What is a good moveset for Swalot?

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Swalot @ Black SludgeAbility: Liquid OozeEVs: 192 HP / 64 Atk / 252 SpAQuiet Nature (+SpA, -Spe)

Sludge Bomb is STAB and has a nice chance to poison the opponent, and therefore is the preferred option. If you want, Sludge Wave has 5 more base power, but usually isn’t worth it unless you’re after some specific KOs.Ice Beam hits Ground type switch ins and has good coverage.Giga Drain is healing and come coverage.Earthquake rounds out the coverage by hitting Steel types.

Role: Annoying stall

Swalot @ Black SludgeAbility: Liquid OozeEVs: 252 Def / 252 SpD / 4 HPBold Nature- Stockpile- Toxic- Venom Drench- Infestation / Protect / Giga Drain / Encore

A lot of options for the last slot. Infestation if you wanna trap your opponent and deal damage each turn, Protect if you wanna heal a little more HP without taking a hit, Giga Drain for restoring some HP from your foe, or Encore to make your opponent repeat the same move (good for stalling)

(updated gen 6 moveset)

The mastermind in me has decided to give Swalot yet another annoying moveset.

Swalot @ LeftoversAbility: Sticky HoldEVs: 252 Def / 252 SpD / 4 HPImpish Nature- Amnesia- Acid Armor- Toxic- Giga Drain / Yawn

The reason I’m using Amnesia and Acid Armor because using each move once is the same as using Stockpile, but you can only use Stockpile 3 times. You can max this guy’s defenses pretty well depending on the opponent’s lead Pokemon. Then move onto Toxic and Yawn to continue the stall, or start using Giga Drain to slowly regain health and drain your opponent’s. If the opponent switches to a Poison or Steel type, then you can just switch out yourself, and send Swalot in again because it only takes 3 Amnesias or 3 Acid Armors to max out defenses again.

Sweeping Swalot:

Swalot @ Poisonium ZAbility: Liquid OozeEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature

Gunk Shot is for a high base power STAB move. Earthquake allows Swalot to hurt Steel types. Ice Punch is to hit Ground types hard. Gastro Acid is used for two reasons: One is to shut down some Pokemon that rely on their abilities. Another is to boost Speed with Z-Gastro Acid, increasing Swalot’s sweeping capabilities.

The EVs on this set gives Swalot the ability to sweep. Liquid Ooze punishes Pokemon like Mega Venusaur. Poisonium Z allows Swalot to utilize Z-Gastro Acid. Finally, a Timid nature makes Swalot as fast as possible, alongside the speed boost from Z-Gastro Acid.

Hope this set answers your question!

Swalot @ Aguav BerryAbility: GluttonyModest NatureEVs: 252 HP / 128 Def / 128 SpD• Yawn• Amnesia• Acid Armor• Belch

Yawn puts opponents to sleep, Acid Armor and Amnesia make defenses better, Belch is STAB that hits crazy hard.

Gen 7 ZUSwalot @ LeftoversAbility: Sticky HoldEVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpDCareful Nature- Curse- Gunk Shot- Earthquake- SubstituteExplanation:Curse boosts Swalot’s attack and defense. Gunk Shot is STAB. Earthquake is for coverage and deals with Steel Types. Substitute is to help setup. The EVs are 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD because Swalot’s attack and defense will be boosted by Curse. The ability Sticky Hold is preferred for this set so your Leftovers won’t get knocked off by Knock Off.

Swalot @ Black SludgeAbility: Sticky HoldEVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpDModest NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Yawn- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb- Giga Drain- Ice Beam / Shadow Ball

Yawn can either cripple an opponent or force a switch. Sludge Wave is more powerful STAB than Sludge Bomb, but Sludge Bomb can be used for a higher chance of poisoning. Giga Drain recovers health, and is coverage against Ground types Swalot is weak to. Ice Beam is coverage, and is also a way of covering Ground types. Shadow Ball is coverage if you choose not to use Ice Beam, and can soften up opponents with a Special Defense drop. Leftovers and Giga Drain make it quite bulky, and Sticky Hold ensures it cannot lose its Black Sludge.

Gen 7 ZUSwalot @ Choice SpecsAbility: Sticky HoldEVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpDModest NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Sludge Wave- Giga Drain- Ice Beam- Shadow Ball

This thing attempts to use Choice Specs to help out with its Special Attack stat. Sludge Wave is STAB. Giga Drain is for ground type coverage and is for healing. Ice Beam is also a way to deal with ground types. Shadow Ball can be used to deal with psychic types.

Gen 9 NU UtilitySwalot @ LeftoversAbility: Liquid OozeTera Type: GroundEVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Poison Jab- Earthquake- Toxic- Encore

Even though Muk exists and is an A+ Pokemon in Gen 9 NU, Swalot has a niche of preventing and punishing Drifblim for using Strength Sap with Liquid Ooze, denying Drifblim recovery. Swalot gets Poison Jab this generation, meaning it has an accurate physical Poison STAB that has a 30% chance to poison opposing Pokemon. Earthquake allows Swalot to hit Poison- and Steel-types such as Qwilfish, Magneton, Perrserker, and Muk super effectively. Toxic allows Swalot to badly poison Pokemon, which is useful for wearing down bulky Pokemon. Encore allows Swalot to take advantage of passive Pokemon using a move it doesn’t want to be locked to using or setup sweepers trying to setup, as Swalot can lock them into that move. Leftovers is used to give Swalot HP recovery. Tera Ground is used to let Swalot have an electric immunity and can boost the power of Earthquake. 252 HP EVs are used for bulk. 252 Speed EVs are used so Swalot can lock slower Pokemon such as Drifblim, Vaporeon, Umbreon, Sandaconda, etc into a move with Encore to give one of Swalot’s teammates an opportunity to come in for free.

There’s too many recommendations for maxing out one or two specific stat, and Swalot is a perfect example to spread EVs between all the stats, leaving the sixth unused one without training (in this case, the Attack stat because there’s no physical move in this set). In the first three turns, try to set up withStockpile, then attack.Sludge Bombis a great STAB move with its 30% poisoning chance, whileIce Beamwidely covers a few types (especially the super effectiveGroundand the powerfulDragons). With the power ofLiquid OozeandBlack Sludge, it won’t be easy to take you out. In case of emergency, useSwallowto restore your HP. Maybe you’ll lose the drastically raised Defense and Special Defense, but something for something. :D