Articuno

DefenderRangedSpecialNovice

Tier: A
Solo queue: A
Rated: June 21, 2026

How Articuno plays

No official summary is published for this Pokémon yet.

Builds 1

Recommended held items, battle items and move paths for Articuno.

Blizzard Beam

Path Tank

Held items

Alternative: Focus Band

Battle item

X Speed

Alternative: Eject Button

Move path

Emblem loadout: Special Attack Tank →

Moves 5

Both upgrade branches are shown for each move — you only pick one.

Snow Cloak

Passive

Attack

Basic

Icy Wind

Move 1Area5s CD

Upgrade choice · level 5

Blizzard
9s

Ice Shard

Move 2Ranged6s CD

Upgrade choice · level 7

Ice Beam
7s

Ice Wing Whiteout

Unite MoveArea100s CD

Stats

How Articuno scales from level 1 to 15, and where it lands against the rest of the roster.

HP10000

Attack116

Sp. Atk460

Defense600

Sp. Def500

Level 15, scaled between the lowest and highest value across all 98 Pokémon rather than from zero — a full bar means best in the game.

Growth curve

How each stat scales from level 1 to max.

Each line is scaled to its own maximum so the curves stay comparable — HP is far larger in absolute terms than the other stats. Exact values are in the table below.

Stats by level

Values are as displayed in game. Percentages are additive with held items and emblems.

Lvl	HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Crit	CDR	Lifesteal	Atk Spd
1	3740	20	114	96	118	0%	0%	0%	10%
2	3964	23	131	109	132	0%	0%	0%	10.72%
3	4210	27	150	123	147	0%	0%	0%	11.5%
4	4481	31	172	139	163	0%	0%	0%	12.37%
5	4778	36	195	156	181	0%	5%	0%	13.32%
6	5106	41	220	175	201	0%	5%	0%	14.36%
7	5466	46	248	196	223	0%	5%	0%	15.51%
8	5863	53	279	219	248	0%	5%	0%	16.78%
9	6298	59	313	245	274	0%	10%	0%	18.17%
10	6778	67	350	273	303	0%	10%	0%	19.71%
11	7306	75	391	303	336	0%	10%	0%	21.39%
12	7886	84	436	337	371	0%	10%	0%	23.24%
13	8525	93	485	374	410	0%	10%	0%	25.29%
14	9227	104	540	415	453	0%	10%	0%	27.53%
15	10000	116	600	460	500	0%	10%	0%	30%