Friday, July 15, 2011

Swablu, the Cotton Bird Pokemon

Look, in the sky! It's a bird, it's a cloud, it's a soon-to-be dragon! It's all of the above! It's... Swablu!!!!! And look at that moveset!

Steel Wing
Dragon Pulse
Pluck
Rest

To get this elegant dragon, follow this process;

1) Breed a male Skarmory that knows Steel Wing with a female Swablu/Altaria.
2) Once you get a male Swablu from that, raise it to lv 50 to teach it Dragon Pulse, and use the TMs for Rest and Pluck. Raise a female Swablu to lv 50 and teach it Dragon Pulse as well(lv 62 if you let it turn into an Altaria). NOTE: In Generation IV, you can use a TM to teach Dragon Pulse.
3) Breed those two Swablus/Altarias to get the baby Swablus with this moveset. A neutral nature would be best.

Why does this moveset work for this pokemon? Let's explore that, shall we?

First, Altaria's ability is Natural Cure, meaning when it is switched out, it is cured of all status problems, including sleep. So if you have him use Rest, he'll go back to full health, then you can switch him out and he'll be at full health without the Sleep condition. His Attack and Sp. Attack are even, so we can safely put a mix of Physical and Special attacks. Steel Wing covers his Ice and Rock weaknesses, while Dragon Pulse covers his Dragon weakness. Pluck is just a nice move to take care of any potential berry the opponent may use, you may choose to switch it out for Sky Attack when it's lv 71, but that cannot be learned through the egg.

It's a nice moveset for a decent pokemon. Thoughts and ideas are welcome of course.

Brock out.

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