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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

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The next Pokémon that I will be trading through Surprise Trade is Swinub, the Ice/Ground-type Pokémon introduced in Generation 2. I breed for 31 IVs in at least 4 or 5 stats, and while most of the Swinub that I bred for have Thick Fat, there are some that have Oblivious and Snow Cloak, I did read somewhere that Oblivious on Mamoswine is better for online battles to block Intimidate, but I prefer Thick Fat when using Mamoswine. I went with Adamant, as the Swinub line have really good Attack, and it is the best Nature to go with, and with its Egg Moves, I went with Icicle Crash, Freeze-Dry, Fissure, and Curse, it can also get Ancient Power, Bite, and Double-Edge as well, I will list which parents in the Field Egg Group that can learn those moves.
Ancient Power: Dunsparce, Piloswine, Mamoswine
Bite: Meowth, A-Meowth, Persian, A-Persian, Growlithe, Arcanine, Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Loudred, Exploud, Mawile, Electrike, Manectric, Shinx, Luxio, Luxray, Stunky, Skuntank, Hippopotas, Hippowdon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Lillipup, Herdier, Stoutland, Sandile, Krokorok, Krookodile, Darumaka, G-Darumaka, Darmanitan, G-Darmanitan, Sylveon, Litten, Torracat, Incineroar, Rockruff, Lycanroc, Skwovet, Greedent, Yamper, Boltund, Morpeko
Curse: Torkoal
Double-Edge: Tauros, Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Dunsparce, Zigzagoon, G-Zigzagoon, Linoone, G-Linoone, Hippopotas, Hippowdon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Sylveon, Stufful, Bewear, Passimian, Scorbunny, Raboot, Cinderace, Wooloo, Dubwool, Obstagoon
Fissure: Diglett, A-Diglett, Dugtrio, A-Dugtrio, Hippopotas, Hippowdon, Drilbur, Excadrill
Freeze-Dry: Glaceon, Eiscue
Icicle Crash: A-Sandslash, G-Darmanitan, Beartic

In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Swinub learns Take Down, Body Slam, Mud Shot, and Icicle Spear, I would recommend Icicle Spear over Freeze-Dry, as Icicle Spear is a move that does see use on Mamoswine in online battles, it learns Icicle Spear from the Seel line through Chain Breeding, or from Smeargle.
While Swinub does get Ancient Power through Breeding, Piloswine does relearn it through the Move Relearner, that way it can be evolved into Mamoswine in one level. Swinub learns Tackle, Mud-Slap, Powder Snow, Flail, Ice Shard, Mist, Endure, Icy Wind, Amnesia, Take Down, Earthquake, and Blizzard for its level up moves. Its evolved form Piloswine learns Ice Fang upon evolution, and it learns Thrash as a level up move, and it evolves into Mamoswine when it levels up while knowing Ancient Power, and it learns Double Hit upon evolution.
Then for TMs and TRs, and I will be going over what Mamoswine can learn, it can get Dig, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Light Screen, Reflect, Rock Slide, Scary Face, Hail, Rock Tomb, Sand Tomb, Icicle Spear, Mud Shot, Rock Blast, Avalanche, Bulldoze, and Stomping Tantrum, and for TRs, it can learn Body Slam, Ice Beam, Amnesia, Superpower, Iron Head, Stone Edge, Stealth Rock, Heavy Slam, High Horsepower, and Body Press. In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, it can learn Roar, Strength, and Rock Climb for possible moves.
For online battles, as well as competitive battling, Mamoswine is one of the best Ice-type Physical Attackers, most sets use Icicle Crash, Earthquake, Ice Shard, and Stealth Rock, although you can swap Stealth Rock out for Superpower or Stone Edge if you are using a Choice Band set on it. Icicle Spear is an alternative over Icicle Crash, that way you can break through a Focus Sash or Sturdy, it has many options to choose from.
While it is good in Single Battles, in Double Battles, Mamoswine can use Rock Slide as a way to hit both targets, while High Horsepower is a good single target Ground-type move to have for that. Ice Shard works as a priority move, and that works well with Mamoswine's high Attack stat, and as for the preferred Ability, while Thick Fat is nice for reducing damage from Fire and Ice-type moves, and effectively making it take neutral damage to Fire-type moves, Oblivious on Mamoswine is good for blocking Intimidate, which was why I have some Swinub with Oblivious, and Snow Cloak isn't the best Ability to have, because not only are Hail teams not that common, Mamoswine can be a decent Pokémon on Hail teams, but Snow Cloak isn't an Ability you want on it.
While Swinub wasn't the most successful Pokémon in the competitive scene, because Piloswine didn't stand out in the competitive scene in Gen 2, it wasn't till Mamoswine's introduction where it became a top-tier competitive Pokémon, and I always found it weird how Piloswine was able to learn Ancient Power since Gen 2, and it wasn't till Gen 4 that it could evolve into Mamoswine, and even if it did exist in Gen 2, Ice would be a Special-based type, so it wouldn't make use of Ice-type moves that well.

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