Swinub (Pokémon)

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Swinub ウリムー Urimoo #220
Artwork from GSC
Type Ice Ground Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Pig Pokémon
Ability Oblivious Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #191 Hoenn #360 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 0'0" Imperial 0.0 m Metric 0'0"/0.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.0 lbs. Imperial 0.0 kg Metric 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Unknown	Catch rate 225 (29.4%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Ground group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 78 Battle Exp.: 781*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=swinub|ndex=220|name=Swinub }}

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

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gold / Pokémon LeafGreen

It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs.

Pokémon Silver / Pokémon FireRed

If it smells something enticing, it dashes headlong off to find the source of the aroma.

Pokémon Crystal

It uses the tip of its nose to dig for food. Its nose is so tough that even frozen ground poses no problem.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Swinub roots for food by rubbing its snout against the ground. Its favorite food is a mushroom that grows under the cover of dead grass. This Pokémon occasionally roots out hot springs.

Pokémon Emerald

It roots for food by rubbing its snout against the ground. Its favorite food is a mushroom that grows under dried grass. It occasionally roots out hot springs.

Name origin

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

It is based on a wild boar.

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 50		110 - 157	210 - 304
Attack: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Defense: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Sp. Atk: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Sp. Def: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Speed: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Total: 250	Other Pokémon with this total
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.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric 0× Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric 0× Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric 0× Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric 0× Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Learnset

Special Moves

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Swinub knows Shadow Blitz and Shadow Wave as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Charm after being purified.

In other languages

• German: Quiekel
• French: Marcacrin
• Korean: 꾸꾸리 Kkukkuri

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