#0613 · Unova · Generation 5

Cubchoo

Chill Pokémon · Ice-type

Cubchoo is a Ice-type Pokémon, the Chill Pokémon, number 613 (#0613) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 0.5 m tall and weighs 8.5 kg.

Cubchoo is the Chill Pokémon, a polar bear cub Ice type whose runny nose is also its weapon. It sniffs its frosty snot back up to use as raw material for its moves, and the Pokédex says healthy snot makes its Ice moves hit harder.

How to pronounce Cubchoo

Cubchoo is pronounced kub-CHOO. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Cubchoo said out loud:

In Japanese it is クマシュン (Kumasyun).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Cubchoo is a bipedal bear cub, 0.5 m tall and 8.5 kg, with a light blue head, large round ears, a darker blue muzzle and a shiny dark nose. Its lower body is white, with rounded forepaws and a small round tail. Light blue mucus constantly hangs from its nose, and the Pokédex treats it as a health gauge: thick and sticky when Cubchoo is well, watery when ill.

Behaviour

Cubchoo's sneezes are a warning. The Pokédex says a spatter of its frosty snot gives you frostbite, and the Sword entry adds that it smears the snot on anyone it dislikes.

Habitat

The Pokédex says many Cubchoo live along the shorelines of cold regions. In Scarlet and Violet they are found around Dalizapa Passage and Glaseado Mountain, and The Indigo Disk adds the Polar Biome.

Powers

Cubchoo's Abilities are Snow Cloak and Slush Rush, which sharpen its evasion and double its Speed in icy weather, with Rattled hidden. It fights with Powder Snow, Icy Wind and Frost Breath, and learns Blizzard and Sheer Cold later. Its base Attack of 70 beats its Special Attack of 60, but with only 40 in Defence, Special Defence and Speed it is fragile.

Name origin

Cubchoo combines 'cub' with 'ah-choo', the sound of a sneeze. The Japanese name is Kumasyun (クマシュン), from kuma ('bear') and kushun, a sneezing sound.

Design inspiration

Cubchoo takes after a polar bear cub, and its mucus likely comes from cold weather making noses run. Bulbapedia, citing Nintendo Dream, says a staff member had long wanted to use a freezing-snot idea, and Cubchoo is the result.

Evolution notes

Cubchoo evolves into Beartic at level 37.

In the games

Cubchoo first appeared in Black and White, where it lives on Twist Mountain. In Scarlet and Violet it can be caught in the wild and in 3-star Tera Raid Battles, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

A whole group of Cubchoo debuted in 'The Beartic Mountain Feud!', where Ash and his friends returned an injured one to its friends. In 'The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!', Chris's Cubchoo was eventually found with a wild Larvitar it had befriended.

Fun facts

• Although Legends: Arceus never lets you catch one, a Galaxy Team member in Hisui's Alabaster Icelands talks about Cubchoo.
• Its base stat total of 305 ties for the lowest among Ice types introduced in Generation V.
• Scarlet's Pokédex says a Cubchoo with no dangling snot may be sick.

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

Base stats

• HP: 55
• Attack: 70
• Defense: 40
• Sp. Atk: 60
• Sp. Def: 40
• Speed: 40

Cubchoo’s base stat total is 305. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Cubchoo weak to?

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

It resists Ice (½×).

Evolution

How does Cubchoo evolve?

Cubchoo evolves into Beartic at level 37.

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.
• Rattled (hidden ability): Raises Speed one stage upon being hit by a Dark, Ghost, or Bug move.

Moves

Moves Cubchoo learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (47)

Cubchoo can learn 47 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Mud-Slap, 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, Shadow Claw, Body Slam, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Grass Knot, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Body Press, Substitute, X-Scissor, Crunch, Liquidation, Heavy Slam, Encore, Surf, Play Rough, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Tera Blast, Icicle Spear, Focus Punch, Endeavor.

Egg moves (3):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: 120 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Attack effort value.
• Base experience yield: 61.

Pokédex entries

It sniffles before performing a move, using its frosty snot to provide an icy element to any move that needs it. (Shield)

When this Pokémon is in good health, its snot becomes thicker and stickier. It will smear its snot on anyone it doesn't like. (Sword)

Their snot is a barometer of health. When healthy, their snot is sticky and the power of their ice moves increases. (Black 2, White 2, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

Its nose is always running. It sniffs the snot back up because the mucus provides the raw material for its moves. (White, X, Omega Ruby)

When it is not feeling well, its mucus gets watery and the power of its Ice-type moves decreases. (Black)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Slowest Ice type in Gen 5: 40 Speed.
• Lowest base stat total among Ice types in Gen 5: 305, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 19% of all Pokémon (0.5 m).
• Heavier than 24% of all Pokémon (8.5 kg).
• Base stat total 305, ranked #833 of 1,025.
• One of 48 Ice-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 white Pokémon.
• Number 120 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 59 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 120: about 15.7% 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: Cubchoo (Pokémon), Serebii: Cubchoo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (kub-CHOO): 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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