What is a good competitive moveset for Piloswine? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Piloswine is an interesting Ice and Ground-typed Pokemon. Piloswine is a frequent Pokemon to see in Generation 3. Piloswine is weak to Fighting, Fire, Grass, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Piloswine Item: Soft Sand Ability: Oblivious Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Earthquake / Mud Shot - Double-Edge / Return - Rock Slide / Ancient Power - Rock Smash
Physical Sweeper Piloswine (Oblivious)
Piloswine is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Oblivious, Piloswine cannot be infatuated. gaining this ability while infatuated cures it.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig). ♦ Mud Shot is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Ancient Power is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)). ♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Piloswine? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Species: Piloswine Item: Soft Sand Ability: Oblivious Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Earthquake / Mud Shot - Rock Slide / Ancient Power - Double-Edge / Return - Rock Smash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Piloswine (Oblivious)
Piloswine is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Years before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Oblivious, Piloswine cannot be infatuated. gaining this ability while infatuated cures it.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig). ♦ Mud Shot is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Ancient Power is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Piloswine 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Piloswine can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS Move and Ability Combos for Piloswine
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Piloswine's stats
Amnesia
Ancient Power
Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Piloswine
Earthquake
Ice Beam
Light Screen
Protect
Reflect
Rest
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Piloswine in Ruby and Sapphire
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