Creature · #144

Articuno

Flying Ice

The legendary ice bird, frozen into the deepest chamber of the Seafoam Islands. Reaching it needs Surf, Strength and the boulder-in-the-hole puzzle.

Generation I base stats: HP 90, Attack 85, Defense 100, Special 125, Speed 85. Generation I has a single Special stat, used for both special attack and special defense.

Evolution: Does not evolve.

How to get in Yellow: Seafoam Islands B4F, L50 (one only; needs Surf + Strength boulder puzzle)

Learned by leveling up

Level	Move	Type	Cat	Power	Acc	PP
Start	Peck	Flying	physical	35	100	35
Start	Ice Beam	Ice	special	95	100	10
Lv.51	Blizzard	Ice	special	120	90	5
Lv.55	Agility	Psychic	status	—	—	30
Lv.60	Mist	Ice	status	—	—	30

TM / HM compatibility

Machine	Move	Type	Cat	Power	Acc	PP
HM02	Fly	Flying	physical	70	95	15
TM02	Razor Wind	Normal	physical	80	75	10
TM04	Whirlwind	Normal	status	—	85	20
TM06	Toxic	Poison	status	—	85	10
TM09	Take Down	Normal	physical	90	85	20
TM10	Double-Edge	Normal	physical	100	100	15
TM11	BubbleBeam	Water	special	65	100	20
TM12	Water Gun	Water	special	40	100	25
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	special	95	100	10
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	special	120	90	5
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	physical	150	90	5
TM20	Rage	Normal	physical	20	100	20
TM31	Mimic	Normal	status	—	—	10
TM32	Double Team	Normal	status	—	—	15
TM33	Reflect	Psychic	status	—	—	20
TM34	Bide	Normal	physical	—	—	10
TM39	Swift	Normal	physical	60	—	20
TM43	Sky Attack	Flying	physical	140	90	5
TM44	Rest	Psychic	status	—	—	5
TM50	Substitute	Normal	status	—	—	10

Where to find it

Location	Method	Levels	Rate	Time
Seafoam Islands	One-time battle	50–50	5%	any