Competitive Information for Swampert [Diamond/Pearl]
Water / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Swampert? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Swampert is a fabulous Water and Ground-typed Pokemon. Swampert is a normal Pokemon to see in Generation 4. Swampert can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Swampert's only type-related weakness is Grass.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Ice Punch
- Stealth Rock
Physical Sweeper Swampert (Popular/Trending)
Swampert is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Swampert last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Swampert's water-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 40 Hp / 252 SpA / 216 Spe
Moveset:
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Stealth Rock
Special Sweeper Swampert (Popular/Trending)
Swampert is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Swampert last longer regaining it's it's health every turn. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Swampert's water-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Swampert this turn).
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
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Item: Rindo Berry / Shell Bell
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage
Physical Sweeper Swampert
Swampert is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Swampert's water-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 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 Swampert afterwards).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Swampert? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Rindo Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Outrage
Doubles Physical Sweeper Swampert
Swampert is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Swampert's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Swampert's water-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Swampert afterwards).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Swampert 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 Swampert can perform in Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP Move and Ability Combos for Swampert
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Defense curl + Ice ball
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Torrent + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Toxic
Moves that boost Swampert's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Swampert
- Curse
- Earth Power
- Earthquake
- Focus Punch
- Hydro Cannon
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Ice Punch
- Protect
- Rest
- Rest
- Roar
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Superpower
- Toxic
- Waterfall
Common Effort Values for Swampert in Diamond and Pearl
- Adamant Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 248/252/0/0/0/8/ )
- Optimize Swampert's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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