Sheer Cold
Pokémon Champions
OHKOs non-Ice targets. Fails if user's lower level.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- 30%
- PP
- 8 Scarlet & Violet: 5
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Sheer Cold changed from game to game, newest first.
- Champions
PP 5 → 8 Buffed
- Gen VII
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
Deals damage to the target equal to the target's maximum HP. Ignores accuracy and evasiveness modifiers. This attack's accuracy is equal to (user's level - target's level + X)%, where X is 30 if the user is an Ice type and 20 otherwise, and fails if the target is at a higher level. Ice-type Pokémon and Pokémon with the Sturdy Ability are immune.
“The target faints instantly. This move is less likely to hit the target if used by Pokémon other than Ice types.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Sheer Cold, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Changes how it works
1
- Infiltratorgoes through Substitute
Good to know
- One-hit KO if it lands; fails against higher-level Pokémon and Sturdy.
Who runs Sheer Cold on Showdown
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
On the ladder today
Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Sheer Cold among their most used moves.
Who learns Sheer Cold
7 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 22 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →