Cubchoo
Chill Pokémon
It sniffles before performing a move, using its frosty snot to provide an icy element to any move that needs it.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Cubchoo
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Cubchoo can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Powder Snow Has a chance to freeze the target. | Ice | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 3 | Endure Prevents the user’s HP from lowering below 1 this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 6 | Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 18 | 80 | 15 |
| 9 | Bide User waits for two turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took. | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 |
| 9 | Icy Wind Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Ice | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 |
| 12 | Play Nice Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 15 | Brine Has double power against Pokémon that have less than half their max HP remaining. | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 18 | Frost Breath Always scores a critical hit. | Ice | Special | 60 | 90 | 10 |
| 21 | Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Flail Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power. | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
| 27 | Charm Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages. | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | Hail Changes the weather to a hailstorm for five turns. | Ice | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 30 | Snowscape | Ice | Status | 0 | — | 10 |
| 33 | Thrash Hits every turn for 2-3 turns, then confuses the user. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 36 | Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 39 | Blizzard Has a chance to freeze the target. | Ice | Special | 110 | 70 | 5 |
| 42 | Sheer Cold Causes a one-hit KO. | Ice | Special | — | 30 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Cubchoo can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
13 sprites & renders for Cubchoo.






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Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Cubchoo”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/cubchoo.
Species data from PokéAPI.