Piloswine

#221 (Johto)

#222 Corsola ›

Pokémon type

Ice

Ground

Piloswine weaknesses

Piloswine is weak to Fighting, Steel, Fire, Water and Grass-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Piloswine is resistant to Poison-type moves, and doubly resistant to Electric-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Piloswine

The best moves for Piloswine are Ice Shard and Avalanche when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Powder Snow and Avalanche deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Ice Shard

12DPS

Avalanche

40.8DPS

Defending

Powder Snow

7.2DPS

Avalanche

40.8DPS

Trainer Battles

Powder Snow

4EPT

Avalanche

2.4DPE

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Evolution

There are 3 Pokémon in the Swinub family. Piloswine evolves from Swinub for 25 Candy, and into Mamoswine (Sinnoh Stone) for 100 Candy.

Piloswine requires Sinnoh Stone to evolve into Mamoswine.

Game images

Piloswine, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Piloswine is an Ice & Ground Pokémon which evolves from Swinub. It is weak to Fighting, Steel, Fire, Water and Grass moves. Piloswine's best moveset is Ice Shard & Avalanche and it has a Max CP of 2,652. Piloswine evolves into Mamoswine.

About

"Piloswine is covered by a thick coat of long hair that enables it to endure the freezing cold. This Pokémon uses its tusks to dig up food that has been buried under ice."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Ice Shard	10	10	12
Powder Snow	6	15	7.2

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Avalanche	85	2	2.04
Icicle Spear	55	3	2
Bulldoze	80	2	1.92
High Horsepower	105	1	1.26
Stone Edge	105	1	1.05
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Powder Snow	6	2	3.6	4
Ice Shard	9	3	3.6	3.3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Avalanche	90	45	2.4
High Horsepower	100	55	2.18
Icicle Spear	70	40	2.1
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Stone Edge	100	55	1.82
Bulldoze ▼ def	80	55	1.75
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Avalanche 40.8 DPS	9.7	100%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Avalanche 40.8 DPS	9.7	100%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	High Horsepower 84 DPS	9.5	98%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	High Horsepower 84 DPS	9.3	96%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Icicle Spear 33 DPS	9	93%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Icicle Spear 33 DPS	8.8	91%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Bulldoze 27.4 DPS	8.3	85%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Stone Edge 42 DPS	8.1	83%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	7.9	81%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Bulldoze 27.4 DPS	7.9	81%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Stone Edge 42 DPS	7.4	76%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	7.1	73%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	5.7	58%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	3.6	37%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Avalanche 40.8 DPS	3.8	100%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Avalanche 40.8 DPS	3.7	97%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Icicle Spear 33 DPS	3.4	90%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Icicle Spear 33 DPS	3.4	90%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Bulldoze 27.4 DPS	3.4	89%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Bulldoze 27.4 DPS	3.4	89%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	High Horsepower 84 DPS	3.2	84%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	High Horsepower 84 DPS	3	80%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Stone Edge 42 DPS	2.9	75%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Stone Edge 42 DPS	2.6	68%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2.4	63%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2.1	54%
Ice Shard 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.7	44%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.2	31%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Avalanche 2.4 DPE	12	13.2	100%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	High Horsepower 2.18 DPE	14	12.3	93%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Icicle Spear 2.1 DPE	10	12	91%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Avalanche 2.4 DPE	15	11.6	88%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	11	84%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Stone Edge 1.82 DPE	14	10.9	82%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	High Horsepower 2.18 DPE	18	10.9	82%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Icicle Spear 2.1 DPE	12	10.6	80%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Bulldoze 1.75 DPE	14	10.6	80%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	21	9.8	74%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Stone Edge 1.82 DPE	18	9.7	73%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Bulldoze 1.75 DPE	18	9.4	71%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	4.2	32%
Ice Shard 3.3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	21	4.1	31%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Piloswine?

Piloswine is weak to Fighting, Steel, Fire, Water and Grass moves.

The best counter to Piloswine is Mega Lucario with Force Palm and Aura Sphere, followed by Mega Mewtwo X, Crowned Sword Zacian and Dusk Mane Necrozma.

The top Piloswine counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Mega Lucario	Force Palm Aura Sphere	100%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Dynamic Punch+	99%
Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw Behemoth Blade	99%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Focus Blast	96%
Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw Sunsteel Strike	95%
Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin Aura Sphere	94%
Mega Blaziken	Counter Aura Sphere	94%
Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw Behemoth Bash	92%
Dusk Mane Necrozma	Psycho Cut Sunsteel Strike	91%
Mega Lucario	Force Palm Meteor Mash	91%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		181
Defense		138
Stamina		225

Max HP

Level 40

189

Size

Height	1.09 m
Weight	55.8 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,005
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,340
Level 30 Max wild	2,010
Level 40	2,345
Level 50	2,652

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,675
Level 35 (wild)	2,178