Ice Ground

Swinub is a Ice and Ground-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 837 in Pokémon GO. Swinub's best moveset is Tackle and Rock Slide. It is weather boosted by Snow and Sunny weather, and it was originally found in the Johto region. Shiny Swinub is available in Pokémon GO.

Swinub is weak to Fighting, Fire, Grass, Steel, and Water-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Poison and Electric-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	837 CP
Attack	90 ATK
Defense	69 DEF
Stamina	137 STA
Weather Boost	Snow Sunny
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	3 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#220
Height	0.41 m
Weight	6.5 kg
Region	Johto Generation 2
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	50 50000

Swinub type chart

Takes increased damage

Fighting	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Steel	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Electric	39.1%
Poison	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Swinub's best moves and movesets

Swinub's best moveset is Tackle and Rock Slide, with 6.17 DPS (damage per second) and 54.7 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Partly Cloudy weather.

Best Swinub moves

Tackle

Rock Slide

DPS6.17

TDO54.70

Score6.7

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Swinub with its best moveset, we recommend to use Tackle/Body Slam. You will lose around 3.0% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Swinub's strongest moveset (Tackle/Rock Slide).

Swinub moves comparison

The following chart shows Swinub's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Swinub's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Tackle	Rock Slide	6.17	54.7	6.7
2.	Tackle	Body Slam	5.99	53.1	6.5
3.	Powder Snow	Rock Slide	5.59	49.5	6.1
4.	Tackle	Icy Wind	5.52	48.9	6.0
5.	Powder Snow	Body Slam	5.43	48.1	5.9
6.	Powder Snow	Icy Wind	5.15	45.6	5.6

Fast Attacks

• Tackle550.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel

  • 39.1%
  • • Ghost

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	5
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	0.5s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	3

  
  

  Effects

  Tackle has no special effects.

  See Tackle details page ↗
• Powder Snow6151.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Ground
    • Grass
    • Dragon

  • 62.5%
  • • Steel
    • Fire
    • Water
    • Ice

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	6
  Energy	15
  Weather boost	Snow
  Duration	1.0s
  Damage window	0.8s - 1.0s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	8

  
  

  Effects

  Powder Snow has no special effects.

  See Powder Snow details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Rock Slide80502.7s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Bug
    • Fire
    • Ice

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Ground
    • Steel

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	2.7s
  Damage window	1.5s - 2.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	75
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Rock Slide has no special effects.

  See Rock Slide details page ↗
• Icy Wind60333.3s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Ground
    • Grass
    • Dragon

  • 62.5%
  • • Steel
    • Fire
    • Water
    • Ice

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Snow
  Duration	3.3s
  Damage window	2.0s - 2.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Icy Wind has a 100.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Attack by 20.0%

  See Icy Wind details page ↗
• Body Slam50331.9s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel

  • 39.1%
  • • Ghost

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	50
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	1.9s
  Damage window	1.2s - 1.7s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	35

  
  

  Effects

  Body Slam has no special effects.

  See Body Slam details page ↗

Swinub Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Swinub's Max CP is at Level 50. Swinub Combat Power values in Pokémon GO Raids, Eggs, and Field Research encounter can be found below.

Max CP	837 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	288 CP - 317 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	384 CP - 423 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	384 CP - 423 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Snow Sunny	480 CP - 529 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Swinub Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Swinub Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Swinub evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Swinub	25 Candy	Piloswine
Piloswine	100 Candy Special Item: Sinnoh Stone	Mamoswine

• Swinub evolves into Piloswine which costs 25 Candy.
• Piloswine evolves into Mamoswine which costs 100 Candy. You need to use a Sinnoh Stone to evolve.

Regular and Shiny Swinub

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Mega Pokémon that boost Swinub

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Swinub's Ice and Ground-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Swinub.

Mega Steelix

Mega Swampert

Mega Glalie

Primal Groudon

Mega Garchomp

Mega Abomasnow

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Swinub Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Swinub in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Ice medal

None↓

Ground medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Swinub, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Swinub family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Swinub in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Swinub

Piloswine

Mamoswine

Shadow Swinub

Shadow Piloswine

Shadow Mamoswine

List of Swinub costumes

A list of Swinub costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Swinub high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Swinub. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

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