Is Piloswine Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Ice/Ground coverage handles Clair's gym and Lance's triple Dragonite. Crystal's move tutor stacks MoveIce Beam on top of the natural Ice attacks for even more consistency against Dragons. One of the most valuable catches in any Gen 2 game, and Crystal makes it slightly better.
Swinub resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Swinub has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Swinub trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Swinub has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Swinub's weaknesses hard.
Swinub has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Swinub trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Piloswine resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Swinub
Catch Swinub in Ice Path (walking, Lv 21-23, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 28NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Pryce
- TM16IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15Prize for defeating Pryce
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 46IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
Evolve Swinub to Piloswine
Swinub evolves into Piloswine at Level 33. Your Swinub should hit Level 33 before you reach Clair, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Pryce
- TM16IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15Prize for defeating Pryce
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- LV 56IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
How to Get Piloswine in Crystal
To get Piloswine you level an Ice Path Swinub to 33, since the evolved stage never spawns on its own anywhere in Crystal.
Catch Swinub at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Piloswine.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Swinub
- 2Evolve Piloswineat Lv.33
Badge 7How to Obtain Piloswine in C
To get Piloswine, start by catching Swinub through walking encounters at Lv. 21-26. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Piloswine ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Swinub egg.
How to Get Shiny Piloswine in Crystal
Piloswine follows from the piglet stage: dig a shiny Swinub out of the Ice Path by day, then feed it levels until it evolves at 33. Compare Shiny Piloswine odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Piloswine Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Crystal shiny odds calculator with Piloswine already selected.
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.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- 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
What is Piloswine Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Piloswine
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Ho-Oh builds →Fire Blast 2x126-149%KO Solar Beam 2x84-99% Steel Wing 2x46-54% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
 Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 2x126-149%KO Iron Tail 2x38-44% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x126-149%KO Iron Tail 2x46-54% Dynamic Punch 2x46-54% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x126-149%KO Solar Beam 2x84-99% Iron Tail 2x48-57% Rock Smash 2x11-13% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x100-118%KO Iron Tail 2x45-53% Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Suicune builds →Surf 2x86-101%KO Iron Tail 2x41-49% Rock Smash 2x9-11% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x116-137%KO Iron Tail 2x56-66% Rock Smash 2x12-14% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x93-110%KO Fire Blast 2x77-91% Iron Tail 2x41-49% Dynamic Punch 2x41-49% | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x116-137%KO Iron Tail 2x50-59% Dynamic Punch 2x50-59% | ||
Piloswine Evolutions
Piloswine is what Swinub becomes. Breed it for Swinub eggs (average hatch time). Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Swinub pushed Piloswine to 450 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Piloswine to get Swinub eggs easily using 66 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Bite, Body Slam and 2 more.
C Piloswine Best Moveset
Ice/Ground provides unique coverage: MoveEarthquake for Ground TermStab and MoveIce Beam for Ice from the special side. MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk sustains. Held ItemLeftovers adds recovery. Mixed coverage from a rare typing combination that few other Pokemon share.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Sleep Talk
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
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.
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.
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
20 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Although its legs are short, its rugged hooves prevent it from slipping, even on icy ground.
Piloswine Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Piloswine has 450 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Crystal, use Piloswine as an attacker. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest, Earthquake is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Piloswine appears in 18 games across 8 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
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
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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