Is Piloswine Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilityOblivious prevents attraction. Trade-only in RS. Piloswine's Ice/Ground coverage handles Drake and contributes against Steven. If imported, one of the better answers to the E4's Dragon specialist. Walrein covers Ice natively though.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Piloswine's weaknesses hard.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Trade
Piloswine cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four. Alternatively, transfer the pre-evolution and level it up to Lv 33.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- LV 28NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 56IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
How to Get Piloswine in Ruby & Sapphire
Level a traded Swinub to 33 for Piloswine. No wild boar roots around Ruby or Sapphire.
How to Obtain Piloswine in RS
- Step 1Obtain SwinubCARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Walking · Icefall Cave, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Walking · Ice Path. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom CrystalNot TradeableAppears in Crystal via Walking · Ice Path. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Walking · Route 217 · Swarm active. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom PlatinumNot TradeableAppears in Platinum via Walking · Route 217. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Walking · Ice Path. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Sun & MoonNot TradeableAppears in Sun & Moon via Walking · Tapu Village · Island Scan; Monday. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
- Step 2Piloswine ✓
How to Get Shiny Piloswine in Ruby & Sapphire
Sapphire's routes never show Piloswine, so a shiny has to be traded in from another Generation III game that carries its line. See every game where Shiny Piloswine can be hunted
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
What is Piloswine Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Piloswine
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x135-159%KO Surf 2x31-37% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x145-171%KO Solar Beam 2x78-92% Iron Tail 2x65-76% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x135-159%KO Overheat 2x147-173%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x116-137%KO Fire Blast 2x45-53% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x107-126%KO Surf 2x85-100%KO Focus Punch 2x58-68% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Swampert builds →Focus Punch 2x84-99% Surf 2x81-96% Iron Tail 2x56-66% | ||
 Walrein IceWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Spheal (Shoal Cave Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Walrein builds →Surf 2x89-105%KO Iron Tail 2x44-51% Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x122-143%KO Focus Punch 2x68-80% Iron Tail 2x46-54% | ||
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Medicham builds →Focus Punch 2x77-91% Fire Punch 2x33-39% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x98-116%KO Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Camerupt builds →Eruption 2x151-178%KO Rock Smash 2x11-13% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x131-154%KO Focus Punch 2x87-102%KO | ||
Piloswine Evolutions
Piloswine is what Swinub becomes. Breed it for Swinub eggs (average hatch time). A massive partner pool 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 102 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Bite, Body Slam and 5 more.
RS Piloswine Best Moveset
Ice/Ground provides unique coverage: MoveEarthquake for Ground TermStab and MoveIce Beam for Ice. AbilityOblivious prevents attraction. MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk sustains. Held ItemLeftovers recovers. Mid-tier mixed coverage from a rare typing combination.
Best Build
Piloswine best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Toxic
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Piloswine misses out on Ancient Power and Bite. That's 8 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. 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
All 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
PILOSWINE is covered by a thick coat of long hair that enables it to endure the freezing cold. This POKéMON uses its tusks to dig up food that has been buried under ice.
Piloswine Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Piloswine isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Obtain one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it to Ruby & Sapphire.
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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