Wave

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