Competitive Information for Swirlix [Sword/Shield]
Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Swirlix? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Swirlix is a sensational Fairy-typed Pokemon. Swirlix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Swirlix's only type-related weaknesses are Poison and Steel.
Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 216 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Play Rough
- Facade / Covet
- Thief
- Cotton Guard
Physical Sweeper Swirlix (Unburden)
Swirlix is an astounding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Swirlix's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Swirlix is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Covet is a physical 60-base power Normal-type move (if your Swirlix has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Swirlix has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Cotton Guard is a status move (raises your Swirlix's defense by 3).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 216 Hp / 252 SpA / 40 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Misty Explosion / Dazzling Gleam
- Psychic
- Surf
- Flamethrower
Special Sweeper Swirlix (Unburden)
Swirlix is an outstanding Special Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Swirlix's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Swirlix? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 216 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Play Rough
- Facade / Covet
- Thief
- Cotton Guard
Doubles Physical Sweeper Swirlix (Unburden)
Swirlix is popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Swirlix's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Swirlix is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Covet is a physical 60-base power Normal-type move (if your Swirlix has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Swirlix has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Cotton Guard is a status move (raises your Swirlix's defense by 3).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 216 Hp / 252 SpA / 40 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Misty Explosion
- Surf
- Psychic
- Flamethrower
Doubles Special Sweeper Swirlix (Unburden)
Swirlix is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Swirlix's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
◆ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Swirlix faints. Swirlix on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Swirlix 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 Swirlix can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Swirlix
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Unburden + Item: Mirror herb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Yawn
Moves that boost Swirlix's stats
- Amnesia
- Belly Drum
- Calm Mind
- Cotton Guard
Most notable and possible best moves for Swirlix
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Swirlix in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Swirlix's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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