Editing PK Freeze

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{{Infobox Special Move
|name=PK Freeze
|image=[[File:Lucas Neutral B SSBU.gif|250px]]
|caption={{SSBU|Lucas}} using PK Freeze in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.
|user=[[Lucas]]
|user2={{SSB4|Ness}} ([[Character customization|custom]])
|universe={{uv|EarthBound}}
|interwiki=wikibound
|interwikiname=WikiBound
|interwikipage=PK Freeze
}}

'''PK Freeze''' ({{ja|ＰＫフリーズ|Pīkei Furīzu}}, ''PK Freeze'') is [[Lucas]]'s [[neutral special move]] since ''Brawl'' and is one of {{SSB4|Ness}}'s custom neutral specials in ''SSB4''. As one would expect by the name, it [[freeze]]s opponents upon connecting.

==Overview==
===Lucas===
[[File:PK Freeze.jpg|thumb|left|175px|{{SSBB|Lucas}} using PK Freeze in ''[[Brawl]]''.]]
When the player uses PK Freeze, Lucas fires a PSI-based snowflake into the air, charging up its power while the crystal hovers in the air. After the snowflake charges enough, it will explode, freezing anyone in the surrounding area, as well as harshly damaging the players who are hit. If the crystal hits any terrain while it is charging, it will disappear harmlessly, causing endlag that can be [[punish]]ed, so the player must release the button at the right time. Lucas does not have to wait for the snowflake to charge completely, however, and can unleash its icy energy when the time seems right. Lucas will stop the attack if he gets hit, much like Ness will stop when attacked during his [[PK Flash]]. Compared to PK Flash, PK Freeze has far more horizontal mobility and charges much faster. PK Freeze does gain slight power and the opponent stays frozen longer if PK Freeze is at its largest. At its smallest, the opponent is frozen for a shorter period of time. To compensate for its ability to freeze, it has a lower damage output and less knockback than PK Flash.

In ''Brawl'', a fully-charged PK Freeze will explode before reaching past where Lucas is standing, making it effective on flat terrain. However, in ''Smash 4'', the move will continue to drop past Lucas's level if left to fully charge, hitting the floor and nullifying the attack, not unlike all iterations of Ness's PK Flash. Therefore, the player must keep in mind to release the button and fire off the move before it hits the floor. Initiating the move after a [[short hop]] will also ensure one gets the most out of the attack.

In ''Ultimate'', PK Freeze no longer dissipates when it touches any terrain and also can move through [[soft platform]]s. The knockback it deals is now diagonal as opposed to upward, and using it in the air no longer leaves Lucas [[helpless]].
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===Ness===
[[File:Nesspkfreezewiiu.JPG|thumb|left|175px|{{SSB4|Ness}} using PK Freeze in {{forwiiu}}.]]
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', Ness can customize his standard [[neutral special]], [[PK Flash]], into PK Freeze. The move behaves similarly to PK Flash (and not Lucas's PK Freeze), with lower damage output and [[knockback]]. In return, the move freezes opponents. Ness's version does not take on the snowflake appearance of Lucas' version and instead looks like a PK Flash with a deeper blue color compared to the original PK Flash itself. Unlike the PK Freeze of Lucas, it can never KO normally, but if the opponent is at a high enough percentage, Ness can use an attack to knock them offstage. {{clr}}

==Instructional quotes==
{{InstructionalQuotes
|ssbbchar=Lucas
|ssbbdesc=Hit with this attack to freeze your opponent. Press and hold the B Button to extend the range.
|ssbuchar=Lucas
|ssbudesc=Launches a projectile that freezes enemies. The projectile's path can be controlled.
}}

==Customization==
Special Move customization was added in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. These are the variations:
{{CustomSet/Single|Lucas|Neutral|name=PK Freeze|desc={{Flag|North America}} Launch a projectile that freezes enemies. You can control the projectile's path.<br/>{{Flag|Europe}} Launches a projectile that freezes enemies. You can even control the projectile's arc.}}
# '''PK Freeze''': Default.
Like the other DLC characters in SSB4, Lucas does not have custom move variations.

===As a Custom Move for [[PK Flash]]===
{{CustomSet/Single|Ness|Neutral|name=PK Freeze|desc=Like PK Flash, but freezes opponents when it hits.|num=3|altlink=PK Freeze (Ness)}}

==Origin==
[[File:PKFreeze.gif|thumb|Kumatora using PK Freeze in ''Mother 3''.]]
PK Freeze (localized as PSI Freeze in ''{{b|EarthBound|game}}'') first appeared in ''{{iw|wikibound|Mother|video game}}'' and has appeared in all {{uv|Mother}} games since. In all three of the ''Mother'' games, the move involved using the character's psychic power to cause ice damage to enemies. The move tends to be a single target, high damage ability, with the exception of PK Freeze Omega in ''Earthbound Beginnings'', which damages all enemies. In the ''Mother'' series, Lucas and Ness cannot learn the move; instead, it is learned by some of their friends and party members, {{s|wikibound|Paula}} and {{s|wikibound|Poo}} in ''EarthBound'' and {{s|wikibound|Kumatora}} in ''Mother 3'' respectively.

In the description for the move, it states that the player causes a very cold swirl to go around an enemy and could cause the enemy to freeze, but when in battle, it shows hexagons and diamonds, which could be the graphical stand in for snowflakes, circling on the enemy. In ''Mother 3,'' PK Freeze instead seems to flash freeze enemies within hexagonal and diamond shapes before exploding. During a cutscene in Mother 3, when Kumatora is first encountered by the player assuming the role as the character Duster, she uses an icy, snowflake-like projectile to defend herself that functioned closely to how PK Freeze does in the ''Smash'' series. It travelled in an arc similarly to how PK Freeze moves when it is used by Lucas, meaning this may have been inspired how the move is executed in ''Smash''. Also, when Lucas performs the move in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', a snowflake inside a hexagon can be seen before "exploding", which may be a reference to the geometric patterns that appear when PK Freeze is used in battle.

In ''Super Smash Bros Ultimate,'' this reference was made more apparent by having the exact same particle effects from Mother 3 emit upon PK Freeze's detonation.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
LucasFreezeSSB4.png|Lucas using PK Freeze.
Lucas_PK_Freeze_SSB4_Charging.jpeg|Lucas charging PK Freeze.
Lucas_PK_Freeze_SSB4.jpeg|{{SSB4|Lucas}} using PK Freeze in {{forwiiu}}.
Lucas SSBU Skill Preview Neutral Special.png|Lucas using PK Freeze as shown by the [[Move List]] in ''Ultimate''.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{langtable
|ja={{ja|ＰＫフリーズ|Pīkei Furīzu}}, ''PK Freeze''
|en=PK Freeze
|fr=PSY cryoflash
|es=Hielo PSI
|de=PK-Frost
|it=PsicoGhiaccio
|nl=PK-ijs
|ru={{rollover|ПК-стужа|PK-stuzha|?}}
|ko={{rollover|PK 프리즈|PK Peurijeu|?}}, ''PK Freeze''
|zh={{rollover|意念之冰|Yìniàn Zhī Bīng|?}}
}}

{{Special Moves|char=Lucas}}

[[Category:EarthBound universe]]
[[Category:Neutral special moves]]
[[Category:Projectiles]]
[[Category:Lucas]]
[[Category:Ness (SSB4)]]
[[es:Hielo PSI]]
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