Glachild is the first Ice-type you encounter in game, and a very early one as well. She's a very good Special Attacker with decent Speed and usable Special Defense but terrible physical stats.
Movepool-wise, she's pretty diverse, though it requires TMs, breeding and tutors to do so. In Procyon and Deneb, Glachild is now a Ice/Fairy type blessed with the Pixilate ability and knows some Fairy type moves such as Fairy Wind and Draining Kiss.
Glachild and her evolutions seem to be inspired by the yuki-onna, a yokai from Japanese folklore. Glachild herself seems more closely based on the yukinko, a child spirit that appears alongside the yuki-onna. She might be inspired by the Ralts line, appearance-wise, stats and similar movepool.
Name Origin[]
Glachild's Japanese name, Fron, come from "frozen" without the "ze".
Glachild's English name is a portmanteau of glacier or glace (French for "ice") and child.
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this is when i notice ice is bad
It is now Ice/Fairy due to the Fairy Patch
The fairy patch isn’t official. However, the line does get fairy type in Procyon and Deneb. Perhaps people should make a note on it for this, as well as the lines in that game?
Oh oof. Sorry for the edits.
I sure am looking forward to Deneb and Procyon in full English!