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Swinub ウリムー

Ice Ground Generation II Pig Pokémon
Height 0.4m Weight 6.5kg
Oblivious Snow Cloak Thick Fat (Hidden Ability)

Pokémon Profile

It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs.

Base Stats

Form Base Stats：Swinub · Total 250

HP 50
Attack 50
Defense 40
Sp. Atk 30
Sp. Def 30
Speed 50

Basic Info

Gender Ratio
♂ 50% / ♀ 50%
Catch Rate
225（29.4%）
Egg Groups
Field
Egg Cycles
20
Base Friendship
50
EV Yield
Attack+1
Base Experience
50
Shape
Quadrupedal
Color
Brown
Experience
1,250,000（Slow）

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Defensive (when attacked)

2× Weakness Fire ×2 Water ×2 Grass ×2 Fighting ×2 Steel ×2
Immune Electric ×0
1/2 Resistance Poison ×0.5

Offensive (when attacking)

2× Weakness Fire ×2 Electric ×2 Grass ×2 Poison ×2 Ground ×2 Flying ×2 Rock ×2 Dragon ×2 Steel ×2

Evolution Chain

Swinub Swinub
Level 33 or higher
Piloswine Piloswine
Level up while knowing Ancient Power
Mamoswine Mamoswine

Learnset

Level Moves Type Category Power Accuracy PP
— Tackle Normal Physical 40 100 35
— Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100 10
5 Powder Snow Ice Special 40 100 25
10 Flail Normal Physical — 100 15
15 Ice Shard Ice Physical 40 100 30
20 Mist Ice Status — — 30
25 Endure Normal Status — — 10
30 Icy Wind Ice Special 55 95 15
35 Amnesia Psychic Status — — 20
40 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85 20
45 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 10
50 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 5

Wild Encounters

Generation II

Crystal

Johto

Location Level Method Chance
Ice PathLv.21-26WalkingDay30%
Lv.21-26WalkingMorning30%

Gold

Johto

Location Level Method Chance
Ice PathLv.21-25WalkingDay30%
Lv.21-25WalkingMorning30%
Lv.21-25WalkingNight30%

Silver

Johto

Location Level Method Chance
Ice PathLv.21-25WalkingDay30%
Lv.21-25WalkingMorning30%
Lv.21-25WalkingNight30%
Generation III

FireRed

Kanto

Location Level Method Chance
Icefall CaveLv.23-31Walking20%

LeafGreen

Kanto

Location Level Method Chance
Icefall CaveLv.23-31Walking20%

XD: Gale of Darkness

Location Level Method Chance
Phenac City Stadium OutsideLv.22Snag100%
Generation IV

Diamond

Sinnoh

Location Level Method Chance
Route 217Lv.34WalkingSwarm: yes20%

HeartGold

Johto

Location Level Method Chance
Ice PathLv.21-24Walking20%
Lv.21-22WalkingRadio: off10%

Pearl

Sinnoh

Location Level Method Chance
Route 217Lv.34WalkingSwarm: yes20%

Platinum

Sinnoh

Location Level Method Chance
Acuity LakefrontLv.32-34Walking20%
Route 217Lv.33WalkingSwarm: no20%
Lv.34WalkingPoké Radar: off10%
Lv.32Walking5%

SoulSilver

Johto

Location Level Method Chance
Ice PathLv.21-24Walking20%
Lv.21-22WalkingRadio: off10%
Generation VII

Moon

Alola

Location Level Method Chance
Tapu VillageLv.31Island Scan100%

Sun

Alola

Location Level Method Chance
Tapu VillageLv.31Island Scan100%

Ultra Moon

Alola

Location Level Method Chance
Tapu VillageLv.33Island Scan100%

Ultra Sun

Alola

Location Level Method Chance
Tapu VillageLv.33Island Scan100%

Swinub Competitive Movesets & Sets

Swinub movesets cover 4 generations and 4 formats with 4 sets in total, including moves, abilities, items, natures, EVs and Tera types with analysis.

4 Generation 4 Format 4 set
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Pokédex Entries

Generation II
Gold：
It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs.
Silver：
If it smells some­ thing enticing, it dashes headlong off to find the source of the aroma.
Crystal：
It uses the tip of its nose to dig for food. Its nose is so tough that even frozen ground poses no problem.
Generation III
Ruby：
SWINUB roots for food by rubbing its snout against the ground. Its favorite food is a mushroom that grows under the cover of dead grass. This Pokémon occasionally roots out hot springs.
Emerald：
It roots for food by rubbing its snout against the ground. Its favorite food is a mushroom that grows under dried grass. It occasionally roots out hot springs.
FireRed：
If it smells something enticing, it dashes off headlong to find the source of the aroma.
LeafGreen：
It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs.
Generation IV
Diamond：
It loves eating mushrooms that grow under dead grass. It also finds hot springs while foraging.
Platinum：
It has a very sensitive nose. It can locate mushrooms, berries, and even hot springs buried under ice.
HeartGold：
It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs.
SoulSilver：
If it smells something enticing, it dashes off headlong to find the source of the aroma.
Generation V
Black：
It has a very sensitive nose. It can locate mushrooms, berries, and even hot springs buried under ice.
Black 2：
Rooting the tip of its snout into the ground, it searches for food. Sometimes it even digs up a hot spring.
Generation VI
X：
It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs.
Y：
If it smells something enticing, it dashes off headlong to find the source of the aroma.
Omega Ruby：
Swinub roots for food by rubbing its snout against the ground. Its favorite food is a mushroom that grows under the cover of dead grass. This Pokémon occasionally roots out hot springs.
Generation VIII
Sword：
It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs.
Shield：
If it smells something enticing, it dashes off headlong to find the source of the aroma.
Legends: Arceus：
Swinub excels at sniffing out mushrooms buried beneath grass or snow. Since ancient times, the people of Hisui have often relied upon this skill.