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Height
3'07"
Imperial
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1.1 m
Metric
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3'07"/1.1 m
Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
123.0 lbs.
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55.8 kg
Metric
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123.0 lbs./55.8 kg
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP
1
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Atk
1
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Def
0
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Sp.Atk
0
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Sp.Def
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Speed
0
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| Base Exp.: 160
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Battle Exp.: 1601*
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Piloswine (Japanese: イノムー Inomoo) is a dual-type Ice/Ground Pokémon.
It evolves from Swinub starting at level 33, and evolves into Mamoswine when leveled up while knowing AncientPower.
Biology
Physiology
Piloswine are big brown furry Pokémon that have an impressive hump on their backs, giving them a hunchbacked appearance. They also have two tusks made of ice, which seem small but can be pretty lethal, and floppy ears which are sensitive to sound. Piloswine’s shaggy coat makes it unable to see, so it checks surroundings with its sensitive pig-like nose instead. Piloswine’s hair is so long that it usually covers its small, hooved legs.
In the 3-D Pokémon console games, as well as the anime, it is shown that Piloswine has two beady eyes in its head; however, these are usually covered up by tufts of fur.
Gender differences
A female Piloswine has shorter tusks than a male.
Special abilities
Although its legs are short, its rugged hooves give it sure footing even on icy ground. As an dual Ice- and Template:Type2 Pokémon, Piloswine can also use a variety of moves from both types. Its tusks of ice thicken when it snows.
Behavior
Piloswine are strong, brave, and undeniably stubborn. Wild Piloswine jealously guard their herd's territory, driving off any creatures that trespass. Domesticated Piloswine are loyal to a fault. There are stories of Piloswine who refuse to go down no matter how hard a battle becomes in an attempt to live up to their trainer's expectations of them.
If Piloswine charges at an enemy, the hairs on its back stand up straight. It is very sensitive to sound, and because its long hair obscures its sight, it will continue charging repeatedly.
Habitat
Piloswine tend to inhabit cold places, such as icy caves, mountainous regions and frozen tundra.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Major appearances
Dawn's Swinub evolved into a Piloswine in Sleepless in Pre-Battle. It later evolved into Mamoswine in A Breed Stampede!.
Other
Pryce's Piloswine first appeared in As Cold as Pryce. Pryce thought that his Piloswine had abandoned him when he was a young Pokémon Trainer after the two of them got hit by a Magmar's Fire Blast and thus became cold and bitter. When Pryce found his Piloswine in a cave and frozen solid with a Burn-Healing Herb, Pryce let go of his coldness. Pryce used his Piloswine in the Gym battle against Ash in the following episode.
Minor appearances
Piloswine made its animated debut in Celebi: Voice of the Forest as one of the Pokémon captured in the Poacher's cage at the start of the film. Its appearance in the film was very brief, lasting barely a second.
In Pichu Bros. in Party Panic during the chase between the Pichu Brothers and a Houndour, the Pichu Brothers disguised themselves as a Piloswine but the Houndour wasn't easily fooled and eventually dismantled the disguise, revealing the Pichu Brothers.
In Entei at Your Own Risk!, many were seen being caught in Team Rocket's attack.
Pokédex entries
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Entry
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| DP104
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Piloswine
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Piloswine, the Swine Pokémon and the evolved form of Swinub. Piloswine's entire body is covered with fur, which makes it hard to see, so it uses its nose to sense its environment instead.
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Piloswine appeared in Volume 9 under the control of Keane, who used its sheer power to devastate Ecruteak City with an Earthquake. However, Silver defeated it easily with Gold's Politoed.
In the TCG
- Main article: Piloswine (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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| Generation II
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| Gold
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Because the long hair all over its body obscures its sight, it just keeps charging repeatedly.
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| Silver
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If it charges at an enemy, the hairs on its back stand up straight. It is very sensitive to sound.
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| Crystal
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Although its legs are short, its rugged hooves prevent it from slipping, even on icy ground.
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| Stadium 2
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Because the long hair all over its body obscures its sight, it just keeps charging repeatedly.
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| Generation III
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| Ruby
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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.
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| Sapphire
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{{{sapphiredex}}}
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| Emerald
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A Piloswine is covered by a thick coat of long hair for enduring freezing cold. It uses its tusks to dig up food that has been buried under ice.
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| FireRed
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If it charges at an enemy, the hairs on its back stand up straight. It is very sensitive to sound.
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| LeafGreen
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Because the long hair all over its body obscures its sight, it just keeps charging repeatedly.
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| Diamond
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Its shaggy coat makes it unable to see. It checks surroundings with its sensitive nose instead.
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| Pearl
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{{{pearldex}}}
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| Platinum
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Covered by a shaggy coat, it is strong against the cold. Its tusks of ice thicken when it snows.
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| HeartGold
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Because the long hair all over its body obscures its sight, it just keeps charging repeatedly.
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| SoulSilver
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If it charges at an enemy, the hairs on its back stand up straight. It is very sensitive to sound.
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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100
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160 - 207
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310 - 404
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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Total: 450
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Piloswine
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Piloswine
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Special moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Prior to Generation IV, Piloswine can learn AncientPower by breeding or by evolution of a shadow Swinub caught in Pokémon XD. Despite this, it cannot evolve into Mamoswine in those generations because Mamoswine did not yet exist. This makes it and Lickitung the only Pokémon which could not evolve even if the criteria were met because their evolved forms were not yet created.
- Of all the Pokémon that need to know a certain move to evolve, Piloswine is the only one that has already evolved once.
- It is also the only one of the move-based evolutions that does not learn the required move at a specific level. However, AncientPower is in Piloswine's list of level up moves and thus can be recovered by a move relearner in exchange for a Heart Scale.
- Pryce's Piloswine was defeated by Pikachu with several Thunderbolts with great effect, despite Piloswine being a Ground-type.
- The first syllable in Piloswine's name is pronounced with a short "i" by the announcer in Pokémon Battle Revolution; in keeping with its name origin, it is pronounced with a long "i" in the anime.
Origin
Piloswine's size/appearance seem to be based off a mix of a yak, whose mountainous habitat echoes that of the Ice Path in Northern Johto, and a boar. It also share traits with mastodons/mammoths the latter of which is expressed in its later evolution.
Name origin
A combination of pilose, meaning "covered in distinct hairs", and swine (pig). Pilo may also come from the Pliocene period, which is the period the arctic ice cap formed, or pillow, referring to its puffy nature.
Its Japanese name may be a combination of 猪 inoshishi, boar, and ブーブー bū bū, an onomatopoeia for oinking.
In other languages
- German: Keifel - From Keiler (boar) and Fell (fur). Possibly also from keifen (to nag or shriek).
- French: Cochignon - From cochon (pig) and chignon (hair bun).
- Korean: 메꾸리 Mekkuri
- Chinese (Taiwan): 長毛豬 Cháng Máo Zhū - Literally "Long-haired hog". 長毛 can be derived from 長毛象 Chángmáoxiàng (mammoth).
Related articles
External links
Soft Sand (100%)
For other sprites and images, please see Piloswine images on Bulbagarden Archives.
