Swinub (Pokémon)

Swinub ウリムー Urimoo

Artwork from HG/SS

Types Species  Ice  Ground  Pig Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Oblivious or Snow Cloak 1,250,000 Pokédex National #220 Johto #195* Hoenn #360* Sinnoh #203Pt Browser Fiore R-172 Almia R-200 Height Weight 1'04" 14.3 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Brown 225 Gender ratio 50% male 50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Ground 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 78 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. II-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) 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 hair to keep them warm. They use their noses to dig through mud and snow, looking for anything edible. Their sense of smell is quite powerful, able to smell food through thick snow.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Swinub are known for their ability to find underground springs.

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

Cave Pokémon

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.

In the anime

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.

Swinub in the anime

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!.

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

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

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

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

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Swinub is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow moves		Level 22+	Purified moves
Shadow Blitz	Shadow		Charm	Normal
Shadow Wave	Shadow		AncientPower	Rock
--			Mist	Ice
--			Mud Shot	Ground

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
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!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Ground	Loops: 5	Minimum Experience: 25
Poké Assist: ( Ice )	Field Move: (Tackle ×1)	Maximum Experience: 29
"Swinub might appear cute, but it charges the unwary at wicked speed."
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: A
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Ground	Poké Assist: ( Ice )	Field Move: (Tackle ×1)
"It breathes powdered snow and rams to attack."

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
			File:Spr 3e 220 s.gif
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	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.
• 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 Ground-type in Generation II, it could not learn any Ground-type moves by level-up until Generation IV.

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

Related articles

• Dawn's Swinub

External links

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