Pokemon GO Swadloon raid guide: Weaknesses and best counters

A Pokemon GO Swadloon raid guide will help you challenge the creature as it takes over Gyms from 5 - 10 pm local time on October 5, 2024. It will be a 4-star raid boss for the special occasion of the Sewaddle Community Day. Defeating it will give you the chance to capture Sewaddle around the Gym for 30 minutes, with the same shiny odds as that during the event hours (2 - 5 pm local time).

To help you come out victorious, this Pokemon GO Swadloon raid guide lists the creature's weaknesses and best counters.

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Pokemon GO Swadloon raid weaknesses

Swadloon in the anime (Image via TPC)

What is super-effective against Swadloon?

Being a Grass- and Bug-type Pocket Monster, Swadloon incurs super-effective damage from Flying-, Fire-, Rock-, Poison-, Bug-, and Ice-type attacks. Of these, the first two deal 255% damage, while the latter ones inflict 160% damage.

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Swadloon's stat distribution and moveset in Pokemon GO

As a 4-star raid boss in Pokemon GO, Swadloon has the following stats:

• Combat Power: 16,865
• Attack: 115
• Defense: 162
• Stamina: 9,000 HP
• Fast Attacks: Bug Bite and Struggle Bug
• Charged Attacks: Bug Buzz, Energy Ball, and Silver Wind

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Swadloon raids in Pokemon GO run on a 180-second timer once the challenge starts. The battles can be fought in person only, with up to 20 trainers being allowed to challenge the same raid simultaneously.

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Pokemon GO Swadloon raid best counters

The best Pocket Monsters to counter Swadloon raids in 4-star Pokemon GO raids are Flying-, Fire-, Rock-, Poison-, Bug-, and Ice-type critters with STAB moves.

Best Flying-type counters to Swadloon

• Mega or regular Rayquaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent
• Shadow Moltres with Air Slash and Sky Attack
• Shadow Staraptor with Gust and Fly
• Shadow Ho-Oh with Extrasensory and Brave Bird
• Yveltal with Gust and Oblivion Wing

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Here's the search string to find the best Flying-type counters in your collection:

• Flying&@Flying&cp2000-

Best Fire-type counters to Swadloon

• Mega or Shadow Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blast Burn
• Mega Charizard Y or X with Fire Spin and Blast Burn
• Shadow Ho-Oh with Incinerate and Sacred Fire
• Reshiram with Fire Fang and Fusion Flare
• Mega Houndoom with Fire Fang and Flame Thrower

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Here's the search string to find the best Fire-type counters in your collection:

• Fire&@Fire&cp2000-

Here are the best counters of the types that do single-super effective damage to Swadloon:

• Shadow Rhyperior with Smack Down and Rock Wrecker
• Shadow or Mega Tyranitar with Smack Down and Stone Edge
• Tyrantrum with Rock Throw and Meteor Beam
• Mega or Shadow Pinsir with Bug Bite and X-Scissor
• Mega or Shadow Scizor with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
• Mega or Shadow Abomasnow with Leafage and Weather Ball
• Shadow Articuno with Ice Shard and Triple Axel
• Mega or Shadow Gengar with Lick and Sludge Bomb
• Nihilego with Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb

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You can choose the best counters of the respective type available in your collection by entering the following search string:

• <type>&@<type>&cp2000- [replace <type> with the type of Pokemon you are looking for]

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Pokemon GO Swadloon raid catch CP and shiny availability

You cannot get shinies from Pokemon GO Swadloon raids (Image via TPC)

The CP of the Swadloon you encounter after winning the raid will depend on its IV distribution and the weather:

• No weather boost: 730 - 783 CP at level 20 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)
• Weather boosted (Sunny/Clear or Rainy): 913 - 979 CP at level 25 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)

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What are the 100% IVs from Pokemon GO Swadloon raids?

The following are the 100% IVs from Pokemon GO Swadloon raids:

• No weather boost: 783 CP
• Weather boosted (Sunny/Clear or Rainy): 979 CP

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Can Swadloon be shiny in Pokemon GO?

Swadloon encountered through 4-star raids cannot be shiny. However, you can evolve Shiny Sewaddle to get a Shiny Swadloon. In fact, defeating the raid will give you increased Sewaddle spawns around the Gym—with Community Day shiny rates—for the next 30 minutes.

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Check out our other Pokemon GO guides:

• Ditto disguises
• Buddy Evolution Adventure Together guide
• Best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO
• Sierra counters
• Cliff counters
• Arlo counters
• Giovanni counters
• Team GO Rocket Grunts