Competitive Information for Mamoswine [Sword/Shield]
Ice / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mamoswine? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Mamoswine is a sensational Ice and Ground-typed Pokemon. Mamoswine is a normal Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Mamoswine is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Mamoswine is weak to Fighting, Fire, Grass, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Life Orb
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide
- Ice Shard / Icicle Crash
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Mamoswine (Popular/Trending)
Mamoswine is an outstanding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mamoswine from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Mamoswine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Oblivious, Mamoswine cannot be infatuated or taunted. Immune to intimidate.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Ice Shard is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ice-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Mamoswine this turn).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Superpower
- Icicle Crash / Ice Fang
Physical Sweeper Mamoswine (Oblivious)
Mamoswine is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Mamoswine's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Oblivious, Mamoswine cannot be infatuated or taunted. Immune to intimidate. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Mamoswine's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ 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 Mamoswine's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock
- Ice Shard
- Superpower
- Earthquake
Mamoswine Physical Sweeper (Dragon Revenge Killer)
Mamoswine is an outstanding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mamoswine from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Thick Fat, fire/ice-type moves against Mamoswine deal damage with a halved attacking stat.
◆ Ice Shard is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ice-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mamoswine's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Superpower
- Earthquake
Mamoswine Physical Sweeper (Mastodon)
Mamoswine is an awesome Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Mamoswine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Thick Fat, fire/ice-type moves against Mamoswine deal damage with a halved attacking stat.
◆ Ice Shard is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ice-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mamoswine's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Bulldoze / Avalanche
- Superpower
- Hail
- Earthquake
Mamoswine Physical Sweeper (Swine Flu)
Mamoswine is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Mamoswine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Thick Fat, fire/ice-type moves against Mamoswine deal damage with a halved attacking stat.
◆ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Mamoswine is damaged by the target).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mamoswine's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hail is a status move (for 5 turns, hail crashes down).
◆ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash
- Stone Edge
- Icicle Spear
- Earthquake
Mamoswine Special Wall (Mamoswine Flu)
Mamoswine is a stupendous Special Wall for single battles. It is primarily designed to take a great amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Mamoswine last longer regaining it's health every turn. With Oblivious, Mamoswine cannot be infatuated or taunted. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Icicle Spear is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Ice-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
◆ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mamoswine? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide
- Icicle Crash / Double-Edge
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mamoswine (Oblivious)
Mamoswine is an interesting Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Mamoswine's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Oblivious, Mamoswine cannot be infatuated or taunted. Immune to intimidate. Icicle Crash was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Mamoswine's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ 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 Mamoswine's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mamoswine 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 Mamoswine can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Mamoswine
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Defense Curl
- Moves: Body Press + Curse
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Ice Shard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Mamoswine's stats
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Mamoswine
- Earthquake
- High Horsepower
- Ice Beam
- Ice Shard
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Mamoswine in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Mamoswine's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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