This is a strategy guide for using Mamoswine in competitive play for the games Pokemon Sword and Shield. Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Builds, and Held Items to use with Mamoswine, as well as its strengths and weak points.

Mamoswine - Related Guides
Evolution and Learnset	Build for Ranked Battle

Basic Information for Mamoswine

Types and Abilities

Pokemon	Type 1	Type 2
Mamoswine
Abilities
Oblivious	Prevents it from becoming infatuated.
Snow Cloak	Raises evasion in a hailstorm.
Thick Fat (Hidden)	Ups resistance to Fire-Type and Ice-Type moves.

Mamoswine Weaknesses and Resistances

	Type
Takes 4x damage	-
Takes 2x damage
Takes 0.5x damage
Takes 1/4x damage	-
Takes 0x damage

What is Type Effectiveness?

Base Stats

Best Nature for Mamoswine

What are Natures?

How to Learn Mamoswine's Egg Moves

Singles Movesets for Mamoswine

Focus Sash Moveset & Best Build

Mamoswine is a Ice/Ground dual-type, rendering it immune to damage from both Hail and Sandstorm weather effects. While other Pokemon can have their Focus Sash broken by these conditions, Mamoswine's immunity to them makes it a prime user of the item. With its priority move Ice Shard, it can often deal the final blow even against fast opponents.

The Jolly nature is recommended for outspeeding Mimikyu, but Adamant is also possible when prioritizing high damage over all.

Other Viable Moves

Choice Scarf Moveset & Best Build

By making Mamoswine hold a Choice Scarf, its originally middle-to-high Speed is increased to allow it to strike first more frequently.

With the reduced number of Pokemon in this generation's metagame, the number of Pokemon with a similar speed to Mamoswine are extremely frequent. This allows Mamoswine more opportunities to outspeed with Choice Scarf and deal super effective damage with Ice and Ground-type moves.

Other Viable Moves

How to Use Mamoswine Effectively

A physical attacker which can handle a variety of type matchups

Mamoswine gets STAB on the Ice and Ground types, two of the best attacking types, with a total of nine types taking super effective damage from the two types combined. Together with its high Attack, Mamoswine can use the priority move Ice Shard to hit first and hit many powerful Pokemon in their weak spot before they can move. These properties allow Mamoswine wide coverage against a variety of tough opponents.

Counters for Mamoswine

Weakness

Physical Defenders with strong type matchups

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Tapu Fini	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Highly durable and can survive Mamoswine's Ice-type moves ・Its impressive stats and versatility make it an easy fit for most teams Best Ranked Battle Build for Tapu Fini
Celesteela	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Being a Flying-type means Ground-type attacks will have no effect ・Can hit its weak point using Steel-type moves ・Its impressive stats and versatility make it an easy fit for most teams Best Ranked Battle Build for Celesteela
Wash Rotom	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Immune to Earthquake and resists Icicle Crash ・Can hit its weak point with Hydro Pump Best Ranked Battle Build for Wash Rotom
Gyarados	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Can barely survive its non-STAB Stone Edge ・Can knock out Mamoswine to start a Moxie sweep Best Ranked Battle Build for Gyarados

Related Links

All Competitive Builds for Ranked Battle

Competitive Guides for Pokemon Sword and Shield

Competitive Pokemon Battle Guides
Tier List		Best Builds		Series 10 List of Contenders
Doubles Tier List		Team Building		Rental Teams

Best Builds for Returning Pokemon

Movesets & Best Builds for Returning Pokemon
Mimikyu	Wash Rotom	Gyarados
Ferrothorn	Aegislash	Excadrill
Tyranitar	Hydreigon	Heat Rotom
Arcanine	Mamoswine	Toxapex
Togekiss	Cloyster	Durant
Snorlax	Charizard	Sylveon
Lucario	Hippowdon	Umbreon
Conkeldurr	Quagsire	Gastrodon
Lapras	Whimsicott	Rhyperior
Goodra	Haxorus	Glaceon
Mow Rotom	Type: Null	Gengar
Milotic	Gardevoir	Flygon
Chandelure	Lanturn	Torkoal
Bisharp	Seismitoad	Silvally
Butterfree	Primarina	Incineroar
Blastoise	Decidueye	Venusaur
Darmanitan	Alolan Ninetales	Gothitelle
Crawdaunt	Clefable	Reuniclus
Kommo-o	Terrakion	Cobalion
Virizion	Noivern	Fan Rotom
Toxicroak	Pelipper	Jellicent
Celebi	Clefairy	Hitmontop
Diggersby	Ditto	Raichu
Hawlucha	Shiftry	Tsareena
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