**To use Beartic effectively in the current VGC format, leverage its Ice type typing and build around its top-performing movesets.** Beartic appears as a prominent choice in the current Pokémon Champions format, with usage data pulled from competitive teams, tournament results and Showdown-ready pastes tracked by MetaVGC. This page brings together its most common moveset, nature, ability, item, teammates and type weaknesses so you can judge where Beartic fits in a VGC team.

The most common build highlights Slush Rush, Life Orb and Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32. Its frequent moves include Icicle Crash, Protect, Close Combat, Rock Slide, Liquidation, and Aqua Jet. Treat those choices as a data-backed starting point: they show what players are bringing, while EV spreads, Tera Type and the final move slot should still respond to your expected matchups.

Defensively, Beartic has important weaknesses to fighting 2x, fire 2x, rock 2x, steel 2x. That matters during teambuilding because a strong composition needs ways to cover those attacks without giving up offensive pressure. Partners such as Froslass-Mega, Pelipper, Incineroar, Kingambit, and Basculegion appear often because they can add positioning, type coverage, speed control or safer switches into common checks.

MetaVGC tracks recent teams using Beartic. Open the Beartic teams page to compare complete structures, copy Showdown pastes and see how players combine Beartic with other Pokémon in the active format.