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Swampert has a huge cobalt blue–colored body and massive open palms. Two orange spikes protrude from its cheeks, and two black fins rise from the top of its eyes. Swampert's tail is huge, broad and black. Its belly is white in color. Its hands and feet each have orange portions.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Now that Swampert has powerful hands, it can use Hammer Arm. It is territorial and protects its family as much as possible.
Swampert and its evolution family probably live in swamps or other wetlands. Its Pokédex description for FireRed and LeafGreen state that they make nests on beautiful beaches.
Swampert first appeared in Abandon Ship. It evolved from a Marshtomp that was living in an abandoned ship ever since it was separated from its trainer.
A Swampert was shown under the ownership of Brendan in his cameo appearance in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. This is to keep in theme with the games of the rival's starter Pokémon having a type-advantage over the player's starter Pokémon (in this case, May's Blaziken).
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.
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Swampert has the highest base stat total of all the starter evolutions.
Swampert has the highest base HP of all second evolution starter Pokémon.
Swampert is the only starter evolution to have a 4× weakness against a starter type.
Swampert is the only fully evolved Template:Type2 starter Pokémon that does not learn Hydro Pump by level up, although it can learn it as Mudkip before evolving.
Swampert's name is probably derived from swamp and rampart, expert or inert. Its Japanese name is probably a combination of lagoon and large, referring to its size.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.