#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 2x electric 2x ice 2x

Resistant to

bug ½x grass ½x

Immune to

ground 0x ghost 0x

Abilities

Guts

Held Items

Charti Berry 5%

Evolution Chain

Taillow

→

Swellow Lv. 22

Moves

Locations

Sinnoh Route 213

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

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 10.3%

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

Life Orb

Moves

Return / Facade

Brave Bird

U-turn

Quick Attack / Pursuit

Item

Life Orb

Nature

Jolly

EVs

HP 4

Atk 252

Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Swellow is really, really fast. However, Swellow struggles early-game because the omnipresent Steel- and Rock-types can easily force it out and make it take repeated damage from Stealth Rock and potentially its status Orb. It's not all bad news though, the amazing Speed it has enables Swellow to become an excellent sweeper late-game, since it can outrun just about all of UU without a Speed boost. With STAB 140 Base Power Facade and Brave Bird added to the mix, Swellow becomes one of the premier threats in UU. Despite the fact that Swellow's movepool is very limited, it is more than made up for by Swellow's capability to hit hard and fast with what it has.