Competitive Information for Froslass [Diamond/Pearl]
Ice / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Froslass? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Froslass is an outstanding Ice and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Froslass are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. Froslass is weak to Dark, Fire, Ghost, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Bright Powder
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Blizzard
- Shadow Ball
- Destiny Bond
- Spikes
Special Sweeper Froslass (Popular/Trending)
Froslass is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Froslass's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Snow Cloak, if hail is active Froslass's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to hail.
♦ Blizzard is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze foes. can't miss in hail).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Destiny Bond is a status move (if an opponent knocks out your Froslass, it also faints).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Ice Punch / Ice Fang
- Sucker Punch / Crunch
- Wake-Up Slap
Physical Sweeper Froslass (Snow Cloak)
Froslass is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Froslass from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Froslass's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Snow Cloak, if hail is active Froslass's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to hail.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Wake-Up Slap is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if target is asleep, and wakes it).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Weather Ball / Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
Special Sweeper Froslass (Snow Cloak)
Froslass is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Froslass from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Froslass's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Snow Cloak, if hail is active Froslass's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to hail.
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Froslass? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Ice Punch / Ice Fang
- Sucker Punch / Crunch
- Wake-Up Slap
Doubles Physical Sweeper Froslass (Snow Cloak)
Froslass is popular Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Froslass from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Froslass's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Snow Cloak, if hail is active Froslass's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to hail.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Wake-Up Slap is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if target is asleep, and wakes it).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Weather Ball
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
Doubles Special Sweeper Froslass (Snow Cloak)
Froslass is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Froslass from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Froslass's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Snow Cloak, if hail is active Froslass's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to hail.
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Froslass 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 Froslass can perform in Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP Move and Ability Combos for Froslass
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch, Ice Shard
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Froslass's stats
- Ominous Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Froslass
- Blizzard
- Destiny Bond
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Trick
Common Effort Values for Froslass in Diamond and Pearl
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/4/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Froslass's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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