Ice Stone (Generation 9)To Glaceon

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#0471 · GENERATION 4

Glaceon Build Guide

Ice

Special Ice attacker

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMChoice Specs

ABILITYSnow Cloak

NATUREModest

Ice Beam

Freeze-Dry

Shadow Ball

Water Pulse

How to play

Choice Specs boosts Special Attack while locking you into one move until you switch. Freeze-Dry is super effective against Water types, unlike most Ice attacks.

Watch out for

Key risk. Fire, Fighting, Rock and Steel attacks are super effective. Low Speed makes safe entry important; Snow Cloak needs the relevant weather and may be restricted by a format’s rules.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Choice Specs boosts Special Attack while locking you into one move until you switch. Freeze-Dry is super effective against Water types, unlike most Ice attacks.

A Water type walls your Ice moves

Freeze-Dry still hits Water types super effectively, where a normal Ice move would be resisted. Switching is what resets the Choice lock so you can pick it.

You are choosing which opponent to face

Glaceon is slow, so a safe entry matters more than a bold one. Snow Cloak needs the relevant weather to matter, and this set does not summon it.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Glaceon in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Choice Specs raises Special Attack but locks Glaceon into one move until it switches. Freeze-Dry is super effective against Water types, which is unusual for an Ice attack.

Watch the tradeoff. Fire, Fighting, Rock and Steel attacks are super effective. Low Speed makes safe entry important; Snow Cloak needs the relevant weather and may be restricted by a format’s rules.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Glaceon or Sylveon?

Sylveon offers a Fairy special attacking role with fewer type weaknesses and Wish support.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Glaceon	Sylveon
HP	65	95
Attack	60	65
Defense	110	65
Sp. Attack	130	110
Sp. Defense	95	130
Speed	65	60

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Water teammate can resist Fire and Steel attacks. A Ghost or Fairy teammate can help against Fighting attacks.

Milotic

Resists Fire and Steel attacks.

Read Milotic guide →Compare teammates →

Mimikyu

Immune to Fighting attacks; both need a Steel answer.

Read Mimikyu guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Sylveon

Sylveon offers a Fairy special attacking role with fewer type weaknesses and Wish support.

Read Sylveon guide →

Try Sylveon →

Type matchups

Weak to

Fire2×Fighting2×Rock2×Steel2×

Resistances and immunities

Ice0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP65

Attack60

Defense110

Sp. Attack130

Sp. Defense95

Speed65

Evolution chain

Eevee#133
Ice Stone (Generation 9)
Glaceon#471

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Glaceon team

Start with Glaceon. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#471

Glaceon

Ice

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense82

Defense53

Coverage22

Synergy17

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Fighting attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Fire attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 4 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Glaceon	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	2×	1	0
Water	1×	0	0
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	1×	0	0
Ice	½×	0	1
Fighting	2×	1	0
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	1×	0	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	2×	1	0
Ghost	1×	0	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	2×	1	0
Fairy	1×	0	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireResisted

WaterResisted

ElectricNeutral

Grass✓ Super effective

IceResisted

FightingNeutral

PoisonNeutral

Ground✓ Super effective

Flying✓ Super effective

PsychicNeutral

BugNeutral

RockNeutral

GhostNeutral

Dragon✓ Super effective

DarkNeutral

SteelResisted

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.