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swoobat
#528

Swoobat

Courting Pokémon

PsychicFlying

It emits sound waves of various frequencies from its nose, including some powerful enough to destroy rocks.

Base Stats

HP 67
Attack 57
Defense 55
Sp. Atk 77
Sp. Def 55
Speed 114
Total 425

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

swoobat Swoobat Happiness 160

Moves

Details

Category Courting Pokémon
Height 0.9 m
Weight 10.5 kg
Base Exp 149
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground ,Flying

Sprites

swoobat Front Front
swoobat Back Back
swoobat Front Shiny Front Shiny
swoobat Back Shiny Back Shiny
swoobat Official Art Official Art
swoobat Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu
SubSalac
Item
Salac Berry
Ability
Simple
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Swoobat is a mediocre Pokemon, but has one decent niche. The combination of Simple and Calm Mind grants Swoobat a +2 boost in both Special Attack and Special Defense after only one turn of setup. In addition to this, it also gets access to Stored Power, a 100 Base Power STAB attack after only one Calm Mind. While this might make Swoobat seem like a top-tier threat, it has quite a few flaws holding it back. Aside from its great Speed stat, all its other stats are terrible. A mediocre base 77 Special Attack means it needs at least one boost to do any sort of significant damage. Its 67 / 55 / 55 bulk doesn't do it any favors, and it is weak to Sucker Punch, the most common form of priority in NU.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc