Is Swalot Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Poison with AbilityLiquid Ooze punishing drain moves. Swalot has bulk through HP but can't deal meaningful damage back. No type advantage against any Emerald boss. Takes hits all day without contributing to the KO. A punching bag that forgot how to punch.
Gulpin resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Gulpin has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Swalot has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Swalot has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Swalot's weaknesses hard.
Swalot has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Swalot has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Swalot has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Swalot has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Swalot trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Gulpin
Catch Gulpin on Route 110 (walking, Lv 12-13, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 14PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 28PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Norman
- TUTORNormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Pacifidlog Town
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- LV 39PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Gulpin to Swalot
Gulpin evolves into Swalot at Level 26. Your Gulpin should hit Level 26 before you reach Flannery, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TUTORNormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Pacifidlog Town
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 48PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Swalot in Emerald
A Route 110 Gulpin balloons into Swalot at level 26, which is the whole story since it never appears wild. You catch the base near Mauville long before it grows into the gulper.
Wild Swalot may be holding when caught:
Big Pearl (5% chance) A lovely large pearl that would sell at a high price.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 2How to Obtain Swalot in E
- Step 1Catch Gulpin
- Step 2Swalot ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Gulpin egg.
How to Get Shiny Swalot in Emerald
Swalot evolves from Gulpin alone, so track down a shiny Gulpin on Route 110 and raise it to level 26; the shine stays put as it balloons into its evolved form. Compare Shiny Swalot odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Swalot 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Swalot in the Emerald 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Swalot Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Swalot
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
 Kirlia Psychic | D | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Spoink Psychic | C | |
 Trapinch Ground | C | |
 Baltoy GroundPsychic | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swalot View Baltoy builds →Psychic 2x36-43% Dig 2x27-31% | ||
 Numel FireGround | C | |
 Nincada BugGround | 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 22 partners from the Amorphous egg group. Notable egg moves include Acid Armor, Dream Eater, Pain Split and 1 more.
E Swalot Best Moveset
100 base HP gives Swalot some bulk, and AbilitySticky Hold prevents item theft, but the moveset lacks the offensive or defensive profile to earn a spot on competitive teams. Poison TermStab and MoveToxic are the main contributions.
Best Build
Swalot best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Explosion
- Fire Punch
- Body Slam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Swalot misses out on Acid Armor and Dream Eater. That's 4 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Sludge Bomb and Sludge, with coverage across 11 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
23 of 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its powerful stomach acid is capable of digesting almost anything. The one thing in the whole world a SWALOT can’t digest is its own stomach.
Swalot Emerald Guide
In Emerald, use Swalot as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest,
For Emerald, run Adamant on Swalot. +Attack 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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