Freezing

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Not to be confused with the Freeze glitch.

Blizzard, a freezing attack, being used in Melee

Blizzard, used in Brawl

Freezing, also known as ice, is a kind of effect in the Super Smash Bros. series that debuted in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Targets hit by freezing attacks will be frozen for an amount of time based on the damage dealt.

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.

Out of all the effects in Brawl, freezing is one of the more useful 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 using rare and almost exclusively indirect, which softens enemies' weakness to it; Judge is the only non-indirect freezing attack available in the Subspace Emissary, and it can only be used at random.

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 ↑ resists freezing attacks and prevents the equipped fighter from being frozen; the Support Spirit skill Ice-Floor Immunity also grants immunity to being frozen.

List of freezing attacks

By characters

Character	Move(s)	Games
Giga Bowser	Down smash
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	Throwing the Freezie
	Attacking the Freezie
Poké Ball Pokémon	Abomasnow: Ice Punch
	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)
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

• A page on the Smash 64 website reveals that "ice" was a planned effect for hitboxes, but was cut. [1]