Swellow

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Swellow Swallow Pokémon #277 Swellow
Type Normal Flying Unknown Unknown
Ability Guts		Hidden Ability Scrappy
Mega Ability
Gender ratio 50% male, 50% female		Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Breeding Egg group Flying Hatch time 4080 steps
Height 0.7 m 2'04" m		Weight 19.8 kg 43.7 lbs {{{weight2-kg}}} kg
Base exp. yield 151		Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 2 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style		Footprint
Pokédex color   Blue		Base friendship 70
Cry

Swellow is a dual-type Normal/Flying Pokémon. It evolves from Taillow starting at level 22.

Pokédex entry

Pokédex entry A Swellow dives upon prey from far above. It never misses its targets. It takes to the skies in search of lands with a warm climate.

Game locations

Availability None This Pokémon cannot be obtained. Common Uncommon Duneridge Gorge Fossil Rare Safari Zone Cliff, Safari Zone Bay Poké Radar One

Held items

Held item(s) None This Pokémon cannot be found holding an item. Common Uncommon Charti Berry Rare Always

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100	At Lv. 150
HP: 60	120 - 167	230 - 324	340 - 481
Attack: 85	81 - 150	157 - 295	234 - 441
Defense: 60	58 - 123	112 - 240	166 - 358
Sp.Atk: 50	49 - 112	94 - 218	139 - 325
Sp.Def: 50	49 - 112	94 - 218	139 - 325
Speed: 125	117 - 194	229 - 383	342 - 573
Total: 430   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 2× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 2× None

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 2× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 2× None

Doubly weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 2× None

Notes: If Gravity is in effect, or this Pokémon is affected by Smack Down or Ingrain, the effectiveness of  Ground-type  moves is 1×.

Moves

By leveling up

By leveling up

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  1 Pluck Flying Physical 60 100% 20 1 Peck Flying Physical 35 100% 35 1 Growl Normal Status — 100% 40 1 Focus Energy Normal Status — —% 30 1 Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100% 30 4 Focus Energy Normal Status — —% 30 8 Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100% 30 13 Wing Attack Flying Physical 60 100% 35 19 Double Team Normal Status — —% 15 28 Endeavor Normal Physical — 100% 5 38 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 —% 20 49 Agility Psychic Status — —% 30 61 Air Slash Flying Special 75 95% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Swellow Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Swellow

By TM

By TM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM49 Echoed Voice Normal Special 04040 100}}100% 15 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM83 Work Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 Pluck Flying Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM89 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM100 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Swellow Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Swellow

By tutoring

By Move Tutor

Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Cost  Defog Flying Status — —% 15 Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90% 10 Roost Flying Status — —% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Swellow Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Swellow

By breeding

By breeding

Father   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Boomburst Normal Special 140 100% 10 Brave Bird Flying Physical 120 100% 15 Mirror Move Flying Status — —% 20 Pursuit Dark Physical 40 100% 20 Rage Normal Physical 20 100% 20 Refresh Normal Status — —% 20 Sky Attack Flying Physical 140 90% 5 Steel Wing Steel Physical 70 90% 25 Supersonic Normal Status — 55% 20 Whirlwind Normal Status — —% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Swellow Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Swellow Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Swellow

Evolution

Unevolved Taillow  Normal  Flying

Level 22 →

First evolution Swellow  Normal  Flying

Sprites

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny
Egg sprite

Gallery

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