Cubchoo (Analysis)

• Snow Cloak makes this Pokemon great for Hail Teams
• Great Attack and Special Attack
• Somewhat small movepool
• Weak to Meditite's Bullet Punch
• All in all, good offensive attacker

• Can run the good old SubPunch combo
• Yawn is great with 100 accuracy but must wait a turn before they fall asleep
• Encore is useful locking Pokemon into set up moves
• Ice Punch allows you to hit Gligar and prevents Ghost-type Pokemon from forcing you to switch
• Focus Punch just goes with the set allowing you to hit Pokemon and not worry about losing focus because of Sub
• Protect prevents you from taking a hit after Yawn

• When Hail is set up, this set becomes even more effective, some Pokemon may miss you and then your Sub lasts longer
• Hits 14 Speed so not that fast
• Protect is to be run with Yawn while Encore with Substitute
• Evolution Stone adds extra bulk
• Oran Berry to gain HP while subbing down

• Has great coverage
• With STAB Blizzard in Hail, you are assured to hit like a train
• Cubchoo gets Surf which hits many Fire-type threats super-effectively
• Hidden Power Grass hits Water-types which is useful as they may try to check Cubchoo
• Echoed Voice is a new move to generation five, gaining power of the turns it's used much like Fury Cutter but with 100% accuracy. Great on a Choice set where you are limited to one move
• Ice Beam is to conserve the PP of Blizzard

• EVs are to hit that magic number 21 needed for Choice Scarf Pokemon to outspeed everything in the tier while maximizing your Special Attack along the way
• Snow Cloak is to give Cubchoo a better chance to dodge moves and last longer
• Sadly Timid is needed to hit 21 Speed due to Cubchoo's terrible Speed stat
• Essential teammate is Snover to set up Hail

• Can run a RestTalk set
• Can run a Special set with its decent SpA and large movepool
• Can run a somewhat support set
• Cubchoo hits 14 Speed allowing it to run a Choice Scarf set
• Hone Claws is Cubchoo's only option if it wants to raise its Attack and could prove useful in many sets
• Avalanche is good. Cubchoo sports a low Speed so investing into HP and defenses could work

• Meditite can go for the Bullet Punch or Drain Punch along with Pure Power a KO is assured
• Croagunk can come in and Vacuum Wave
• Frillish and Tentacool resists both Ice Punch and Focus Punch
• Growlithe resists Ice Punch and hits super-effectively
• Things that set up Stealth Rock can do a number to Cubchoo who takes 1/4 of its HP
• Dokkora is a notable counter, with access to STAB, priority, Super effective attacks can do a lot to Cubchoo

• Rattled raises Speed when hit by a Dark, Ghost or Bug type move
• Useful for offensive sets
• Viable on support sets
• Unless you run a Hail-team, this will be more effective in most cases

Darkamber8828 said:

Mention Blizzard because Ice-types like Blizzard, and Cubchoo has quite decent SpA.
I was thinking about that as I was going to school :P

Counters:
Pururiru and Tentacool resist both Focus Punch and Ice Punch.
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Growlithe resists its STAB and hits it SE, while Intimidate lowers the power of your attacks.

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Dokkora doesn't take much from either and Drain Punches away, with priority STAB SE Mach Punch for finishing.
I don't think this is much of a counter, takes neutral damage from both attacks and usually set up Bulk Up making it easy Encore target

Stealth Rock limits its ability to Susbstitute, good users include Tessy and Bronzor, who can hit it with a STAB SE attack and, in Bronzor's case, resist its STAB.
Mentioned Stealth Rock, another thing I was thinking of adding

Mention behind a sub, it has a lot more problems since it can't Focus Punch.

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Spinners, Natu, Taunt for stopping SR, Natu lures Dark and Ghost attacks
Gligar lures Ice-attacks and takes Fighting-moves
Wynaut and Diglett trap priority users, Wynaut helps get Subs and remove other threats
Snover sets up hail for Blizzard and can lure out steels and smack them with HP Fire
Water-pokemon resist Steel and Fire
Added more or less
maybe more later after I nap
YAY NAPS

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Darkamber8828 said:

Mm.

Well, Dokk is neutral to both attacks, yes, but it has SE priority, and takes beh damage from Cubchoo's hits, unlike, say, Croagunk.

Against max hp, Evo-stone Dokk, Ice Punch does 25.9% - 37%, Focus Punch does 37% - 44.4%.

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I think you should mention a Choice Scarf set, as it hits 14 Speed, which outspeeds all non-Scarfed Pokemon.

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