Swinub (Pokémon)

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Swinub ウリムー Urimoo #220
Art by Ken Sugimori from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Type Ice Ground Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Pig Pokémon
Abilities Oblivious or Snow Cloak Snow Cloak Blue-Striped ----- Thick Fat Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #195 Hoenn #360 Sinnoh #203 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-172 Almia R-200 Oblivia R-280 N-132
Height 1'04" Imperial 0.4 m Metric 1'04"/0.4 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 14.3 lbs. Imperial 6.5 kg Metric 14.3 lbs./6.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Brown	Catch rate 225 (29.4%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Ground group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 78 Battle Exp.: 781*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Swinub (Japanese: ウリムー Urimoo) is a dual-type Ice/Ground Pokémon.

It evolves into Piloswine starting at level 33, who evolves into Mamoswine when leveled up while knowing AncientPower.

Biology

Physiology

Living in frigid temperatures, these Pokémon are covered in dense, brown-colored, striped hair to keep them warm. The hair is so shaggy that it often covers their tuft-like small legs, making them appear like a legless lump in shape. They use their pink, pig-like noses to dig through mud and snow, looking for anything edible. Swinub’s eyes seem perpetually closed in appearance.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Swinub are known for their ability to find underground springs. As an dual Ice- and Template:Type2 Pokémon, Swinub can also use a variety of moves from both types.

Behavior

This Pokémon is known to use its hardy and reliable nose to sniff out food. Occasionally, it will come across hot springs while scouring the ground. When a Swinub finds an attractive smell, it will run desperately to find out the source of the aroma.

Habitat

Swinub has been known to be found in icy areas, notably Ice Path and Route 217.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

This Pokémon's favorite food is a certain type of mushroom that grows under dead grass, although it also eats berries that it finds.

In the anime

Major appearances

Dawn's Swinub

Dawn captured a Swinub in Hungry For the Good Life!, and it evolved into Piloswine in Sleepless in Pre-Battle!, and then into Mamoswine in A Breed Stampede!.

Other

Swinub first appeared in Spring Fever. There were three named "Sue", "Ein" and "Ub", and they were used by Peggy and her father to sniff out places to dig for hot springs.

Three Swinub were featured in Hot Springing a Leak!; they were owned by Leona, one of Dawn's childhood friends.

Minor appearances

A Swinub was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.

Swinub also make a cameo in Queen of the Serpentine. The little Pig Pokémon was one of Lucy's pets.

One of the Pokémon that was with a Poké-Sitter named Matt in Pinch Healing! was a Swinub.

Swinub also made an appearance as one of the Pokémon owned by Nurse Joy in Drifloon on the Wind!.

It was also seen as part of Lila's famous "tiger lily smile" in Battling the Generation Gap!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Swinub is seen as one of the Pokémon under Pryce. When Pryce is lost in time, a Swinub is seen with him.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Swinub (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Pokémon XD		NeverMeltIce (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	09595	100}}100%	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100100	100}}100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
	TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	05050	080}}80%	10
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM48	Canon	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM78	Smooth Over	Ground	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	07575	090}}90%	10
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Swinub Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Swinub Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	AncientPower	Rock	Special	60	100%	5
	Avalanche*	Ice	Physical	60	100%	10
	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15
	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—%	10
	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15
	Fissure	Ground	Physical	—	—%	5
	Icicle Drop	Ice	Physical	85	90%	10
	Icicle Spear*	Ice	Physical	25	100%	30
	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95%	15
	Stealth Rock*	Rock	Status	—	—%	20
	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Swinub in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Swinub in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Swinub Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Swinub Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Special moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 220.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 10.9% Friend Area: Frigid Cavern Phrases 51%-100% HP Mmm... I smell something nice... It fills me with happiness! 26%-50% HP My HP's half gone already... 1%-25% HP I'm done... I can't distinguish aromas anymore... Level up Oh, yes! I leveled up! It fills me with happiness! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up Oh, yes! I leveled up! It fills me with happiness!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: A
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Ground  Poké Assist: ( Ice ) Field move: (Tackle ×1) Loops: 5 Min. exp.: 25 Max. exp.: 29 Browser entry   Swinub might appear cute, but it charges the unwary at wicked speed.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Ground  Poké Assist: ( Ice ) Field move: (Tackle ×1) Browser entry   It breathes powdered snow and rams to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Ground  ( Ground ) Past ( Normal ) (Tackle ×2) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   It triggers tremors to attack.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Swinub  Ice  Ground

Level 33 →

First evolution Piloswine  Ice  Ground

Level up knowing AncientPower →

Second evolution Mamoswine  Ice  Ground

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Swinub images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• The only time that Swinub's eyes have been seen open was during the battle between Pryce and Erika in Round 163 of Pokémon Adventures when Pryce ordered his to dodge Erika's Skiploom's attack.
• Swinub is one of the few Pokémon with the same sprite in both Gold and Silver.
• Before the introduction of Mamoswine, Swinub and its evolved form Piloswine were very similar to Mankey and Primeape. Both are the combination of a pig and another animal, had only two evolutionary stages, the final form's English name began with "P", and both are the pigs of their generations followed by Spoink and Grumpig.
• Swinub's shiny form has changed frequently; it was blue in Generation II, gray in Generation III, and green in Generation IV.
  • Strangely the nose color always stayed the same.
• Swinub and its evolutionary family are the only Pokémon that are resistant to damage from all types of weather effects, due to their unique typing.
• As part of a very obvious April Fool's Day joke in 2009, Bulbanews reported that a Swinub was found in Kelang, an island off Indonesia. It was then taken to Area 51.
• Despite being introduced as a Template:Type2 in Generation II, it could not learn any Ground-type moves by level-up until Generation IV.
• In HeartGold and SoulSilver coding, it is revealed that Swinub has Mud Shot listed as a "new HGSS" egg move, but it could already learn this move by breeding since Generation III.
  • Due to several Pokémon been given new egg moves, this is likely to be a mistake.

Origin

Swinub's size/appearance seem to be based off a mix of a Peruvian guinea pig, and a wild boar piglet. It may also be based on wordplay of the groundhog. Both are similar in characteristics and behavior, while "Ground hog" describes Swinub's type and species quite well.

Name origin

Swinub's name is a combination of swine and nub, referring to its lump-like nose.

Its Japanese name may be a combination of 瓜坊 uribō, a wild boar piglet, and ブーブー bū bū, an onomatopoeia for oinking.

In other languages

• German: Quiekel - From quieken (sounds that pigs make) and Ferkel (piglet).
• French: Marcacrin - From marcassin (wild boar piglet) and crin (horse hair).
• Korean: 꾸꾸리 Kkukkuri
• Chinese (Taiwan): 小山豬 Xiǎo Shān Zhū - Literally "Small mountain pig". 山豬 also refers to the species Sus scrofa (wild boars).

Related articles

• Dawn's Swinub

External links

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