In this article you will know all the main information about Cubone in Pokémon GO to use it in battles! See your weaknesses, advantages and what are the most powerful combinations of attacks to use in raids or to defend your gym!
Pokémon type: advantages and disadvantages
- Type: Land
- Weaknesses: Plant, Ice and Water
- Resistant: Stone, Poison and Electric
Cubone is a Ground-type only, which means it has some advantages and disadvantages over certain types of Pokémon when it goes to attack them. Knowing this is critical before deciding whether to put him in a battle or face him as an adversary.
For example: Cubone deals 160% less damage when attacking Grass, Ice, and Water-type Pokémon. But it does 63% more damage against Stone and Poison, while against Electric it does 35% more.
Evolution of the Cubone
Cubone evolves into Marowak. In this case you need 50 Cubone Candies to unlock the evolution. At Pokémon Game Info you have a calculator that lets you know what CP (Combat Point) your Marowak will have from your Cubone's base CP.
Attacks
Cubone doesn't have many attacks. It's just two quick attacks, but five main attacks. See below:
Quick attacks
| Attacks | Hurt | energy per second | damage per second |
| lama cap | 18 | 8.6 | 15.4 |
| Stone crushing | 15 | 7.7 | 11.5 |
main attacks
| Attacks | Hurt | energy per second | damage per second |
| Dig | 100 | -10.6 | 25.5 |
| Bone Stick | 40 | -20.6 | 30 |
| Tremor | 80 | -14.3 | 27.4 |
| Frustration | 10 | -16.5 | 5 |
| ROI | 35 | -47.1 | 50 |
Best combo of attacks
If raiding (offensive):
- lama cap
- ROI
If defending a (defensive) gym:
- lama cap
- Dig
Pokemon weak against Cubone
If you want to attack a Pokemon in a raid, below are the 10 weakest against Cubone, which take 30% more effective damage than normal if using the offensive move set above:
- Pikachu
- raichu
- Grimer (Alola)
- Muk (Alola)
- voltorb
- electrode
- Electrabuzz
- Jolteon
- Chinchou
- Lanturn
Strong Pokemon against Cubone
There are several strong Pokemon to use against Cubone in raids. In fact any Pokémon belonging to one of the types mentioned above in Cubone's weaknesses are good against it. However, there are some that are better, which we show below in a Top 10:
| Pokémon | Fast attack | Main attack | effective damage |
| Darmanitan (Zen) | ice fang | Avalanche | 100% |
| Darmanitan (Zen) | ice fang | ice punch | 87% |
| Kingler | Bubble | Crab Hammer | 85% |
| Darmanitan (Zen) | Charge | Advance | 82% |
| Darmanitan (Default) | ice fang | Avalanche | 82% |
| Kyogre | Cachoeira | Hydro Cannon | 81% |
| Kyogre | Cachoeira | Surfing | 80% |
| roserade | Leaf Blade | Sunbeam | 79% |
| roserade | Leaf Blade | Gram's knot | 78% |
| Kyurem (Negro) | dragon tail | Blizzard | 77% |
See also:
- Pokemon GO: How to make every Eevee evolution!
- Pokémon GO: discover the best attacks in the game in our language!
- Pokemon GO: Updated list of all regional Pokemon!
- Pokemon GO: Complete list of Mega Evolutions
- Pokémon GO: Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Type
- Dragonite's best attacks: Raids, PVP and Gyms!
