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mamoswine
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Mamoswine

Twin Tusk Pokémon

IceGround

A frozen one was dug up from soil dating back 10,000 years. It woke up to much amazement.

Base Stats

HP 110
Attack 130
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 60
Speed 80
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

piloswine Piloswine Lv. 33
mamoswine Mamoswine Ancient Power

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Twin Tusk Pokémon
Height 2.5 m
Weight 291.0 kg
Base Exp 239
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 50
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

mamoswine Front Front
mamoswine Back Back
mamoswine Front Shiny Front Shiny
mamoswine Back Shiny Back Shiny
mamoswine Front ♀ Front ♀
mamoswine Back ♀ Back ♀
mamoswine Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
mamoswine Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
mamoswine Official Art Official Art
mamoswine Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Physical Attacker
Item
Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability
Thick Fat
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Lead
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Snow Cloak
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Mamoswine is one of the very few Ice-types that stand tall in the DW metagame due to both its typing, which grants it a neutrality to Stealth Rock as well as an immunity to both hail and sandstorm, and its fantastic offensive coverage, which allows Mamoswine to solely rely on its STAB moves in order to crush the opponent. Our shaggy friend also has a mammoth (excuse the pun) base 130 Attack, which basically translates as "whatever doesn't resist its moves will get pulverized." Its Dream World ability, Thick Fat, grants it a neutrality to Fire and a resistance to Ice, making Mamoswine one of the few Pokemon that resists the famous BoltBeam combination.

It's not all good news for Mamoswine though. It has a slew of weaknesses to common types including Fighting, Water, Grass and Steel. Furthermore, base 80 Speed often just isn't enough for the fast-paced Dream World metagame, and a weakness to common priority moves such as Mach Punch and Bullet Punch is unfortunate. However, don't let this put you off from using Mamoswine because it's a very powerful Pokemon and an excellent answer to fast and dangerous threats such as Garchomp, Dragonite and Thundurus that lurk the tier.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc