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Swalot

Poison type · strong stats (BST 467, top 87% of the Champions roster) · builds into a physical tank.

Build a team with Swalot

Swalot

poison · BST 467 · physical tank

Base stats

HP100
Attack73
Defense83
Sp. Atk73
Sp. Def83
Speed55

Defensive profile

How incoming damage multiplies for this form.

×2 Ground ×2 Psychic ×0.5 Grass ×0.5 Fighting ×0.5 Poison ×0.5 Bug ×0.5 Fairy

Abilities

Selectable in Champions (400 VP to change).

  • Liquid Ooze
  • Sticky Hold
  • Gluttony

How to use Swalot in Champions

Swalot fills a physical tank niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into Attack and HP, then fine-tune Speed in steps of 2 to sit just above or below the metagame's common numbers.

Defensively it is hurt hardest by Ground, Psychic, while resisting Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug. Check the Poison page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.

Movepool highlights

Swalot can learn 60 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: bug dark electric fighting fire ghost grass ground ice normal poison psychic water. Pick four that patch your team's coverage gaps — the team builder flags what's missing automatically.

Full move list
MoveTypeClassPowerAcc
Acid ArmorpoisonStatus—101
Acid SpraypoisonSpecial40100
AmnesiapsychicStatus—101
BelchpoisonSpecial12090
Body PressfightingPhysical80100
Body SlamnormalPhysical85100
Brick BreakfightingPhysical75100
BulldozegroundPhysical60100
Bullet SeedgrassPhysical25100
Clear SmogpoisonSpecial50101
Corrosive GaspoisonStatus—100
CurseghostStatus—101
Destiny BondghostStatus—101
Double-EdgenormalPhysical120100
EarthquakegroundPhysical100100
EncorenormalStatus—100
EndurenormalStatus—101
FacadenormalPhysical70100
Fire PunchfirePhysical75100
Gastro AcidpoisonStatus—100
Giga DraingrassSpecial75100
Giga ImpactnormalPhysical15090
Gunk ShotpoisonPhysical12080
Helping HandnormalStatus—101
Hyper BeamnormalSpecial15090
Ice BeamiceSpecial90100
Ice PunchicePhysical75100
Knock OffdarkPhysical65100
Mud ShotgroundSpecial5595
Mud-SlapgroundSpecial20100
Pain SplitnormalStatus—101
Poison JabpoisonPhysical80100
ProtectnormalStatus—101
Rain DancewaterStatus—101
RestpsychicStatus—101
RoundnormalSpecial60100
Seed BombgrassPhysical80100
Self-DestructnormalPhysical200100
Shadow BallghostSpecial80100
Skitter SmackbugPhysical7090
Sleep TalknormalStatus—101
Sludge BombpoisonSpecial90100
Sludge WavepoisonSpecial95100
SnorenormalSpecial50100
Solar BeamgrassSpecial120100
StockpilenormalStatus—101
Stuff CheeksnormalStatus—101
SubstitutenormalStatus—101
Sunny DayfireStatus—101
SwallownormalStatus—101
Swords DancenormalStatus—101
ThiefdarkPhysical60100
Thunder PunchelectricPhysical75100
Thunder WaveelectricStatus—90
ToxicpoisonStatus—90
Toxic SpikespoisonStatus—101
VenoshockpoisonSpecial65100
Water PulsewaterSpecial60100
YawnnormalStatus—101
Zen HeadbuttpsychicPhysical8090

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