Smogon.

com
About | Black/White | Forums Search Help | Get Plugin
Search

Smogon Black/White Pokmon Swoobat

Black/White Home Pokmon Articles Tiers Metagames Banlists Types Moves Items Abilities Natures

B/W

Strategy

Moves

Unaware Ignores stat boosts and debuffs on other Po

Swoobat

Klutz The wielder both is unaffected by and will Simple Doubles all status boosts and drops.

Type

Psychic / Flying Level 100 Statistics (see level 5, 50, 100) MinHP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe

Min 275 150 146 190 146 264

Max 338 213 209 253 209 327

Max+ 234 229 278 229 359

67 57 55 77 55 114

135 131 171 131 237

Neverused

Overview

Swoobat is a mediocre Pokemon, but has one decent niche. The combination of Simple an after only one turn of setup. In addition to this, it also gets access to Stored Power, a 100 seem like a top-tier threat, it has quite a few flaws holding it back. Aside from its great Sp at least one boost to do any sort of significant damage. Its 67 / 55 / 55 bulk doesn't do it a

Name

Item Salac Berry

Ability Simple

SubSalac
Moveset

~ Substitute ~ Calm Mind ~ Stored Power ~ Heat Wave

This is Swoobat's only set, but it performs it well due to a great base Speed that lets it out single boost, Stored Power reaches 100 Base Power, which is devastating combined with Swoobat fears being revenge killed by are Choice Scarf Pokemon and priority users. Subs by the likes of Skuntank. Stored Power takes advantage of Calm Mind to the fullest with coverage with Stored Power, hitting the Dark-, Psychic-, and Steel-types in the tier, such boost it gives Swoobat upon falling into the last 25% of its HP both allows it to outspeed Team Options & Additional Comments >>>

Other Options

Swoobat has an excellent support movepool, such as Toxic, Tailwind, Taunt, Trick, dual effectively use it. Roost is a reliable recovery move, but Swoobat will never find the time coverage move. Charge Beam can be used to do a little bit of Electric-type damage while better as it provides a guaranteed boost, and boosts Special Defense as well. Klutz in conj frailty, so Swoobat is better off as a Simple Calm Mind sweeper. Choice items are out of Gardevoir severely outclass it.

Checks and Counters

The best way to counter Swoobat is to prevent it from setting up or Encoring it into Calm Power, Encore Swoobat, and KO it with STAB Pursuit. Skuntank is immune to Stored Po and Sucker Punch. Regice can take any move Swoobat throws at it with ease and OHKO However, if Swoobat uses Calm Mind twice, it can survive an Ice Beam, get the Salac Be boosts with Roar and only really fears Hidden Power Ground, which it can survive provid and a Salac boost,and severely damage Swoobat with Body Slam and Double-Edge, respe

While it is difficult to counter Swoobat due to the sheer power of a boosted Stored Power Substitute, most Choice Scarf Pokemon, such as Glaceon and Jynx, can take out Swoobat Sucker Punch from the likes of Carracosta and Cacturne, can defeat Swoobat provided it though Swoobat can OHKO it with a boosted Stored Power if Golem's Sturdy is broken, m boosts if it is not behind a Substitute, outspeed it, and possibly sweep the rest of Swoobat
All guides and strategy information are 2004-2013 Smogon.com and its contributors. Pokmon is 1995-2013 Nintendo. Privacy Policy