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Minespine vs Thunderstorm Scorchhowl

MinespineRock · BreakBase stat total 640
Thunderstorm ScorchhowlFire / Electric · DPSBase stat total 610

Which is better by the numbers

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

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

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

Base stats side by side

StatMinespineThunderstorm ScorchhowlGapHigher
HP1109020Minespine
Attack9011525Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
Magic Attack9011525Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
Defense998019Minespine
Magic Defense607010Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
EP Regen789012Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
Break1135063Minespine
Total64061030Minespine

Where they rank

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

Rank by base stat totalMinespineThunderstorm 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, #16 of 26 Electric

Type match-up

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

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

AttackerDefenderDamageEffect
Minespine (Rock)Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Fire)×1.6Strong
Minespine (Rock)Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Electric)×1Neutral
Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Fire)Minespine (Rock)×0.625Weak
Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Electric)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 Thunderstorm Scorchhowl has 9.

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

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

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

Where to find them

Find Minespine in The Lost Islets.

Find Thunderstorm Scorchhowl in Beast Fang Ridge in Breezy Plains. Thunderstorm Scorchhowl shows up only during thunderstorm. Thunderstorm Scorchhowl is a unique spawn: once caught, it will not respawn.

They do not share a spawn region.

Evolution lines

Shiny and dark rates

RateMinespineThunderstorm 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 valueMinespineThunderstorm 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.

WorkMinespineThunderstorm Scorchhowl
CarryLevel 1Level 1
EarthLevel 3No
LightningNoLevel 3
FireNoLevel 3

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