#0615 · Unova · Generation 5

Cryogonal

Crystallizing Pokémon · Ice-type

Cryogonal is a Ice-type Pokémon, the Crystallizing Pokémon, number 615 (#0615) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 1.1 m tall and weighs 148 kg.

Cryogonal is the Crystallizing Pokémon, a floating hexagonal snowflake that vanishes as steam when it gets too warm and freezes back into ice when it cools. It hunts with chains of ice that freeze its catch at -100 °C (-148 °F).

How to pronounce Cryogonal

Cryogonal is pronounced kry-OG-uh-nul. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Cryogonal said out loud:

In Japanese it is フリージオ (Freegeo).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Cryogonal is made of ice crystals and looks like a shiny blue hexagonal snowflake, 1.1 m tall and 148 kg. Two cracks run through its frozen, scowling face: the upper one holds its glowing eyes and the lower one is a mouth hiding an extendable chain of ice. It has no gender.

Behaviour

Cryogonal appears in cold seasons and is almost never seen in summer, because the Pokédex says it turns to water vapour as the weather warms. It binds prey with its icy chains, freezes it and carries it off to somewhere unknown. One entry repeats a tale of snowy-mountain deaths: that both people and Pokémon who die there return as Cryogonal.

Habitat

It is born in snow clouds. In Scarlet and Violet it lives on Glaseado Mountain.

Powers

Its only Ability is Levitate, which lets it float above Ground moves. It uses Ice Shard, Aurora Beam, Freeze-Dry and Ice Beam, mends itself with Recover, and learns Solar Beam at level 56. Its base Special Defence of 135 is the highest of any Pokémon introduced in Generation V, and with Speed 105 it is quick and hard to hit with special moves.

Name origin

Cryogonal combines 'cry-' or 'cryo-' (icy cold) with 'hexagonal'. The Japanese name is Freegeo (フリージオ), possibly from 'freeze' or 'frigid' and 'geometry'.

Design inspiration

Cryogonal looks like a snowflake or ice crystal. Bulbapedia floats fan readings: its ice-chain hunting could nod to the hrímþursar, Nordic frost giants, and its light-based moves could recall the enchanted mirror in The Snow Queen.

In the games

Cryogonal is the signature Pokémon of Brycen, the Icirrus City Gym Leader in Black and White, whose team also includes Vanillish and Beartic. It first appeared in those games, where it lives on Twist Mountain. In Scarlet and Violet it also appears in 4-star Tera Raid Battles, and in Legends: Z-A it is found in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Brycen's Cryogonal debuted in 'Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!', defeating Ash's Scraggy but losing to his Pignite. In 'Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!', a group of Cryogonal freezing a dam were really searching for a baby trapped inside, and left peacefully once they were reunited.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia points out that Cryogonal is unique in learning Solar Beam by levelling up while being unable to learn Sunny Day by any method.
• Despite having no legs, it can learn the kicking move Triple Axel by TM in Scarlet and Violet.
• In the Pokémon Generations episode 'The Frozen World', Zinzolin's Cryogonal battles Drayden's Haxorus.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Cryogonal (Pokémon) · Serebii: Cryogonal (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 80
• Attack: 50
• Defense: 50
• Sp. Atk: 95
• Sp. Def: 135
• Speed: 105

Cryogonal’s base stat total is 515. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Cryogonal weak to?

Cryogonal takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Fighting (2×), Rock (2×), Steel (2×) moves.

It resists Ice (½×).

Evolution

Cryogonal does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Abilities

• Levitate: Evades Ground moves.

Moves

Moves Cryogonal learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (32)

Cryogonal can learn 32 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Water Pulse, Acrobatics, Confuse Ray, Chilling Water, Facade, Icy Wind, Avalanche, Endure, Rain Dance, Snowscape, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Poison Jab, Rest, Flash Cannon, Substitute, Iron Defense, Ice Spinner, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Haze, Icicle Spear, Triple Axel.

Egg moves (3):Aurora Veil, Explosion, Frost Breath.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Mineral.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 25 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 180.

Pokédex entries

When the weather gets hot, these Pokémon turn into water vapor. Cryogonal are almost never seen during summer. (Shield)

With its icy chains, Cryogonal freezes those it encounters. It then takes its victims away to somewhere unknown. (Sword)

They are composed of ice crystals. They capture prey with chains of ice, freezing the prey at -148 degrees Fahrenheit. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)

They are born in snow clouds. They use chains made of ice crystals to capture prey. (White, X, Omega Ruby)

They are composed of ice crystals. They capture prey with chains of ice, freezing the prey at -148° F. (Black 2, White 2)

When its body temperature goes up, it turns into steam and vanishes. When its temperature lowers, it returns to ice. (Black)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Def among Gen 5 Pokémon: 135.
• Fastest Ice type in Gen 5: 105 Speed.
• Highest Sp. Def among Ice types in Gen 5: 135.
• Taller than 54% of all Pokémon (1.1 m).
• Heavier than 88% of all Pokémon (148 kg).
• Base stat total 515, ranked #226 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #16 of 1,025.
• One of 48 Ice-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 122 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Can learn 47 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 25: about 3.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 6 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Cryogonal (Pokémon), Serebii: Cryogonal (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (kry-OG-uh-nul): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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