Competitive Information for Swinub [Black/White]
Ice / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Swinub? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Swinub is a decent Ice and Ground-typed Pokemon. Swinub is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Swinub is weak to Fighting, Fire, Grass, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Icicle Crash / Avalanche
Physical Sweeper Swinub (Oblivious)
Swinub is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Swinub's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Swinub from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Swinub's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Oblivious, Swinub cannot be infatuated. gaining this ability while infatuated cures it. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Swinub's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Swinub is damaged by the target).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Swinub? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Icicle Crash / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Rock Smash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Swinub (Oblivious)
Swinub is popular Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Swinub's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Swinub from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Swinub's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Oblivious, Swinub cannot be infatuated. gaining this ability while infatuated cures it. Icicle Crash was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Swinub's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Swinub learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Swinub can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Swinub
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Ice Shard
Optimize Swinub's EVs for Black/White
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