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#0220Gen II

Swinub

Pig Pokémon

iceground
Swinub

Type matchups

Damage taken when attacked
Weak to
fighting2×steel2×fire2×water2×grass2×
Resists
poison½×
Immune to
electric0×
  • Thick Fat (hidden ability): takes ½ damage from Fire and Ice.

Its STAB attacks

Super effective against
flyingpoisongroundrocksteelfiregrasselectricdragon
Walled by
None
Full type chart

Base stats

HP50
Attack50
Defense40
Sp. Atk30
Sp. Def30
Speed50
Total 250
EV yield
1 Attack
Base experience
50

Evolution

Swinub Swinub
Lv. 33
Piloswine Piloswine
Knows Ancient Power
Mamoswine Mamoswine

Abilities

Oblivious

This Pokémon cannot be infatuated and is immune to Captivate. If a Pokémon is infatuated and acquires this ability, its infatuation is cleared.

Snow Cloak

During hail, this Pokémon has 1.25× its evasion, and it does not take hail damage regardless of type. The evasion bonus does not count as a stat modifier. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, the wild encounter rate is halved in snow.

Thick FatHidden

This Pokémon takes half as much damage from Fire- and Ice-type moves.

Profile

Height
0.4 m 1′04″
Weight
6.5 kg 14.3 lbs
Gender
♂ 50%♀ 50%
Egg groups
Field
Hatch time
20 cycles ~5,100 steps
Habitat
Cave
Catch rate
225 Very easy≈ 39.9% with a Poké Ball at full HP
Base friendship
70
Growth rate
Slow

Moves

Scarlet & Violet
Lv.MoveTypeCat.PwrAccPP
1Mud-Slapground2010010
1Tacklenormal4010035
5Powder Snowice4010025
10Flailnormal—10015
15Ice Shardice4010030
20Mistice——30
25Endurenormal——10
30Icy Windice559515
35Amnesiapsychic——20
40Take Downnormal908520
45Earthquakeground10010010
50Blizzardice110705

Where to find it

Scarlet & Violet

PokeAPI has no location data for Scarlet & Violet yet.

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Pokédex entries

No Pokédex entry in Scarlet & Violet; showing the latest one.

Swinub excels at sniffing out mushrooms buried beneath grass or snow. Since ancient times, the people of Hisui have often relied upon this skill.

Legends: Arceus
All 11 Pokédex entries

Swinub excels at sniffing out mushrooms buried beneath grass or snow. Since ancient times, the people of Hisui have often relied upon this skill.

Legends: Arceus

It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs.

Sword · X · HeartGold · LeafGreen · Gold

If it smells something enticing, it dashes off headlong to find the source of the aroma.

Shield · Y · SoulSilver · FireRed

Swinub roots for food by rubbing its snout against the ground. Its favorite food is a mushroom that grows under the cover of dead grass. This Pokémon occasionally roots out hot springs.

Omega Ruby · Alpha Sapphire

Rooting the tip of its snout into the ground, it searches for food. Sometimes it even digs up a hot spring.

Black 2 · White 2

It has a very sensitive nose. It can locate mushrooms, berries, and even hot springs buried under ice.

Black · White · Platinum

It loves eating mushrooms that grow under dead grass. It also finds hot springs while foraging.

Diamond · Pearl

It roots for food by rubbing its snout against the ground. Its favorite food is a mushroom that grows under dried grass. It occasionally roots out hot springs.

Emerald

SWINUB roots for food by rubbing its snout against the ground. Its favorite food is a mushroom that grows under the cover of dead grass. This POKéMON occasionally roots out hot springs.

Ruby · Sapphire

It uses the tip of its nose to dig for food. Its nose is so tough that even frozen ground poses no problem.

Crystal

If it smells some­ thing enticing, it dashes headlong off to find the source of the aroma.