Swallow (move)

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Swallow
のみこむ Swallow
The power stored using the move Stockpile is absorbed by the user to heal its HP.
Battles
Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Contests
Category  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  0
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.
Super Contests
Category  Tough
Appeal  0
Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Swallow (Japanese: のみこむ Swallow) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Contents

Effect

This move will fail if the user has not used Stockpile.

Swallow will recover the user's HP depending on the amount of times the user has used Stockpile.

  • One Stockpile → 25% of the user's maximum HP
  • Two Stockpiles → 50% of the user's maximum HP
  • Three Stockpiles → 100% of the user's maximum HP

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
023 Ekans Poison 37
024 Arbok Poison 46
071 Victreebel Grass Poison --FRLG
279 Pelipper Water Flying 33
303 Mawile Steel 46
316 Gulpin Poison 34
317 Swalot Poison 40
345 Lileep Rock Grass 50
346 Cradily Rock Grass 60
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
194 Wooper Water Ground Ekans, Arbok
Pelipper
Mawile
336 Seviper Poison Ekans, Arbok
Mawile
363 Spheal Ice Water Ekans, Arbok
Pelipper
Mawile
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
023 Ekans Poison 25
024 Arbok Poison 28
071 Victreebel Grass Poison --
171 Lanturn Water Electric 27
279 Pelipper Water Flying 38
303 Mawile Steel 51
316 Gulpin Poison 34
317 Swalot Poison 38
345 Lileep Rock Grass 57
346 Cradily Rock Grass 66
425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 27
426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 27
446 Munchlax Normal 28
455 Carnivine Grass 31
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
088 Grimer Poison Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim
194 Wooper Water Ground Ekans, Arbok
Pelipper
Mawile
218 Slugma Fire Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim
336 Seviper Poison Ekans, Arbok
Mawile
363 Spheal Ice Water Ekans, Arbok
Pelipper
Mawile
422 Shellos
West Sea
Water Pelipper
Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim
422 Shellos
East Sea
Water Pelipper
Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim
449 Hippopotas Ground Ekans, Arbok
Mawile
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Tragar
  • German: Verzehrer
  • Italian: Introenergia


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