How Pokémon’s Notoriously Weak Ice Type Can Improve

Pokémon’s notoriously weak Ice type could really benefit from some improvements to bring it more in line with the other types in the game.

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Throughout Pokémon’s long history, the Ice typing has been notoriously weak. While Ice is a good offensive typing, easily handling some of the strongest Pokémon in the series, it’s also incredibly frail, and many Ice-type Pokémon just aren’t good enough. Game Freak has made radical changes to Pokémon typings in the past, and one should be considered again.

Ice-type Pokémon aren’t great. The typing feels like it was designed to be a glass cannon, with fast offensive Pokémon hitting incredibly hard and only being able to take one or two attacks in return. While that approach would be fine, a huge part of the problem is that many Ice-types, like Cryogonal and Avalugg, are designed to be defensive Pokémon, while others, such as Glaceon and Frosmoth, are too slow to be reliable offensive threats. The Pokémon just don’t match up well with the core design of their typing, and it should really be addressed.

With its sole resistance to other Ice-types, the Ice typing is tied with Normal for the fewest resistances in the game. Every other type resists multiple other types, and it’s a huge problem for Ice-type Pokémon as they take way too much damage. An easy way to address this problem would simply be to give the Ice typing more resistances. Thematically, resistances to Water, Grass, Dragon, Flying and even Normal would all make sense. The Ice typing is already great offensively, but Ice-type Pokémon generally have limited movepools, so giving those Pokémon more variety with the types of moves they can use, in combination with a couple more resistances, would be a significant improvement.

Pokémon Can Improve Ice Types by Making Hail Viable

Weather and terrain are huge factors in Pokémon’s competitive battling community. Sun, Rain, Sandstorm, and Trick Room all form the foundations of different types of teams, but Hail has always been a bit of a gimmicky or niche option. Hail doesn’t carry an added benefit like how Rain amplifies the damage of Water-type attacks or Sandstorm boosts the special defense of Rock-type Pokémon. There are abilities that take effect in Hail and the addition of Aurora Veil was a huge deal, but Hail still doesn’t do enough. If Hail were to no longer damage Water types and carry a secret effect like increased speed or defense for Ice-type Pokémon, it would go a long way in improving the typing and making Hail a viable option in competitive formats.

At the end of the day, this isn’t really a huge problem for Pokémon, but it’s the sort of thing that is a glaring spot for improvement. In a casual playthrough of a Pokémon game, Ice-types are generally found towards the end of the game and there’s very little incentive for players to want to use them. Competitively, while they have roles, Ice-type Pokémon are generally more of a specialized option. With the inevitable return to the snowcapped mountains of Pokémon Diamond & Pearl likely right around the corner, it would be a great time for Game Freak to address the Ice typing and give it buffs it could really benefit from.

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