#0277
Swellow
Swallow Pokémon
Swellow is very conscientious about the upkeep of its glossy wings. Once two Swellow are gathered, they diligently take care of cleaning each other’s wings.
Details
Height0.7 m
Weight19.8 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps
Growth ratemedium slow
Base EXP159
Base stats
HP
60
Attack
85
Defense
60
Sp. Atk
75
Sp. Def
50
Speed
125
Total
455
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
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Where to find Swellow
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
XD: Gale of Darkness
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum
Black
White
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
Evolution
Lv. 22
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Swellow can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Slash Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Flying | Special | 75 | 95 | 15 |
| 1 | Brave Bird User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Flying | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Focus Energy Increases the user’s chance to score a critical hit. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Pluck If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Quick Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 13 | Wing Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 |
| 17 | Double Team Raises the user’s evasion by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 21 | Aerial Ace Never misses. | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 27 | Quick Guard Prevents any priority moves from hitting friendly Pokémon this turn. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 33 | Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 45 | Endeavor Lowers the target’s HP to equal the user’s. | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
| 57 | Reversal Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power. | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
Sprites & renders
18 sprites & renders for Swellow.
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Cite this page
“Swellow”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/swellow.
Species data from PokéAPI.