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Minespine vs Highland Scorchhowl

MinespineRock · BreakBase stat total 640
Highland ScorchhowlFire / Rock · DPSBase stat total 610

Which is better by the numbers

Minespine has the higher base stat total: 640 against 610 for Highland Scorchhowl, a gap of 30 (4.9% more).

Minespine wins 3 of the 7 base stats and Highland Scorchhowl wins 4.

The biggest gap is Break: Minespine has 113 and Highland Scorchhowl has 50, 126% more.

Base stats side by side

StatMinespineHighland ScorchhowlGapHigher
HP1109020Minespine
Attack9011525Highland Scorchhowl
Magic Attack9011525Highland Scorchhowl
Defense998019Minespine
Magic Defense607010Highland Scorchhowl
EP Regen789012Highland Scorchhowl
Break1135063Minespine
Total64061030Minespine

Where they rank

By base stat total, Minespine places #16 and Highland Scorchhowl places #93 of all 227 Aniimo.

Rank by base stat totalMinespineHighland Scorchhowl
All Aniimo#16 of 227#93 of 227
Final forms only#16 of 137#90 of 137
Within its element#6 of 34 Rock#9 of 30 Fire, #13 of 34 Rock

Type match-up

Minespine's Rock hits Highland Scorchhowl's Fire for ×1.6.

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

AttackerDefenderDamageEffect
Minespine (Rock)Highland Scorchhowl (Fire)×1.6Strong
Minespine (Rock)Highland Scorchhowl (Rock)×0.625Weak
Highland Scorchhowl (Fire)Minespine (Rock)×0.625Weak
Highland Scorchhowl (Rock)Minespine (Rock)×0.625Weak

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 Highland Scorchhowl has 9.

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

Highland Scorchhowl's strongest damaging skill is Falling Star: Fire, might 170.

None of Highland Scorchhowl's 6 damaging skills hits Minespine's Rock for more than ×1.

Where to find them

Find Minespine in The Lost Islets.

Highland Scorchhowl has no wild spawn. It evolves from Flameruff at Aniimo level 20.

Evolution lines

Shiny and dark rates

RateMinespineHighland Scorchhowl
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 valueMinespineHighland Scorchhowl
Size10.55
Height1.81.7
Can flyNoNo
Can glideNoNo
Walk speed1.51.601
Run speed4.7Not recorded

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

Homeland work

Homeland work both can do: Carry and Earth.

WorkMinespineHighland Scorchhowl
CarryLevel 1Level 1
EarthLevel 3Level 3
FireNoLevel 3

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