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Frosmoth

Frost Moth Pokémon

Game version
AppearanceStandard
FrosmothFrosmoth (shiny)
Height
1.3 m
Weight
42.0 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky
Base friendship50Low
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP166

It shows no mercy to any who desecrate fields and mountains. It will fly around on its icy wings, causing a blizzard to chase offenders away.

Base stats

HP
70
Attack
65
Defense
60
Sp. Atk
125
Sp. Def
90
Speed
65
Total
475
Base Stat Total

Abilities

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Ground½×
Grass½×
Ice½×

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.

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Frosmoth

Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.

Evolution

Snom
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Notable moves

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

Moves

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Lv.Move & effectTypeClassPowerAcc.PP
0Icy Wind

Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.

IceSpecial559515
1Attract

Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user.

NormalStatus—10015
1Helping Hand

Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage.

NormalStatus——20
1Powder Snow

Has a chance to freeze the target.

IceSpecial4010025
1Struggle Bug

Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage.

BugSpecial5010020
4Stun Spore

Paralyzes the target.

GrassStatus—7530
8Infestation

Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.

BugSpecial2010020
12Mist

Protects the user’s stats from being changed by enemy moves.

IceStatus——30
16Defog

Lowers the target’s evasion by one stage. Removes field effects from the enemy field.

FlyingStatus——15
21Feather Dance

Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages.

FlyingStatus—10015
24Aurora Beam

Has a chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage.

IceSpecial6510020
28Hail

Changes the weather to a hailstorm for five turns.

IceStatus——10
28SnowscapeIceStatus0—10
32Bug Buzz

Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.

BugSpecial9010010
36Aurora Veil

Reduces damage five turns, but must be used during hail.

IceStatus——20
40Blizzard

Has a chance to freeze the target.

IceSpecial110705
44Tailwind

For three turns, friendly Pokémon have doubled Speed.

FlyingStatus——15
48Wide Guard

Prevents any multi-target moves from hitting friendly Pokémon this turn.

RockStatus——10
52Quiver Dance

Raises the user’s Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by one stage each.

BugStatus——20

Sprites & renders

9 sprites & renders for Frosmoth.

Official artwork
Official artwork
Pokémon HOME
Pokémon HOME
Animated
Animated
Animated (back)
Animated (back)
Front
Front
Back
Back

Across the games

Black · White
Black · White
scarlet violet
scarlet violet
Menu Icons
Menu Icons

More Ice-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Ice-type Pokémon

Community notes

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Cite this page

“Frosmoth”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/frosmoth.

Species data from PokéAPI.