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Minespine vs Nighttime Piopiota

MinespineRock · BreakBase stat total 640
Nighttime PiopiotaWater / Dark · SupportBase stat total 640

Which is better by the numbers

Minespine and Nighttime Piopiota have the same base stat total, 640.

Minespine wins 4 of the 7 base stats and Nighttime Piopiota wins 3.

The biggest gap is Defense: Minespine has 99 and Nighttime Piopiota has 75, 32% more.

Base stats side by side

StatMinespineNighttime PiopiotaGapHigher
HP1101028Minespine
Attack9010818Nighttime Piopiota
Magic Attack9010818Nighttime Piopiota
Defense997524Minespine
Magic Defense607515Nighttime Piopiota
EP Regen78744Minespine
Break1139815Minespine
Total6406400Tie

Where they rank

By base stat total, Minespine places #16 and Nighttime Piopiota places #16 of all 227 Aniimo.

Rank by base stat totalMinespineNighttime Piopiota
All Aniimo#16 of 227#16 of 227
Final forms only#16 of 137#16 of 137
Within its element#6 of 34 Rock#4 of 42 Water, #3 of 46 Dark

Type match-up

Minespine's own elements get no strong hit on Nighttime Piopiota: 2 of 2 pairings are resisted (×0.625).

Nighttime Piopiota's Water hits Minespine's Rock for ×1.6.

AttackerDefenderDamageEffect
Minespine (Rock)Nighttime Piopiota (Water)×0.625Weak
Minespine (Rock)Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)×0.625Weak
Nighttime Piopiota (Water)Minespine (Rock)×1.6Strong
Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)Minespine (Rock)×1Neutral

Each pairing of one element against one element is listed on its own, with the game's own multipliers. An attack uses the element of its skill, so the skill check below is the fuller picture.

Skill coverage

Minespine has 7 skills on record and Nighttime Piopiota has 7.

Minespine's strongest damaging skill is Meteors: Rock, might 189.

None of Minespine's 4 damaging skills hits Nighttime Piopiota's Water and Dark for more than ×1.

Nighttime Piopiota's strongest damaging skill is Wrath of the Sea: Water, might 100.

Where to find them

Find Minespine in The Lost Islets.

Find Nighttime Piopiota in The Lost Islets. Nighttime Piopiota shows up only at night.

Both spawn in The Lost Islets.

Evolution lines

Shiny and dark rates

RateMinespineNighttime Piopiota
Shiny rate1 in 20,000 (0.005%)Not recorded
Dark rate1 in 3,000 (0.033%)Not recorded

From the game's shiny_rate and dark_rate fields.

Body and movement

Game valueMinespineNighttime Piopiota
Size10.43
Height1.81.6
Can flyNoNo
Can glideNoNo
Walk speed1.51.2
Run speed4.7Not recorded

Raw numbers from the game files. The game does not state their units.

Homeland work

Minespine and Nighttime Piopiota share no homeland work.

WorkMinespineNighttime Piopiota
CarryLevel 1No
EarthLevel 3No
WaterNoLevel 3
LeisureNoLevel 3
DarkNoLevel 3

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