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When a Pokémon with Swarm uses a {{type|Bug}} [[move]], the move's [[power]] will be increased by 50% if the user has less than or equal to ⅓ of its maximum HP remaining. | Swarm is functionally similar to Overgrow, Blaze, and Torrent. When a Pokémon with Swarm uses a {{type|Bug}} [[move]], the move's [[power]] will be increased by 50% if the user has less than or equal to ⅓ of its maximum HP remaining. | ||
====Generations V onward==== | ====Generations V onward==== |
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Swarm (Japanese: むしのしらせ Bug Notification) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.
Effect
In battle
Generations III to IV
Swarm is functionally similar to Overgrow, Blaze, and Torrent. When a Pokémon with Swarm uses a Bug-type move, the move's power will be increased by 50% if the user has less than or equal to ⅓ of its maximum HP remaining.
Generations V onward
Instead of boosting Bug-type moves' power, Swarm now technically boosts the Pokémon's Attack or Special Attack by 50% during damage calculation if a Bug-type move is being used, resulting in effectively the same effect.
Outside of battle
In Pokémon Emerald, this Ability also increases the frequency cries of wild Pokémon that are heard in the overworld.
Pokémon with Swarm
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
If a Pokémon with Swarm is below 25% of its HP, the power of Bug-type moves increases by 2-timesRBTDS or 1.5-timesGtISMD.
Pokémon Conquest
In Pokémon Conquest, Swarm will increase user's Attack if the Pokémon using it is below ⅓ of its HP.
Description
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In the anime
The Pokémon's Bug-type moves become more powerful when it gets tired or weak. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
When Leavanny becomes tired out or weak, its body becomes surrounded by a light-green aura, powering up its Bug-type moves. | |||
Ash's Leavanny | Strong Strategy Steals the Show! | Debut |
- In A Connoisseur's Revenge!, Burgundy told Ash his Sewaddle had Swarm as his Ability. However, he never used it in that form.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- In volume 23, Blue's Scizor was revealed to have Swarm as his Ability.
- Moon's Grubbin was revealed to have Swarm as his Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
- Giovanni's Beedrill is revealed to have Swarm as his Ability.
- Winona's Beautifly is revealed to have Swarm as its Ability.
In other languages
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Variations of the Ability Overgrow | |
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Overgrow • Blaze • Torrent • Swarm |
This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games. |