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Articuno
Freeze Pokémon
This Pokémon can control ice at will. Articuno is said to live in snowy mountains riddled with permafrost.
Details
Height1.7 m
Weight55.4 kg
GenderGenderless
Catch rate3
Base friendship35
Growth rateslow
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
90
Attack
85
Defense
100
Sp. Atk
95
Sp. Def
125
Speed
85
Total
580
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Wall
- Item
- Heavy-Duty Boots
- Nature
- Calm
- EVs
- 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
- Tera
- DragonSteel
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Articuno can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Articuno.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gust | Flying | Special | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Ice Beam | Ice | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Peck | Flying | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 |
| 5 | Powder Snow | Ice | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 10 | Reflect | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 15 | Ice Shard | Ice | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 16 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 24 | Mirror Coat | Psychic | Special | — | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Ancient Power | Rock | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 30 | Tailwind | Flying | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 35 | Freeze-Dry | Ice | Special | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 40 | Roost | Flying | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 50 | Hail | Ice | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 50 | Snowscape | Ice | Status | 0 | — | 10 |
| 51 | Blizzard | Ice | Special | 110 | 70 | 5 |
| 55 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 55 | Hurricane | Flying | Special | 110 | 70 | 10 |
| 60 | Haze | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 60 | Mind Reader | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 60 | Mist | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 70 | Sheer Cold | Ice | Special | — | 30 | 5 |
| 72 | Sky Attack | Flying | Physical | 140 | 90 | 5 |