Freezing

It has been suggested that this article should be moved to Ice. The reason given for the move is: Neither term seems to be more popular, so we should probably go with the script name (plus it's consistent with the other elemental effect names). (Discuss)

Not to be confused with the freeze glitch. For game freezing, see game crash.

Blizzard, a freezing attack, being used in Melee

Blizzard, a freezing attack, being used in Brawl

Freezing, also known as ice, is an attack effect in the Super Smash Bros. series that debuted in Super Smash Bros. Melee and has appeared in every subsequent game.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee only, being hit by a freezing attack causes a variation of the ping sound to play; high knockback-dealing attacks, such as the Freezie and Articuno's attack, cause the actual ping sound.

Freezing attacks are boosted by Freezing Attack stickers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl's The Subspace Emissary and the Support Spirit skill Water & Ice Attack ↑, as well as certain Spirit Battle conditions in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Spirit skill or trait Water/Freezing Resist ↑ will worsen freezing attacks.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Support Spirit skill Ice-Floor Immunity prevents the equipped fighter from being frozen or being damaged by Spirit Battle ice floors, but does not affect the damage the player takes from freezing attacks.

Technical Data

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The base time an opponent is frozen is calculated with 5 × d + 0.5 × p, rounded down, where;

• d = Damage taken not considering the 1v1 multiplier. Stale-move negation will affect this, however.
• p = Opponent's percentage before the attack connects.

Fighters hit by a freezing attack are frozen for an amount of time based on the damage dealt by the attack; in Ultimate only, the duration is typically increased by 1 frame for every 2 percent of the victim's current damage. For example, if Mario is hit by PK Freeze at max charge at 25%, the equation will be 5 × 21.8 + 0.5 × 25. As a result, the base time spent frozen will be 121.5 frames. Since only damage influences the equation, factors such as weight and knockback are irrelevant.

Similar to when buried, opponents can mash to reduce the number of frames spent frozen. For every input, 4 frames of ice are removed. However, if opponents are hit by an attack, they suffer an additional 4 frames of ice as well.

Fighters will take 0.5× damage and 0.25× knockback while frozen. As a result, it is very difficult to KO an opponent while frozen, with even powerful meteor smashes dealing negligible knockback. However, given the amount of time an opponent can stay frozen, despite the halved damage, it is an excellent way to build damage, since they are immobile. Setting opponents up with other external factors such as items and projectiles is also effective.

Additionally, Hero's Kacrackle Slash applies a 2× multiplier to base frozen time, giving him ample time to set the opponent up.

The Subspace Emissary

Freezing is one of the more useful effects in The Subspace Emissary: it deals extra damage to flame-based enemies and about half of the bosses, and is only specifically resisted by Glices. However, it cannot cause non-fighter enemies to freeze, and attacks with the freezing effect are rare and almost exclusively indirect, which most enemies and bosses resist; Judge is the only non-indirect freezing attack available in The Subspace Emissary, and it can only be used at random.

List of freezing attacks

By characters

Character	Move(s)	Games
Giga Bowser	Down smash
Hero	Command Selection (Kacrackle Slash)
Ice Climbers	Ice Shot
	Blizzard
	Iceberg
Kirby	Ice Breath
Kirby (Copy Abilities)	Ice Shot
	PK Freeze
Lucas	PK Freeze
Luigi	Ice Ball
Mega Man	Ice Slasher
Mr. Game & Watch	Judge (number 8)
Ness	PK Freeze

By items

Character	Move(s)	Games
Assist Trophies	Krystal: Ice Blast
	Riki: Freezinate
	Wily Capsule: Ice projectiles
Freezie	Thrown Freezie
	Attacking a Freezie
Poké Ball Pokémon	Abomasnow: Ice Punch
	Abomasnow: Blizzard
	Alolan Vulpix: Icy Wind
	Articuno: Icy Wind
	Ditto: Transform (if the summoner possesses freezing attacks)
	Kyurem: Icy Wind
	Suicune: Blizzard
	Suicune: Contact with head before attacking
	Suicune: Aurora Beam
	Togepi: Powder Snow

By enemies and bosses

Enemy/Boss	Attack(s)	Games
Blue Bubble	Ramming into the player
Crazy Hand	Tri-Poke (third hit)
	Frozen Rope
Cryogonal	Ice Beam
Giga Bowser	Down smash
Glice	Ice attack
Marx	Ice balls
Master Hand	Icy Wind

By stage hazards

In addition to natural stage hazards, the Spirit Battle condition "The floor is frozen" creates a hazard that inflicts freezing damage.

Stage	Hazard	Games
Gerudo Valley	Kotake's ice spell
Mushroom Kingdom U	Falling Icicles

Trivia

• According to the official Japanese Super Smash Bros. minisite, an "ice" effect was originally planned for inclusion in Super Smash Bros., but was ultimately not used.
• In Stamina fights, characters who are KO'd from freezing attacks cannot thaw out unless they are hit by Flame attacks. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, this does not seem to delay the defeated character's self-destruction.