Mawile Pokemon Guide

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Mawile Pokemon Guide

Mawile is a Steel and Fairy-type Pokemon introduced in Generation 3, known for its deceptive appearance, huge jaw-like horns, useful resistances and official Mega Evolution. This guide covers Mawile’s stats, best moves, abilities, evolution status, shiny form, typing, weaknesses, locations and Mega Mawile information.

Normal Form

Mawile

Shiny Form

Shiny Mawile

Mega Evolution

Mega Mawile

Mawile Description

Mawile is a Steel and Fairy-type Pokemon introduced in Generation 3. It is known as the Deceiver Pokemon because it uses its friendly-looking face to lower an opponent’s guard before attacking with the huge jaw-like steel horns on the back of its head. Mawile does not evolve into or from another Pokemon, but it can Mega Evolve into Mega Mawile in games that support Mega Evolution.

Mawile Quick Facts

Here are the key facts to know about Mawile, including its type, abilities, height, weight and species information.

Name

Mawile

National Dex

#0303

Type

Steel and Fairy

Species

Deceiver Pokemon

Height

2’00” / 0.6 m

60 cm

Weight

25.4 lbs / 11.5 kg

11.5 kg

Abilities

Hyper Cutter, Intimidate, Sheer Force

Mawile Stats

Mawile has solid Attack and Defense for a single-stage Pokemon, but its overall base stat total is modest. Its main value comes from typing, utility abilities and Mega Mawile’s Huge Power boost in games where Mega Evolution is available.

Mawile Best Moves Across Pokemon Games

Mawile is best known for physical Steel, Fairy and biting coverage moves, especially when Mega Mawile is available. These are some of Mawile’s most useful and recognizable moves across Pokemon games.

Play Rough

A powerful physical Fairy-type attack and one of Mawile’s most important damage options.

Iron Head

A reliable physical Steel-type attack that benefits from Mawile’s Attack stat and useful defensive typing.

Sucker Punch

A priority Dark-type move that helps Mawile strike first against attacking opponents.

Fire Fang

Useful coverage for opposing Steel and Grass-type Pokemon in supported games.

Thunder Fang

Biting coverage that can hit Water and Flying-type Pokemon in games where Mawile can use it.

Ice Fang

Coverage that helps Mawile threaten Dragon, Flying, Grass and Ground-type Pokemon.

Knock Off

A valuable utility attack that can remove an opponent’s held item in games where that effect is available.

Swords Dance

Raises Mawile’s Attack and can turn its physical moves into major threats.

Mawile All Moves

Mawile can learn Steel, Fairy, Dark, Fire, Electric, Ice, Fighting, Rock, Ground and Normal moves across different Pokemon games. Use the section below to view Mawile’s move list by learn method.

Move data shown from: Pokemon Sword and Shield

Level-Up Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
1	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100
1	Growl	Normal	Status	–	100
4	Fairy Wind	Fairy	Special	40	100
8	Baton Pass	Normal	Status	–	–
12	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100
16	Spit Up	Normal	Special	–	100
16	Stockpile	Normal	Status	–	–
16	Swallow	Normal	Status	–	–
20	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100
24	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	–	–
28	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
32	Sweet Scent	Normal	Status	–	100
36	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100
40	Taunt	Dark	Status	–	100
44	Fake Tears	Dark	Status	–	100
48	Play Rough	Fairy	Physical	90	90

TM Moves

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
TM	Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100
TM	Attract	Normal	Status	–	100
TM	Baton Pass	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100
TM	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
TM	Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100
TM	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
TM	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
TM	Draining Kiss	Fairy	Special	50	100
TM	Endure	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
TM	Fake Tears	Dark	Status	–	100
TM	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100
TM	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85
TM	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95
TM	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100
TM	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100
TM	Fling	Dark	Physical	–	100
TM	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
TM	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100
TM	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
TM	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	–	100
TM	Guard Swap	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
TM	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100
TM	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95
TM	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100
TM	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95
TM	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	–	–
TM	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100
TM	Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75
TM	Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85
TM	Misty Terrain	Fairy	Status	–	–
TM	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100
TM	Play Rough	Fairy	Physical	90	90
TM	Protect	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Physical	85	100
TM	Rain Dance	Water	Status	–	–
TM	Rest	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
TM	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95
TM	Round	Normal	Special	60	100
TM	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	–	–
TM	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100
TM	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100
TM	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100
TM	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100
TM	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	–	–
TM	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80
TM	Substitute	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	–	–
TM	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Taunt	Dark	Status	–	100
TM	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95
TM	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100
Power Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	–	100
Slam	Normal	Physical	80	75
Tickle	Normal	Status	–	100

Tutor Moves

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Steel Beam	Steel	Special	140	95

Mawile Typing, Weaknesses and Resistances

Mawile is a Steel and Fairy-type Pokemon. This gives it weaknesses to Fire and Ground-type moves, many resistances and complete immunity to Poison and Dragon-type moves.

Type

Steel and Fairy

Weaknesses

Fire and Ground

Resistances

Normal, Flying, Rock, Bug, Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dark and Fairy

Immunity

Poison and Dragon

Mawile Abilities

Mawile’s abilities help it avoid Attack drops, lower opposing Attack or add more power to moves with extra effects. Mega Mawile changes to Huge Power in games where Mega Evolution is available.

Mawile Evolution

Mawile does not evolve into or from another Pokemon. In games that support Mega Evolution, Mawile can Mega Evolve into Mega Mawile using Mawilite.

Single Stage

Mawile

Does not evolve into or from another Pokemon

Mega Evolution

Mega Mawile

Mega Evolves from Mawile with Mawilite in supported games

Mega Mawile

Mega Mawile keeps Mawile’s Steel and Fairy typing but gains the Huge Power ability. This makes Mega Mawile far stronger offensively, especially with physical moves like Play Rough, Iron Head and Sucker Punch.

Mega Mawile Form

Mega Mawile is one of Mawile’s most important competitive forms because Huge Power dramatically boosts its physical attacking strength while its Steel and Fairy typing gives it strong defensive utility.

Where to Find Mawile in Pokemon Games

Mawile’s availability changes depending on the Pokemon game. It is often found in caves, special areas or through version-specific encounters, while some games require trading, transfer or migration.

Generation 1: Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow

Game	Where to Find Mawile
Pokemon Red	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Blue	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Yellow	Not available in this game.

Generation 2: Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal

Game	Where to Find Mawile
Pokemon Gold	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Silver	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Crystal	Not available in this game.

Generation 3: Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen

Game	Where to Find Mawile
Pokemon Ruby	Cave of Origin, Granite Cave, Sky Pillar and Victory Road.
Pokemon Sapphire	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Emerald	Victory Road.
Pokemon FireRed	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon LeafGreen	Trade or migrate from another game.

Generation 4: Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

Game	Where to Find Mawile
Pokemon Diamond	Iron Island.
Pokemon Pearl	Iron Island.
Pokemon Platinum	Iron Island.
Pokemon HeartGold	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon SoulSilver	Route 9.

Generation 5: Black, White, Black 2 and White 2

Game	Where to Find Mawile
Pokemon Black	Challenger’s Cave.
Pokemon White	Challenger’s Cave.
Pokemon Black 2	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon White 2	Trade or migrate from another game.

Generation 6: X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Game	Where to Find Mawile
Pokemon X	Glittering Cave.
Pokemon Y	Glittering Cave.
Pokemon Omega Ruby	Cave of Origin, Granite Cave, Sky Pillar and Victory Road.
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire	Trade or migrate from another game.

Generation 7: Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon and Lets Go

Game	Where to Find Mawile
Pokemon Sun	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Moon	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Ultra Sun	Ten Carat Hill.
Pokemon Ultra Moon	Ten Carat Hill.
Pokemon Lets Go Pikachu	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Lets Go Eevee	Not available in this game.

Generation 8: Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl and Legends: Arceus

Game	Where to Find Mawile
Pokemon Sword	Bridge Field, Dusty Bowl, Lakeside Cave and other Wild Area or Crown Tundra locations.
Pokemon Shield	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond	Dazzling Cave and Stargleam Cavern.
Pokemon Shining Pearl	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus	Not available in this game.

Generation 9: Scarlet, Violet and Legends Z-A

Game	Where to Find Mawile
Pokemon Scarlet	Transfer when supported.
Pokemon Violet	Transfer when supported.
Pokemon Legends Z-A	Available through Side Mission 77: Catch Mawile If You Can. Also found in Wild Zone 9 and as an Alpha Pokemon on a rooftop northwest of Wild Zone 17.

Generation 10: Pokemon Winds and Waves

Game	Where to Find Mawile
Pokemon Winds and Waves	Coming soon once official location, encounter or transfer information is confirmed.

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