Competitive Information for Piloswine [Sword/Shield]
Ice / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Piloswine? 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.
Piloswine is a spectacular Ice and Ground-typed Pokemon. Piloswine is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Piloswine is weak to Fighting, Fire, Grass, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Icicle Crash / Ice Fang
Physical Sweeper Piloswine (Oblivious)
Piloswine is a sensational Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Piloswine's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Oblivious, Piloswine 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 Piloswine'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.
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Piloswine'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).
◆ 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).
◆ 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: Eviolite
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 245 Hp / 245 Atk / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Roar
Piloswine Physical Tank (Swine Before Pearls)
Piloswine is an interesting Physical Tank for single battles. It tries to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Piloswine is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Thick Fat, fire-/ice-type moves against Piloswine deal damage with a halved offensive stat.
◆ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. Factors rock weakness).
◆ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Item: Wide Lens
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 56 Hp / 214 Atk / 240 Def
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock
- Light Screen
- Earthquake
- Roar
Piloswine Physical Tank (Pearls Before Piloswine)
Piloswine is a fabulous Physical Tank for single battles. It's purpose is to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Piloswine's moves. With Thick Fat, fire-/ice-type moves against Piloswine deal damage with a halved offensive stat.
◆ Light Screen is a status move (for 5 turns, special damage to allies is halved).
◆ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Piloswine? 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.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Icicle Crash / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Piloswine (Oblivious)
Piloswine is popular 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 Piloswine's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Oblivious, Piloswine 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 Piloswine'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 good amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Piloswine'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 make the target flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Piloswine 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 Piloswine
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Ice Shard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Piloswine's stats
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Piloswine
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Piloswine in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Piloswine's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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