Swift (move)
Swift スピードスター Speed Star | ||||||||||||
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Swift (Japanese: スピードスター Speed Star) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. In Generation I and II, it is available as TM39. In Generation III and IV, it is available from a move tutor.
Effect
Generation I
Swift inflicts damage and is unaffected by modifications to the Accuracy stat and Evasion stat. It can hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig and Fly.
Generation II
Same as before, except Swift will not hit the target during the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly or Dig, and moves such as Protect also allow the opponent to avoid taking damage.
Generations III and IV
Swift hits both opposing Pokémon in a double battle.
Generation V
In a triple battle, Swift will only hit opposing adjacent Pokémon..
Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||||
025 | Pikachu | Electric | 26 | ' | ||||||||||||
027 | Sandshrew | Ground | 31 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 15 | ' | ||||||||
028 | Sandslash | Ground | 36 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 15 | ' | ||||||||
081 | Magnemite | Electric | Steel | 41 | 33 | 38 | ' | |||||||||
082 | Magneton | Electric | Steel | 46 | 35 | ' | ||||||||||
100 | Voltorb | Electric | 36 | 37 | 42 | 33 | 36 | ' | ||||||||
101 | Electrode | Electric | 40 | 40 | 48 | 35 | 40 | ' | ||||||||
120 | Staryu | Water | 32 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | ' | ||||||||
121 | Starmie | Water | Psychic | -- | -- | -- | ' | |||||||||
125 | Electabuzz | Electric | 25 | 25 | 16 | 16 | ' | |||||||||
150 | Mewtwo | Psychic | 22 | 22 | 33 | 15 | 8 | ' | ||||||||
155 | Cyndaquil | Fire | 36 | 36 | 28 | 31 | ' | |||||||||
156 | Quilava | Fire | 42 | 42 | 31 | 31 | ' | |||||||||
157 | Typhlosion | Fire | 45 | 45 | 31 | 31 | ' | |||||||||
165 | Ledyba | Bug | Flying | 36 | 36 | 33 | 33 | ' | ||||||||
166 | Ledian | Bug | Flying | 42 | 42 | 41 | 41 | ' | ||||||||
190 | Aipom | Normal | 27 | 38 | 22 | 22 | '''' | |||||||||
193 | Yanma | Bug | Flying | 37 | 37 | ' | ||||||||||
196 | Espeon | Psychic | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | ' | |||||||||
227 | Skarmory | Steel | Flying | 19 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | ' | |||||||
239 | Elekid | Electric | 25 | 25 | 16 | 16 | ' | |||||||||
249 | Lugia | Psychic | Flying | 66 | 66 | 43 | 43 | ' | ||||||||
250 | Ho-Oh | Fire | Flying | 66 | 66 | 43 | 43 | ' | ||||||||
311 | Plusle | Electric | 29 | 31 | ' | |||||||||||
312 | Minun | Electric | 29 | 31 | ' | |||||||||||
342 | Crawdaunt | Water | Dark | 30 | 30 | ' | ||||||||||
385 | Jirachi | Steel | Psychic | 10 | 10 | 10 | ' | |||||||||
386 | Deoxys | Psychic | 30 | 49 | 49 | ' | ||||||||||
417 | Pachirisu | Electric | 21 | 21 | ' | |||||||||||
418 | Buizel | Water | 15 | 15 | ' | |||||||||||
419 | Floatzel | Water | 15 | 15 | ' | |||||||||||
424 | Ambipom | Normal | 22 | 22 | '''' | |||||||||||
466 | Electivire | Electric | 16 | 16 | ' | |||||||||||
480 | Uxie | Psychic | 21 | 21 | ' | |||||||||||
481 | Mesprit | Psychic | 21 | 21 | ' | |||||||||||
482 | Azelf | Psychic | 21 | 21 | ' | |||||||||||
572 | Minccino | Normal | 19 | '''' | ||||||||||||
617 | Accelgor | Bug | 25 | ' | ||||||||||||
619 | Mienfoo | Fighting | 21 | ' | ||||||||||||
620 | Mienshao | Fighting | 21 | ' | ||||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By TM
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Type | Father | |||||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | ||||||||||
204 | Pineco | Bug | ||||||||||||
223 | Remoraid | Water | ||||||||||||
309 | Electrike | Electric | ||||||||||||
318 | Carvanha | Water | Dark | |||||||||||
403 | Shinx | Electric | ||||||||||||
517 | Munna | Psychic | ||||||||||||
550 | Basculin | Water | ||||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By move tutor
In Emerald
In Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver
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By event
Generation II
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Generation V
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In the anime
The Pokémon fires multiple gold stars at the target. It does not always make contact with the target. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Staryu fires multiple white stars from the gem in the center of its body at the opponent. | |||
Misty's Staryu | Clefairy and the Moon Stone | Debut | |
Scyther repeatedly slashes the air and it fires green cresent energy rays from its blades at the opponent. | |||
Jeanette Fisher's Scyther | The Fourth Round Rumble | Japanese version only | |
Gligar waves its wing and multiple white stars come out of it at the opponent. | |||
Gligarman's Gligar | The Superhero Secret | None | |
Mareep shoots multiple white stars out from its wool at the opponent. | |||
Mary's Mareep | Mild 'n Wooly | None | |
Sandslash rolls into a ball and spins, firing white stars out of its quills at the opponent. | |||
Koji's Sandslash | Good 'Quil Hunting | None | |
Jenaro's Sandslash | Hi Ho Silver... Away! | None | |
Skarmory opens its mouth and yellow stars shoot out at the opponent, or Skarmory opens its mouth and a yellow ball appears inside of it. It then fires yellow stars from the ball at the opponent. | |||
Miki's Skarmory | Hot Matches! | None | |
A wild Skarmory | All Torkoal, No Play | None | |
A wild Skarmory | Pikachu's Summer Festival | None | |
A Coordinator's Skarmory | Going for Choke! | None | |
A wild Skarmory | Steeling Peace of Mind! | None | |
Taylor's Skarmory | Pursuing a Lofty Goal! | None | |
Ledian lowers its head and fires yellow stars from the black dot on its forehead at the opponent. | |||
Benji's father's Ledian | Mountain Time | None | |
Benji's Ledian | Mountain Time | None | |
A Coordinator's Ledian | Deceit and Assist | None | |
Cyndaquil fires yellow stars from its mouth at the opponent, or Cyndaquil spins and it releases multiple yellow stars from its body at the opponent. | |||
Ash's Cyndaquil | From Ghost to Ghost | None | |
Dawn's Cyndaquil | Gone With the Windworks! | None | |
The cresent moon on Teddiursa's forehead glows yellow and it fires multiple yellow stars at the opponent. | |||
A wild Teddiursa | UnBEARable | None | |
Electabuzz opens its mouth and yellow starts shoot out of it at the opponent. | |||
Electric Company's Electabuzz | Current Events | None | |
Espeon opens its mouth and yellow stars shoot out of it at the opponent. | |||
Sakura's Espeon | Espeon, Not Included | None | |
Annie's Espeon | Pokémon Heroes | None | |
Lilian Meridian's Espeon | The Saffron Con | None | |
Tyrogue crouches its body into a ball, then it opens back up quickly and multiple yellow stars fly out of its body at the opponent. | |||
Kiyo's Tyrogue | A Tyrogue Full of Trouble | None | |
Murkrow opens its beak and yellow stars shoot out from it at the opponent. | |||
Lily's Murkrow | Hocus Pokémon | None | |
Kingdra shoots out multiple yellow stars from its mouth at the opponent. | |||
Clair's Kingdra | Better Eight Than Never | None | |
Misdreavus opens its mouth and fires yellow stars from its mouth at the opponent. | |||
Nelson's Misadreavus | Entei at Your Own Risk | None | |
Aipom shoots white stars out of its mouth at the opponent, or Aipom's tail glows white, then it swings tail and yellow stars shoot out and hit the opponent. | |||
A wild Aipom | Entei at Your Own Risk | None | |
Dawn's Aipom | Channeling the Battle Zone! | None | |
Furret opens its mouth and yellow stars shoot out of it at the opponent. | |||
Salvador's Furret | A Claim to Flame! | None | |
Quilava opens its mouth and white or yellow stars come out of it at the opponent. | |||
Macy's Quilava | Love, Pokémon Style | None | |
Ryan's Quilava | The Champ Twins! | None | |
Dawn's Quilava | SS024 | None | |
Scizor opens one or both of its claws and fires white or yellow stars out of them at the opponent. | |||
Gary's Scizor | Can't Beat the Heat! | None | |
Luna's Red Lightning | Curbing the Crimson Tide! | None | |
Yanma shoots multiple white stars from its mouth at the opponent. | |||
Forrester Franklin's Yanma | All in a Day's Wurmple | None | |
A Pokéringer's Yanma | That's Just Swellow | None | |
Magnemite releases blue stars from its body at the opponent. | |||
Wattson's Magnemite | Watt's with Wattson | None | |
Flareon opens its mouth and yellow stars shoot out of it at the opponent. | |||
Savannah's Flareon | Cruisin' for a Losin' | None | |
Houndoom opens its mouth and multiple yellow stars shoot out of it at the opponent. | |||
Joshua's Houndoom | Mean With Envy | None | |
The hands at the end of Ambipom's tails glow yellow, and it swings them, making multiple golden stars shoot out of them at the opponent. | |||
Dawn's Ambipom | Journey to the Unown! | None | |
The white fluff on Glameow's tail glows white and it releases multiple yellow stars at the opponent from its tail. | |||
Johanna's Glameow | Strategy Begins at Home! | None | |
The black tip of Umbreon's tail glows yellow and it releases multiple yellow stars from it at the opponent. | |||
Johanna's Umbreon | Strategy Begins at Home! | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
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The user releases glowing stars from their body at the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Multiple stars appear around Electrode's body. The stars then shoot at the opponent. | |||
Ken's Electrode | Ekans the Ecstasy | Debut | |
Multiple stars appear around Voltorb's body. The stars then shoot at the opponent. | |||
Ken's Voltorb | Ekans the Ecstasy | Debut | |
Skarmory flaps its wings and a blast of wind and energy comes out of them and hits the opponent, or Skarmory opens its beak and fires a beam of energy from it at the opponent. | |||
Walker's Skarmory | Scrappy Skarmory | None | |
Falkner's Skarmory | Really Raikou & Entirely Entei I | None | |
Buizel puts one of its arms in the air and waves it down. A beam of energy then appears in the sky and hits the opponent. | |||
Uji's Buizel | VS. Staravia and Skuntank II | None |
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
The user releases glowing stars from their body at the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu eats its fur and then shoots hairball stars at the opponent. | |||
Ash's Pikachu | The Human Race and the Pokémon Race | Debut |
In other generations
Trivia
- When compared to other moves that cannot miss, Swift is the only one that hits all opponents during a double battle or triple battle.
In other languages
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Variations of the move Swift | ||||
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Generation I TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation I HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 |
Generation II TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation II HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 |
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