Ursaring
Normal
Best attacking moveset: Metal Claw and Hyper Beam, worth 12.9 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Ursaring can learn 15 combinations. Metal Claw with Hyper Beam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counter | Fighting | 13 | 1.0s | +9 |
| Metal Claw | Steel | 6 | 0.5s | +5 |
| Shadow Claw | Ghost | 6 | 0.5s | +4 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close Combat | Fighting | 105 | 2.5s | -100 |
| Hyper Beam | Normal | 150 | 4.0s | -100 |
| Play Rough | Fairy | 90 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Swift | Normal | 65 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Trailblaze | Grass | 65 | 2.0s | -50 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Ursaring has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 3,329 at level 50, 2,945 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,682 CP at level 20, or 2,103 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,604 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 236 attack · 144 defense · 207 stamina |
What it costs
| 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 | 1.8 m and 125.8 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Ursaring does not have one best moveset, it has 10. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Dark, Rock, Ice.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Dark | Counter + Play Rough | 17.1 |
| Rock | Metal Claw + Close Combat | 17.0 |
| Ice | Metal Claw + Close Combat | 17.0 |
| Normal | Counter + Close Combat | 16.6 |
| Steel | Counter + Close Combat | 16.6 |
| Fairy | Metal Claw + Hyper Beam | 15.7 |
| Psychic | Shadow Claw + Hyper Beam | 15.2 |
| Fighting | Metal Claw + Play Rough | 15.0 |
| Dragon | Metal Claw + Play Rough | 15.0 |
| Ground | Metal Claw + Trailblaze | 14.0 |
| Water | Counter + Trailblaze | 13.6 |
| Ghost | Shadow Claw + Play Rough | 13.5 |
| Metal Claw + Hyper Beam | 12.9 | |
| Poison | Metal Claw + Hyper Beam | 12.9 |
| Bug | Metal Claw + Hyper Beam | 12.9 |
| Grass | Metal Claw + Hyper Beam | 12.9 |
| Fire | Counter + Hyper Beam | 12.5 |
| Electric | Counter + Hyper Beam | 12.5 |
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 Ursaring is actually for.
Counters: what beats Ursaring
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lucario | FightingSteel | Force Palm + Aura Sphere Legacy | 38.8 |
 Pheromosa | BugFighting | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 35.5 |
 Terrakion | RockFighting | Double Kick + Sacred Sword Legacy | 35.4 |
 Blaziken | FireFighting | Counter + Aura Sphere | 35.1 |
 Kartana | GrassSteel | Fury Cutter + Sacred Sword | 33.5 |
 Conkeldurr | Fighting | Force Palm + Focus Blast | 32.4 |
 Keldeo | WaterFighting | Low Kick + Sacred Sword | 32.0 |
 Breloom | GrassFighting | Force Palm + Dynamic Punch | 31.9 |
 Urshifu | Fighting | Counter + Dynamic Punch | 31.7 |
 Eternatus | PoisonDragon | Poison Jab + Dynamax Cannon Legacy | 31.5 |
Ranked by damage per second against Ursaring's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.