Articuno

Apperance
Articuno (Japanese: フリーザー Furiizaa) is an Ice/Flying-type Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation I. It is part of the Kanto Legendary Birds, along with Zapdos and Moltres.

Articuno is a large bird with blue plumage. Its colouring is darkest on its head crest and long, streaming tail. Its body is coloured sky-blue, while growing lighter on its front, and its chest is a lighter blue than anything. Its most distinctive trait is its large wings, which are said to be made of ice. Its eyes are a medium shade of red. In the second Pokémon movie, Articuno also played a major role because only the chosen one (Ash) could place the orb associated with it on the altar to end the war of the three legendary birds.

== Abiltiy == In terms of physical strength, Articuno is the strongest out of the three Legendary Birds; as shown in the Anime, Articuno is able to lift one of Team Rocket's mechas with its talons.

When Articuno flaps its wings, the air turns chilly.

Location
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity

Red/Blue	Seafoam Islands	One

Yellow	Seafoam Islands	One

Gold/Silver	Time Capsule	None

Crystal	Time Capsule	None

Ruby/Sapphire	Trade	None

Emerald	Trade	None

FireRed/LeafGreen	Seafoam Islands	One

Diamond/Pearl	Trade	None

Platinum	Roaming Sinnoh	One

HeartGold/SoulSilver	Seafoam Islands	One

Black/White	Trade	None

Black 2/White 2	Trade	None

X/Y	Roaming Kalos (With Chespin as a Starter Pokémon)

Sea Spirit's Den	One

OR/AS	Trade	None

Sun/Moon	Transfer	None

Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	Ultra Space Wilds	One

Side Game Location
Locations

Game(s)	Area(s)

Pokémon Trozei! Random Agent Cards

Mr. Who's Den

Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team	Frosty Grotto (5F)

Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness	Mt. Avalanche Summit

Pokémon Rumble	Gravel Cave

Crystal
Legendary bird Pokémon. As it flies through the sky, it cools the air, causing snow to fall.

Ruby
Articuno is a legendary bird Pokémon that can control ice. The flapping of its wings chills the air. As a result, it is said that when this Pokémon flies, snow will fall.

Sapphire
Articuno is a legendary bird Pokémon that can control ice. The flapping of its wings chills the air. As a result, it is said that when this Pokémon flies, snow will fall.

Emerald
Articuno is a legendary bird Pokémon that can control ice. The flapping of its wings chills the air. As a result, it is said that when this Pokémon flies, snow will fall.

FireRed
One of the legendary bird Pokémon. With its long tail trailing behind, its flying form is magnificent.

LeafGreen
A legendary bird Pokémon that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.

Diamond
A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air.

Pearl
A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air.

Platinum
A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air.

HeartGold
The magnificent seemingly translucent wings of this legendary bird Pokémon are said to be made of ice.

SoulSilver
One of the legendary bird Pokémon, it chills moisture in the atmosphere to create snow while flying.

Black
A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air.

White
A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air.

Black 2
A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air.

White 2
A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air.

X
A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air.

Y
A legendary bird Pokémon that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.

Omega Ruby
Articuno is a legendary bird Pokémon that can control ice. The flapping of its wings chills the air. As a result, it is said that when this Pokémon flies, snow will fall.

Alpha Sapphire
Articuno is a legendary bird Pokémon that can control ice. The flapping of its wings chills the air. As a result, it is said that when this Pokémon flies, snow will fall.

Let's Go, Pikachu!
A legendary bird Pokémon. It freezes water that is contained in winter air and makes it snow.

Let's Go, Eevee!
A legendary bird Pokémon. It freezes water that is contained in winter air and makes it snow.

Stats
Learnset

Leveling

Generation VII

Generation VI

Generation V

Generation IV

Generation III

Generation II

Generation I

LevelingGeneration VII

Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Category

1	Gust	40	100%	35	Flying	Special

1	Powder Snow	40	100%	25	Ice	Special

8	Mist	—	—%	30	Ice	Status

15	Ice Shard	40	100%	30	Ice	Physical

22	Mind Reader	—	—%	5	Normal	Status

29	Ancient Power	60	100%	5	Rock	Special

36	Agility	—	—%	30	Psychic	Status

43	Freeze-Dry	70	100%	20	Ice	Special

50	Reflect	—	—%	20	Psychic	Status

57	Hail	—	—%	10	Ice	Status

64	Tailwind	—	—%	15	Flying	Status

71	Ice Beam	90	100%	10	Ice	Special

78	Blizzard	110	70%	5	Ice	Special

85	Roost	—	—%	10	Flying	Status

92	Hurricane	110	70%	10	Flying	Special

99	Sheer Cold	—	—%	5	Ice	Special

Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TM/HMEDIT

Generation VIIGeneration VIGeneration VGeneration IVGeneration IIIGeneration IIGeneration I

TMs and HMs Generation VII

TM/HM	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.

TM05	Roar	—	—%	20	Normal	Status

TM06	Toxic	—	90%	10	Poison	Status

TM07	Hail	—	—%	10	Ice	Status

TM10	Hidden Power	60	100%	15	Normal	Special

TM11	Sunny Day	—	—%	5	Fire	Status

TM13	Ice Beam	90	100%	10	Ice	Special

TM14	Blizzard	110	70%	5	Ice	Special

TM15	Hyper Beam	150	90%	5	Normal	Special

TM17	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal	Status

TM18	Rain Dance	—	—%	5	Water	Status

TM19	Roost	—	—%	10	Flying	Status

TM21	Frustration	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical

TM27	Return	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical

TM32	Double Team	—	—%	15	Normal	Status

TM33	Reflect	—	—%	20	Psychic	Status

TM37	Sandstorm	—	—%	10	Rock	Status

TM40	Aerial Ace	60	—%	20	Flying	Physical

TM42	Facade	70	100%	20	Normal	Physical

TM44	Rest	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status

TM48	Round	60	100%	15	Normal	Special

TM51	Steel Wing	70	90%	25	Steel	Physical

TM58	Sky Drop	60	100%	10	Flying	Physical

TM68	Giga Impact	150	90%	5	Normal	Physical

TM70	Aurora Veil	—	—%	20	Ice	Status

TM76	Fly	90	95%	15	Flying	Physical

TM79	Frost Breath	60	90%	10	Ice	Special

TM87	Swagger	—	85%	15	Normal	Status

TM88	Sleep Talk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status

TM89	U-turn	70	100%	20	Bug	Physical

TM90	Substitute	—	—%	10	Normal	Status

TM100	Confide	—	—%	20	Normal	Status

Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

BreedingEDIT

Articuno learns no moves via breeding.

TutoringEDIT

Generation VIIGeneration VIGeneration VGeneration IVGeneration IIIGeneration II

Tutoring Generation VII

Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Category

Defog USUM	—	—%	15	Flying	Status

Icy Wind USUM	55	95%	15	Ice	Special

Laser Focus USUM	—	—%	30	Normal	Status

Signal Beam USUM	75	100%	15	Bug	Special

Sky Attack USUM	140	90%	5	Flying	Physical

Snore USUM	50	100%	15	Normal	Special

Tailwind USUM	—	—%	15	Flying	Status

Water Pulse USUM	60	100%	20	Water	Special

Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

SpritesEDIT

Version

Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (JP)	Green (JP)	Back

RB 144 front	Y 144 front	GR 144 front	Articunobackyellow

Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back

G 144 front	S 144 front	C 144 front			Articuno GSC Back Sprite

Articuno GSC Shiny Back Sprite

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back

RS 144 front	E 144 front	FRLG 144 front	Articuno RSE Back Sprite

Articuno RSE Shiny Back Sprite

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

DP 144 front	DP 144 front	HGSS 144 front	Articuno DPP Back Sprite

Articuno DPP Shiny Back Sprite

Black	White	Black 2	White 2		Back

Articuno BW	Articuno BW		Articuno BW Back Sprite

Articuno BW Shiny Sprite	Articuno BW Shiny Sprite		Articuno BW Shiny Back Sprite

X	Y	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	GO	Back

Articuno XY	Articuno XY		Articuno XY Back Sprite

Articuno XY Shiny Sprite	Articuno XY Shiny Sprite		Articuno XY Shiny Back Sprite

Sun	Moon	Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon		Back

AppearancesEDIT

AnimeEDIT

Articuno first appears in the Anime when a boy named Todd, who loves to take pictures, takes pictures of Articuno in the episode Freeze Frame. Ash Ketchum and co. befriended Articuno after Articuno's Blizzard blew away Team Rocket.

The same Articuno appears again and is a friend of Factory Head Noland in the episode Numero Uno Articuno. Noland became Articuno's friend when he saved the injured Articuno on his plane. Ash attempted to get the Knowledge Symbol by defeating Articuno, which obeyed Noland's command, and he accomplished this by using Charizard.

Articuno (MS002)

Articuno (anime)

Noland's Articuno

Red's Articuno

Mirage Articuno

TriviaEDIT

As of Generation III, Articuno can learn an accuracy focusing move, and a one-hit KO move (Mind Reader and Sheer Cold). It shares this with Smeargle.

It is, however, the only Pokémon that can learn them directly by leveling up.

Articuno, along with Moltres and Zapdos, are the most common legendaries. With at least one game in every generation having access to them, with the exception being generation V and II.

The last time Articuno was available by event was 2006.

It is the only member of its trio that can't learn Heat Wave.

As it says in name pun, the last few letters were based on Spanish numbers, but if you use the first letters of the names: MOltres, Zapdos and ARTicuno, it would spell out MOZART, the name of the famous Austrian composer.

In Pokémon GO when the player makes the Legendary Pokémon as a Buddy after capturing each of them during the Raid Battle, Articuno along with Lugia, Zapdos and Moltres are the hardest to get their candies which is in 20 km.

In Super Smash Bros., Articuno is one of the Pokémon that can be freed from Pokéballs. During this time, it uses the move Icy Wind.

Articuno (alongside Zapdos & Moltes) is one of the collectable spirits in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Name OriginEDIT

Articuno's name is a cross of the words arctic and uno, the Spanish word for one. The second part of its name indicates that it is the first in the series of Kanto's Legendary Birds.

Its Japanese name is simply Freezer.

Name PunEDIT

It is uninformed that this is purposely made but the last syllable of each of the Legendary Birds is a number in Spanish (ex. Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres). With this in mind, Articuno would be the first of the Legendary Birds.

GalleryEDIT

144Articuno OS anime

144Articuno OS anime 2

Flying

144Articuno AG anime

144Articuno AG anime 2

144Articuno AG anime 3

Head down

144Articuno Dream

144Articuno Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs

144Articuno Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red and Blue Rescue Teams

144Articuno Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Darkness

144Articuno Pokemon Stadium

144Articuno Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness

144Articuno LGPE

Articuno-GO

Articuno GO Shiny

Articuno trophy SSBM

Posing as a trophy in Super Smash Bros.

144Articuno Pokemon Conquest

Articuno - Pokemon Plasma Storm

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See alsoEDIT

Pokémon.com Pokédex

Legendary Pokémon data

The Pokémon Database

Pokémon Dream Pokédex data

Psypokes Psydex data

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