Is Swablu Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Route 114 catch. Swablu starts Normal/Flying and becomes Dragon/Flying at 35. AbilityNatural Cure heals status on switch-out. The Dragon typing handles Drake's E4. In Emerald, Natural Cure and the Dragon resistances make Altaria reliable through the endgame stretch.
Roxanne's team hits Swablu's weaknesses hard.
Swablu resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Wattson's team hits Swablu's weaknesses hard.
Swablu trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Swablu trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Swablu has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Altaria trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Altaria trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Altaria resists most of Drake's coverage and hits back hard.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Swablu on Route 114 (walking, Lv 15-17, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 31NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Given by your rival after you defeat them on Route 119
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Swablu to Altaria
Swablu evolves into Altaria at Level 35. Your Swablu should hit Level 35 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- After Juan
- TM02DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Meteor Falls
- LV 59FlyingSky AttackPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Swablu in Emerald
Swablu drifts through the grass on Routes 114 and 115, common at both, low teens on one and mid-20s on the other. Those two stretches near the desert edge are where the cotton bird floats, an easy catch on the way west.
2 locations to catch Swablu
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Swablu is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 15-25. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Emerald for Swablu.
How to Get Shiny Swablu in Emerald
Swablu floats through the grass on Route 114 and Route 115 as a common encounter, so camp either patch and reset spawns steadily, watching for the gold-winged shiny among the ordinary blue ones. Compare Shiny Swablu odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Swablu Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Emerald shiny odds for Swablu.
Swablu Weakness
Electric, Ice, and Rock moves hit Swablu for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground and Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Swablu Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Swablu
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Aron SteelRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swablu View Aron builds →Rock Tomb 2x54-65% Shock Wave 2x27-32% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Swablu Evolutions
Swablu evolves into Altaria. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Swablu. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Swablu easily with 27 breeding partners from the Dragon and Flying egg groups. Pass egg moves like Agility, Haze, Pursuit and 1 more to offspring.
E Swablu Best Moveset
Status clears automatically on switch-out thanks to AbilityNatural Cure, but Swablu's stats are too low for competitive play. The moveset should focus on leveling toward Altaria.
Best Build
Swablu best EVs are Attack and Speed
Utility Moveset
- Aerial Ace
- Frustration
- Haze
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Swablu misses out on Agility and Haze. That's 4 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Double-Edge and Take Down, with coverage across 7 types rounding things out.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A POKéMON that has wings like cottony clouds. After enduring winter, in which little food is available, SWABLU flocks move closer to towns in the spring.
Swablu Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Swablu does the job early-game if you need a Normal/Flying type on your team. Evolve it into Altaria before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Swablu first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 16 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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