Ice Shard (move)

Ice Shard こおりのつぶて Ice Pebble

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

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jam  0

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: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

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

Effect

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

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Ice Shard's PP has been reduced to 20. It also increases the user's action speed.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						IV	V	VI	VII		VIII			IX
									SMUSUM	PE	SwSh	BDSP	LA	SV
0027		Sandshrew Alolan Form		Field		Field				−	8	−			−
0028		Sandslash Alolan Form		Field		Field				−	1	−			−
0037		Vulpix Alolan Form		Field		Field				10	10	8		−	8
0038		Ninetales Alolan Form		Field		Field				1	1	1		−	Rem.
0086		Seel		Water 1	Field	17	17	17	17	16		17		17
0087		Dewgong		Water 1	Field	17	17	17	17	15		17		17
0090		Shellder		Water 3		Water 3	28	28	28	28	13	8	8		8
0091		Cloyster		Water 3		Water 3	−	−	−	−	−	1	1		1
0122		Mr. Mime Galarian Form		Human-Like		Human-Like						1
0131		Lapras		Monster	Water 1	10	10	10	10	19	20	20		20
0144		Articuno		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	15	15	15	15	1	15	15		15
0215		Sneasel		Field		Field	49	51BW 47B2W2	47	47		−	−	6	−
0220		Swinub		Field		Field	28	28BW 24B2W2	24	24		15	15	6	15
0221		Piloswine		Field		Field	−	−	−	−		15	15	6	15
0361		Snorunt		Fairy	Mineral	37	37	37XY 10ORAS	10		15	15	6	15
0362		Glalie		Fairy	Mineral	−	−	1, 10ORAS	1, 10		15	15	6	15
0459		Snover		Monster	Grass	26	26	26	26		15	15	11	15
0460		Abomasnow		Monster	Grass	26	26	26	26		15	15	11	15
0461		Weavile		Field		Field	−	−	−	−		1	1	6	1
0471		Glaceon		Field		Field	36	36BW 25B2W2	25	25		20	20	−	20
0473		Mamoswine		Field		Field	−	−	−	−		15	15	6	15
0478		Froslass		Fairy	Mineral	37	37	37XY 1, 10ORAS	1, 10		15	15	6	15
0615		Cryogonal		Mineral		Mineral		5	1, 5	1		1			1
0712		Bergmite		Monster	Mineral			−	−		−		9	−
0713		Avalugg Hisuian Form		Monster	Mineral								9	−
0866		Mr. Rime		Human-Like		Human-Like						1
0974		Cetoddle		Field		Field									12
0975		Cetitan		Field		Field									12
0998		Baxcalibur		Dragon	Mineral									1
1002		Chien-Pao		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									20
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Egg Move
						IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
									SMUSUM	SwSh	BDSP	SV
0027		Sandshrew Alolan Form		Field		Field				−	−		✔
0215		Sneasel		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0225		Delibird		Water 1	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0231		Phanpy		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0582		Vanillite		Mineral		Mineral		✔	✔	✔	✔
0816		Sobble		Water 1	Field					✔		✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Special move

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0225		Delibird		Water 1	Field	Dream World - Windswept Sky
0583		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. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Generation IX

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0215		Sneasel		Field		Field	Wild Tera Pokémon - Dalizapa PassageSV
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0461		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. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

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 As Shadow Pokémon As Purified Pokémon Formerly eligible None

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

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Ice Shard

★
Attack power	28.35291
Charge time	0.62 seconds
Range type	Wide Shot
Number of hits	1
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	1.5%
Additional effect	None

Pokémon Masters EX

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Ice Shard is Mamoswine's first move as Swinub. The user hurls 3 chunks of ice at the designated location, dealing damage to enemies in the area of effect and decreasing their movement speed for a short time. If an enemy is hit by all three chunks, they're left frozen for a short time. After evolving into Piloswine at level 5, this move is replaced by either Icicle Crash or Ice Fang.

Description

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Abomasnow Mamoswine Mega Abomasnow Glalie
The user forms icy projectiles, then launches them at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	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
	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 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 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 raises its hands and forms a glowing, light blue block of ice in between them. It then throws it at the opponent; or, Weavile's body becomes outlined in a white aura, and multiple light blue chunks of ice appear around it. The shards are then fired at the opponent; or, Weavile fires multiple shards of light blue ice from its mouth at the opponent.
Paul's Weavile	Aiding the Enemy!		None
Mable's Weavile	The Right Hero for the Right Job!		None
Team Rocket's Weavile	Message from the Aurora		None
Quillon's Weavile	In the Palms of our Hands!		None
	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 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 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'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
	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 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 fires multiple shards of ice from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Glalie	Absol Absolved!		None
	Articuno fires multiple shards of ice from its wings at the opponent.
A wild Articuno	Battling in the Freezing Raid!		None
	Baxcalibur fires multiple shards of ice from its mouth at the opponent.
Hassel's Baxcalibur	HZ055		None

In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

Abomasnow
The user flash-freezes chunks of ice and hurls them at the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Abomasnow releases several shards of ice out of its mouth.
Team Galactic's Abomasnow	A World Covered In Darkness		Debut

Pokémon Adventures

Abomasnow Froslass
The user flash-freezes chunks of ice and hurls them at the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	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 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	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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

Generation I	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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 * 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 Eoreummungchi Polish Odłamki Lodu Portuguese Brazil Caco de Gelo Portugal Estilhaço de Gelo Romanian Ciobul de Gheață Spanish Latin America Esquirla Helada (GO) Canto Helado (DP161-present) Fragmento de Hielo (DP079-DP155) Hielazo (DP063) Spain Esquirla HeladaIX+ Canto HeladoIV–VIII Thai สะเก็ดน้ำแข็ง

Variations of the move Quick Attack
Quick Attack • Mach Punch • Bullet Punch Ice Shard • Shadow Sneak Vacuum Wave

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