Ice Face
Scarlet & Violet
If Eiscue, the first physical hit it takes deals 0 damage. Effect is restored in Snow.
- Pokémon
- 1
- Showdown rating
How it works in Gen IX
If this Pokémon is an Eiscue, the first physical hit it takes in battle deals 0 neutral damage. Its ice face is then broken and it changes forme to Noice Face. Eiscue regains its Ice Face forme when Snow begins or when Eiscue switches in while Snow is active. damage also breaks the ice face.
“The Pokémon's ice head can take a physical attack as a substitute, but the attack also changes the Pokémon's appearance. The ice will be restored when it snows.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Changes over time
How Ice Face changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen IX
… regains its Ice Face forme when
dropped: Hailadded: Snow begins or when Eiscue switches in whiledropped: Hailadded: Snow is active. Confusion damage also breaks the ice face.
Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, and PokéAPI’s notes on the changes they don’t show. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
Good to know
- Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze (and moves like Sunsteel Strike) ignore it.
- Neutralizing Gas and Gastro Acid can't stop it.
- Can't be copied or swapped by: Role Play, Skill Swap, Trace, Receiver and Power of Alchemy, Entrainment, Transform.
- Activates when it enters battle.
- Changes how critical hits work for it; How it works says how.
Eiscue