Competitive Information for Swoobat [Sword/Shield]
Psychic / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Swoobat? 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.
Swoobat is a stupendous Psychic and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to find yourself dealing with Swoobat when battling in the 8th generation meta. Swoobat is weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Weakness Policy / Focus Sash
Ability: Simple
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave
- Air Slash
- Calm Mind / Stored Power
- Skill Swap
Special Sweeper Swoobat (Popular/Trending)
Swoobat is popular Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Swoobat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Weakness Policy activates if Swoobat is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Simple, when Swoobat's stat stages are raised or lowered the effect is doubled instead.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Swoobat's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Stored Power is a special STAB-boosted 20-base power Psychic-type move ( + 20 power for each of your Swoobat's stat boosts).
♦ Skill Swap is a status move (your Swoobat and the target trade abilities).
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Simple
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 108 Hp / 8 Def / 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 132 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Heat Wave
Special Sweeper Swoobat (Simple)
Swoobat is popular Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Swoobat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Swoobat's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Simple, when Swoobat's stat stages are raised or lowered the effect is doubled instead.
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Swoobat on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Swoobat recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 6 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psyshock / Shadow Ball
- Charge Beam
- Heat Wave
- Psychic
Swoobat Special Sweeper (Specs Bat)
Swoobat is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Swoobat's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Unaware, Swoobat ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Swoobat's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 6 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Energy Ball
- Air Slash
- Psych Up / Light Screen
- Swagger
Swoobat Special Sweeper (Psych Up Bat)
Swoobat is a notable Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Swoobat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Unaware, Swoobat ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Psych Up is a status move (copies the target's current stat stages).
♦ Light Screen is a status move (for 5 turns, special damage to allies is halved).
♦ Swagger is a status move (raises the target's attack by 2 stages and confuses it).
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 6 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psyshock / Energy Ball
- Tailwind / Protect
- Endeavor / Charm
- Toxic
Swoobat Special Sweeper (Take The Lead)
Swoobat is pretty popular Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Swoobat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unaware, Swoobat ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Tailwind is a status move (for 4 turns, allies' speed is doubled).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Swoobat this turn).
♦ Endeavor is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (lowers the target's hp to your Swoobat's hp).
♦ Charm is a status move (lowers the target's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Swoobat? 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.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Simple
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 108 Hp / 8 Def / 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 132 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
Doubles Special Sweeper Swoobat (Simple)
Swoobat is a sensational Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Swoobat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Swoobat's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Simple, when Swoobat's stat stages are raised or lowered the effect is doubled instead.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Swoobat on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Swoobat recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
Item: Room Service / Focus Sash
Ability: Simple
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Substitute
- Giga Drain
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Swoobat (Simple)
Swoobat is a fabulous Defensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Swoobat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Simple, when Swoobat's stat stages are raised or lowered the effect is doubled instead.
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Swoobat recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Swoobat on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Swoobat 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 Swoobat 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 Swoobat
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Stored Power + Psych Up
- Ability: Klutz + Move: Trick
- Ability: Klutz + Move: Skill swap
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
Optimize Swoobat's EVs for Sword/Shield
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