#0614 · Unova · Generation 5

Beartic

Freezing Pokémon · Ice-type

Beartic is a Ice-type Pokémon, the Freezing Pokémon, number 614 (#0614) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 2.6 m tall and weighs 260 kg.

Beartic is the Freezing Pokémon, a huge polar bear that freezes its breath into pathways across the sea and rests on ice it makes when tired. Northern folk fear it as the Snow-White Demon.

How to pronounce Beartic

Beartic is pronounced BAIR-tik. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Beartic said out loud:

In Japanese it is ツンベアー (Tunbear).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Beartic is a shaggy, bluish-white bear, 2.6 m tall and 260 kg, with large forepaws, black claws and a stumpy bump on its head. It walks on four legs but can stand on two. Ice covers its lower snout, and three icicles hang from its chin like a beard. The Pokédex says it freezes its breath into fangs and claws of ice, the fangs harder than steel.

Behaviour

Beartic is ferocious, though Bulbapedia notes it is protective around Cubchoo. When tired of swimming it freezes the water with its breath and rests on the ice.

Habitat

The Pokédex says Beartic loves the cold northern seas. In Scarlet and Violet it lives on Glaseado Mountain, and The Indigo Disk adds the Polar Biome.

Diet

It hunts prey in cold northern waters, then freezes the catch with its breath to preserve it.

Powers

Beartic's Abilities are Snow Cloak and Slush Rush, with Swift Swim hidden, which fits a bear that swims. It learns Aqua Jet, Frost Breath, Blizzard, Sheer Cold and Superpower. With a base Attack of 130 and 95 HP it hits hard and takes a hit, though its Speed of 50 is poor.

Name origin

Beartic combines 'bear' and 'arctic', and may also nod to 'beard' because of its icy chin. The Japanese name is Tunbear (ツンベアー), possibly from tundra, tsurara ('icicle') and bear.

Design inspiration

Beartic looks like a polar bear, and its flat, conical head and icy beard may suggest a snow-capped mountain. These are fan readings, not official statements.

Evolution notes

Beartic evolves from Cubchoo at level 37.

In the games

Beartic closes the team of Brycen, the Icirrus City Gym Leader in Black and White, which is also where it first appeared. In Scarlet and Violet it can be caught in the wild and in 4-star Tera Raid Battles, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Georgia's Beartic debuted in 'Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!', beating Iris's Axew and Excadrill before tying a rematch with Excadrill. In 'Bearing Down Easy!', a Beartic whose ice breath froze everything around it learned to control it with Ash's help.

Fun facts

• Brycen, the Gym Leader who owns one, is a retired film star, and in the anime he and his Beartic saved Ash and his friends from a falling boulder in 'Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!'.
• In Scarlet and Violet, Beartic gets Icicle Crash the moment it evolves, a move Cubchoo never learns by levelling up.
• Beartic's base Attack was 110 before Generation VII, when it was raised to 130.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Beartic (Pokémon) · Serebii: Beartic (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 95
• Attack: 130
• Defense: 80
• Sp. Atk: 70
• Sp. Def: 80
• Speed: 50

Beartic’s base stat total is 505. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Beartic weak to?

Beartic takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Fighting (2×), Rock (2×), Steel (2×) moves.

It resists Ice (½×).

Evolution

What does Beartic evolve from?

Beartic evolves from Cubchoo at level 37.

Beartic is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Cubchoo, Beartic.

Abilities

• Snow Cloak: Increases evasion to 1.25× during snow or hail. Protects against hail damage.
• Slush Rush: During snow (or hail in earlier games), this Pokémon has double Speed.
• Swift Swim (hidden ability): Doubles Speed during rain.

Moves

Moves Beartic learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Beartic learns the move the moment it evolves: Icicle Crash.

TM moves (63)

Beartic can learn 63 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Ice Fang, Water Pulse, Low Kick, Thief, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Aerial Ace, Bulldoze, Snarl, Metal Claw, Icy Wind, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Fling, Avalanche, Endure, Rain Dance, Snowscape, Dig, Brick Break, Shadow Claw, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Grass Knot, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Swords Dance, Body Press, Substitute, X-Scissor, Crunch, Liquidation, Heavy Slam, Encore, Surf, Play Rough, Reversal, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Roar, Icicle Spear, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Throat Chop, Curse, Hard Press.

Egg moves (3), which Cubchoo can hatch knowing:Focus Punch, Night Slash, Yawn.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 60 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 177.

Pokédex entries

It swims energetically through frigid seas. When it gets tired, it freezes the seawater with its breath so it can rest on the ice. (Shield)

It swims through frigid seas, searching for prey. From its frozen breath, it forms icy fangs that are harder than steel. (Sword)

It freezes its breath to create fangs and claws of ice to fight with. Cold northern areas are its habitat. (White, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

They love the cold seas of the north. They create pathways across the ocean waters by freezing their own breath. (Black 2, White 2, X, Omega Ruby)

It can make its breath freeze at will. Very able in the water, it swims around in northern seas and catches prey. (Black)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Attack among Ice types in Gen 5: 130, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 94% of all Pokémon (2.6 m).
• Heavier than 95% of all Pokémon (260 kg).
• Base stat total 505, ranked #262 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #42 of 1,025.
• One of 48 Ice-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 white Pokémon.
• Number 121 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 79 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 60: about 7.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 5 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Beartic (Pokémon), Serebii: Beartic (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (BAIR-tik): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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