Competitive Information for Froslass [X/Y]
Ice / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Froslass? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Froslass is an awesome Ice and Ghost-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Froslass show up as a X/Y opponent. Froslass is weak to Dark, Fire, Ghost, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Cursed Body
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 (Cursed Body)
Froslass is a decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset is 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 Cursed Body, if Froslass is hit by an attack there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled.
♦ 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 70-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if target is asleep, and wakes it).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Cursed Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Frost Breath
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Weather Ball / Hyper Beam
- Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Froslass (Cursed Body)
Froslass is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It attempts 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 Cursed Body, if Froslass is hit by an attack there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled.
♦ Frost Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ 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).
♦ Hex is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Froslass cannot move next turn).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Wide Lens
Ability: Cursed Body
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Frost Breath
- Taunt
- Destiny Bond
- Thunder Wave
Froslass Support (Critlass)
Froslass is an interesting Support. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Froslass's moves. With Cursed Body, if Froslass is hit by an attack there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled. This set is designed to trigger Anger Point in team member's during Double Battles.
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
♦ Destiny Bond is a status move (if an opponent knocks out your Froslass, it also faints).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Cursed Body
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Taunt
- Destiny Bond
- Spikes / Protect
- Ice Beam / Shadow Ball
Froslass Support (Destiny Sash)**
Froslass is a marvelous Support. Focus Sash helps protect Froslass from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Cursed Body, if Froslass is hit by an attack there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled.
♦ 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).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-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 Froslass? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Cursed Body
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 (Cursed Body)
Froslass is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is primarily 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 Cursed Body, if Froslass is hit by an attack there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled.
♦ 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 70-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if target is asleep, and wakes it).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Cursed Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Weather Ball / Hyper Beam
- Thunderbolt
Doubles Special Sweeper Froslass (Cursed Body)
Froslass is a fabulous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is 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 Cursed Body, if Froslass is hit by an attack there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled.
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-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).
♦ Hex is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Froslass cannot move next turn).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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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.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Froslass can perform in X/Y. 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 XY 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 (and combo with the move Hex): Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Froslass's stats
- Ominous Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Froslass
- Destiny Bond
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Froslass in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Froslass's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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