Competitive Information for Swablu [Black/White]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Swablu? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Swablu is a notable Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. Swablu is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Swablu can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Swablu is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage
- Sky Attack / Pluck
- Steel Wing
Physical Sweeper Swablu (Cloud Nine)
Swablu is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Swablu is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Swablu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Swablu's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cloud Nine, while Swablu is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Swablu afterwards).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Swablu steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Swablu's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Ice Beam
- Heat Wave
- Dragon Pulse
Special Sweeper Swablu (Cloud Nine)
Swablu is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Swablu is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Swablu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Swablu's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cloud Nine, while Swablu is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Swablu? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage
- Sky Attack / Pluck
- Steel Wing
Doubles Physical Sweeper Swablu (Cloud Nine)
Swablu is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Swablu is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Swablu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Swablu's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cloud Nine, while Swablu is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Swablu afterwards).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Swablu steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Swablu's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Heat Wave
- Air Cutter
- Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Swablu (Cloud Nine)
Swablu is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Swablu is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Swablu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Swablu's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cloud Nine, while Swablu is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Swablu learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Swablu can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Swablu
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Psych up + Haze
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Perish song + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Swablu's stats
- Agility
- Cotton Guard
- Ominous Wind
- Rage
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Swablu
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Swablu in Black and White
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