Is Mamoswine Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Gen 4 evolution from Piloswine by learning MoveAncient Power. Ice/Ground with AbilityOblivious or AbilitySnow Cloak. Available on Route 217 through Swinub. Mamoswine handles Volkner, Bertha, and Cynthia's Garchomp. One of the best Ice options in any Sinnoh team.
Swinub has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Swinub has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Swinub trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Swinub trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Swinub's weaknesses hard.
Swinub trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Mamoswine trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Mamoswine resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Swinub
Catch Swinub on Route 217 (walking, Lv 34, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 34)
- LV 34GroundMud BombPower 98Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 34IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 34NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- LV 37GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 44IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Swinub to Piloswine
Swinub evolves into Piloswine at Level 33. You get it at Level 34, past Level 33, so it evolves into Piloswine the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 40GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- LV 56IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Piloswine to Mamoswine
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Volkner, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- LV 56IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Mamoswine in Diamond & Pearl
A Piloswine that has learned Ancient Power grows into Mamoswine on its next level-up. With no wild form in Sinnoh, getting that one move onto the shaggy pig is the whole key.
Catch Swinub at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Mamoswine.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6How to Obtain Mamoswine in DP
How to Get Shiny Mamoswine in Diamond & Pearl
Mamoswine needs the move AncientPower, so chain a shiny Swinub on Route 217 and raise it up the line. Compare Shiny Mamoswine odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Mamoswine Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Mamoswine preloaded.
Mamoswine Weakness
Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting, and Steel moves hit Mamoswine for super-effective damage. The upside? Electric-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Mamoswine Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Mamoswine
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x133-157%KO Seed Bomb 2x73-86% Iron Tail 2x59-70% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x110-130%KO Fire Blast 2x110-130%KO Solar Beam 2x73-87% Iron Tail 2x50-59% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x81-96% Focus Punch 2x67-79% Iron Tail 2x45-54% Water Pulse 2x34-41% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x92-109%KO Iron Tail 2x52-61% Rock Smash 2x22-25% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x99-117%KO Surf 2x78-92% Focus Punch 2x54-64% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x107-126%KO Fire Blast 2x43-51% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Bronzong builds →Solar Beam 2x59-70% Flash Cannon 2x60-71% Rock Smash 2x18-22% | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Empoleon builds →Surf 2x92-109%KO Flash Cannon 2x79-94% Brick Break 2x32-38% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x99-117%KO Focus Blast 2x66-78% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
Mamoswine Evolutions
Mamoswine evolved from Swinub's chain by knowing a specific move. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Swinub eggs (average hatch time). The evolution from Swinub pushed Mamoswine to 530 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +80. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Mamoswine to get Swinub eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Bite, Body Slam and 7 more.
DP Mamoswine Best Moveset
130 Attack behind Ice/Ground coverage is devastating because very little resists both types at once. MoveIce Shard provides Ice-type priority, and MoveEarthquake is the most reliable physical move in the game. The moveset sweeps through teams that can't handle the coverage combination. 110 HP adds surprising bulk.
Best Build
Mamoswine best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Earthquake
- Ice Shard
- Superpower
- Stone Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Mamoswine picks up Ancient Power and Bite only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Blizzard and Earthquake while Rock and Flying coverage and more adds range.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
35 of 36 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Its impressive tusks are made of ice. The population thinned when it turned warm after the ice age.
Mamoswine Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Mamoswine as a wallbreaker. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Mamoswine. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Mamoswine appears in 13 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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