Is Mamoswine Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Piloswine leveled up knowing MoveAncient Power. Ice/Ground from Route 217's Swinub. Handles Volkner through Ground and Cynthia's Garchomp through Ice. AbilityOblivious prevents infatuation. One of the best E4 answers available in Platinum.
Piloswine resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with 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 resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Mamoswine trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Piloswine
Catch Piloswine on Route 217 (Poké Radar, Lv 34-35, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- 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
- LV 56IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- 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 44)
- LV 44GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Fantina
- 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 56IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Mamoswine in Platinum
Mamoswine has no wild encounter. Take a Piloswine that has Ancient Power among its moves and level it once more, which brings out the twin-tusk mammoth.
Catch Swinub or Piloswine at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Mamoswine.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7How to Obtain Mamoswine in Pt
To get Mamoswine, start by catching Swinub through walking encounters at Lv. 32-34. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Piloswineor evolve from Swinub (Step 1)
- Step 3Mamoswine ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Swinub egg.
How to Get Shiny Mamoswine in Platinum
Mamoswine learns AncientPower to evolve, so chain a Swinub on Route 217 to 40 for a 1 in 200 shiny, then raise it through Piloswine. Compare Shiny Mamoswine odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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 2x135-159%KO Seed Bomb 2x73-86% Iron Tail 2x60-71% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x129-152%KO Leaf Blade 2x52-62% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x112-132%KO Fire Blast 2x112-132%KO Solar Beam 2x74-88% Iron Tail 2x49-59% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x116-137%KO Focus Blast 2x77-91% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x80-95% Focus Punch 2x67-79% Iron Tail 2x45-54% Water Pulse 2x34-40% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x93-110%KO Iron Tail 2x52-61% Rock Smash 2x21-26% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x99-117%KO Surf 2x79-93% Focus Punch 2x55-65% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x107-126%KO Fire Blast 2x42-50% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Bronzong builds →Solar Beam 2x60-71% Flash Cannon 2x60-71% Rock Smash 2x18-22% | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mamoswine View Empoleon builds →Surf 2x93-110%KO Flash Cannon 2x79-93% Brick Break 2x33-39% | ||
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.
Pt Mamoswine Best Moveset
Very few Pokemon resist both Ice and Ground, and the moveset exploits that with 130 Attack behind MoveEarthquake and MoveIce Shard. Priority Ice damage hits Dragon and Flying types before they move, and 110 HP provides surprising bulk between attacks.
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 coverage across 7 types 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
34 of 36 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
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Mamoswine Platinum Guide
In Platinum, use Mamoswine as a wallbreaker. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Platinum, 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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