Swalot (Pokémon)

Swalot マルノーム Marunoom
Artwork from R/S/E
Type	Poison
Species	Poison Bag Pokémon
National Dex	#317
Johto Dex	#—
Hoenn Dex	#096
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R-189
Almia Browser	R—
Height	5′07″ (1.7m)
Weight	176.4 lbs. (80.0kg)
Abilities	Liquid Ooze or Sticky Hold
Egg group	Indeterminate
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	2 HP
Exp. yield	168 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,640,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	Purple
Catch rate	75
Footprint
Body style
On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Pokémon Palace Network Pokédex (Gen. III) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Serebii's Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Ultimate Pokémon Center Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Swalot (Japanese: マルノーム Marunoom) is a Poison-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Gulpin at level 26.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 Pokédex entries 5.2 Game locations 5.2.1 In side games 5.3 Base stats 5.4 Type effectiveness 5.5 Learnset 5.5.1 By leveling up 5.5.2 By TM/HM 5.5.3 By breeding 5.5.4 By tutoring 5.5.5 Special moves 5.6 Side game data 5.7 Evolution 5.8 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages 8 External links

Biology

Physiology

Swalot is a tall, purple, blob-like Pokémon. It has a single row of black rhombuses running across what would be its mid-section. Swalot's hands have three fingers instead of two. Swalot has red, beady eyes and yellow whiskers.

Gender differences

A female Swalot has shorter whiskers then a male.

Special abilities

Swalot's large, cavernous mouth can easily gulp down a car tire. Its stomach acid can dissolve virtually anything.

Like most fully evolved Pokémon, Swalot can use Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.

Behavior

Swalot portrays behavior similar to Gulpin; it is known to eat in large quantities, most likely because its powerful stomach can handle anything.

Habitat

Like Gulpin, Swalot live in grassy plains. However, Swalot are a bit harder to find.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Swalot first appeared in Deceit and Assist. The Poison Bag Pokémon belong to a Coordinator named Anthony, who used it to compete in the Grand Festival.

In From Brags to Riches, a trainer named Dominick used a Swalot and Tropius to battle Ash's Corphish and Torkoal. Corphish managed to defeat Dominick's Swalot.

A Swalot that was painted to look like a Muk was shown at the "Pokémon Cosplay Convention" in All Dressed with Somewhere To Go.

Paul's brother, Reggie, also owns a Swalot which appeared in Lost Leader Strategy!.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Swalot (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
III	Ruby	When Swalot spots prey, it spurts out a hideously toxic fluid from its pores and sprays the target. Once the prey has weakened, this Pokémon gulps it down whole with its cavernous mouth.
	Sapphire	Swalot has no teeth, so what it eats, it swallows whole, no matter what. Its cavernous mouth yawns widely. An automobile tire could easily fit inside this Pokémon's mouth.
	Emerald	Its powerful stomach acid is capable of digesting almost anything. The one thing in the whole world a Swalot can't digest is its own stomach.
	FireRed	It can swallow a tire whole in one gulp. It secretes a horribly toxic fluid from the pores on its body.
	LeafGreen	It can swallow a tire whole in one gulp. It secretes a horribly toxic fluid from the pores on its body.
IV	Diamond	It swallows anything whole. It sweats toxic fluids from its follicles to douse foes.
	Pearl	It swallows anything whole. It sweats toxic fluids from its follicles to douse foes.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
III	Ruby	Sapphire	None	Evolve Gulpin
	Emerald		None	Evolve Gulpin
	FireRed	LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Colosseum		None	Trade
	XD		None	Trade
IV	Diamond	Pearl	None	Evolve Gulpin
	Platinum		None	Trade
	Pal Park			Forest

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Evolve from Gulpin
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 16 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Evolve from Gulpin
Pokémon Ranger	Fiore Temple
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Marine Resort (B1-B19)

Base stats

HP:	100
Attack:	73
Defense:	83
SpAtk:	73
SpDef:	83
Speed:	55

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Ground : 2×  Psychic : 2×	Fighting : ½×  Poison : ½×  Bug : ½×  Grass : ½×		Normal : 1×  Flying : 1×  Rock : 1×  Ghost : 1×  Steel : 1×  Fire : 1×  Water : 1×  Electric : 1×  Ice : 1×  Dragon : 1×  Dark : 1×

Learnset

Swalot is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Previous	Pound	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Previous	Yawn	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	2 ♥♥
Previous	Poison Gas	Poison	Status	—	55%	40	Smart	3 ♥♥♥
Previous	Sludge	Poison	Special	65	100%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
Previous	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20	Cute	0
Previous	Encore	Normal	Status	—	100%	5	Cute	1 ♥
26	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
30	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
38	Stockpile	Normal	Status	—	—%	20	Tough	0
38	Spit Up	Normal	Special	—	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
38	Swallow	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	0
45	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
52	Gastro Acid	Poison	Status	—	100%	10	Beauty	0
59	Wring Out	Normal	Special	—	100%	5	Smart	0
66	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	70%	5	Cool	0
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM09	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	10	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM19	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	60	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120	100%	10	Cool	1 ♥
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM34	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM49	Snatch	Dark	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM64	Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100%	5	Beauty	0
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Grimer, Muk	Acid Armor	Poison	Status	—	—%	40	Tough	0
Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Shuppet, Banette Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir Spiritomb	Curse	???	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	0
Koffing, Weezing Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Wobbuffet	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	—	—%	5	Smart	0
Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir Spiritomb	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
Misdreavus, Mismagius	Pain Split	Normal	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
Koffing, Weezing Slugma, Magcargo	Smog	Poison	Special	20	70%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon *Indicates a move only available by chain breeding

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: III
Game							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—%	40	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	DynamicPunch	Fighting	Physical	100	50%	5	Cool	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100%	5	Beauty	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Metronome	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	ThunderPunch	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game, while a colored background indicates that the move is available.

Special moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Poison Swamp
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I eat everything in one gulp. It doesn't matter how big!
26%-50% HP	I'm getting worried. My health is down about halfway.
1%-25% HP	I'm exhausted... There isn't any poison left in me...
Level Up	I leveled up! My toxins grew more powerful, too!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 11	Minimum Experience: 68
Poké Assist:	Field Move: None	Maximum Experience: 98
When Swalot cries and opens its mouth wide, it spits up a huge volume of poison.

Evolution

Unevolved Base form Gulpin  Poison

Level 26 First evolution Swalot  Poison

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 317.png			Image:Spr 3f 317.png
	Image:Spr 3r 317 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 317 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 317 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 317 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 317 m.png
			Image:Spr 4p 317 f.png
			Image:Spr 4p 317 m s.png
			Image:Spr 4p 317 f s.png

For other sprites and images, please see Swalot images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Origin

Name origin

Swalot's name is possibly a shortening of swallow a lot, as in eating or drinking a large amount. Its Japanese name is based on 丸呑み marunomi, swallowing whole and 飲み込む nomikomu, to gulp down.

In other languages

• German: Schlukwech
• French: Avaltout
• Korean: 꿀꺽몬 Kkulkkeokmon

External links

Article on Wikipedia

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