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cubchoo
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Cubchoo

Chill Pokémon

Ice

When it is not feeling well, its mucus gets watery and the power of its Ice-type moves decreases.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 70
Defense 40
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 40
Speed 40
Total 305

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

beartic Beartic Lv. 37

Moves

Details

Category Chill Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 8.5 kg
Base Exp 61
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 120
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

cubchoo Front Front
cubchoo Back Back
cubchoo Front Shiny Front Shiny
cubchoo Back Shiny Back Shiny
cubchoo Official Art Official Art
cubchoo Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.3%
Hail Sweeper
Item
Eviolite / Berry Juice
Ability
Slush Rush
Nature
Naive / Naughty
EVs
HP 76
Atk 196
SpA 36
Spe 196

Strategy Overview

Cubchoo's ability Slush Rush along with its decent offensive stats allows it to be a potent hail sweeper. Cubchoo also has access to Water-type coverage to check Fire-types, which are generally quite threatening to hail teams. However, Cubchoo faces competition from Alolan Sandshrew, which has the same ability along with Rapid Spin and a secondary Steel typing. This leads to Cubchoo being a niche pick for hail teams at best. In addition, its weak STAB attack means it often underperforms despite its high Attack stat. Cubchoo's poor defensive typing and bad defensive stats also leave it weak to many common threats in LC, such as Ponyta and Mienfoo, as well as common priority moves like Timburr's Mach Punch. This bad bulk, coupled with a weakness to Stealth Rock, means it struggles to find opportunities to switch in. Finally, Cubchoo is absolutely useless outside of hail due to its poor Speed stat.

Most Used Moves

Ice Punch
94.3%
Surf
12.3%
Return
6.2%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
81.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc