Competitive Information for Cryogonal [Black/White]
Ice
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cryogonal? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Cryogonal is a wonderful Ice-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Cryogonal when battling in the 5th generation meta. Cryogonal is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Never-Melt Ice
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Def / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Aurora Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Signal Beam
- Solar Beam / Hyper Beam
Special Sweeper Cryogonal (Levitate)
Cryogonal is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Cryogonal from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Cryogonal's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Cryogonal is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it. Solar Beam was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Aurora Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Cryogonal cannot move next turn).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 180 Hp / 200 SpA / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Frost Breath
- Flash Cannon
- Acid Armor
- Ice Beam
Cryogonal Special Tank (Levitating Ice Being)
Cryogonal is a phenomenal Special Tank. It's primary goal is to take a decent amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Cryogonal last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Levitate, Cryogonal is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Cryogonal's defense by 2 stages).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cryogonal? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Never-Melt Ice
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Def / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Signal Beam
- Solar Beam / Hyper Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Cryogonal (Levitate)
Cryogonal is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Cryogonal from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Cryogonal's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Cryogonal is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it. Solar Beam was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Cryogonal cannot move next turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cryogonal learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Cryogonal can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Cryogonal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Magic Coat, Ice Shard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Cryogonal's stats
- Acid Armor
- Iron Defense
- Rapid Spin
- Sharpen
Most notable and possible best moves for Cryogonal
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Cryogonal in Black and White
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