Swellow

No. 0277 · Gen 3

Swellow weakness and type

Hit SWELLOW with Electric, Ice and Rock for 2× damage.

Moves against Swellow

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Electric deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • GutsNo change to type matchups
  • ScrappyNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP60
  • Attack85
  • Defense60
  • Sp. Atk75
  • Sp. Def50
  • Speed125
  • Total455

Best nature

JollyFor a physical moveset: more Speed, less Sp. Atk.
TimidFor a special moveset: more Speed, less Attack.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Swellow gives 2 Speed EVs.

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How Swellow evolves

TaillowNormalFlying
  • Level 22
    SwellowNormalFlying
All evolutions

What Swellow can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper Beamsame typeSpecial150
FlyingSky Attacksame typePhysical140
FireHeat WaveSpecial95
SteelSteel WingPhysical70
BugU-turnPhysical70
DarkThiefPhysical60
GhostOminous WindSpecial60
DragonTwisterSpecial40
GroundMud-SlapSpecial20

Type counters to Swellow

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.