Swallow (move)

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Swallow
のみこむ Swallow
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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 King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Swallow (Japanese: のみこむ Swallow) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III. Those Pokémon who able to learn this move always able to learn Stockpile, due to this move require Stockpile, along with Spit Up.

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
0023 Ekans Ekans
Poison 37
0024 Arbok Arbok
Poison 46
0071 Victreebel Victreebel
Grass Poison --
0279 Pelipper Pelipper
Water Flying 33
0303 Mawile Mawile
Steel 46
0316 Gulpin Gulpin
Poison 34
0317 Swalot Swalot
Poison 40
0345 Lileep Lileep
Rock Grass 50
0346 Cradily 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0194 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Wooper | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Pelipper
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Seviper | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0363 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Spheal | style="background: #FFF" | Spheal
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Pelipper
Mawile

|- | colspan="6" | 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
0023 Ekans Ekans
Poison 25
0024 Arbok Arbok
Poison 28
0071 Victreebel Victreebel
Grass Poison --
0171 Lanturn Lanturn
Water Electric 27
0279 Pelipper Pelipper
Water Flying 38
0303 Mawile Mawile
Steel 51
0316 Gulpin Gulpin
Poison 34
0317 Swalot Swalot
Poison 38
0345 Lileep Lileep
Rock Grass 57
0346 Cradily Cradily
Rock Grass 66
0425 Drifloon Drifloon
Ghost Flying 27
0426 Drifblim Drifblim
Ghost Flying 27
0446 Munchlax Munchlax
Normal 28
0455 Carnivine 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Seel | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Pelipper |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Grimer | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0194 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Wooper | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Pelipper
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0218 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Slugma | style="background: #FFF" | Slugma
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Numel | style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Seviper | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0363 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Spheal | style="background: #FFF" | Spheal
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Pelipper
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0387 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Turtwig | style="background: #FFF" | Turtwig
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Victreebel
Carnivine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shellos | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Pelipper
Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shellos | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Pelipper
Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0449 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Hippopotas | style="background: #FFF" | Hippopotas
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Mawile

|- | colspan="6" | 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0023 Ekans Ekans
Poison 25
0024 Arbok Arbok
Poison 27
0071 Victreebel Victreebel
Grass Poison --
0171 Lanturn Lanturn
Water Electric 27
0279 Pelipper Pelipper
Water Flying 38
0303 Mawile Mawile
Steel 51
0316 Gulpin Gulpin
Poison 39
0317 Swalot Swalot
Poison 45
0345 Lileep Lileep
Rock Grass 57
0346 Cradily Cradily
Rock Grass 66
0425 Drifloon Drifloon
Ghost Flying 30
0426 Drifblim Drifblim
Ghost Flying 32
0446 Munchlax Munchlax
Normal 33
0455 Carnivine Carnivine
Grass 37
0568 Yabukuron Yabukuron
Poison 23
0569 Dasutodasu Dasutodasu
Poison 23
0631 Kuitaran Kuitaran
Fire 56
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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Seel | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Pelipper
Kuitaran |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Grimer | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0109 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Koffing | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0194 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Wooper | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Pelipper
Mawile
Kuitaran |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0218 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Slugma | style="background: #FFF" | Slugma
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Numel | style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Mawile
Kuitaran |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Seviper | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Mawile
Kuitaran |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0363 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Spheal | style="background: #FFF" | Spheal
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Pelipper
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0387 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Turtwig | style="background: #FFF" | Turtwig
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Victreebel
Carnivine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shellos | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Pelipper
Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shellos | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Pelipper
Gulpin, Swalot
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0449 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Hippopotas | style="background: #FFF" | Hippopotas
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Mawile
Kuitaran

|- | colspan="6" | 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 the anime



The user swallows the foe and holds it in its stomach.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Swalot Swalot swallows the opponent and holds it in its stomach.
Anthony's Swalot Deceit and Assist Debut


Trivia

  • Munchlax and Yabukuron's respective family are the only Pokémon that able to learn Stockpile and Swallow, but unable to learn Spit Up.

In other languages

  • French: Avale
  • German: Verzehrer
  • Greek: Κατάποση
  • Italian: Introenergia
  • Korean: 꿀꺽 Kkulkkeok
  • Spanish: Tragar
  • Serbian: Gutanje


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