Freeze glitch

Note the number of hits.

The freeze glitch is a glitch unique to the Ice Climbers in Melee discovered by Philly Billy. It is caused by performing a grab with the secondary Ice Climber and doing a side special attack into the character being grabbed. This glitch is banned in tournament play.

Characters

• Primary: Ice Climbers
• Secondary: Any

Items

• Screw Attack (if players accidentally trap the target in a block of ice by using a Freezie or by attacking, this will "unfreeze" them from the ice block).

Stage

• There are no stage requirements, but it is easier to do it on a flat stage that does not move, such as Final Destination.

Instructions

1. Start by grabbing the opponent with the secondary Ice Climber (this can be done far more easily in Training Mode by slowing down the game speed, or have the main Ice Climber holding a screw attack then at close range press Z and throw it and the secondary Ice Climber will grab them).
2. Next, the player will need to (quickly) do a side special to the grabbed opponent.
3. If done correctly, the opponent will be frozen from the grab.
4. Once the opponent is "frozen", he or she will remain in the same place, no matter how high his or her damage gets, until the player, or another character grab(s) and throw(s) him or her.

Barrel Cannon glitch

This is a variation of the Freeze glitch that can be used to get a large number of combos. It can be done by the Ice Climbers on any stage with a flat surface. The user must have a Barrel Cannon and at least two opponents. First, the player must perform the freeze glitch on any opponent. When the opponent is frozen, the player must grab a Barrel Cannon and throw the Barrel Cannon at the opponent. The opponent should be stuck in it if performed correctly. Then, the player must perform the freeze glitch on the second opponent. Once the second opponent is frozen, the player throw him/her at the barrel cannon. The frozen opponent should be stuck in the barrel cannon and rack up a decent amount of damage.

Notes

• While characters are frozen they will not respond and will not be able to attack.
• If opponents are hit up or down while frozen they will slowly move in that direction and may cause the Ice Climber to be unable to grab and release them from the glitch.
• On the Corneria and Venom stages, frozen characters will float around the stage until the glitch is fixed (i.e. grabbing them).
• If frozen characters gets out of the screen, they will not die nor come back on the stage. This might happen in stages such as Corneria and Venom, as well as moving stages. It can also happen if a Barrel Cannon is thrown on the frozen character.
• If this is used on Training Mode, it is possible to get infinite combos.

Videos

• Ice Climbers Freeze Glitch
• Ice Climbers Freeze Character Glitch
• Freeze Glitch on 15 Minute Melee