Competitive Information for Swoobat [X/Y]
Psychic / Flying
Abilities:
This Pokemon's held item has no effect, except Macho Brace. Fling cannot be used.
When one of this Pokemon's stat stages is raised or lowered, the amount is doubled.
This Pokemon ignores other Pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
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Movesets for Singles
Looking for a competitive moveset for Swoobat? These builds are optimized for X/Y Single Battles. The movesets and EVs are designed to maximize damage against common opponents and threats in the X/Y metagame. Check out the expert movesets below to boost your battle performance and dominate your opponents!
Get ready to meet Swoobat, the rad Psychic and Flying-typed Pokémon! Swoobat is a common Pokémon to see in the XY metagame. It is weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks. Delve into Swoobat's movesets below and strategize for victory!
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:
- Synchronoise / Psychic
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Heat Wave
Swoobat is a notable Special Sweeper. It's primary goal 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.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
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Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 6 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psyshock / Shadow Ball
- Charge Beam / Signal Beam
- Heat Wave
- Psychic
Swoobat is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It was designed 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).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse 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).
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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 is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It is 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).
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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 / Embargo
Swoobat is a decent Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed 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).
♦ Embargo is a status move (for 5 turns, the target's item has no effect).
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Movesets for Doubles
Need a strong doubles moveset for Swoobat? These builds are perfect for VGC (Pokémon Video Game Championship) and other competitive X/Y Double Battles. The VGC is the ultimate test of strategy and skill, and these movesets and EVs are designed to excel against multiple opponents at once while providing essential support to your team. Dominate the X/Y metagame with these expert-crafted setups!
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:
- Synchronoise / Psychic
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
Swoobat is a wonderful 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. 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.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the 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).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Simple
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Substitute
- Giga Drain
- Synchronoise / Psychic
- Trick Room
Swoobat is a spectacular 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).
♦ Synchronoise is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Swoobat's type).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Want to know what moves Swoobat can learn? Check out the full list of moves available in the Pokemon X/Y generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by type, category, accuracy, and power. Moves in bold get the same-type attack bonus (STAB) when used by Swoobat.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Swoobat can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Swoobat
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Flatter + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Ability: Klutz + Move: Trick
- Ability: Klutz + Move: Skill swap
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- 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: Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Swoobat's stats
- Amnesia
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Steel Wing
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Swoobat
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Stored Power
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Swoobat in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/252/0/0/4 )
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/0/0/252/4 )
- Relaxed Nature ( 252/0/88/0/168/0 )
- Sassy Nature ( 252/0/4/0/252/0 )
- Optimize Swoobat's Defensive EV-spread for Pokemon X and Y
Usage Data
Explore the latest analytical usage data for this Pokémon from various VGC and online competitions. We use this data to develop our strategies and movesets. The data is categorized by competition and skill level: top-ranking trainers, mid-level players, and entry-level players.
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