Swellow

Swellow has 455 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (85) and a Speed of 125. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 170, which makes it a fast support.

Build a team with Swellow

What Swellow is weak to

Weak to: Electric, Ice, Rock. Resists: Grass, Bug. Immune to: Ground (×0), Ghost (×0).

Base stats

Best teammates for Swellow

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Swellow: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Resists ice, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

   Resists ice, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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3. Iron Treads GroundSteel

   Resists electric, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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4. Steelix SteelGround

   Resists electric, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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5. Excadrill GroundSteel

   Resists electric, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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6. Mawile SteelFairy

   Resists ice, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Swellow

1. Iron Thorns

   Rock and Electric STAB hits Swellow super effectively and it resists everything Swellow can hit it with by type.

2. Aurorus

   Rock and Ice STAB hits Swellow super effectively and it resists everything Swellow can hit it with by type.

3. Arctozolt

   Electric and Ice STAB hits Swellow super effectively.

4. Archeops

   Rock STAB hits Swellow super effectively and it resists everything Swellow can hit it with by type.

5. Rampardos

   Rock STAB hits Swellow super effectively and it resists everything Swellow can hit it with by type.

6. Iron Boulder

   Rock STAB hits Swellow super effectively and it resists everything Swellow can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Swellow

Swellow is in the regional Pokédex of 3 games we cover: