Patch 1.16.2.6 Freezing Rush

Article by: Shivam

- 7 AM UTC ~ 17 October

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- Halloween Event [19/10/24 ~ 12/11/24]

Alolan Ninetales

Stats

- Defense: 35-175 → 35-225 (Levels 1-15)

- Special Defense: 27-135 → 27-175 (Levels 1-15)

Ability: Snow Warning

- Cooldown: 8s → 4s

Avalanche

- Cooldown: 8s → 7.5s

Blizzard*
- Cooldown: 8s → 7.5s

Machamp

Close Combat
- Damage: 10% increase

Unite Move: Barrage Blow

- Mechanics change: Now immediately unleashes consecutive punches upon activation

 - Note: The move description will be updated at a later time.

- Stat boosts upon activation:

- Before: Defense & Special Defense +200, Movement Speed +5%, Attack +30%, Duration 10 seconds

- After: Defense & Special Defense +250, Movement Speed +10%, Attack +25%, Duration 8 second

Armarouge

Armor Cannon

- Damage: 10% decrease

Psyshock

- Cooldown: 8s → 7s

Flame Charge

- Shield amount: 50% decrease

Fire Spin

- (New) Increases movement speed when used, with further speed increases when moving towards opposing Pokémon.

- (New) Each time the user deals damage, a shield effect is applied, which can stack up to 6 times.

- (Removed) Defense and special defense boosts on hit.

Fire Spin+

- (New) Grants a shield when using the move.

- (Removed) The movement speed boost upon hitting opposing Pokémon

- Fire Spin's description has been updated as follows:

 - Has the user generate a fierce vortex of fire around itself, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon it hits and increasing the user's movement speed. When the user is moving toward Pokémon on the opposing team, its movement speed is further increased. Whenever the user deals damage, it receives a shield effect. This effect can stack up to 6 times.If the user hits opposing Pokémon with a basic attack, the duration of the vortex is increased.*

*Upgrade: Grants the user a shield when this move is used.”

Charizard

Basic Attack

- Additional damage on burned opponents: 50% decrease

Fire Blast

- Movement speed reduction: 35% → 30%

Unite Move: Seismic Slam

- Energy needed: 20% increase

Urshifu

Boosted Attack (Rapid Strike Style)

- Cooldown reduction: 2s → 1.5s

Surging Strikes

- Damage: 6-5% increase (Lv.5-15)

Blastoise

Stats

- Defense: 100-600 → 100-650 (Lv.1-15)

- Special Defense: 70-420 → 70-455 (Lv.1-15)

Hydro Pump

- Cooldown: 7.5s → 7s

Surf

- Cooldown: 9s → 8.5s

Rapid Spin+

- Defense and special defense increase: 50% increase

Delphox

Mystical Fire

- Damage: 8% decrease

Fire Blast

- Damage on hit: 10% decrease

Fire Blast+

- Damage on hit: 9% decrease

Snorlax

Block+

- Defense increase: 25% → 35%

- Special Defense increase: 25% → 35%

Flail

- Movement speed increase duration: 2s → 3s

- Movement speed increase amount: 70%-30% (decreases by 10% every 0.5s) → 80%-40% (decreases by 10% every 0.5s)Yawn

- Cooldown: 12s → 10.5s

Dragapult

Phantom Force

- Attack increase per KO: 10 (up to 10 times) → 6 (up to 10 times)

Lucario

Extreme Speed

- Cooldown: 9s → 7.5s

Gyarados

Dragon Breath

- Attack speed increase: 60%, 80%, 100% → 40%, 55%, 70%

Bounce

- Cooldown: 7.5s → 8.5s

- Damage: 10% decrease

Mamoswine

Earthquake

- Cooldown: 7.5s → 9s

Icicle Crash

- Damage of the 1st to 3rd hits: Approx. 10% decrease

Zoroark

Feint Attack

- Damage: 9% increase

Night Slash

- Cooldown: 9s → 8s

Dragonite

Boosted attack

- Duration where enemies are unable to act (electric): 0.6s → 0.5s

Outrage

- Damage from boosted attacks: 10% decrease

Cramorant

Dive

- Cooldown: 1.5s → 2s

- Recovery time for charges: 5s → 6s

Bugfixes

- Fixed an issue where Tsareena's Unite Move, Queen Ascendant, would fail when used on Charizard in hindrance-resistant status due to its Unite Move, Seismic Slam.

Official Notice: https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/13727/freezing-rush-ver-1-16-2-6-patch-notes