Swallow (move)
From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.
| Swallow のみこむ Swallow | ||||||||||||
Battles
| ||||||||||||
Target
| ||||||||||||
Availability
| ||||||||||||
Contests
| ||||||||||||
Super Contests
| ||||||||||||
Swallow (Japanese: のみこむ Swallow) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III. The Pokémon who are able to learn this move are also able to learn the related moves Stockpile and, with the exception of Munchlax, Trubbish, and Garbodor, Spit Up.
Contents |
Effect
Generation III
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
Generation IV and on
In addition to before, Swallow also removes any Defense and Special Defense boosts gained through Stockpile.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Swallow restores 20HP for one Stockpile, 40HP after two Stockpiles, and 80HP after three Stockpiles.
Description
| |
This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Colo and XD description. |
|
Learnset
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| III | IV | V | ||||||||
| 023 | |
Ekans | Poison | 37 | 25 | 25 | ||||
| 024 | |
Arbok | Poison | 46 | 28 | 27 | ||||
| 071 | |
Victreebel | Grass | Poison | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 171 | |
Lanturn | Water | Electric | no | 27 | 27 | |||
| 279 | |
Pelipper | Water | Flying | 33 | 38 | 38 | 39 | ||
| 303 | |
Mawile | Steel | 46 | 51 | 51 | ||||
| 316 | |
Gulpin | Poison | 34 | 34 | 39 | ||||
| 317 | |
Swalot | Poison | 40 | 38 | 45 | ||||
| 345 | |
Lileep | Rock | Grass | 50 | 57 | 57 | |||
| 346 | |
Cradily | Rock | Grass | 60 | 66 | 66 | |||
| 425 | |
Drifloon | Ghost | Flying | no | 27 | 30 | 32 | ||
| 426 | |
Drifblim | Ghost | Flying | no | 27 | 32 | 34 | ||
| 446 | |
Munchlax | Normal | no | 28 | 33 | ||||
| 455 | |
Carnivine | Grass | no | 31 | 37 | ||||
| 568 | |
Trubbish | Poison | no | no | 23 | ||||
| 569 | |
Garbodor | Poison | no | no | 23 | ||||
| 631 | |
Heatmor | Fire | no | no | 56 | ||||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. | ||||||||||
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| III | IV | V | ||||||||
| 086 | |
Seel | Water | no | |
|
||||
| 088 | |
Grimer | Poison | no | |
|
||||
| 109 | |
Koffing | Poison | no | no | |
||||
| 194 | |
Wooper | Water | Ground | |
|
|
|||
| 218 | |
Slugma | Fire | no | |
|
||||
| 322 | |
Numel | Fire | Ground | no | |
|
|||
| 336 | |
Seviper | Poison | |
|
|
||||
| 363 | |
Spheal | Ice | Water | |
|
|
|||
| 387 | |
Turtwig | Grass | no | |
|
||||
| 422 | |
Shellos | Water | no | |
|
||||
| 449 | |
Hippopotas | Ground | no | |
|
||||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. | ||||||||||
In the anime
|
|
|
|
| Swalot | |||
| The user swallows the foe and holds it in its stomach. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| User | First Used In | Notes | |
| |
Swalot swallows the opponent and holds it in its stomach. | ||
| Anthony's Swalot | Deceit and Assist | Debut | |
In the manga
In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga
|
|
|
|
| Drifblim | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The user uses stored energy to heal itself. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| |
Drifblim glows brightly, healing any injuries it previously had. | ||
| Hiori's Drifblim | Showdown With An Assassin | Debut | |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
|
|
|
|
| Pelipper | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The user swallows previously stored energy to heal itself. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| |
Pelipper swallows anything that it has in its mouth, giving it more energy. | ||
| Amber's Pelipper | VS. Ninjask | Debut | |
In other generations
|
|
| Generation III | Generation IV |
|---|
In other languages
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |
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. |



