Swibub with bred icicle crash or vanillite

[alaneapen]

I am planning on breeding icicle crash to swinub. Would a swinub which will evolve into mamoswine be better than my shadow vanillite which could be a vanilluxe.

[Zumi]

I am planning on breeding icicle crash to swinub. Would a swinub which will evolve into mamoswine be better than my shadow vanillite which could be a vanilluxe.

If you're going for an attacker, go for Mamoswine. It still has 5 weaknesses though, but it's immune to electric types.

If you're going for a special attacker, go for Vanilluxe. It has a higher base stat than Mamoswine as well, but has only one less weakness and isn't immune to anything.

Having icicle crash on Mamoswine is good though, since it's a physical attacker and icicle crash is a physical move, plus it does stab damage.

In my opinion, I'd go for Mamoswine since it has a better learnset in my eyes. Just be wary that it might die fast.

[Vinny]

Thick Fat is good to halve that fire weakness, and Mamoswine is part ground. A fire type might win a battle against it, but Mamoswine's EQ will leave a mark, that's for sure.

I prefer Mamoswine (Because EQ by level up), but Vaniluxe learns some interesting moves by level up too (Freeze-Dry, Hail, Ice Beam, Mirror Shot, Blizzard, Acid Armor...)

But, like zumidesu said, just go with what you need the most (Vaniluxe if you need sp. attacker; Mamoswine if you need a physical attacker).

And Icicle Crash OP nerf pls

[alaneapen]

I am also running infernape, greninja, ampharos, granbull and honckrow so i could appreciate special attackers but I also need a ground type so mamoswine would be great. my reborn mamaoswine clutched against overleveled garchomp in reborn so there is that.

[NikeSB]

You'd have to breed Mamoswine to learn Ancient power as well then. Doesn't learn ancient power in rejuvenation on it's own.