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Arctovish

Fossil Pokémon

Water Ice

The skin on its face is impervious to attack, but breathing difficulties made this Pokémon go extinct anyway.

In Pokémon GO · 2447 max CP

Details

Height2.0 m

Weight175.0 kg

GenderGenderless

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship50Low

Hatch time35 cycles · ~9,180 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP177

Abilities

Water Absorb

Absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.

Ice Body

Heals for 1/16 max HP after each turn during hail. Protects against hail damage.

Slush RushHidden

During Hail, this Pokémon has double Speed.

Egg groups: Undiscovered

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

100

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

505

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Fighting2×

Rock2×

Grass2×

Electric2×

Resistant to

Ice¼×

Water½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Hail Wallbreaker

Moves

Item

Life Orb

AbilitySlush Rush

NatureNaive+Spe/−SpD

EV spread

Atk236

SpA40

Spe▲232

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Arctovish

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Sword

Route 6

Shield

Route 6

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Arctovish can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Powder Snow Has a chance to freeze the target.	Ice	Special	40	100	25
1	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
7	Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
14	Icy Wind Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Ice	Special	55	95	15
21	Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	Rock	Special	60	100	5
28	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
35	Aurora Veil Reduces damage five turns, but must be used during hail.	Ice	Status	—	—	20
42	Freeze-Dry Super-effective against Water.	Ice	Special	70	100	20
49	Super Fang Inflicts damage equal to half the target’s HP.	Normal	Physical	—	90	10
56	Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
63	Fishious Rend	Water	Physical	85	100	10
70	Icicle Crash Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ice	Physical	85	90	10
77	Blizzard Has a chance to freeze the target.	Ice	Special	110	70	5