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Swift Swim (Japanese: すいすい Smoothly) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Thirty-one Pokémon can have this ability, all of them being a Template:Type2.

Effect

In battle

Swift Swim doubles the user's Speed stat in rain.

Outside of battle

Swift Swim has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Whenever the Pokémon uses a special move while it is raining, the move is used twice. No additional PP is used during the second usage. If the Pokémon has a speed bonus, only the first move will gain the benefit of Swift Swim. If the special move is part of a linked move, all moves in the link are performed before they are done the second time.

Pokémon with Swift Swim

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0054		Psyduck	Water		Water	Damp	Cloud Nine	Swift Swim
0055		Golduck	Water		Water	Damp	Cloud Nine	Swift Swim
0060		Poliwag	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0116		Horsea	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Sniper	Damp
0118		Goldeen	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Water Veil	Lightningrod
0119		Seaking	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Water Veil	Lightningrod
0129		Magikarp	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Jitter
0138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Shell Armor	Broken Armor
0139		Omastar	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Shell Armor	Broken Armor
0211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	Poison Point	Swift Swim	Intimidate
0226		Mantine	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	Swift Swim	Sniper	Damp
0270		Lotad	Water	Grass	Swift Swim	Rain Dish	Own Tempo
0271		Lombre	Water	Grass	Swift Swim	Rain Dish	Own Tempo
0272		Ludicolo	Water	Grass	Swift Swim	Rain Dish	Own Tempo
0283		Surskit	Bug	Water	Swift Swim	None	Rain Dish
0349		Feebas	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Adaptability
0367		Huntail	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Water Veil
0368		Gorebyss	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Hydration
0369		Relicanth	Water	Rock	Swift Swim	Rock Head	Sturdy
0370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Hydration
0418		Buizel	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Water Veil
0419		Floatzel	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Water Veil
0456		Finneon	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Storm Drain	Water Veil
0457		Lumineon	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Storm Drain	Water Veil
0458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0535	Otamaro	Otamaro	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Water Absorb
0536	Gamagaru	Gamagaru	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0537	Gamageroge	Gamageroge	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Underhanded	Water Absorb
0564	Purotoga	Purotoga	Water	Rock	Solid Rock	Sturdy	Swift Swim
0565	Abagoura	Abagoura	Water	Rock	Solid Rock	Sturdy	Swift Swim
0614	Tsunbear	Tsunbear	Ice		Ice	Snow Cloak	None	Swift Swim
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

Luvdisc. Luvdisc moves very fast when it's raining.

• Activated by Juan's Luvdisc in Eight Ain't Enough. Debut.

Buizel. Buizel's speed increases when it's raining.

• Activated by Ash's Buizel in A Triple Fighting Chance! and Short and to the Punch!.

In other languages

• French: Glissade
• German: Wassertempo
• Italian: Nuotovelox
• Korean: 쓱쓱 Sseuksseuk
• Portuguese: Nadada Rápida
• Spanish: Nado rápido

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.