Is Piloswine Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Piloswine learns MoveAncient Power to evolve into Mamoswine, a new Gen 4 evolution. Ice/Ground with AbilityOblivious. Even without evolving, Piloswine handles Volkner and contributes against Bertha. Mamoswine makes the line elite.
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 Piloswine in Diamond & Pearl
Level a swarm Swinub to 33 for Piloswine, which has no encounter pin of its own. The whole line hinges on catching the pig during its one daily swarm window.
Catch Swinub at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Piloswine.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6How to Obtain Piloswine in DP
How to Get Shiny Piloswine in Diamond & Pearl
Piloswine never spawns on its own, so chain a shiny Swinub on Route 217 at 1 in 200 and let it evolve up. Compare Shiny Piloswine odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Piloswine 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Piloswine Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Piloswine
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x140-165%KO Seed Bomb 2x77-91% Iron Tail 2x62-74% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x116-137%KO Fire Blast 2x116-137%KO Solar Beam 2x77-91% Iron Tail 2x52-62% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x85-101%KO Focus Punch 2x70-83% Iron Tail 2x48-56% Water Pulse 2x36-43% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x104-123%KO Surf 2x82-97% Focus Punch 2x57-67% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x97-115%KO Iron Tail 2x54-64% Rock Smash 2x23-27% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x113-133%KO Fire Blast 2x46-54% | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Empoleon builds →Surf 2x97-115%KO Flash Cannon 2x83-99% Brick Break 2x34-40% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Bronzong builds →Solar Beam 2x62-74% Flash Cannon 2x63-74% Rock Smash 2x19-23% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x104-123%KO Focus Blast 2x69-82% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
Piloswine Evolutions
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
Breeding
Breed with Piloswine 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 Piloswine Best Moveset
100 Attack and 100 HP provide real physical power and bulk. Can evolve to Mamoswine now by learning MoveAncient Power, which upgrades everything. The moveset runs physical Ice and Ground attacks off solid stats, but the evolution is strictly better.
Best Build
Piloswine best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Blizzard
- Earthquake
- Superpower
- Stealth Rock
Moves List
Without breeding, Piloswine misses out on Ancient Power and Bite. That's 10 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Blizzard and Earthquake, with Rock and Flying 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. 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 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Its shaggy coat makes it unable to see. It checks surroundings with its sensitive nose instead.
Piloswine Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, 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 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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