Competitive Information for Swellow [Ruby/Sapphire]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Swellow? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Swellow is a wonderful Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Swellow show up as a Ruby/Sapphire opponent. Swellow is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: 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
- Sky Attack / Wing Attack
- Steel Wing
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Swellow (Guts)
Swellow is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Remember before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. 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 1/3 recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Swellow's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Swellow this turn).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Swellow? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: 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
- Sky Attack / Wing Attack
- Steel Wing
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Swellow (Guts)
Swellow is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. 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 1/3 recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Swellow's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Swellow this turn).
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 Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS Move and Ability Combos for Swellow
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
Most notable and possible best moves for Swellow
- Baton Pass
- Endeavor
- Hidden Power Fighting
- Other
- Substitute
Common Effort Values for Swellow in Ruby and Sapphire
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
- Nature ( )
- Optimize Swellow's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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