At 450 BST, Piloswine is firmly in pre-evolution territory. Evolve it into Mamoswine before bringing it to any serious fight.

What is Piloswine weak to?

In Gold & Silver, watch for Arcanine (Fire), Gyarados (Water), and Exeggutor (Grass) when using Piloswine. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Fighting and Steel-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.

How do you evolve Piloswine?

In Gold & Silver, Swinub evolves into Piloswine at level 33. Piloswine evolves into Mamoswine after learning Ancient Power. Piloswine is a middle-stage evolution in the Swinub line.

What role does Piloswine play in battle?

Piloswine is a mixed attacker with base 100 Attack and 60 Sp. Atk. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 50 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. Fits the attacker role.

Should I use Piloswine?

In Gold & Silver, For a casual playthrough, Piloswine works as a placeholder. Ice/Ground coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Mamoswine . That's where the stats start mattering.

Piloswine - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Mixed

Attacker

CTier

50Speed · Slow

Stats & Training

Nothing fancy in Piloswine's spread. It leans physical with HP out front. And you'll get 2 HP and Attack stat exp per KO for it. Follows a slow 1.25M XP grind.

Base Stats

Above

HP100

Attack100

Defense80

Sp. Atk60

Sp. Def60

Speed50

Total450

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging75 / 255

Growth Rate

Slow1.25M XP

Height1.1 m

Weight55.8 kg

Base XP158

Abilities

Abilities were introduced in Generation III. Shown below for reference.

Oblivious

Prevents infatuation and protects against captivate.

Snow Cloak

Increases evasion to 1.25× during hail. Protects against hail damage.

Thick FatHA

Halves damage from fire and ice moves.

Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice to ½x

EV Yield

HP+1Atk+1DefSpASpDSpe

HP training target

Pokedex Entries

Because the long hair all over its body obscures its sight, it just keeps charging repeatedly.

Piloswine Weakness

Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting, and Steel moves hit Piloswine for super-effective damage. The upside? Electric-type moves can't touch it at all.

Piloswine Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting, Steel
0.5x (Resist)	Poison
0x (Immune)	Electric

Type ChartFragile

5Weak

1Resist

1Immune

Score-6

Gen II Type Chart

Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Fire Water Grass Fighting Steel

½xResist

Poison

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

Electric

STAB (9)

Grass Ground Flying Dragon Fire Electric Poison Rock Steel

How to Beat Piloswine in Gold & Silver (Best Counters)

In Gold & Silver, Vaporeon's Surf also KOs at 94-111%.

Machamp Fighting	A
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves Cross Chop Rock Slide Earthquake CurseSetup Damage vs Piloswine Rock Slide 24-28% Earthquake 32-38% View Machamp builds →
Skarmory SteelFlying	A
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves Drill Peck RestRecovery CurseSetup WhirlwindUtility Damage vs Piloswine Drill Peck 26-30% View Skarmory builds →
Vaporeon Water	B
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves GrowthSetup SurfSTAB RestRecovery Acid Armor Damage vs Piloswine Surf 2x 94-111%KO View Vaporeon builds →
Houndoom DarkFire	B
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves Fire Blast CrunchSTAB PursuitSTAB Sunny Day Damage vs Piloswine Fire Blast 2x 114-135%KO Crunch 42-49% Pursuit 21-25% View Houndoom builds →
Venusaur GrassPoison	C
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves Leech Seed Sleep Powder Giga Drain SynthesisRecovery Damage vs Piloswine Giga Drain 2x 72-85% View Venusaur builds →

Gold & Silver Evolution

Piloswine connects Swinub to Mamoswine in this chain. At least one evolution here needs knowing a specific move. So far, HP got the biggest boost (+50 from Swinub). The final form adds another 80 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#220Swinub

Level 33

#221Piloswine

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Swinub

IceGround

Piloswine

IceGround

100+50

ATK

100+50

DEF

80+40

SP.ATK

60+30

SP.DEF

60+30

SPE

BST

250D-Tier

450C-Tier+200

ROLE

Balanced

Attacker

TYPE

Physical

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed with Piloswine to get Swinub eggs easily using 66 partners from the Ground egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Bite, Body Slam and 2 more.

Egg Groups

Ground

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

5moves

Breed With (best first)

Gold & Silver Piloswine Best Moveset

Best Build

Experimental

Utility

Ability

Not in Gen 2

Item

LeftoversSUSTAIN

Nature

Not in Gen 2

Utility Moveset

EarthquakeSTAB
Ice BeamSTAB
Sleep Talk
RestRecovery

Recommended Teammates

SnorlaxGood

ZapdosGood

TyranitarGood

Moves

Without breeding, Piloswine misses out on Ancient Power and Bite. That's 5 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Blizzard and Earthquake, with Normal and Fighting coverage and more rounding things out.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Endure+4

D——10Normal

Lv 1

Horn Attack

—6510025Normal

Lv 1

Powder Snow

—4010025Ice

Lv 10

Powder Snow

—4010025Ice

Lv 19

Endure+4

D——10Normal

Lv 28

Take Down

C908520Normal

Lv 33

Fury Attack

—158520Normal

Lv 42

Mist

———30Ice

Lv 56

Blizzard

C120705Ice

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

D—10015Normal

TM14

Blizzard

C120705Ice

TM03

Curse

C——10Ghost

TM40

Defense Curl

D——40Normal

TM43

Detect+4

D——5Fighting

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM26

Earthquake

S10010010Ground

TM20

Endure+4

D——10Normal

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM02

Headbutt

C7010015Normal

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM15

Hyper Beam

C150905Normal

TM16

Icy Wind

D559515Ice

TM31

Mud-Slap

D2010010Ground

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM18

Rain Dance

C——5Water

TM44

Rest

S——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM05

Roar-6

C——20Normal

TM08

Rock Smash

—2010015Fighting

TM35

Sleep Talk

S——10Normal

TM13

Snore

—4010015Normal

HM04

Strength

C8010015Normal

TM34

Swagger

C—8515Normal

TM06

Toxic

C—8510Poison

Egg Moves

Egg

Ancient Power

D601005Rock

Egg

Bite

C6010025Dark

Egg

Body Slam

C8510015Normal

Egg

Rock Slide

C759010Rock

Egg

Take Down

C908520Normal

Tutor Moves

Piloswine can't learn any Tutor moves

How to Get Piloswine in Gold & Silver

Piloswine doesn't appear wild. Catch Swinub instead, it shows up at solid rates. Evolve it at level 33 to get Piloswine. The 2-stage line is mapped in the step cards below.

How to Obtain Piloswine in Gold & Silver

The path to Piloswine starts with Swinub at Lv. 21-25 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.

Step 1Catch Swinub
Ice Path - 1F
GoldGrass Lv.21-23 Ice
40%Mid
Ice Path - 1F
SilverGrass Lv.21-23 Ice
40%Mid
Ice Path - B1F
GoldGrass Lv.21-23 Ice
40%Mid
Ice Path - B1F
SilverGrass Lv.21-23 Ice
40%Mid
Ice Path - B2F
SilverGrass Lv.22-24 Ice
40%Mid
Ice Path - B2F
GoldGrass Lv.22-24 Ice
40%Mid
Ice Path - B3F
SilverGrass Lv.23-25 Ice
40%Mid
Ice Path - B3F
GoldGrass Lv.23-25 Ice
40%Mid
Train until Level 33
Step 2Piloswine ✓

Piloswine Guide

At 450 BST, Piloswine is firmly in pre-evolution territory. Evolve it into Mamoswine before bringing it to any serious fight.
In Gold & Silver, watch for Arcanine (Fire), Gyarados (Water), and Exeggutor (Grass) when using Piloswine. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Fighting and Steel-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.
In Gold & Silver, Swinub evolves into Piloswine at level 33. Piloswine evolves into Mamoswine after learning Ancient Power. Piloswine is a middle-stage evolution in the Swinub line.
Piloswine is a mixed attacker with base 100 Attack and 60 Sp. Atk. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 50 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. Fits the attacker role.
In Gold & Silver, For a casual playthrough, Piloswine works as a placeholder. Ice/Ground coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Mamoswine. That's where the stats start mattering.

Game Availability

Debuting in Gold & Silver, Piloswine appears in 18 games across 9 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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