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Swinub, a Ice and Ground type Pokémon, official artwork

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Swinub: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Swinub is a balanced Pokémon, led by its HP (50) and Attack (50), with a base stat total of 250. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

Build a team with Swinub

What is Swinub weak to?

How much damage Swinub takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFightingFireGrassSteelWater
0.5×ResistsPoison
0×Immune toElectric

With Thick Fat, Fire attacks do normal damage instead of double damage and Ice attacks do half damage instead of normal damage.

Swinub takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Fire, Grass, Steel, Water. It resists Poison and is immune to Electric. That is by type alone: with Thick Fat, Fire attacks do normal damage instead of double damage and Ice attacks do half damage instead of normal damage.

Best moveset for Swinub

Swinub has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • BlizzardIce110
  • EarthquakeGround100
  • Stone EdgeRock100

Best nature for Swinub

Adamant. Swinub is a physical attacker (50 Attack vs 30 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • ObliviousThis Pokemon cannot be infatuated or taunted. Immune to Intimidate.
  • Snow CloakIf Snow is active, this Pokemon's evasiveness is 1.25x.
  • Thick FatFire-/Ice-type moves against this Pokemon deal damage with a halved offensive stat.

Evolution line

Swinub
Piloswine
Mamoswine
Full learnset (52 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Icicle CrashIce8590%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Freeze-DryIce70100%Special
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
AvalancheIce60100%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Ice ShardIce40100%Physical
Powder SnowIce40100%Special
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Icicle SpearIce25100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FissureGround?30%Physical
FlailNormal?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
AmnesiaPsychic--Status
CharmFairy-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HazeIce--Status
MistIce--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SnowscapeIce--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status