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swellow
#277

Swellow

Swallow Pokémon

NormalFlying

It circles the sky in search of prey. When it spots one, it dives steeply to catch the prey.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 85
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 75
Sp. Def 50
Speed 125
Total 455

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
rock 2xelectric 2xice 2x
Resistant to
bug ½xgrass ½x
Immune to
ground 0xghost 0x

Abilities

Guts Scrappy (Hidden)

Held Items

Charti Berry 5%

Evolution Chain

taillow Taillow
→
swellow Swellow Lv. 22

Moves

Locations

Giant Chasm Outside
Unova Route 13

Details

Category Swallow Pokémon
Height 0.7 m
Weight 19.8 kg
Base Exp 159
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

swellow Front Front
swellow Back Back
swellow Front Shiny Front Shiny
swellow Back Shiny Back Shiny
swellow Official Art Official Art
swellow Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu
UURUNU
Guts
Moves
Facade
Brave Bird
U-turn / Pursuit
Quick Attack / Protect
Item
Toxic Orb / Flame Orb
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Swellow is an extremely fast, hard hitting attacker in UU. With a unique Speed tier shared only by Weavile in UU, it can outspeed almost the whole tier. While its base 85 Attack might seem underwhelming, Guts remedies this by boosting its Attack to an amazing 403 Attack. Along with Guts comes a 140 Base Power STAB move in Facade, allowing Swellow to easily destroy unprepared teams. Despite these pros, Swellow has many flaws, including its frailty, weakness to the omnipresent Stealth Rock, and its inability to even dent Rock- or Steel-type Pokemon.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc