Ice Cold Hunter

Ability ID: 644 Type: Regular Ability

In-Game Description: "Ice-type moves hit twice in hail."

Extended In-Game Description

For use in Elite Redux extended ability UI (280-300 chars max)

Ice-type moves hit twice in hail weather. Unlike Parental Bond (25% damage on 2nd hit), Ice Cold Hunter delivers full damage on both hits, effectively doubling Ice damage output. User is immune to hail damage. Each hit can trigger freeze independently. Devastating for Ice attackers in hail.

Character count: 291

Detailed Mechanical Explanation (Discord/Reference)

Ice Cold Hunter is an extremely powerful weather-based ability that transforms the user into a devastating Ice-type attacker during hail weather. When active, it makes ANY single-hit Ice-type move hit twice at FULL POWER - this is crucial because unlike regular Parental Bond (which reduces the second hit to 25% damage), Ice Cold Hunter delivers 100% damage on BOTH hits. This effectively DOUBLES your Ice-type damage output in hail.

Additionally, Pokemon with this ability are completely immune to hail damage, allowing them to stay in battle indefinitely during hailstorms without taking passive weather damage.

Trigger Conditions

The double-hit effect activates when ALL of the following conditions are met:

• The user is using an Ice-type move
• The user is affected by hail weather (not nullified by abilities like Air Lock)
• The move is a single-hit move (doesn't stack with moves that already hit multiple times like Icicle Spear)

Numerical Effects

• Hit Count: Ice-type moves hit exactly 2 times
• Damage Per Hit: 100% damage on BOTH hits (no reduction unlike Parental Bond)
• Total Damage Output: 200% of normal damage (literally doubles Ice-type damage)
• Hail Immunity: User takes 0 damage from hail weather each turn
• Critical Hit Chance: Each hit rolls for critical independently
• Secondary Effect Chance: Each hit can trigger secondary effects (like freeze chance) independently

Interactions

• Weather: Only activates during hail weather conditions
• Move Types: Only affects moves with Ice typing
• Multi-hit Moves: Does not stack with moves that already hit multiple times
• Parental Bond System: Uses the same multi-hit framework as Parental Bond
• Move Effects: Each hit can trigger secondary effects independently

Special Cases

• The ability uses the Parental Bond framework but is NOT affected by items or abilities that modify Parental Bond
• Both hits are affected by type effectiveness calculations
• Critical hit chance is calculated independently for each hit
• Status effect chances apply to each hit separately

Notes

• This ability essentially turns any Ice-type move into a 2-hit move during hail, making it extremely powerful for Ice-type attackers
• The hail immunity is a passive benefit that's always active, regardless of whether the Pokemon is using Ice-type moves
• Synergizes perfectly with hail-setting moves or abilities