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swoobat
#528

Swoobat

Courting Pokémon

PsychicFlying

It shakes its tail vigorously when it emits ultrasonic waves strong enough to reduce concrete to rubble.

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: 1.8%
Calm Mind
Item
Salac Berry / Kee Berry
Ability
Simple
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Thanks to Simple, after a single use of Calm Mind, Swoobat's Special Attack reaches threatening levels. Also in Swoobat's favor is its access to Stored Power, a STAB attack that works well in conjunction with Calm Mind, becoming pretty powerful after just one use of the latter, and its Base Power can further increase should Swoobat acquire a boost from whichever Berry you choose to run. Even before a Salac Berry boost, Swoobat outspeeds the majority of the unboosted metagame. However, it needs a boost to inflict any significant damage, and Stored Power is pathetically weak off the bat. It also has limited setup opportunities because of its horrible bulk. Furthermore, it struggles against stall teams, as a mediocre Special Attack stat means that Swoobat requires multiple boosts to get past walls like Audino. Additionally, Swoobat is beaten by common threats such as Pawniard and sports a Stealth Rock weakness. To top it all off, it is vulnerable to priority and prone to being revenge killed if it isn't behind a Substitute, though a Kee Berry can somewhat mitigate this.

Most Used Moves

Calm Mind
97.4%
Air Slash
67.8%
Roost
47.3%
Psyshock
19.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
47.3%
Kee Berry
10.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc