Problem is Ice Face only works with physical attacks.Eiscue
Ice Face Form
No Ice Form
75 80 110 65 90 50
75 80 70 65 50 130If i'm reading this right, this dude has a free sub up with ice face, once it breaks and turns into it's noice form with 130 speed + a free belly drum
Ice Face Game's Text: The Pokémon's ice head can take a physical attack as a substitute, but the attack also changes the Pokémon's appearance. The ice will be restored when it hails.
Eiscue-Noice @ Lum Berry
Ability: Ice Face
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Belly Drum
- Icicle Crash
- Substitute/Liquidation
- Reversal
problems:
-not knowing if belly drum breaks it's sub
-it's coverage is pretty horrible
- reversal is his only move besides liquidation to hit steels
-murdered by mold breakers, especially excadrill
-252/252 for hp and attack could help it, especially with 130 base speed
All you have to do is switch into most special attackers when Ice Face is up. Eiscue either belly drums and dies in 1 hit to nearly anything, or it uses its pitifully weak Icicle Crash or what ever coverage it runs.
And as a bonus from what I heard, Ice Face only restores when hail starts and isn’t passive, so when switching in, a similar problem arrises even against Physical attackers that are not threatened by its STAB/coverage (which is easier to name ones that are), since they can just take a hit from a non-belly drum power and Eiscue wastes a turn setting up.
You are just better off using Mimikyu and Darmanitan-Z-G for your free sub and belly drum users respectively, and even if they didn’t exist, I wouldn’t recommend using it anyways.