Forms

#0260

Swampert

Mud Fish Pokémon

Swampert predicts storms by sensing subtle differences in the sounds of waves and tidal winds with its fins. If a storm is approaching, it piles up boulders to protect itself.

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Details

Height1.5 m

Weight81.9 kg

Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium slow

Base EXP241

Abilities

Torrent

Strengthens Water moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

DampHidden

Prevents Self-Destruct, Explosion, and Aftermath from working while the Pokémon is in battle.

Egg groups: Monster, Water 1

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

100

Attack

110

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

535

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

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

Defensive Utility

Moves

Item

Leftovers

NatureImpish+Def/−SpA

TeraGhostPoison

EV spread

HP252

Def▲252

SpD4

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Evolution

#0258Mudkip

Lv. 16

#0259Marshtomp

Lv. 36

#0260Swampert

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Earthquake Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users.	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
1	Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	40
1	Hammer Arm Lowers user’s Speed by one stage.	Fighting	Physical	100	90	10
1	Mud Shot Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Ground	Special	55	95	15
1	Mud-Slap Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Special	20	100	10
1	Rock Smash Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15
1	Surf Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dive users.	Water	Special	90	100	15
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
9	Rock Throw Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Rock	Physical	50	90	15
12	Foresight Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost.	Normal	Status	—	—	40
12	Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
15	Supersonic Confuses the target.	Normal	Status	—	55	20
18	Bide User waits for two turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took.	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
20	Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target.	Water	Special	60	100	20
22	Mud Bomb Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Special	65	85	10
25	Mud Sport Halves all Electric-type damage.	Ground	Status	—	—	15
25	Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
30	Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
35	Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
42	Muddy Water Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Water	Special	90	85	10
49	Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	85	40
56	Endeavor Lowers the target’s HP to equal the user’s.	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
63	Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	110	80	5