NationalDex
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

pu Usage: 7.4%
Choiced Disruptor
Moves
Air Slash / Heat Wave / Trick
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

The stars aligned in an interesting way for Swoobat, giving it one of the most unique niches in PU. Swoobat utilizes its Unaware ability to shut down setup threats like Beheeyem and Monferno and 2HKOes most foes by ignoring any defensive stat boosts. Combined with excellent base 114 Speed and great STAB coverage, Swoobat becomes a menace to offense and balance teams alike and, as a result, is an incredible asset to offense teams. However, even with all of this, it can still come up short. Swoobat outspeeds almost all of the tier but fails to outspeed Zebstrika and Sneasel, two threats that shut it down with their STAB attacks. On top of that, Swoobat's low natural Special Attack means that it can struggle greatly against bulkier teams.

Most Used Moves

Air Slash
66.8%
Psychic
55.3%
Calm Mind
50.8%
Heat Wave
48.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
22.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc