All Ice-type Pokemon weaknesses & resistances

Dragon-type Pokemon make for some of the most powerful creatures ever and you might need Ice-types in your team to counter them effectively. To beat and catch the likes of Articuno, Kyurem, Regice, and more, here are all Ice-type Pokemon weaknesses, strengths, and resistances.

Pokemon types are as important as it gets. They determine the strengths and weaknesses of your teams in battle and even the effectiveness of moves is based on types.

Ice-type Pokemon such as Baxcalibur, Glalie, Glaceon, and Mamoswine have made a name for themselves by being some of the best counters for Dragon-types. However, this is not to say that Ice-type creatures are invincible as you can beat them easily too by exploiting the type-based weaknesses.

If you want to get the best Ice Pokemon out there, check out this list of all Ice-type weaknesses, resistances, and best counters.

• What are Ice-type Pokemon?
• All Ice-type Pokemon weaknesses
• All Ice-type Pokemon resistances
• Best counters to Ice-type Pokemon
• Best Ice-type Pokemon

What are Ice-type Pokemon?

While Ice-type Pokemon don’t share one distinguishing feature, many of them can be recognized because they have a lot of white and light blue in their designs, resembling icy surfaces. Some of them also look like real-life animals or creatures usually found in extremely cold areas.

Ice-type Pokemon are the least resistant type. However, they are immune to freezing, immune from hail damage, and immune from the one-hit KO move Sheer Cold. Ice-type Pokemon received an update with Gen 9 as their Defense stat now increases by 50% while snow is active.

With only 58 Ice-type Pokemon in the whole Pokemon franchise including dual types, it’s the rarest type of them all.

All Ice-type Pokemon weaknesses

Ice-type Pokemon are weak against Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel-type moves. Fire is the usual go-to type to challenge an Ice-type Pokemon, but beware that many Ice types have dual typing, with Water and Ground being among the most common.

The best strategy to cover all options is to pick a dual-type Pokemon that has two of the typings mentioned above. Luckily, there are many you can choose from.

All Ice-type Pokemon resistances

Ice-type Pokemon have only one resistance: Ice. Picking an Ice-type Pokemon to battle another Ice-type Pokemon isn’t such a bad idea as long as you can take advantage of a secondary type to create an edge.

It’s important to note that, aside from that one resistance, Ice-type attacks are super-effective against Dragon, Flying, Grass, and Ground-type Pokemon. So you shouldn’t bring those Pokemon to battle if you want to keep them in one piece.

Best counters to Ice-type Pokemon

When fighting Ice-type Pokemon, these are the best counters you can rely on:

• Heatran (Steel and Fire-type Pokemon with a chance to get a double super-effective bonus).
• Emboar (Fire and Fighting type)
• Lucario (Steel and Fighting type)
• Blaziken (Fire and Fighting types)
• Coalossal (Fire and Rock type)

Best Ice-type Pokemon

Now that you know about the relevant weaknesses and counters, let’s take a look at the best Ice-type Pokemon to use:

• Kyurem – Legendary Dragon Pokemon with explosive attack and moves.
• Regice – Tanky Legendary Pokemon with 200 Special Defence.
• Articuno – Legendary Bird Pokemon with high attack speed, defense, and attack.
• Baxcalibur – Pseudo-Legendary with a total of 600 base stats.
• Chien-Pao – Hyper offensive Legendary with an exceptional Ability.
• Iron Bundle – Fastest Ice-type with a formidable Special Attack.

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That’s all you need to know to battle and catch any Ice-type Pokemon you have in your way. For more Pokemon content, be sure to check our other guides:

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