If a pokemon terraforms and changes into from a fire type to an ice type would they get ice type benefits (like being able to withstand extreme cold) or is it like. They just get weakness. I’m trying to settle a bet
do you mean terastallize...? if that's the case, then no, it doesn't give them the ability to withstand new environments they aren't suited towards. terastallization is temporary, and just like many other shifts in a pokemon's energy during battle, it's not a very stable change. because of that, it doesn't entirely shift a pokemon's genetics. it's almost like kind of a "casing" of energy that goes on a pokemon's cells, changing the way they interact with type energy without interfering with the way they interact with the rest of their environment.
i've actually encountered a couple of wild pokemon out here that have terastallized into ice types because of volatile patches of terastal energy in the soil, and they haven't minded the heat in artazon at all!
