Competitive Information for Swellow [Black/White]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Swellow? 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.
Swellow is a notable Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. Swellow are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Swellow is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Flame Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 SpD / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- U-turn
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Swellow (Guts)
Swellow is popular Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Swellow from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Swellow at the end of the turn which will activate Swellow's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Swellow is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Swellow a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Swellow switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Swellow this turn).
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Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 111 Hp / 222 Atk / 64 SpD / 111 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird
- Facade
- Return
- Protect
Swellow Physical Tank (Swellow Burn)
Swellow is popular Physical Tank. It's designed to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Flame Orb will burn Swellow at the end of the turn which will activate Swellow's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Swellow is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Swellow a sweet boost.
♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Swellow is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Swellow this turn).
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Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 222 Hp / 241 Atk / 47 SpD
Moveset:
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Facade
- Return
Swellow Physical Tank (Burned Guts)
Swellow is a pretty decent Physical Tank. It is primarily designed to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Flame Orb will burn Swellow at the end of the turn which will activate Swellow's Guts ability. With Guts, if Swellow is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Swellow a sweet boost.
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Swellow is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Swellow? 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: Flame Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 SpD / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- U-turn
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Swellow (Guts)
Swellow is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Swellow from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Swellow at the end of the turn which will activate Swellow's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Swellow is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Swellow a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Swellow switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Swellow this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Swellow 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 Swellow 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 Swellow
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Swellow's stats
- Agility
- Ominous Wind
- Rage
- Steel Wing
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Swellow
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Swellow in Black and White
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