Is Mamoswine good in SoulSilver?

I have five Pokemon in my team already. Cyndaquil is my starter. What is a good moveset for Mamoswine if it is good?

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Incredible Attack stat

Ok defenses, being 110 / 80 / 60

Meh Special Attack

Ok Speed

Has access to moves like Thrash, Earthquake and Blizzard

All that said, here’s a suggested moveset for your Mamoswine

Mamoswine @Never-Melt Ice (boosts Ice-type STAB)

• Earthquake- Ice Fang / Avalanche- Rock Slide / Stone Edge- Return / Endure / Protect

EDIT: Now that I know the rest of your team, you don’t really need Mamoswine. You’ve already got a ground-type, Quagsire / Noctowl handles the ground-type that Mamoswine does as well, Ampharos handles the Flying-types, and Quilava handles the grass-types.

But if you still want Mamoswine even though the only type it covers that the rest of your team can’t is Dragon, then by all means go ahead. Mamoswine is a pretty solid team member.

Hope I helped, and happy playing!

Assuming you can trade, Golem and to a lesser extent Steelix are both better Ground types. Their pre-evolutions can be obtained far earlier than Mamoswine, plus they get good STAB and coverage moves without breeding. Nidoking/queen are also both good Ground types that can be obtained before Mamoswine. Lapras is a good Ice type, and is debatably better than Mamoswine as well. It can only be obtained on Fridays, however. Mamoswine can be a pain to evolve, and it doesn’t have the best of movepools.

You should really only use Mamoswine if you want a physical Ice type, or don’t want another Ground or Ice type. It comes quite late in the Johto part of the game, and all the other Pokemon I mentioned can be obtained earlier (though a Moon Stone may be tricky to come by).

Hope I helped!