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Swadloon
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Swadloon

BugGrass

Best attacking moveset: Bug Bite and Bug Buzz, worth 6.5 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Swadloon can learn 6 combinations. Bug Bite with Bug Buzz does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Takes double damageFlyingFire
Weak toPoisonRockBugIce
ResistsFightingWaterElectric
Strongly resistsGroundGrass
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Bug BiteBug50.5s+6
Struggle BugBug151.5s+15
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Bug BuzzBug953.5s-50
Energy BallGrass904.0s-50
Silver WindBug653.5s-33

Shiny

Swadloon
Normal
Shiny Swadloon
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Swadloon has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.

Evolution family

Sewaddle
Sewaddle
Swadloon
Swadloon
Leavanny
Leavanny

Numbers

Max CP1,549 at level 50, 1,370 at level 40
Raid catch783 CP at level 20, or 979 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch730 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats115 attack · 162 defense · 146 stamina

What it costs

Candy to evolve25 Candy
Second charged move10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Buddy distance1 km per Candy
Size0.5 m and 7.3 kg

Best moveset against each type

Swadloon does not have one best moveset, it has 2. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Grass, Psychic, Dark.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
GrassBug Bite + Bug Buzz10.2
PsychicBug Bite + Bug Buzz10.2
DarkBug Bite + Bug Buzz10.2
GroundBug Bite + Energy Ball8.2
RockBug Bite + Energy Ball8.2
WaterBug Bite + Energy Ball8.2
NormalBug Bite + Bug Buzz6.5
BugBug Bite + Bug Buzz6.5
ElectricBug Bite + Bug Buzz6.5
IceBug Bite + Bug Buzz6.5
DragonBug Bite + Bug Buzz6.5
FightingBug Bite + Energy Ball5.8
GhostBug Bite + Energy Ball5.8
FairyBug Bite + Energy Ball5.8
FlyingBug Bite + Bug Buzz4.9
PoisonBug Bite + Bug Buzz4.9
SteelBug Bite + Bug Buzz4.9
FireBug Bite + Bug Buzz4.9

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Swadloon is actually for.

Counters: what beats Swadloon

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
BlacephalonFireGhostIncinerate + Mind Blown Legacy65.8
ReshiramDragonFireFire Fang + Fusion Flare Legacy54.6
SalamenceDragonFlyingFire Fang + Fly50.4
ChandelureGhostFireFire Spin + Overheat50.0
MoltresFireFlyingFire Spin + Fly49.6
CinderaceFireFire Spin + Pyroball49.3
VolcaronaBugFireFire Spin + Overheat48.8
DarmanitanFireFire Fang + Overheat48.6
YveltalDarkFlyingGust + Oblivion Wing Legacy48.5
ToucannonNormalFlyingPeck + Beak Blast Legacy48.0

Ranked by damage per second against Swadloon's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.