Piloswine

Piloswine is an Ice/Ground-type Pokémon It so introduced in Generation 2, evolved from Swinub It is also known as ‘Swine Pokémon’. The high-end stats of Piloswine is the thing that may prompt you to go for its evolution but let’s firstly also get to know of the Moveset, Weakness, And its Usefulness. Then decide you want it or not.

Piloswine is a big brown,soft-hairy Pokémon with an impressive bump on its back. It has two fangs protruding from its mouth which are made of ice. They seem small, but they can be fatal/deadly. These fangs get harder when it snows, they are even smaller on a female Piloswine than on a male one. It has droopy ears that are quick reactive to sound. Piloswine has two spangled eyes in its head; however, these are not visible as they are covered up by fur or Tufts. As it is unable to see it checks surroundings with its sensitive pig-like nose instead. The hair is so long and hair also covers its small, hoofed legs. Despite the size of its legs, its hooves ensure even footing on icy ground. It digs up the ground, though it’s icy in search of food.

 About Piloswine

• National No.: 221

• Japanese Name: Inomo

• Type: Ice/Ground
• Height: 1.1 m (3′07″)
• Weight: 55.8 kg (123.0 lbs)
• Abilities:   
  • Oblivious
  • Snow Cloak
  • Thick Fat (hidden ability)

• Local No.:
  • 192 (Gold/Silver/Crystal)
  • 204 (Platinum)
  • 196 (HeartGold/SoulSilver)
  • 259 (Black 2/White 2)
  • 077 (X/Y — Mountain Kalos)
  • 076 (Sword/Shield)

• Catch Rate: 75 (9.8% with PokéBall, full HP)
• Base Friendship: 70 (normal)
• Base Exp.: 158
• Growth Rate: Slow
• Egg Group: Field
• Gender: 50% male, 50% female
• Egg Cycles: 20 (4,884–5,140 steps)

Pokémon changes in different generations:

• In Generation 3, Piloswine does not have the Snow Cloak ability.
• In Generations 2-4, Piloswine has a base experience yield of 160.

Stats

• HP: 100   
• Attack: 100
• Defence: 80
• Speed: 50   
• Special Attack: 60
• Special Defense: 60   
• Total: 450   

Moves Learnt by Piloswine

Moves Learnt By Levelling Up:

Piloswine learns the following moves when the levels turn up high. The levels are mentioned below are learnt by Piloswine at the level specified in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon:

Move	Level	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Ancient Power	1	Rock	Special	60	100
Fury Attack	1	Normal	Physical	15	85
Mud Spot	1	Ground	Status	–	–
Odor Sleuth	1	Normal	Status	–	–
Peck	1	Flying	Physical	35	100
Powder Snow	1	Ice	Special	40	100
Mud Spot	5	Ground	Status	–	–
Powder Snow	8	Ice	Special	40	100
Mud-Slap	11	Ground	Special	20	100
Endure	14	Normal	Normal	–	–
Mud Bomb	18	Ground	Special	65	85
Icy Wind	22	Ice	Special	55	95
Ice fang	24	Ice	Physical	65	95
Take down	28	Normal	Physical	95	85
Mist	31	Ice	Status	–	–
Thrash	41	Normal	Physical	120	100
Earthquake	46	Ground	Physical	100	100
Blizzard	52	Ice	Special	110	70
Amnesia	58	Psychic	Status	–	–

Moves Learnt By TM:     

Piloswine is compatible with these technical machines in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Move	TM	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Roar	05	Normal	Status	–	–
Toxic	06	Poison	Status	–	90
Hail	07	Ice	Status	–	–
Hidden Power	10	Normal	Special	60	100
Ice Beam	13	Ice	Special	90	100
Blizzard	14	Ice	Special	110	70
Hyper Beam	15	Normal	Special	150	90
Light Screen	16	Psychic	Status	–	–
Protect	17	Normal	Status	–	–
Rain Dance	18	Water	Status	–	–
Frustration	21	Normal	Physical	–	100
Earthquake	26	Ground	Physical	100	100
Return	27	Normal	Physical	–	100
Double Team	32	Normal	Status	–	–
Reflect	33	Psychic	Status	–	–
Sand Strom	37	Rock	Status	–	–
Rock Tomb	39	Rock	Physical	60	95
Facade	42	Normal	Physical	70	100
Rest	44	Psychic	Status	–	–
Attract	45	Normal	Status	–	100
Round	48	Normal	Special	60	100
Giga Impact	68	Normal	Physical	150	90
Stone Edge	71	Rock	Physical	100	80
Bulldoze	78	Ground	Physical	60	100
Rock Slide	80	Rock	Physical	75	90
Swagger	87	Normal	Normal	–	85
Sleep Talk	88	Normal	Normal	–	–
Substitute	90	Normal	Normal	–	–
Confide	100	Normal	Normal	–	–

How to find Piloswine?

Pokémon	Locations
Gold, Silver, Crystal	Evolve Swinub
Ruby, Sapphire	Trade/migrate from another game
FireRed, LeafGreen	Icefall Cave
Emerald	Trade/migrate from another game
Diamond, Pearl	Evolve Swinub
Platinum	Route 217
HeartGold, SoulSilver	Evolve Swinub
Black, White, Black 2, White 2	Giant Chasm
X, Y	Frost Cavern
Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire	Trade/migrate from another game
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon	Evolve Swinub
Let’s Go Pikachu, Let’s Go Evee	Trade/migrate from another game
Sword Shield	Dusty Bowl, Lake of Outrage

How To Evolve?

Piloswine has a family of 3 Pokémon species of its own kind of evolution.

Swinub is the primary and unevolved form of its species family.

Piloswine is evolved from Swinub at the starting level of 33. Then Piloswine is evolved into Mamoswine when levelled up while knowing Ancient Power.

In Pokémon Go, The 3 Pokémon species family of Swinub, Piloswine is evolved from Swinub by the usage of a cost of 25 candy. Then Piloswine is evolved into Mamoswine with a cost of 100 candy(using the Sinnoh stone evolution item).

How Much Useful Is My Piloswine?

Piloswine has high stat distribution highlighting with high HP and high Attack stats. Having that much kind of abilities and skills, it can keep the foe/opponent on that gym for a while and it definitely takes care of itself up there.

Piloswine evolves from Mamoswine and has great stats and good Moveset. It can make any fight more offensive.

Ice Shard and Avalanche are the combo moves of Piloswine when fighting against Pokémon in gyms. Piloswine is Vulnerable to Grass, Steel, Fire, Water, Fire-type Pokémon who can easily exploit its weakness.

So, does the Moveset, weakness and other information seem worthy for Piloswine Evolution? Then visit the official Pokémon page for Piloswine Evolution.

And if the case is otherwise then you may like to see some other Pokemon Evolution rather than the one for Piloswine and can see for whatever Moveset, weakness and other specification suits better. Visit Herald Journalism for that!