Swellow

Pokédex number	277	Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female	Growth rate	Medium Slow
Category	Swallow Pokémon	Steps to hatch	4080	Base EXP yield	159
Base friendship	70	Egg groups	Flying

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Type	Normal Flying
Weaknesses	ROCK ELECTRIC ICE
Resistances	BUG GRASS
Immunities	GROUND GHOST

Abilities	Name	Description
Regular Abilities	Guts	Status conditions greatly increase its Attack stat.
Regular Abilities	Scrappy	Can hit Ghost-types with Normal and Fighting moves.

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.
Cry
Height	2′4″ / 0.7 m	Weight	437 lb / 19.8 kg	Catch Rate	45
Wild held items	None
Eggs hatch into	Taillow

Stats

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Special Attack	Special Defense	Total
Base stats	60	85	60	125	75	50	455
EV yields	0	0	0	2	0	0	2

Evolution

Taillow

→ Level up to at least level 22

Swellow

Moves

Learnt by levelling up

Level	Move
1	Brave Bird
1	Air Slash
1	Pluck
1	Peck
1	Growl
1	Focus Energy
1	Quick Attack
5	Focus Energy
9	Quick Attack
13	Wing Attack
17	Double Team
21	Aerial Ace
27	Quick Guard
33	Agility
39	Air Slash
45	Endeavor
51	Brave Bird
57	Reversal

Learnt from a pre-evolution

Pre-evolution	Move	Method
Taillow	Boomburst	Egg Move
Taillow	Hurricane	Egg Move
Taillow	Mirror Move	Egg Move
Taillow	Pursuit	Egg Move
Taillow	Rage	Egg Move
Taillow	Refresh	Egg Move
Taillow	Supersonic	Egg Move
Taillow	Whirlwind	Egg Move

Learnt from TMs/TMXs

Item	Move
TM01	Work Up
TM06	Toxic
TM10	Hidden Power
TM11	Sunny Day
TM15	Hyper Beam
TM17	Protect
TM18	Rain Dance
TM19	Roost
TM21	Frustration
TM27	Return
TM32	Double Team
TM40	Aerial Ace
TM42	Facade
TM44	Rest
TM45	Attract
TM46	Thief
TM48	Round
TM49	Echoed Voice
TM51	Steel Wing
TM68	Giga Impact
TM87	Swagger
TM88	Sleep Talk
TM89	U-turn
TM90	Substitute
TM94	Secret Power
TM100	Confide
TMX2	Fly

Learnt from Move Tutors

Encounter rates

Area ID	Area name	Encounter method	Level range	Rate
879	Idyll of Panaceance	Grass	113–120	12 %
809	Victory Road B5F	Cave	90–97	5 %

Appearances in Trainer teams

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Level 143, holding Scope Lens, random gender, 70 friendship
Scrappy
Jolly nature

Moves

Focus Energy (30 PP)
Boomburst (10 PP)
Brave Bird (15 PP)
U-turn (20 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	370	382	220	545	236	192
EVs	4	252	0	252	0	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 54, holding Flame Orb, male, 70 friendship
Guts
Jolly nature

Moves

U-turn (20 PP)
Brave Bird (15 PP)
Steel Wing (25 PP)
Facade (20 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	156	124	97	183	101	86
EVs	81	81	81	81	81	81
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Life Orb, random gender, 70 friendship
Scrappy
Adamant nature

Moves

U-turn (32 PP)
Boomburst (16 PP)
Giga Impact (8 PP)
Air Slash (24 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	261	295	156	349	167	137
EVs	0	252	0	252	0	4
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Appearances in battle facilities

Holding Choice Specs; Scrappy; Timid nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	0

Holding Flame Orb; Guts; Jolly nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	0	252	0	252	0	0