#0221 · Johto · Generation 2

Piloswine

Swine Pokémon · Ice/Ground-type

Piloswine is a Ice/Ground-type Pokémon, the Swine Pokémon, number 221 (#0221) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 2 and comes from the Johto region. It is 1.1 m tall and weighs 55.8 kg.

Piloswine is so shaggy that its long hair hides its eyes, so, the Pokédex says, it simply keeps charging and checks its surroundings by smell. Its tusks of ice grow thicker when it snows.

How to pronounce Piloswine

Piloswine is pronounced PY-loh-swine. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Piloswine said out loud:

In Japanese it is イノムー (Inomoo).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Piloswine is a big, furry brown boar with a hump on its back, floppy ears and two tusks made of ice, which Bulbapedia says are smaller on females. Fur covers its beady eyes and short, hooved legs. It is 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall and weighs 55.8 kg (123.0 lb). The Pokédex says its rugged hooves stop it slipping on ice.

Behaviour

Piloswine is very sensitive to sound, and when it charges the hair along its back bristles upright. Bulbapedia says it relies on its nose instead of sight and often digs through snow and ice with its tusks.

Habitat

The Pokédex lists it as a cave Pokémon, and Bulbapedia says it lives in mountains and frozen tundra. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in Kitakami's Chilling Waterhead, in The Teal Mask expansion, and in 4-star Tera Raid Battles; it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

The Black 2 and White 2 Pokédex says its nose can find mushrooms buried under frozen ground.

Powers

Its Abilities are Oblivious, Snow Cloak and the hidden Thick Fat. It learns Ice Fang on evolving, then Earthquake, Blizzard and the rampaging Thrash. With 100 base HP and 100 base Attack it can both hit and take hits, and its base stat total of 450 is the highest of any Ice type introduced in Generation II.

Name origin

Piloswine may combine 'pilose' (covered in fine hair) with 'swine', and perhaps a pun on 'pile of swine'. The Japanese name is Inomoo (イノムー), which may blend inoshishi (猪, 'boar') with būbū, the oinking sound.

Design inspiration

Shigeki Morimoto designed Piloswine. It seems to be a wild boar with the traits of a woolly mammoth. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Piloswine evolves from Swinub at level 33 and into Mamoswine when it levels up while knowing Ancient Power. Its Scarlet and Violet learnset lists Ancient Power at level 1.

In the games

The Mahogany Gym Leader Pryce uses a Piloswine in Gold and Silver, where it debuted, and he still does in HeartGold and SoulSilver's Gym battle. In Legends: Arceus, its Pokédex entry says its white tusks can defeat enemies.

In the anime

In the TV series, Pryce's Piloswine debuted in 'As Cold as Pryce', where he believed it had abandoned him years earlier, which had made him cold and bitter.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says no other Pokémon shares the Ice and Ground typing, and that it is the only typing weak to Grass, Fire and Water, the three starter types.
• Bulbapedia says Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon have Morimoto wanting a Pokémon for each of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Carl uses a Piloswine to flatten Ecruteak City with an Earthquake.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Piloswine (Pokémon) · Serebii: Piloswine (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 100
• Defense: 80
• Sp. Atk: 60
• Sp. Def: 60
• Speed: 50

Piloswine’s base stat total is 450. Its highest stat is HP and Attack.

Type matchups

What is Piloswine weak to?

Piloswine takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Water (2×), Grass (2×), Fighting (2×), Steel (2×) moves.

It resists Poison (½×).

It is immune to Electric moves.

Evolution

What does Piloswine evolve from?

Piloswine evolves from Swinub at level 33.

How does Piloswine evolve?

Piloswine evolves into Mamoswine (Level up, knowing Ancient Power).

The whole family: Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine.

Abilities

• Oblivious: Prevents infatuation and protects against Captivate.
• Snow Cloak: Increases evasion to 1.25× during snow or hail. Protects against hail damage.
• Thick Fat (hidden ability): Halves damage from Fire and Ice moves.

Moves

Moves Piloswine learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Piloswine learns the move the moment it evolves: Ice Fang.

TM moves (45)

Piloswine can learn 45 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Ice Fang, Trailblaze, Facade, Bulldoze, Icy Wind, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Avalanche, Endure, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Snowscape, Dig, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Substitute, Stealth Rock, Amnesia, Earth Power, Reversal, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Haze, Sand Tomb, Smack Down, High Horsepower, Icicle Spear, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Throat Chop, Curse.

Egg moves (7):Ancient Power, Bite, Curse, Double-Edge, Fissure, Freeze-Dry, Icicle Crash.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 75 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 HP and 1 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 158.

Pokédex entries

The long fur of this Pokémon covers its eyes, ears, and even limbs, allowing Piloswine to resist harshly frigid conditions. The Pokémon's white tusks can be used to defeat its enemies. (Legends: Arceus)

Although its legs are short, its rugged hooves prevent it from slipping, even on icy ground. (Crystal, X, Shield)

If it charges at an enemy, the hairs on its back stand up straight. It is very sensitive to sound. (Silver, FireRed, SoulSilver, Sword)

Piloswine is covered by a thick coat of long hair that enables it to endure the freezing cold. This Pokémon uses its tusks to dig up food that has been buried under ice. (Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire)

Because the long hair all over its body obscures its sight, it just keeps charging repeatedly. (Gold, LeafGreen, HeartGold, Y)

With its excellent sense of smell, it's even able to find mushrooms that are buried under frozen ground. (Black 2, White 2)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Ice type in Gen 2: 55.8 kg.
• Tallest Ice type in Gen 2: 1.1 m.
• Slowest Ice type in Gen 2: 50 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Highest HP among Ice types in Gen 2: 100.
• Highest Attack among Ice types in Gen 2: 100.
• Highest Defense among Ice types in Gen 2: 80.
• Highest base stat total among Ice types in Gen 2: 450.
• Highest HP among Ground types in Gen 2: 100.
• Taller than 54% of all Pokémon (1.1 m).
• Heavier than 69% of all Pokémon (55.8 kg).
• Base stat total 450, ranked #512 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is HP, ranked #95 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Ice and Ground.
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 70 of 100 Pokémon introduced in Generation 2 (Johto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 56 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 75: about 9.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 9 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Piloswine (Pokémon), Serebii: Piloswine (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (PY-loh-swine): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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