#0317

Swalot

Poison Bag Pokémon

Poison

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Height: 1.7 m
Weight: 80.0 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratefast then very slow

Base EXP163

Swalot has no teeth, so what it eats, it swallows whole, no matter what. Its cavernous mouth yawns widely. An automobile tire could easily fit inside this Pokémon’s mouth.

In Pokémon GO · 1978 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Base stats

100

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

467

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Liquid Ooze

Damages opponents using leeching moves for as much as they would heal.

Sticky Hold

Prevents a held item from being removed by other Pokémon.

GluttonyHidden

Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP.

Egg groups: Amorphous

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ground2×

Psychic2×

Resistant to

Fighting½×

Poison½×

Bug½×

Grass½×

Fairy½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Physically Defensive

Moves

Item

Leftovers

AbilitySticky Hold

NatureBold+Def/−Atk

TeraDarkSteel

EV spread

HP252

Def▲252

SpD4

Acid Press

Moves

Item

Leftovers

AbilitySticky Hold

NatureCareful+SpD/−SpA

TeraDarkSteel

EV spread

HP252

Atk4

SpD▲252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Swalot

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Friend Safari

Evolution

#0316Gulpin

Lv. 26

#0317Swalot

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Swalot can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Find a move19 of 19

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
1	Gunk Shot Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	120	80	5
1	Poison Gas Poisons the target.	Poison	Status	—	90	40
1	Pound Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Sludge Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Special	65	100	20
1	Venom Drench Lowers the target’s Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by one stage if it is poisoned.	Poison	Status	—	100	20
1	Wring Out Power increases against targets with more HP remaining, up to a maximum of 121 power.	Normal	Special	—	100	5
1	Yawn Target sleeps at the end of the next turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
12	Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
17	Acid Spray Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages.	Poison	Special	40	100	20
20	Encore Forces the target to repeat its last used move every turn for 2 to 6 turns.	Normal	Status	—	100	5
25	Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.	Poison	Status	—	90	10
30	Spit Up Power is 100 times the amount of energy Stockpiled.	Normal	Special	—	100	10
30	Stockpile Stores energy up to three times for use with Spit Up and Swallow.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
30	Swallow Recovers 1/4 HP after one Stockpile, 1/2 HP after two Stockpiles, or full HP after three Stockpiles.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
37	Sludge Bomb Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Special	90	100	10
42	Gastro Acid Nullifies target’s ability until it leaves battle.	Poison	Status	—	100	10
49	Belch Can only be used after the user has eaten a berry.	Poison	Special	120	90	10
54	Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP.	Normal	Status	—	—	20