Competitive Information for Mamoswine [X/Y]
Ice / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mamoswine? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Mamoswine is a notable Ice and Ground-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Mamoswine out in the 6th generation battlefield. Mamoswine is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Mamoswine is weak to Fighting, Fire, Grass, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Superpower
- Icicle Crash / Ice Fang
Physical Sweeper Mamoswine (Oblivious)
Mamoswine is a notable Physical Sweeper. 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. 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. 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 Mamoswine's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ 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 a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal 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. 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 a decent Physical Sweeper. It tries 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 decent Physical Sweeper. It is designed 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 pretty popular Special Wall. It is designed to take a substantial 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.
♦ 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 X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Icicle Crash / Double-Edge
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mamoswine (Oblivious)
Mamoswine is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It is designed 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. 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. 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 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 X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Mamoswine
- 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
- Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
- Moves with Priority: 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
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Mamoswine in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Mamoswine's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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