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Ash's Swellow
サトシのオオスバメ Satoshi's Ohsubame
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Ash's Swellow (Japanese: サトシのオオスバメ Satoshi's Ohsubame) was the first Pokémon caught by Ash during his travels through Hoenn.
History
Hoenn
Swellow was caught as a Taillow in the episode You Can Never Taillow!. It was the leader of a flock of Taillow. It stole Max's chocolate and challenged Pikachu to a battle. In its debut episode, it was shown to be a determined battler and even though it took countless Thunderbolt attacks from Pikachu, it still kept fighting. Ash captured Taillow to prevent it getting hurt more.
Taillow evolved into Swellow in the episode That's Just Swellow. It had progressed to the final round in a PokéRinger tournament. It was up against James and Jessie's Dustox, and evolved at the last second to fly to victory. Several episodes later, in Sky High Gym Battle!, Swellow defeated Winona's Swellow despite Winona's Swellow using more powerful attacks such as Aerial Ace. After this victory, Ash became determined to teach his Swellow Aerial Ace. With the help of Vladimir, Ash was able to teach Swellow the move in Lessons in Lilycove!.
As a Taillow it was not used much, similar to Pidgeotto and Noctowl. Since its evolution, Swellow has become a strong battler. It was used in the Ever Grande Conference as well as the Battle Frontier.
Coupled with its impressive speed and admirable aerial maneuvers, Swellow is a strong Pokémon. Ash left Swellow at Professor Oak's lab when he set off for Sinnoh.
Sinnoh
In DP189, it battled against Takuto in the semi-finals of the Suzuran Conference. However, it was easily defeated by Takuto's Latios.
Moves used
Moves improvised
Thunder Armor was an one-time technique in the episode Solid as a Solrock: Pikachu is seen using Thunder on itself while Swellow carried Pikachu. This increased their attack power greatly and easily overpowered Tate's and Liza's Lunatone and Solrock.
Trivia
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