While most trainers evolve Cubchoo into Beartic immediately, the unevolved form has a niche with Eviolite boosting its defenses. Only weak to Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel. Known as the Chill Pokemon. Can go either physical or special depending on the set.
Attack and Sp. Atk carry most of Cubchoo's stat budget. Defense's the obvious dump stat. Common in the wild and yields 1 Attack EV. Follows a medium-fast 1M XP curve.
Many of this species can be found along the shorelines of cold regions. If a Cubchoo lacks dangling snot, there’s a chance it is sick.
When Cubchoo starts sneezing, watch out! If it spatters you with its frosty snot, you’ll get frostbite.
Cubchoo Weakness
FragileFire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel-type moves hit Cubchoo for super-effective damage. Standard number of weaknesses for the Ice typing.
One evolution ahead. Cubchoo grows into Beartic through a straightforward two-stage chain. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 200 total stats over Cubchoo.
How to Evolve
Breed Cubchoo easily with 278 breeding partners from the Ground egg group.
The moveset leans on Water coverage to catch would-be counters. Life Orb means extra damage on every hit for a health trade for Cubchoo, and a spread EV build EVs make sure nothing walls it cleanly. Slushrush fills in the gaps.
Best Build
Best Cubchoo Moveset
- Blizzard
- Surf
- Liquidation
- Play Rough
Recommended Teammates
Need something that threatens multiple types? Cubchoo's movepool delivers. Coverage across 12 types plus STAB from Blizzard and Ice Beam gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Without breeding, Cubchoo misses out on Focus Punch and Night Slash. That's 3 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Blizzard and Ice Beam, with coverage across 9 types rounding things out.
Need something that threatens multiple types? Cubchoo's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Blizzard and Ice Beam gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
Need something that threatens multiple types? Cubchoo's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Blizzard and Ice Beam gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
high spawn rates for Cubchoo across 12 locations in mid-game routes. Nothing complicated. Check the sorted list below, compare the top few options, and head to whichever is closest.
Best Locations
Which version you're playing matters for Cubchoo. 12 walking spots at Lv. 23-56 spread across Violet and Scarlet, and some routes only appear in one cartridge. Check the version badges below.
high spawn rates across 57 locations for Cubchoo in mid-game routes. Scroll the sorted list below and pick whichever spot sits closest to your current route. The rate differences between locations are worth comparing.
Best Locations
Cubchoo appears in 57 walking locations at Lv. 26-48 across Sword and Shield. Not all encounters show up in every version, so check which ones match your game.
No wild encounters for Cubchoo in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. It's available in Black, Black 2, or Sword and can be transferred over. The details below show where to find it.
Cubchoo is not available as a wild encounter in this game.
Also found in:
Cubchoo can't be caught in Sun & Moon. Bring it over from Black, Black 2, or Sword instead. The encounter info below covers the source games.
Cubchoo is not available as a wild encounter in this game.
Also found in:
Cubchoo is meant to evolve into Beartic. At 305 BST, the stats aren't there for competitive play yet. Pre-evolution Pokemon rarely hold up against fully evolved threats.
Watch for Infernape (Fire), Conkeldurr (Fighting), and Golem (Rock) when using Cubchoo. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Steel-type attackers are also a problem. At base 40 Speed, Cubchoo won't outrun any of these threats so switching to a resist is usually the safer play.
Cubchoo evolves into Beartic at level 37. Cubchoo is the base form of this evolutionary line.
Slush Rush is what you want on Cubchoo. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Snow Cloak, Rattled) work on paper but Slush Rush is what makes Cubchoo worth using.
Base 40 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. On offense, Cubchoo is a mixed attacker — base 70 Attack and 60 Sp. Atk. Defensively? Fragile — can't afford to take many hits.
Cubchoo appears in 8 games, including Black & White, Black 2 & White 2, and X & Y.
Cubchoo joined the series in Black & White and has been available in 8 titles so far. With 5 generations of appearances, it's established itself despite the later start.
- Gen IY
Yellow - Gen IRB
Red & Blue - Gen IIGS
Gold & Silver - Gen IIC
Crystal - Gen IIIRS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen IIIFRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen IIIE
Emerald - Gen IVPt
Platinum - Gen IVHGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen IVDP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen VBWDebut
Black & White - Gen VB2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen VIXY
X & Y - Gen VIORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen VIIUSUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen VIISM
Sun & Moon - Gen VIILGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen VIIISwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen VIIIPLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen VIIIBDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen IXSV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen IXLZA
Legends: Z-A