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beartic
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Beartic

Freezing Pokémon

Ice

It can make its breath freeze at will. Very able in the water, it swims around in northern seas and catches prey.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 130
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 80
Speed 50
Total 505

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

beartic Beartic Lv. 37

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Freezing Pokémon
Height 2.6 m
Weight 260.0 kg
Base Exp 177
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

beartic Front Front
beartic Back Back
beartic Front Shiny Front Shiny
beartic Back Shiny Back Shiny
beartic Official Art Official Art
beartic Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

vgc2011
Physical Attacker
Item
Charti Berry / Life Orb
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 100
Atk 252
Spe 156

Strategy Overview

Beartic has a good Attack stat and very usable bulk, along with an excellent Ice typing that gives it powerful STAB Ice-type attacks to abuse. However, that typing is a double-edged sword; although it's good offensively, it brings with it many weaknesses that severely undermine Beartic's otherwise quite decent bulk, and its mediocre Speed ensures that it's only useful under Tailwind or Trick Room. Its STAB Icicle Crash does huge damage to a multitude of common Pokemon in VGC 2011, but its movepool is quite limited outside of that. While its low Speed, terrible movepool, and many weaknesses may make it difficult to use, its powerful physical Ice-type STAB is unique in the tier, this making it a viable choice for a Trick Room or Tailwind attacker.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc