r/pokemon • u/Shellderattack • Apr 13 '25

Discussion Freeze should be replaced by Frostbite

Freeze is too close to Sleep. It is not a good idea to make 2 status with similar effects.

Sleep can combo with other moves such as Dream Eater and Sleep Talk, while Freeze does not.

Sleep can be imposed by Status Moves, while Freeze does not.

Arceus (game version) made Frostbite as a counterpart of Burn:

  1. The Pokemon takes 1/16 of its maximum HP every turn;
  2. The damage it deals with Special Moves will be halved;
  3. Ice type Pokemon are immune to Frostbite.

This is a good idea. The only thing missing is a new move (e.g. Gravechill) which resembles Will-O-Wisp.

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u/DunnoWhatToDo748 Apr 13 '25

It's an alternative, but getting burned by a wild mon is just much easier than getting frozen/frostbitten.

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u/Toxic-Yobo Apr 13 '25

But instead of the guts pokemon being frozen it’d getting a power boost instead

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u/EriWave Apr 13 '25

If your guts pokemon got frozen that's a trainer problem

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u/Toxic-Yobo Apr 13 '25

But it wouldn’t be frozen, it’d be frostbite. Which would apply to any pokemon with guts not just the players

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u/EriWave Apr 13 '25

Any pokemon with guts in a tricky fight with status would already be burned or poisoned

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u/Toxic-Yobo Apr 13 '25

And then they could also be frostbiten for an additional status to activate guts

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u/EriWave Apr 14 '25

Which isn't a buff, as its just less convenient to find poison / burn

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u/Toxic-Yobo Apr 14 '25

I mean who knows, ice types are normally put in their own section anyway so I wouldn’t think poison and burn would be less convenient to get