- For the Special Move in the Super Smash Bros. series, see PK Freeze (Super Smash Bros.).
- PK Freeze (PK フリーズ PK Furīzu), known as PSI Freeze in EarthBound, is a PSI ability that appears in all the games in the Mother series. It is learned in EarthBound Beginnings by Ana, in EarthBound by Paula and Poo, and in Mother 3 by Kumatora. It tends to be effective on "organic" enemies, such as humans and animal-like enemies.
In EarthBound and Mother 3, PK Freeze of all tiers works on a single enemy, and has the possibility of solidifying them, which prevents them from moving for one turn. It also has a chance of decreasing the enemy's Psychic Shield strength by 1. PK Freeze in these two games has overall the highest damage output of the main elemental offensive PSI attacks, so long as the enemy doesn't have a resistance to it. In EarthBound, the power of PK Freeze Ω rivals PSI Rockin Ω and PK Starstorm Ω except that it doesn't hit multiple targets.
In EarthBound Beginnings, PK Freeze works a little differently from it in the games that came after it in that while levels α, β, and γ are single target, Ω hits all enemies. With the exception of γ, PK Freeze is weaker in EarthBound Beginnings than it is in the other games compared to the other offensive PSI moves. PK Freeze γ has a special effect where it lowers down an enemies health to a "critical state", allowing them to be defeated right afterward with a single weak attack.
In EarthBound Beginnings[]
Level | Users | PP Cost | Target | Effect | Comments | Description |
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α | Ana | 3 | To one enemy | Deals 8 - 15 damage | Damages one enemy (Learned at level 2) | Damages one enemy for 8 - 15 damage. |
β | Ana | 5 | To one enemy | Deals 36 - 45 damage | Damages one enemy (Learned at level 8) | Damages one enemy for 36 - 45 damage. |
γ | Ana | 8 | To one enemy | Reduce one enemy's HP to critical status | Damages one enemy (Learned at level 21) | Reduce one enemy to a critical state. |
Ω | Ana | 13 | To all enemies | Deals 50-80 damage | Damages all enemies (Learned at level 29) | Damages all enemies for 50 - 80 damage each. |
In EarthBound[]
Level | Users | PP Cost | Target | Effect | Comments | Description |
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α | Paula, Poo | 4 | To one enemy | Deals 125 - 235 damage | An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1. | Causes a very cold wind to swirl around one enemy, inflicting about 180 points of damage. May freeze the enemy completely. It may not be so effective against some enemies. |
β | Paula, Poo | 9 | To one enemy | Deals 270 - 450 damage | An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1. | Causes a very cold wind to swirl around one enemy, inflicting about 360 points of damage. May freeze the enemy completely. It may not be so effective against some enemies. |
γ | Paula, Poo | 18 | To one enemy | Deals 405 - 675 damage | An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1. | Causes a very cold wind to swirl around one enemy, inflicting about 540 points of damage. May freeze the enemy completely. It may not be so effective against some enemies. |
Ω | Paula | 28 | To one enemy | Deals 540 - 900 damage | An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1. | Causes a very cold wind to swirl around one enemy, inflicting about 720 points of damage. May freeze the enemy completely. It may not be so effective against some enemies. |
In Mother 3[]
Level | Users | PP Cost | Target | Effect | Description |
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α | Kumatora level 7 | 5 | To one enemy | 120-130 points of ice-elemental damage to an enemy. | Ice damage to one enemy. Occasionally solidifies the enemy. |
β | Kumatora level 28 | 10 | To one enemy | 200-230 points of ice-elemental damage to an enemy. | Ice damage to one enemy. Occasionally solidifies the enemy. |
γ | Kumatora level 38 | 18 | To one enemy | 320-350 points of ice-elemental damage to an enemy. | Ice damage to one enemy. Occasionally solidifies the enemy. |
Ω | Kumatora level 51 | 28 | To one enemy | 450-480 points of ice-elemental damage to an enemy. | Ice damage to one enemy. Occasionally solidifies the enemy. |
Trivia[]
- Since it can hit any target's hitbox / Sprite, It shows where Giygas' Hitbox is. Strange, Since other attacks cannot do so normally.