Sorry ol’ JRE has been quieter of late, Pokéfriends. Just been a very busy (and occasionally very stressful) couple of months as we approach the midway point of 2026 (already?!), and the time to write with now three high schoolers and all else going on has just taken a hit. I haven’t covered all the weekly metas this season, despite best intentions. But at the very least, I want to make sure big PvP-relevant events don’t pass us by, so here’s the latest: May Community Day!
OINKOLOGNE (Female) Stats and Moves
Female Oinkologne
Normal
Great League Stats
- (Highest Stat Product IVs: 0-14-15, 1500 CP, Level 23)
Ultra League Stats
- (Highest Stat Product IVs: 0-15-15, 2497 CP, Level 47)
Master League
Don’t be a greedy pig.
Okay, right off the bat with some discussion. Why did I only highlight the female version, you might ask? It simply comes down to stats, where the Female has (to use the overused phrase) strictly better PvP stats than the Male, outpacing it by about 10 Defense and HP in both Great League and Ultra League; the Male has 8-10 more Attack instead. And that is literally the only difference between them, with both having the same typing and moves right on down the line.
Are there things that the higher Attack of the Male can beat that the Female cannot? Sure, but very few of note, whereas the notably higher bulk of the Female means that is consistently outpaces the Male in the win/loss column with multiple additional wins. I WILL show a couple sims of the Male later just to highlight this, but until that bit, we’ll be focusing in on just the superior Female version for this analysis… including those stats all listed above.
And speaking of those stats, the Female is not just bulkier than the Male, it’s also truly bulky in general. Among Normal types, while not in the uppermost bulk tier, it’s still up there with more bulk than stuff like Oranguru and Dubwool, and in Ultra League in particular, only Blissey, Lickilicky, Miltank, Greedent, and Snorlax rank higher.
As compared to the wider field, Female Oinkologne’s overall bulk is nearly identical to Great League bulkmeisters Marowak, Forretress, Tentacruel and Toesdcruel, and ahead of Serperior, and in Ultra League, Oinker sits with basically the same bulk as Jellicent, is just behind Ferrothorn and Tenta/Toesdcruel, Cradily, and Tinkaton, and ahead of things known primarily for their bulk like Meganium and Blastoise. Particularly noticable is the high HP/stamina, which puts Female Oinkologne in the Top 40 Pokémon in the entire game.
Yeah… baby got back. 🐖
As for the Normal typing, shouldn’t be a big mystery by now, but you have a weakness to Fighting, a double resistances to Ghost, and neutral damage from everything else. The Ghost bit in particular will come up again, as we live in a Ghost-heavy meta right now….
But first, we have the moves!
ᴱ – Exclusive (Community Day) Move
Fast Moves
- Tackle – Normal type, 3.0 DPT, 3.0 EPT, 0.5 CoolDown
- Take Down – Normal type, 1.67 DPT, 2.67 EPT, 1.5 CD
- Mud Slapᴱ – Ground type, 3.67 DPT, 3.33 EPT, 1.5 CD
This is where Oinker has always been held back the most. Good charge moves (we’ll get there in a sec, hang tight) but about as dull as you can get in the fast move department. Tackle can work, but it’s a poor man’s… well, everything. Normal moves are never super effective and awkwardly resisted by the Ghosts that Normal types are otherwise well equipped to counter. Tackle gets the job done, but only just barely with completely average damage and energy generation, but it has all the bland stigma of many other Normal-type moves, and has left Oinkologne rooting around for success and mostly not finding it to this point.
Enter the new exclusive Community Day move Mud Slap. Obviously this move has a storied history over the last few seasons, rising from obscurity in Season 20 and never really looking back since, even after its slight nerf (from 4.0 DPT to now 3.67 DPT) just this season.
Yes, Mud Slappers have come back down to earth a bit, but the good ones like Gastrodon, Marowak, and others haven’t dropped out of any metas where they were prominent over the last years and a half. Mud Slap is still one of the best fast moves in the game with above average damage and energy generation, and still brings tremendous meta pressure all on its own. And now Oinkologne gets a crack at it.
Now Mud Slap has an admittedly spotty history on non-Ground types (where it lacks the Same Type Attack Bonus that makes it really scary), but as we saw in one of very few analyses I have gotten out over the last couple weeks, spotlighting Orthworm, Mud Slap CAN do good things even for non-Ground types that have good bulk. Orthworm even finds success without any charge moves costing less than 50 energy, which is hardly ideal. Thankfully, Oinkologne does NOT have that particular problem….
Charge Moves
- Body Slam – Normal type, 55 damage, 35 energy
- Trailblaze – Grass type, 65 damage, 45 energy, Raises User Attack +1 Stage
- Dig – Ground type, 70 damage, 50 energy
While Orthie is perhaps only held back by needing to reach 50 energy to fire off any charge moves at all, as you can see, it’s a whole different story for Oinkologne: 50 energy represents not its cheapest move, but its most expensive, and — spoiler alert — its one 50-energy move is one you probably don’t want to be running anyway! Not when you have 45-energy Trailblaze sitting there.
Yes, it deals a bit less damage than Dig (65 instead of 70), but still has a respectable 1.44 Damage Per Energy which is actually higher than Dig (1.40 DPE) AND nice coverage (being a Grass move, as opposed to Dig doubling up Ground damage on top of Mud Slap) AND a guaranteed Attack boost to make all subsequent Mud Slaps that much more powerful.
But what really makes Oinkologne go is a spammy Normal-type charge move (which DOES get S.T.A.B.!)… good old Body Spam Slam, in this case. Most of the best Normal types in PvP rely on Slam or Swift these days — a list that includes heavyweights of the present like Lickilicky, Furret, Miltank, Dubwool, Greedent and those of the past like Vigoroth and Snorlax — along with other modern (but non-Normal) stars like Kingdra, Sealeo, Dragonair, and of course, fellow Mud Slapping, Body Slammin’ superstar Gastrodon.
Oinkologne has always had the same (if not better) potential, it’s just been locked behind mediocre Tackle. Let’s set it free now with Mud Slap and see how high it can go!
GREAT LEAGUE
So comparing Tackle to the new Mud Slap is SUCH an improvement I almost feel I could rest my case right here. Yes, Tackle can uniquely take down Flying (and Mud Slap resistant) Fearow and, interestingly, Shelgon, but otherwise it’s ALL Mud Slap with extra wins over a boatload of Steels (Aegislash, Galarian Stunfisk, Shadow Steelix, Shadow and non-Shadow Empoleon, Tinkaton), Poisons (Galarian Weezing, Clodsire), Tackle-resistant Ghosts (Galarian Corsola, Shadow and non-Shadow Sableye), and other big names that include Lickilicky, Charjabug, and Shadow Swampert.
This is a clear and nearly unequivocal upgrade that I really don’t need to embellish… it speaks for itself with a now-winning record against a number of obvious (Steels, Poisons) and not-so-obvious big names. And the lack of STAB on Mud Slap doesn’t matter all that much; consider Donphan, a Ground type that DOES get STAB Mud Slap and carries the same Body Slam/Trailblaze moveset, and is left entirely in Oinkologne’s dust due to having far worse bulk. STAB and Attack prowess aren’t everything… stats generally matter more.
I’ll just take a further moment to highlight that Female Oinkologne’s remarkable improvement isn’t limited to 1v1 shielding matchups. While things are a little closer in 0v0 shielding (Tackle scrapes out unique wins against Talonflame, Wigglytuff, Lickilicky, and Furret, though Mud Slap is still superior with wins instead against Morpeko, Galarian Weezing, and the Shadow versions of Steelix, Empoleon, Drapion, and even Talonflame), in 2v2 shielding, Mud Slap is a straight upgrade, beating literally everything that Tackle can while adding on (I’ll just stick with alphabetical) Azumarill, Clefable, Cradily, Cresselia, Diggersby, Alolan Ninetales, Quagsire, G-Weezing, and Wigglytuff. I mean, there’s really no further commentary or analysis necessary here, is there?
The only other thing I WILL highlight is the superiority of Trailblaze as compared to Dig. While Dig CAN bury a few things that Trailblaze cannot (Shadow Scizor there in 1shield, and Tinkaton, Empoleon, Shadow G-Weezing, and SScizor again with shields down), it consistently…
…well, trails Trailblaze, which not only brings in that important Grass coverage and wins that come with it like Mud Boys, Azumarill, Feraligatr, Diggersby and others, but is FAR better even when Grass is not super effective in long, pitched battles, shown most clearly by the 2v2 shielding comparison between Trailblaze and Dig, with Trailblaze beating everything Dig can, adding on those Grassy wins I just mentioned, and then a bunch of bonuses like Alolan Ninetales, Wigglytuff, Clefable, Galarian Weezing, and Cresselia thanks to the stacking Attack buffs from Trailblaze.
Just run that and Body Slam and don’t look back.
ULTRA LEAGUE
While Oinker doesn’t quite get to a winning record in Ultra League, the improvement is even more impressive and consistent at this level. In 1shield, Mud Slap clowns on Tackle completely by matching ALL of its same wins while tacking on Ampharos (including Shadow), Bellibolt, Skeledirge, Shadow Dusknoir, Shadow and non-Shadow Empoleon, Steelix, Tinkaton, G-Weezing, and Tentacruel.
With shields down, Tackle scores its first unique win (over Talonflame), but Mud Slap strikes back with unique wins versus Tentacthulhu, G-Weeze, Shadow Nidoqueen, Steelix, Empoleon, Bellibolt, Shadow Ampharos, and Lickilicky.
And finally, in 2v2 shielding, Tackle scores two standout wins (Golisopod and Togekiss, both of which resist Ground), but the advantage for Mud Slap remains clear cut with all of the following sliding into the win column: Ampharos (regular and Shadow), Empoleon (regular and Shadow), Nidoqueen (regular and Shadow), Steelix, Tinkaton, G-Weezing, ShadowNoir, Tentacthulhu, Cobalion, and Zygarde Complete.
NO BOYS ALLOWED?
I mentioned I would circle back on the male model of Oinkologne, so let’s wrap up with a quick discussion on it and why stats matter so much in PvP. As I said in the opening portion of this analysis, the ONLY difference between the Female and Male variants is the stats… the moves and typing are identical. Now the Male benefits from Mud Slap (as compared to Tackle) just as much as the Female does, so I certainly WOULD try and get a couple Males with the exclusive move while you can.
But it just can’t keep up with the Female. While its higher Attack means it can overpower things the Female cannot such as Scizor in 1shield, Politoed in 2v2 shielding, and Empoleon, Shadow G-Weezing, Wigglytuff, and Lickilicky with shields down, it consistently trails 3-6 wins behind the Female overall, and only ever sneaks away with one or two meta wins that the Female cannot match (aside from that 0shield comparison in Great League).
The ONLY even shield scenario where it gets any closer to replicating the Female’s success is in 1v1 shield matchups in Ultra League, where the Male gets a unique win over Cresselia and the Female instead outlasts Tentacruel and Ludicolo. (In other even shield matchups in Ultra, the Male again trails 4-5 wins behind.)
Again, get them, because you never know what a future move tweak could do, and the two forms DO have their own, separate coded movesets, so the Male could end up with moves the Female doesn’t have one day. But your priority absolutely should be the Female during this particular event.
IN SUMMATION
If I didn’t already make it plain, yes, you absolutely want Oinkologne with its exclusive Community Day move (Mud Slap) for PvP… it’s nearly irrelevant without Mud Slap, and very impactful with Mud Slap. I can see it popping up even in Open play moving forward, at least the Female version, which has far better stats for PvP, translating to consistently superior results that makes it almost strictly better than the Male (and even other Pokémon with the exact same moveset that get the Same Type Attack Bonus on Mud Slap… see Donphan).
So that’s it for now. Hope this is a help! Until next time, you can always find me on Twitter with regular GO analysis nuggets or Patreon.
Good luck on your grind! Have some fun out there with your local communities, and catch you next time, Pokéfriends!
