Is Regice Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Transfer only. Ice with AbilityClear Body. If imported, massive special Defense. Battle Frontier use only.
Regice resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Regice's weaknesses hard.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Regice resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Regice's weaknesses hard.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Trade
Regice cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 25FightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 73IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 89NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Regice in HeartGold & SoulSilver
No wild encounters for Regice in HeartGold & SoulSilver. It can be transferred in from Ruby & Sapphire, Emerald, or Platinum.
Regice cannot be caught in the wild in HeartGold & SoulSilver, but you can still get it via these paths:
Obtain and trade from these games:
Then trade to HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
How to Get Shiny Regice in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Regice is unavailable in these games, so a shiny one must be earned in Platinum and traded across, or earned in Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald and brought over through Pal Park. See every game where Shiny Regice can be hunted
Shiny Regice Evolution
Does Not EvolveRegice Weakness
Type-wise, Regice takes extra damage from Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel. Regice's special bulk (base 200 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Regice Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Regice
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x128-151%KO Stone Edge 2x57-68% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x128-151%KO Flare Blitz 2x103-121%KO Stone Edge 2x57-68% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x131-155%KO Stone Edge 2x59-69% | ||
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodBell Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Ho-Oh builds →Overheat 2x61-72% Steel Wing 2x43-51% Ancient Power 2x18-22% Rock Smash 2x25-30% | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x169-199%KO Focus Punch 2x112-132%KO Iron Tail 2x75-88% Fire Blast 2x23-27% | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Hitmonlee builds →Focus Punch 2x128-151%KO Stone Edge 2x57-68% Blaze Kick 2x48-57% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Entei builds →Overheat 2x51-61% Stone Edge 2x55-65% Iron Tail 2x55-65% Rock Smash 2x23-27% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x136-161%KO Stone Edge 2x61-72% Iron Tail 2x61-72% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x61-72% Iron Tail 2x45-53% Rock Smash 2x18-22% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Typhlosion builds →Eruption 2x64-76% Focus Punch 2x64-75% Rock Slide 2x32-38% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x115-135%KO Stone Edge 2x52-61% | ||
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Primeape builds →Focus Punch 2x114-134%KO Stone Edge 2x51-60% Iron Tail 2x51-60% Overheat 2x25-30% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x48-56% Iron Tail 2x40-47% | ||
 Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x61-72% Focus Punch 2x64-75% Iron Tail 2x43-51% Rock Slide 2x32-38% | ||
Regice Evolutions
No breeding, no evolution. Regice is a Ice legendary with 580 base stat total that you obtain once and build around. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
HGSS Regice Best Moveset
200 Sp. Def absorbs special attacks that break anything else. The moveset fires special Ice attacks from 100 Sp. Atk while walling the special side entirely. AbilityClear Body prevents stat drops. 100 Defense on the physical side is merely average.
Best Build
Regice best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Charge Beam
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Regice develops a solid moveset just through leveling. Explosion and Superpower show up naturally, and the progression handles both STAB and utility without leaning on TMs for the core attacks.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is said to have slept in a glacier for thousands of years. Its body can’t be melted, even by magma.
Regice HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
No. Regice isn't catchable in HeartGold & SoulSilver. Obtain it through event distribution in Platinum, then trade it over.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Regice plays as a tank. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Calm is the go-to nature for Regice. That's +Sp. Def / -Attack. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD EVs. Fits the tank role.
Game Availability
Regice has appeared in 15 games since Ruby & Sapphire, spanning 7 generations. As a Legendary, it's typically a one-per-save encounter tied to the story or post-game content.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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