Competitive Information for Beartic [Sword/Shield]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Beartic? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Beartic is a remarkable Ice-typed Pokemon. It's a not-uncommon sight to see Beartic out in the 8th generation battlefield. Beartic is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Slush Rush
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Low Kick
- Play Rough
- Icicle Crash
- Liquidation
Physical Sweeper Beartic (Popular/Trending)
Beartic is an awesome Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Beartic's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. 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 Slush Rush, if hail is active Beartic's speed is doubled.
◆ Low Kick is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (more power the heavier the target).
◆ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Liquidation is a physical 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Slush Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower
- Icicle Crash / Ice Punch
- Night Slash
- Slash
Physical Sweeper Beartic (Slush Rush)
Beartic is a stupendous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Beartic's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Slush Rush, if hail is active Beartic's speed is doubled. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Beartic's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-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 an astounding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's designed 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, Beartic's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
◆ 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 a stupendous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed 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, Beartic's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
◆ 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 make the foes flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Beartic? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash
- Liquidation
- Throat Chop
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Beartic (Popular VGC)
Beartic is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during past competitions. It attempts 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, Beartic's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
◆ Liquidation is a physical 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Beartic this turn).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Slush Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
- Icicle Crash / Ice Punch
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Beartic (Slush Rush)
Beartic is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Beartic's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Slush Rush, if hail is active Beartic's speed is doubled. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Beartic's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Beartic's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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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.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Beartic can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Beartic
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Body Press + Bulk Up
- 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: 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
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Beartic
- Aqua Jet
- Dig
- Heavy Slam
- Ice Beam
- Icicle Crash
- Liquidation
- Low Kick
- Play Rough
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stone Edge
- Superpower
- Taunt
- Throat Chop
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Beartic in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Beartic's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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