Is Piloswine Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 217 via PokeRadar, or evolve Swinub from the same area. MoveAncient Power at level-up triggers the Mamoswine evolution. Ice/Ground is devastating coverage for the E4. Bertha's Ground team and Cynthia's Garchomp both fold to Ice moves.
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.
Catchable
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
Catch Swinub
Catch Swinub on Route 217 (walking, Lv 32-34, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32GroundMud BombPower 98Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 37GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- LV 44IceBlizzardPower 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
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival 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 Piloswine in Platinum
Piloswine comes from the Poke Radar, common at one spot at levels 34 to 35. Or evolve a Swinub at level 33, which skips the chaining if you already have the base form.
1 location to catch Piloswine2 locations to catch Swinub
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Catch Swinub at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 33 — it evolves into Piloswine.
Badge 6
Badge 7Where To Catch Piloswine in Pt
The path to Piloswine starts with Swinub at Lv. 32-34 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 3Evolve into MamoswineBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Swinub egg.
To plan your throws, open the Platinum catch rate calculator with Piloswine preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Piloswine in Platinum
Piloswine trudges out of a Poké Radar chain on Route 217, so keep the chain to 40 for a shiny, or evolve a chained Swinub. Compare Shiny Piloswine odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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 | |
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x136-161%KO Leaf Blade 2x55-66% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x143-168%KO Seed Bomb 2x77-91% Iron Tail 2x63-75% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x118-139%KO Fire Blast 2x118-139%KO Solar Beam 2x79-93% Iron Tail 2x52-62% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x123-145%KO Focus Blast 2x82-97% | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x85-101%KO Focus Punch 2x71-84% Iron Tail 2x48-57% Water Pulse 2x36-43% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x105-124%KO Surf 2x84-99% Focus Punch 2x58-68% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x99-116%KO Iron Tail 2x55-65% Rock Smash 2x23-27% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x113-134%KO Fire Blast 2x45-53% | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Empoleon builds →Surf 2x99-116%KO Flash Cannon 2x84-99% Brick Break 2x35-41% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Bronzong builds →Solar Beam 2x63-75% Flash Cannon 2x64-75% Rock Smash 2x19-23% | ||
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.
Pt Piloswine Best Moveset
Mamoswine evolves from Piloswine now, taking 100 Attack and 100 HP further. The moveset here runs physical Ice and Ground attacks with real power, and AbilityOblivious blocks attraction and MoveTaunt. Evolve for the full package.
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
33 of 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Covered by a shaggy coat, it is strong against the cold. Its tusks of ice thicken when it snows.
Piloswine Platinum Guide
In Platinum, 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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