Draft:Swarm (Shuffle skill)

Swarm	むしのしらせ
	Bug Notification
Skill Increases damage when things are looking desperate.

Swarm (Japanese: むしのしらせ Bug Notification) is a skill in Pokémon Shuffle.

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• Activation
• Effect
  • Skill level growth
• Pokémon with this skill
• Version history
• In other languages

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Activation

This skill activates only when the "moves" counter reads 3 or fewer in a move-based stage, or the time counter reads 00:10 (or 10 seconds) or fewer in a time-based stage.

• In move-based stages, note that the counter decrements when the player makes a move, and the skill then checks the counter after this decrement. Threfore, the player effectively has 4 opportunities to use Swarm, when the move counter reads 3, 2, 1, or 0.
• During the window, if an enemy disruption causes matches to occur, then it is possible for Swarm to trigger additional activations.
• In time-based stages, it is possible to trigger Swarm several times by making a move, forcing the board to settle quickly, and making another move, all within the final 10 seconds of the stage.

Effect

When activated, this skill multiplies the damage of the initial match only.

Other damage multipliers, such as those based on match size, type matchups, or status conditions, are applied as usual. See Pokémon Shuffle → Damage for more details.

Skill level growth

Increasing skill level will increase the activation rate.

Skill Level	Skill Points		Activation rate (Match of X)			Damage
	Total	To next	3	4	5
1	—	2	60%	80%	100%	5×
2	2	7	70%	90%
3	9	21	80%	100%
4	30	40	90%	100%
5	70	—	100%	100%

Pokémon with this skill

Icon	Pokémon	Type	Max Attack Power	Swapped?	PSB drops
	Scyther	Bug	140	✘	N/A
	Scizor	Bug	140	✘	N/A
	Cascoon	Bug	90	✘	N/A

Version history

Version	Release date	Changes
1.3.0 (3DS) 1.6.0 (Mobile)	March 23, 2016 (3DS) April 26, 2016 (Mobile)	Decreases the activation rate of Swarm: activation rate: 60%/100%/100% → 60%/80%/100%
1.3.10 (3DS) 1.6.4 (Mobile)	May 17, 2016	Adds the skill gauge, allowing all skills to be leveled up to increase their activation rate or damage dealt (but not both).
1.4.6 (3DS) v1.10 (Mobile)	April 4, 2017 (3DS) April 5, 2017 (Mobile)	Increases the base attack power of Swarm: attack power: 2× → 5×
1.5.0 (3DS)	January 9, 2018	Changes the description of Swarm: old: "Attacks do more damage when things are looking desperate." new: "Increases damage when things are looking desperate."

In other languages

English	Kana	Rōmaji	French	German	Italian	Spanish	Hangul	Romanized
Swarm	むしのしらせ	Mushi no Shirase	Essaim	Hexaplaga	Aiutinsetto	Enjambre