Ice Beam (move)

Ice Beam (Japanese: れいとうビーム Freezing Beam) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation I. It was TM13 in Generation I before losing its status in Generation II. It returned to being TM13 from Generation III onwards. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it is TM55 instead.

Generations I to V
Ice Beam inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of the target.

Ice Beam can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra two appeal points if move  was used in the prior turn.

Generation VI
Ice Beam's power was lowered from 95 to 90.

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Ice Beam fires in a straight line for 10 tiles.

Pokémon GO

 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Ice Beam had a power of 50.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Ice Beam had a power of 65 and a duration of 3.65 seconds.

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In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * In Lapras Lazily, 's was revealed to know Ice Beam by 's Pokédex.
 * In Just My Luck...Shuckle, 's and 's  were revealed to know Ice Beam by 's Pokédex.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

 * Mitsumi mentioned that her used Ice Beam in A New Battle Begins!, but the move was executed off-panel.

Trivia

 * Though Ice Beam freezes its targets very often in the anime, it has a very low chance of freezing the opponent in the games (10%).

In other languages
Eisstrahl Rayo hielo Laser Glace Geloraggio れいとうビーム 冰冻光束（招式）