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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Cubchoo

Base Stats for Cubchoo

Ice

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Cubchoo
Beartic

Weakness Chart for Ice-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Cubchoo? 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.

Cubchoo is an awesome Ice-typed Pokemon. Cubchoo is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Cubchoo is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.

Species: Cubchoo
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Slush Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def / 80 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower
- Ice Punch / Ice Fang
- Shadow Claw
- Rock Tomb / Slash

Physical Sweeper Cubchoo (Slush Rush)

Cubchoo is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Cubchoo'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 Cubchoo's speed is doubled. Rock Tomb was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Cubchoo's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).

Species: Cubchoo
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 96 Hp / 80 Def / 252 SpA / 80 SpD
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Frost Breath
- Surf / Brine
- Round / Snore
- Grass Knot

Special Sweeper Cubchoo (Slush Rush)

Cubchoo is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and boosts Cubchoo's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Cubchoo'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 Cubchoo's speed is doubled.

♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Frost Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Brine is a special 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Cubchoo must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Cubchoo? 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.

Species: Cubchoo
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Slush Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def / 80 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower
- Ice Punch / Ice Fang
- Shadow Claw
- Rock Tomb / Slash

Doubles Physical Sweeper Cubchoo (Slush Rush)

Cubchoo is a sensational Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Cubchoo'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 Cubchoo's speed is doubled. Rock Tomb was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Cubchoo's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).

Species: Cubchoo
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 96 Hp / 80 Def / 252 SpA / 80 SpD
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Surf / Brine
- Round / Snore
- Grass Knot

Doubles Special Sweeper Cubchoo (Slush Rush)

Cubchoo is an awesome Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and boosts Cubchoo's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Cubchoo'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 Cubchoo's speed is doubled.

♦ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Brine is a special 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Cubchoo must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Cubchoo 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Cubchoo 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 Cubchoo

Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
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

Optimize Cubchoo's EVs for Sword/Shield

Competitive Information for Cubchoo [Sword/Shield]