Ice Beam or Frost Breath?

Which is more powerful overall?

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Frost Breath- 60 BP 90 Acc

Always results in a critical hit.

That means it’s Base Power is always90BP, and itignores stat changes.(SpD boost)

Ice Beam- 90 BP

10% chance to freeze the target.

Has the same amount of BP as Frost Breath, but canFreeze your opponent, which can be game changing, and it has 100 Acc.

So overall, they have the same “power” but different uses: if you need a set-up (Calm Mind) breaker, go withFrost Breath, if you want reliabilty and maybe a Freeze, go withIce Beam.

It has 90 base power, 100% accuracy and a 10% chance to freeze.Ice beam with STAB results in135 damage.

Has 60 base power and 90% accuracy. Always results in a critical hit.With STAB and the critical hit it results in180 damagein any generation before 6 and135 in generation 6.

The answer here is pretty obvious.If this is for Generation 6, Ice beam is better as it has the same damage, better accuracy and an additional effect(though unlikely).

If it’s for any generation before however, you just have to decide what you prefer, more accuracy and a very small freeze chanceormore power and less accuracy.

Source: some calcs and knowledgeHope I helped.