Cryogonal
Crystallizing Pokémon
When the weather gets hot, these Pokémon turn into water vapor. Cryogonal are almost never seen during summer.
Details
Abilities
Evades Ground moves.
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Cryogonal
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Cryogonal can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bind Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 1 | Ice Shard Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Ice | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Sharpen Raises the user’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 4 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 8 | Rapid Spin Frees the user from binding moves, removes Leech Seed, and blows away Spikes. | Normal | Physical | 50 | 100 | 40 |
| 12 | Icy Wind Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Ice | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 |
| 12 | Laser Focus Guarantees a critical hit with the user’s next move. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 16 | Haze Resets all Pokémon’s stats, accuracy, and evasion. | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 16 | Mist Protects the user’s stats from being changed by enemy moves. | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 20 | Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Rock | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 24 | Aurora Beam Has a chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage. | Ice | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 28 | Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 32 | Night Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 36 | Freeze-Dry Super-effective against Water. | Ice | Special | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 40 | Light Screen Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 40 | Reflect Reduces damage from physical attacks by half. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 44 | Recover Heals the user by half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 48 | Ice Beam Has a chance to freeze the target. | Ice | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 52 | Acid Armor Raises the user’s Defense by two stages. | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 56 | Solar Beam Requires a turn to charge before attacking. | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 60 | Sheer Cold Causes a one-hit KO. | Ice | Special | — | 30 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Cryogonal can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
13 sprites & renders for Cryogonal.






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More Ice-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
No reader notes on Cryogonal yet.
Cite this page
“Cryogonal”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/cryogonal.
Species data from PokéAPI.