Cubone
Ground
Best attacking moveset: Mud Slap and Bone Club, worth 5.1 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Cubone can learn 6 combinations. Mud Slap with Bone Club does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Slap | Ground | 19 | 1.5s | +13 |
| Rock Smash | Fighting | 17 | 1.5s | +12 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Club | Ground | 40 | 1.5s | -33 |
| Bulldoze | Ground | 80 | 3.5s | -50 |
| Dig | Ground | 100 | 4.5s | -50 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Cubone has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 1,152 at level 50, 1,019 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 582 CP at level 20, or 728 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 536 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 90 attack · 144 defense · 137 stamina |
What it costs
| Candy to evolve | 50 Candy |
|---|---|
| Second charged move | 50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy |
| Buddy distance | 3 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy |
| Size | 0.4 m and 6.5 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Cubone does not have one best moveset, it has 3. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Poison, Rock, Steel.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Poison | Mud Slap + Dig | 7.8 |
| Rock | Mud Slap + Dig | 7.8 |
| Steel | Mud Slap + Dig | 7.8 |
| Fire | Mud Slap + Dig | 7.8 |
| Electric | Mud Slap + Dig | 7.8 |
| Normal | Rock Smash + Bone Club | 5.6 |
| Ice | Rock Smash + Bone Club | 5.6 |
| Dark | Rock Smash + Bone Club | 5.6 |
| Fighting | Mud Slap + Bone Club | 5.1 |
| Ground | Mud Slap + Bone Club | 5.1 |
| Ghost | Mud Slap + Bone Club | 5.1 |
| Water | Mud Slap + Bone Club | 5.1 |
| Psychic | Mud Slap + Bone Club | 5.1 |
| Dragon | Mud Slap + Bone Club | 5.1 |
| Fairy | Mud Slap + Bone Club | 5.1 |
| Bug | Mud Slap + Dig | 3.3 |
| Grass | Mud Slap + Dig | 3.3 |
| Mud Slap + Bone Club | 2.4 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Cubone is actually for.
Counters: what beats Cubone
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kartana | GrassSteel | Razor Leaf + Leaf Blade | 37.1 |
 Inteleon | Water | Water Gun + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 33.5 |
 Kyogre | Water | Waterfall + Origin Pulse Legacy | 33.3 |
 Roserade | GrassPoison | Magical Leaf + Leaf Storm | 31.6 |
 Kingler | Water | Bubble + Crabhammer | 31.6 |
 Greninja | WaterDark | Water Shuriken + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 31.5 |
 Zarude | DarkGrass | Vine Whip + Power Whip | 31.0 |
 Eternatus | PoisonDragon | Dragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy | 30.8 |
 Rillaboom | Grass | Razor Leaf + Frenzy Plant Legacy | 30.7 |
 Quaquaval | WaterFighting | Water Gun + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 30.3 |
Ranked by damage per second against Cubone's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.