Is Swalot Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityLiquid Ooze punishing drain moves is Swalot's niche. Transfer-only Poison. Takes hits through HP without threatening back. Toxicroak is the native Poison option with more offensive tools.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Gulpin has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Swalot has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Swalot has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Swalot has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Swalot has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Gulpin
Catch Gulpin in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 22-26, uncommon). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Given by the coin clerk at the Veilstone Game Corner once you string together ten bonus rounds in a row on the slot machines
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 39PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 54PoisonGunk ShotPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gulpin to Swalot
Gulpin evolves into Swalot at Level 26. Your Gulpin should hit Level 26 before you reach Crasher Wake, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Given by the coin clerk at the Veilstone Game Corner once you string together ten bonus rounds in a row on the slot machines
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 45PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 66PoisonGunk ShotPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Swalot in Diamond & Pearl
A Great Marsh Gulpin leveled to 26 is the only way to Swalot, which never spawns on its own. That Gulpin enters the Marsh rotation only once the National Dex unlocks it.
Wild Swalot may be holding when caught:
Big Pearl (5% chance) A quite-large pearl that sparkles in a pretty silver color. It can be sold at a high price to shops.Catch Gulpin at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Swalot.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Gulpin
- 2Evolve Swalotat Lv.26
Badge 3How to Obtain Swalot in DP
- Step 2Swalot ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Gulpin egg.
How to Get Shiny Swalot in Diamond & Pearl
Swalot evolves from Gulpin, so breed that pre-evo Masuda-style before it evolves. Compare Shiny Swalot odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Swalot Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Swalot in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Swalot Weakness
Ground and Psychic moves hit Swalot for super-effective damage. The Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. With 100 HP and balanced defenses, Swalot can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Swalot Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Swalot
 Marowak Ground | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Bronzor SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swalot View Bronzor builds →Dream Eater 2x32-39% Earthquake 2x21-26% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swalot View Lunatone builds →Dream Eater 2x77-91% Earthquake 2x34-40% | ||
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swalot View Girafarig builds →Dream Eater 2x72-85% Earthquake 2x45-53% | ||
 Gabite DragonGround | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodGreat Marsh Surfing | ||
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Swalot Evolutions
Swalot is what Gulpin becomes. Breed it for Gulpin eggs (average hatch time). A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Gulpin pushed Swalot to 467 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +30. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Swalot to get Gulpin eggs easily using 31 partners from the Amorphous egg group. Notable egg moves include Acid Armor, Curse, Destiny Bond and 3 more.
DP Swalot Best Moveset
100 HP gives some bulk, and 83 in both Defense and Sp. Def make Swalot surprisingly durable. But 73 in both Attack stats and 55 Speed leave the moveset without a way to threaten or outpace opponents.
Best Build
Swalot best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Bulky Support Moveset
- Explosion
- Fire Punch
- Body Slam
- Pain Split
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Swalot misses out on Acid Armor and Curse. That's 6 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Gunk Shot and Sludge Bomb, with coverage across 9 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
33 of 34 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It swallows anything whole. It sweats toxic fluids from its follicles to douse foes.
Swalot Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Swalot as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Careful on Swalot. +Sp. Def is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Swalot appears in 15 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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