Piloswine
IceGround
Best attacking moveset: Ice Shard and High Horsepower, worth 10.0 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Piloswine can learn 10 combinations. Ice Shard with High Horsepower does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Shard | Ice | 10 | 1.0s | +10 |
| Powder Snow | Ice | 6 | 1.0s | +15 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche | Ice | 85 | 2.5s | -50 |
| Bulldoze | Ground | 80 | 3.5s | -50 |
| High Horsepower | Ground | 105 | 1.5s | -100 |
| Icicle Spear | Ice | 55 | 2.0s | -33 |
| Stone Edge | Rock | 105 | 2.5s | -100 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Piloswine has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 2,652 at level 50, 2,345 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,340 CP at level 20, or 1,675 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,271 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 181 attack · 138 defense · 225 stamina |
What it costs
| Second charged move | 50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy |
|---|---|
| Buddy distance | 3 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy |
| Size | 1.09 m and 55.8 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Piloswine does not have one best moveset, it has 4. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Flying, Ground, Grass.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Shard + Avalanche | 15.5 | |
| Ground | Ice Shard + Avalanche | 15.5 |
| Grass | Ice Shard + Avalanche | 15.5 |
| Dragon | Ice Shard + Avalanche | 15.5 |
| Poison | Powder Snow + High Horsepower | 13.9 |
| Rock | Powder Snow + High Horsepower | 13.9 |
| Electric | Powder Snow + High Horsepower | 13.9 |
| Steel | Powder Snow + High Horsepower | 12.3 |
| Fire | Powder Snow + High Horsepower | 12.3 |
| Bug | Powder Snow + Stone Edge | 10.9 |
| Normal | Ice Shard + High Horsepower | 10.0 |
| Fighting | Ice Shard + High Horsepower | 10.0 |
| Ghost | Ice Shard + High Horsepower | 10.0 |
| Psychic | Ice Shard + High Horsepower | 10.0 |
| Dark | Ice Shard + High Horsepower | 10.0 |
| Fairy | Ice Shard + High Horsepower | 10.0 |
| Ice | Powder Snow + Stone Edge | 9.4 |
| Water | Powder Snow + High Horsepower | 8.4 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Piloswine is actually for.
Counters: what beats Piloswine
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Blacephalon | FireGhost | Incinerate + Mind Blown Legacy | 47.6 |
 Lucario | FightingSteel | Force Palm + Aura Sphere Legacy | 40.3 |
 Reshiram | DragonFire | Fire Fang + Fusion Flare Legacy | 39.5 |
 Kartana | GrassSteel | Razor Leaf + Leaf Blade | 38.6 |
 Pheromosa | BugFighting | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 36.9 |
 Terrakion | RockFighting | Double Kick + Sacred Sword Legacy | 36.8 |
 Blaziken | FireFighting | Counter + Aura Sphere | 36.5 |
 Chandelure | GhostFire | Fire Spin + Overheat | 36.1 |
 Cinderace | Fire | Fire Spin + Pyroball | 35.6 |
 Volcarona | BugFire | Fire Spin + Overheat | 35.3 |
Ranked by damage per second against Piloswine's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.