Poké Ball icon

0277 Swellow

Performance

Status

  • Ranking Score:
    83.9
  • Main moves:
    Wing Attack, Brave Bird, Aerial Ace
  • Type
    NORMAL
    FLYING
  • Level:
    27-35.5
  • Rank:
    Lvl 29.5 0/15/15CP 1497
  • Buddy Distance:
    1km
  • Charged Move Cost:
    10,000 Stardust
  • Attack:
    136.6
  • Defense:
    98.5
  • Stamina:
    121
  • Overall:
    1630

Sprites

Type Generation 3Generation 4Generation 5Generation 6Generation 7Generation 8Generation 9
Normal ---
Shiny ---

More Detail Properties Introduction

Key Wins

Key Losses

Traits

Moves

Properties

Registeel has the following traits and playstyles:
  • + Spammy
    Reaches Charged Moves quickly.
  • + Dynamic
    Performs well with energy and has fluid, dynamic matchups.
  • + Shield Pressure
    Pressures opponents to shield its strong or rapid attacks.
  • - Glass Cannon
    Hits hard but struggles to take hits. Depends on shields.
  • - Inflexible
    May struggle to hit multiple types.
  • - Technical
    Uses complex moves that may have a high learning curve.
  • - Inconsistent
    May depend on baits and performs inconsistently.
Move stats include same type and Shadow attack bonuses.
Recommended Move:
*Event or Elite TM exclusive*Unobtainable via TM
No.Move TypesMoveAccuracyPowerDamageAverageFast MoveCountRemark
1FastWing Attack432Fast Charge
2FastSteel Wing3.53.52General
3ChargedBrave Bird100% chance -3 Def self551562.847 - 7 - 7 - 7Self-Debuff Nuke
4ChargedAerial Ace40661.655 - 5 - 5 - 5General
5ChargedSky Attack50901.87 - 6 - 6 - 6General
Weaknesses
electric
x1.6
ice
x1.6
rock
x1.6
Resistances
ground
x0.39
ghost
x0.39
grass
x0.625
bug
x0.625

Character Introduction

Summary

Swellow is a Normal & Flying Pokémon which evolves from Taillow. It is vulnerable to Rock, Electric and Ice moves. Swellow's strongest moveset is Wing Attack & Sky Attack and it has a Max CP of 1,920.

About

Majestic Swellow gracefully arcs across the sky, diving sharply to clasp its prey with clawed feet, ensuring no escape from its tight grip.

Suggested Teammates
Get a quick start to team building with these Pokemon:
Similar Pokemon
Pidgeot
Rufflet
Staravia
Staraptor

PVP Mode Explanatory Notes

PvP Moveset Explanation
Wing Attack + Sky Attack and Brave Bird

Wing Attack takes advantage of STAB and greater energy gains to outperform Steel Wing in most cases. 

Sky Attack is the best Flying-type charge move in the game, which also makes it the primary charge move for Swellow. Because there's no significant perks to its other charge moves, Swellow actually doesn't need to unlock a second charge move at all. If you want to be as optimal as possible, Brave Bird can hit slightly harder if unshielded at the cost of more energy and worse energy efficiency. 

PvP Rating Explanation
Great League: 1 / 5

Swellow is one of the many Flying-types competing in Great League, but unfortunately doesn't shine like some of the more popular picks due to relatively poor bulk and a lack of coverage options. Thanks to its Normal typing, double resistances against Ghost-type attacks allow it to win against Haunter and Alolan Marowak, though this isn't really enough to justify its use. If you're looking for a Normal/Flying contender, Noctowl would be a more preferable choice due to greater durability and access to some coverage options. 

Ultra League: 0 / 5

Swellow's max CP is 1920 which doesn't even reach the cap for Ultra League. 

Master League: 0 / 5

Birds don't like dragons, especially when they have double the amount of CP. 

Get more tips of Pokemon Go

More tips >
The above content is released under the pvpoke MIT license.

Pokemon and Pokemon GO are copyright of The Pokemon Company, Nintendo, Inc., and Nintendo. All trademarked images and names are property of their respective owners, and any such material is used on this site for educational purposes only.