Freeze

Freeze, also known as Freezing and Frozen, abbreviated to FRZ, is a status condition.
==Description==
When a Pokémon is frozen, it may not attack until an Ice Heal (except for Pokémon Stadium) is used or is hit with a -type move. In Generation I and Generation II, hail shards fall while the Pokémon is frozen.
As of Generation II, frozen Pokémon have a 20% chance of being thawed each turn, but it still may not attack until it is thawed. Once thawed, it cannot attack that turn either. Pokémon cannot be frozen in direct sunlight, and thaw out faster in direct sunlight. In Generation II only, hail shards fall while the Pokémon is frozen.
As of Generation III, Pokémon can now attack the same turn as they unfreeze, and an Ice Ball surrounds the Frozen Pokémon.
Shaymin in Sky Forme reverts to Land Forme when frozen.
==Causes==
===Moves===
*Tri Attack - 6.7% chance of Freezing
*Blizzard - 10% chance of Freezing
*Ice Beam - 10% chance of Freezing
*Ice Fang - 10% chance of Freezing
*Ice Punch - 10% chance of Freezing
*Powder Snow - 10% chance of Freezing
*Secret Power - 30% chance of Freezing in snow and ice
==Cures, immunity, and prevention==
===Moves===
*Heal Bell
*Aromatherapy
*Rest
Any -type move that attacks you while frozen thaw you automatically. However, the following you can use while Frozen to thaw yourself.
*Flame Wheel
*Sacred Fire
*Fusion Flare
*Flare Blitz
==Appearances==
===Anime===
In the anime, frozen Pokémon are unable to battle in some cases. It is also one of the more recurring status conditions in the anime. This is mostly due to Ice-type attacks.
*Ash's Charizard is frozen by an Ice Beam from Tad's Poliwrath, causing it to lose. After Ash stayed up all night to treat its injuries, Charizard finally obeyed him for the first time since it evolved from Charmander.
*the recurring Jigglypuff was frozen, and Cyndaquil was used to thaw it.
*Ash's Pikachu was frozen by Regice’s Ice Beam, but used Thunderbolt to break free after Ash encouraged it.
**Paul's Lairon was frozen by the same method When Paul battled Brandon.
**Pikachu gets frozen again by Ice Beam yet again, but this time by Paul's Froslass during Ash and Paul's battle during the Lily of the Valley Conference. This time, he breaks out with Volt Tackle.
*Chimchar and Brock's Sudowoodo were frozen by Leona's Swinub’s Blizzard during a tag battle, but Sudowoodo used Mimic to freeze both Dawn's Piplup and Swinub with Blizard.
*Ash's Buizel has used an Ice move to use Ice Aqua Jet on 4 occasions.
**He first used it against Kyle's Lanturn in a Contest by using its Ice Beam, but he lost due to a time out.
*He used it secondly against Crasher Wake's Quagsire‘S Ice Beam during his Gym Battle, taking out his opponent.
**He used it with Abomasnow ti prevent Team Rocket from stealing the Pokémon from the Trainer's School.
**The 4th time was to send Paul's Gastrodon flying during the Pokémon League.
**The fact that Swinub got frozen is ironic as Ice types can't be frozen.
*Georgia's Beartic froze Iris' Excadrill and Dragonite when the latter 2 battled it on separate occasions.
*Kyurem used Ice Burn to freeze the Swords of Justice In the 15th movie and Keldeo with Freeze Shock.
*After Ash's Oshawott intruded into Glaceon's room, the latter froze him with Ice Beam.
*Lana's Ride Dragonair used Ice Beam to freeze Necrozma, but the Legendary Pokémon broke out with brute force.
*Gengar froze Chloe's Yamper with Ice Punch. Scorbunny thawed it out with its heat pads on its feet.
*A wild Alolan Ninetales froze Goh's Scizor with Ice Beam, though Goh was still able to return Scizor to its Poké Ball.
Category:Status conditions