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Swagger いばる Swagger

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM34 in Generation II Move Tutor in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Move Tutor in Pokémon Emerald TM87 in Generation IV TM87 in Generation V

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   The appeal works great if performed first.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Swagger (Japanese: いばる Swagger) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Swagger raises the target's Attack two stages and confuses it. Should the target already be confused, Swagger will still raise its Attack. Pokémon with the ability Own Tempo are immune to the side effect. Because the target's Attack increases, they will receive more damage if they hurt themselves.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal					45								'
053		Persian	Normal		Normal					61								'
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting					36	33				33			'
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting					44	35				35			'
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic					41	37				45			'
097		Hypno	Psychic		Psychic					49	45				45			'
128		Tauros	Normal		Normal					26	41				48			'
186		Politoed	Water		Water	51			51			53		27	27			'
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic	43			43	36	43				41			'
244		Entei	Fire		Fire	61			61			43				43			'
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark				25			25				25			'
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark				27			27				27			'
274		Nuzleaf	Grass	Dark				43			43				43			'
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal				36			36				36			'
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic					20								'
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic					20								'
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark				37			21				21			'
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark				43			21				21			'
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison				37			37				37			'
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water							32				32			'
365		Walrein	Ice	Water							32				32			'
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel							19		24	24			'
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric							25				25			'
404		Luxio	Electric		Electric							28				28			'
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric							28				28			'
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel							24				24			'
411		Bastiodon	Rock	Steel							24				24			'
416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying							39				39			'
430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying							25				25			'
432		Purugly	Normal		Normal							38				38			'
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting							24				24			'
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting							24				24			'
459		Snover	Grass	Ice							17				17			'
460		Abomasnow	Grass	Ice							17				17			'
519		Pidove	Normal	Flying											39			'
520		Tranquill	Normal	Flying											45			'
521		Unfezant	Normal	Flying											49			'
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark											25			'
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark											25			'
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark											25			'
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire											17			'
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting											16			'
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting											16			'
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice											29			'
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying											7			'
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying											7			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal	*
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal	*
255		Torchic	Fire		Fire	*
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass
293		Whismur	Normal		Normal	*
320		Wailmer	Water		Water	*
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By move tutor

In Emerald and XD: Gale of Darkness

All Pokémon that can learn moves from move tutors in Generation III can learn Swagger.

In the anime

File:Politoed Swagger.png Politoed
The user enrages the foe into confusion. However, it also sharply raises the foe's Attack stat.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Politoed crosses its arms and looks at the opponent in an intimidating manner while glowing red, confusing the opponent and making them stronger as well. While confused, the opponent's eyes glow red.
Misty's Politoed	Outrageous Fortunes		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Aibo Swagger.png Aipom
The user whispers to the opponent, which causes it to become confused.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Aipom whispers to the opponent, which causes it to become confused.
Gold's Aibo	Who Gives a Hoothoot?		Debut
	Slaking lets out a loud roar, confusing anything that hears it.
Norman's Slaking	VS. Breloom		None

Trivia

• In Generation V, some Pokémon that were capable of learning Swagger through breeding in previous generations are now unable to do so. This is probably due to infinite usage of TMs.

In other languages

Language Title French Vantardise German Angeberei Greek Κομπασμός Italian Bullo Korean 뽐내기 Ppomnaegi Serbian Šepurenje Spanish Contoneo

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