Cryogonal

PVE Movesets Grades

Quick	Charge	ATK	DEF
Frost Breath	Aurora Beam	B	X
Frost Breath	Night Slash	X	B
Frost Breath	Water Pulse	X	B
Ice Shard	Aurora Beam	B-	X
Ice Shard	Night Slash	X	A
Ice Shard	Water Pulse	X	A-
Ice Shard	Triple Axel	A-	X
Frost Breath	Triple Axel	A	X

Quick	Charge	ATK	DEF
Frost Breath	Solar Beam	C	X
Ice Shard	Solar Beam	C	X

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

• Frost Breath is the better fast move for offense. 
• Ice Shard is slightly behind, but the two are very close in performance.
• Triple Axel shares identical typing with Cryogonal's fast moves to fulfill an Ice-type role.
• Aurora Beam is weaker.
• Solar Beam performs the best in neutral fights, but this isn't the best use of Cryogonal. 
• Night Slash is bad and doesn't synergize much with Cryogonal's moves.
• Water Pulse is even worse for offense. 

PVE Defensive Moves Explanation

• Ice Shard is marginally better than Frost Breath, but it's a very small difference. 
• Night Slash as a 3-bar move hits frequently and is the hardest to dodge.
• Water Pulse provides coverage against Rock and Fire-type attackers, but has a late damage window.
• Triple Axel is good, but it leaves Cryogonal easily taken down by anything that resists Ice Type moves.
• Aurora Beam is very slow for defense and is way too easily dodged. 
• Solar Beam is less likely to be used before fainting, and is so predictable that dodging would be laughable. 

PVE Overview

PVP Movesets Grades

Quick	Charge	ATK
Ice Shard	Triple Axel Night Slash	A
Ice Shard	Triple Axel Water Pulse	B

PvP Moveset Explanation

Ice Shard + Night Slash and Triple Axel or Water Pulse

Ice Shard gives both fair damage and solid energy gain, and is thus the fast move of choice. 

Triple Axel gives Cryogonal a self-buffing move with solid damage output to allow it to snowball pretty quickly, making it a bit of a must-have move for giving Cryogonal a niche. Night Slash gives Cryogonal an interesting niche, and some solid rapid fire Dark-type damage. Water Pulse isn't outstanding, but it gives Cryogonal counter-coverage against Fire and Rock Types, making it situationally worth considering.

PvP Rating Explanation

Great League: 1 / 5

Cryogonal matches up impressively poorly against the Great League metagame, even losing matchups you'd think it would win. It requires Aurora Beam to beat Altaria, and can barely even take down Tropius despite double super effective Ice Shard damage. If you're looking for an Ice-type, Glalie and Froslass probably do it better.

Ultra League: 2 / 5

The increased prevalence of Dragon-types in Ultra League help Cryogonal out a bit, but not much. It can consistently beat things like Dragonite and Flygon, and actually manages to take out Dialga in the 1-shield matchup. However, a poor matchup against both Giratina-Altered and Fighting-types leave this snowflake not feeling too special.

Master League: 0 / 5

It beats Groudon with shields up, which is...something? Rough losses to most of the common Master League Pokémon prevent Cryogonal from being a particularly useful or interesting pick. As such, it's probably better to look to another Ice-type, if you choose to run one.

Fast Moves

12

Ice Shard

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Ice

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
1.20	0.30	10.00		10.00	12.50

10

Frost Breath

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Ice

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
0.90	0.30	8.89		11.11	13.89

Charge Moves

80

Aurora Beam

2 Energy

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Ice

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
3.55	0.20	0.00	1.60	22.54	28.17		36.06

50

Night Slash

3 Energy

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Dark

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.20	0.70	0.00	1.52	22.73	28.41		34.44

180

Solar Beam

1 Energy

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Grass

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
4.90	2.00	0.00	1.80	36.73	45.92		66.12

70

Water Pulse

2 Energy

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Water

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
3.20	0.70	0.00	1.40	21.88	27.34		30.63

60

Triple Axel

3 Energy

More Info

Ice

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.00	0.20	0.00	1.82	30.00	37.50		54.55

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

	160% damage
	160% damage
	160% damage
	160% damage

Resistant

62.5% damage

Raid Boss Catch Rate