Is Swampert Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Water/Ground with one weakness. AbilityTorrent for Water boost. Swampert handles Wattson, Flannery, and Steven's Aggron with Ground attacks. Only Grass threatens it, and Grass trainers are scarce in Hoenn. The safest starter pick by a wide margin. Most RS guides recommend Mudkip for this reason.
Mudkip resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Marshtomp has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Marshtomp resists most of Wattson's coverage and hits back hard.
Marshtomp resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Marshtomp trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Marshtomp trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Swampert trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Swampert trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Swampert has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Swampert has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Swampert has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Swampert has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Swampert has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Starter
Mudkip is available as a starter.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- LV 42WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
Evolve Mudkip to Marshtomp
Mudkip evolves into Marshtomp at Level 16. Your Mudkip should hit Level 16 before you reach Brawly, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- LV 37WaterMuddy WaterPower 143Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
- LV 46GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Marshtomp to Swampert
Marshtomp evolves into Swampert at Level 36. Your Marshtomp should hit Level 36 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 39WaterMuddy WaterPower 143Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- LV 52GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Swampert in Ruby & Sapphire
Marshtomp finishes as Swampert at level 36, with no shortcut through the wild. The catch traces all the way back to picking Mudkip at the start.
Catch Mudkip at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Swampert.
How to Obtain Swampert in RS
- Step 2Evolve into MarshtompBREEDINGAvailableLeave Swampert with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Mudkip egg.
- Step 3Swampert ✓
How to Get Shiny Swampert in Ruby & Sapphire
Swampert grows from the Mudkip starter, so take a shiny one from Professor Birch on Route 101 and raise it through Marshtomp. Compare Shiny Swampert odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Swampert Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds calculator with Swampert already selected.
Swampert Weakness
Swampert is weak to Grass. Watch out for Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Electric-type moves entirely. The Water/Ground typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Swampert's overall bulk (100/90/90) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Swampert Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Swampert
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Grovyle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Swampert View Roselia builds →Magical Leaf 4x90-106%KO | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Lombre WaterGrass | C | |
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Swampert Evolutions
The three-stage chain from Mudkip through Marshtomp ends here at Swampert. Want more? Breed for Mudkip eggs. A decent partner pool available via two egg groups. The evolution from Mudkip pushed Swampert to 535 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Swampert to get Mudkip eggs easily using 49 partners from the Monster and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Curse, Ice Ball, Mirror Coat and 3 more.
RS Swampert Best Moveset
Water/Ground provides Electric immunity with only Grass weakness (4x). AbilityTorrent boosts Water at low HP. MoveEarthquake from 110 Attack for devastating Ground TermStab, MoveSurf from 85 Sp. Atk for Water coverage, and MoveIce Beam for Grass types switching in. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Top-tier typing with the stats to exploit it.
Best Build
Swampert best EVs are HP and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Swampert gets Curse and Ice Ball exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Ice coverage and more rounds out the picture alongside Earthquake and Muddy Water.
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 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
SWAMPERT is very strong. It has enough power to easily drag a boulder weighing more than a ton. This POKéMON also has powerful vision that lets it see even in murky water.
SWAMPERT predicts storms by sensing subtle differences in the sounds of waves and tidal winds with its fins. If a storm is approaching, it piles up boulders to protect itself.
Swampert Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Swampert is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Marshtomp under specific conditions.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Swampert appears in 16 games spanning 7 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6.
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 6ORASMega
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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