Swellow

Charzaro · Aug 24th, 2011, 1:27:24 PM

THUNDER ARMOR

HP: 60
Atk: 85
Def: 60
SpA: 50
SpDef: 50
Spe: 125

Abilities:
Guts: Attack raises to 1.5 times when induced with a status (BURN, PARALYZE, SLEEP, POISON, FREEZE). BURN’s effect of lowering Attack is not applied.
Dream World:
Scrappy: A Ghost-type foe can be hit by Normal-type attacks.

Moves

Swellow is yet another one of those not so great birds introduced in every gen. However, Swellow is different because it was given an amazing 125 base speed, the ability guts, and a 140 base power STAB when when suffering a condition. However, its movepool is horrible leaving it no moves to hit rocks or steels for even nuetral damage.

Doubles

Swellow@Flame Orb
4hp/252Atk/252Spe
Jolly
Guts
-Facade
-Brave Bird
-Endeavor/U-turn
-Protect

I find Swellow works very well in doubles because it can be paired with something like Arcanine or Garchomp to take out rocks and steels while Swellow destroys everything else
Swellow outspeeds almost everything you'll see, only losing to Jolteon and Crobat while having a speed tie with weavile.
Facade hits most things for nuetral damage, while brave bird handles the ghosts
I find endeavor very useful in doubles. Protect is used more often in doubles so your burn damage will rack up, as well as brave bird recoil. This will put you in low health after a while, so before swellow dies you can put that annoying Cresselia in low health too.
protect allows you to activate guts before you try to do anything
Flame orb is used because if you want to be able to scout with protect, you dont want toxic damage to come back stronger next turn

Singles

Swellow@Flame Orb/Toxic Orb
4hp/252Atk/252Spe
Jolly/Adamant
Guts
-Facade
-Brave Bird
-U-turn
-Protect

This is the standard singles set, differing from the doubles in that you now have to be very careful of steels and rocks.
U-turn is used to eject out of harm's way and allowing you to play your best counter
Toxic orb can be used because there are only 3 pokemon and you can U-turn easier so the toxic damage may end up being less than a burn
Adamant nature can be used to add extra power while still keeping goos speed. Adamant 252Spe swellow is outsped by max speed base 110's by 1 point, meaning it ties with hp fire pokemon like lati@s and gengar, but can outspeed everything lower

Aug 24th, 2011, 1:27:24 PM	#1
Charzaro (>~ @_@ )>~ Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 528	Swellow THUNDER ARMOR HP: 60 Atk: 85 Def: 60 SpA: 50 SpDef: 50 Spe: 125 Abilities: Guts: Attack raises to 1.5 times when induced with a status (BURN, PARALYZE, SLEEP, POISON, FREEZE). BURN’s effect of lowering Attack is not applied. Dream World: Scrappy: A Ghost-type foe can be hit by Normal-type attacks. Moves HTML Code: Level-Up Moves: Pluck Peck Growl Focus Energy Quick Attack Wing Attack Double Team Endeavor Aerial Ace Agility Air Slash TMs/HMs: Toxic Hidden Power Sunny Day Hyper Beam Protect Rain Dance Frustration Return Double Team Aerial Ace Facade Rest Attract Thief Troll Echo Voice Giga Impact Cheer Up Swagger Pluck U-Turn Substitute Fly Egg Moves: Pursuit Supersonic Refresh Mirror Move Rage Sky Attack Whirlwind Brave Bird Roost Steel Wing Gen IV Only Moves Swellow is yet another one of those not so great birds introduced in every gen. However, Swellow is different because it was given an amazing 125 base speed, the ability guts, and a 140 base power STAB when when suffering a condition. However, its movepool is horrible leaving it no moves to hit rocks or steels for even nuetral damage. Doubles Swellow@Flame Orb 4hp/252Atk/252Spe Jolly Guts -Facade -Brave Bird -Endeavor/U-turn -Protect I find Swellow works very well in doubles because it can be paired with something like Arcanine or Garchomp to take out rocks and steels while Swellow destroys everything else Swellow outspeeds almost everything you'll see, only losing to Jolteon and Crobat while having a speed tie with weavile. Facade hits most things for nuetral damage, while brave bird handles the ghosts I find endeavor very useful in doubles. Protect is used more often in doubles so your burn damage will rack up, as well as brave bird recoil. This will put you in low health after a while, so before swellow dies you can put that annoying Cresselia in low health too. protect allows you to activate guts before you try to do anything Flame orb is used because if you want to be able to scout with protect, you dont want toxic damage to come back stronger next turn Singles Swellow@Flame Orb/Toxic Orb 4hp/252Atk/252Spe Jolly/Adamant Guts -Facade -Brave Bird -U-turn -Protect This is the standard singles set, differing from the doubles in that you now have to be very careful of steels and rocks. U-turn is used to eject out of harm's way and allowing you to play your best counter Toxic orb can be used because there are only 3 pokemon and you can U-turn easier so the toxic damage may end up being less than a burn Adamant nature can be used to add extra power while still keeping goos speed. Adamant 252Spe swellow is outsped by max speed base 110's by 1 point, meaning it ties with hp fire pokemon like lati@s and gengar, but can outspeed everything lower __________________ [SIGPIC]Get your mouse off of me e.e[/SIGPIC] Trade Thread Last edited by Solace; Aug 24th, 2011 at 2:16:05 PM.