Competitive Information for Beartic [Black/White]
Ice
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Beartic? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Beartic is a spectacular Ice-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Beartic out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Beartic is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Icicle Crash / Ice Punch
- Rock Slide / Frustration
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Beartic (Swift Swim)
Beartic is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Beartic's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Beartic's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Beartic's speed is doubled. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash
- Encore
- Low Kick / Superpower
- Swords Dance
Beartic Physical Sweeper (Dancing Polar Bear)
Beartic is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Beartic's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Beartic's speed is doubled.
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
♦ Low Kick is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Beartic's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Beartic's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 213 Hp / 64 Atk / 233 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Jet
- Night Slash
- Rain Dance
- Rock Slide
Beartic Physical Sweeper (Rawwwwwwwr)
Beartic is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Beartic's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Beartic's speed is doubled.
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Rain Dance is a status move (for 5 turns, heavy rain powers water moves).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Beartic? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Hard Stone
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Icicle Crash / Ice Punch
- Frustration / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Beartic (Swift Swim)
Beartic is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Beartic's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Beartic's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Beartic's speed is doubled.
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Beartic's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Beartic learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Beartic can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Beartic
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Aqua Jet
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Yawn
Moves that boost Beartic's stats
- Bulk Up
- Hone Claws
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Beartic
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Beartic in Black and White
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