Swalot
Poison Bag Pokémon
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.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Acid Press
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Where to find Swalot
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Swalot can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| 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 |
Sprites & renders
19 sprites & renders for Swalot.






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“Swalot”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/swalot.
Species data from PokéAPI.