Normal Flying

Swellow is a Normal and Flying-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 2170 in Pokémon GO. Swellow's best moveset is Wing Attack and Sky Attack. It is weather boosted by Partly Cloudy and Windy weather, and it was originally found in the Hoenn region. Shiny Swellow is available in Pokémon GO.

Swellow is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Bug, Grass, Ghost, and Ground-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	2170 CP
Attack	185 ATK
Defense	124 DEF
Stamina	155 STA
Weather Boost	Partly Cloudy Windy
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	1 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#277
Height	0.71 m
Weight	19.8 kg
Region	Hoenn Generation 3
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	5 300
Additional Move Cost	25 10000

Swellow type chart

Takes increased damage

Electric	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Ghost	39.1%
Ground	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Grass	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Swellow's best moves and movesets

Swellow's best moveset is Wing Attack and Sky Attack, with 13.26 DPS (damage per second) and 217.5 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Windy weather.

Best Swellow moves

Wing Attack

Sky Attack

DPS13.26

TDO217.52

Score18.9

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Swellow with its best moveset, we recommend to use Wing Attack/Brave Bird. You will lose around 5.8% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Swellow's strongest moveset (Wing Attack/Sky Attack).

Swellow moves comparison

The following chart shows Swellow's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Swellow's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Wing Attack	Sky Attack	13.26	217.5	18.9
2.	Wing Attack	Brave Bird	12.85	210.7	17.8
3.	Steel Wing	Sky Attack	12.68	207.9	17.4
4.	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	12.12	198.7	15.9
5.	Wing Attack	Aerial Ace	10.80	177.1	13.3
6.	Steel Wing	Aerial Ace	10.74	176.2	13.2

Fast Attacks

• Wing Attack890.8s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Fighting
    • Bug
    • Grass

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel
    • Electric

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	8
  Energy	9
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	0.8s
  Damage window	0.6s - 0.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	8

  
  

  Effects

  Wing Attack has no special effects.

  See Wing Attack details page ↗
• Steel Wing1160.8s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Rock
    • Ice
    • Fairy

  • 62.5%
  • • Steel
    • Fire
    • Water
    • Electric

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	11
  Energy	6
  Weather boost	Snow
  Duration	0.8s
  Damage window	0.5s - 0.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	7
  Energy	7

  
  

  Effects

  Steel Wing has no special effects.

  See Steel Wing details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Aerial Ace55332.4s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Fighting
    • Bug
    • Grass

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel
    • Electric

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	55
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	2.4s
  Damage window	1.9s - 2.2s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	55
  Energy	40

  
  

  Effects

  Aerial Ace has no special effects.

  See Aerial Ace details page ↗
• Brave Bird1301002.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Fighting
    • Bug
    • Grass

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel
    • Electric

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	130
  Energy	100
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	2.0s
  Damage window	1.0s - 1.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	130
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Brave Bird has a 100.0% chance to:

  • Decrease User's Defense by 42.9%

  See Brave Bird details page ↗
• Sky Attack80502.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Fighting
    • Bug
    • Grass

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel
    • Electric

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	2.0s
  Damage window	1.5s - 1.7s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	75
  Energy	50

  
  

  Effects

  Sky Attack has no special effects.

  See Sky Attack details page ↗

Swellow Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Swellow's Max CP is at Level 50. Swellow Combat Power values in Pokémon GO Raids, Eggs, and Field Research encounter can be found below.

Max CP	2170 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	776 CP - 823 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	1034 CP - 1097 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	1034 CP - 1097 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Partly Cloudy Windy	1293 CP - 1371 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Swellow Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Swellow Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Swellow evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Taillow	50 Candy	Swellow

• Taillow evolves into Swellow which costs 50 Candy.

Regular and Shiny Swellow

• #277Swellow
• #277Shiny Swellow

Mega Pokémon that boost Swellow

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Swellow's Normal and Flying-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Swellow.

Mega Pidgeot

Mega Kangaskhan

Mega Pinsir

Mega Aerodactyl

Mega Salamence

Mega Rayquaza

Mega Lopunny

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Swellow Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Swellow in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Normal medal

None↓

Flying medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Swellow, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Swellow family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Swellow in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Taillow

Swellow

List of Swellow costumes

A list of Swellow costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Swellow high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Swellow. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

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