Games - Swalot

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Swalot (マルノーム Marunoom in Japanese, Schluckweh in German and Avaltout in French) is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise.

Swalot's name is a combination of swallow and a lot, referring to this Pokémon's habit of eating and digesting things in large amounts.

Appearance

Swalot can be said to have an appearance similar to Grimer's and Muk's, in that it resembles a purple pile of toxic sludge. However, Swalot has a more refined appearance than its colleagues: it has a smoother body surface and a more uniform purple color, punctuated by a dark purple diamond pattern near its base. From the sides of its nose protrude two long, thin, yellow strings that can be said to be whiskers or a moustache.

Biology

As a Poison-type Pokémon, Swalot incorporates venom as part of its anatomy. It can spurt or spray an extremely toxic fluid from its pores at a threatening enemy or to weaken its prey.

Once the poison has taken its toll on the victim, Swalot consumes it. Swalot has no teeth, so it ingests food by swallowing it all up in one large gulp. Its mouth is large enough to fit a car tire with ease, and its stomach acids are powerful enough to digest completely food that has not been processed by chewing. Fortunately for Swalot, its own stomach is resilient enough to withstand the acidity of its gastric fluids (compare with Snorlax's ability to be unaffected by rotten or moldy food).

It's stomach is the only thing able to withstand it's own acid.

In the video games

Swalot is not available in the wild, but it can be evolved from Gulpin, so the availability of the latter dictates the availability of the former.

Swalot has very good Hit Points, rather decent defences, an equally average physical and special attack, and low speed. It is noteworthy for learning naturally Sludge Bomb and Toxic, two attacks that most other Pokémon learn only through Technical Machines. Strategies about Swalot often center around inflicting the Poison status ailment, along with some way to support Swalot while the poison takes effect. Moves like Amnesia, Acid Armor or Encore may prove useful in that respect, while Shadow Ball could be used to cover Swalot's weaknesses against Psychic-type Pokémon.It is also used for the combination stockpile, spit up, and swallow, which can be very effective, the only down side is the small pp of the moves.

In the animé

Swalot first appeared in the Pokémon Contest Grand Festival owned by a chubby coordinator named Tonpei, whose ribbons and contest pass were stolen by Team Rocket, and who later battled and lost to May. It also belongs to a trainer that battles Ash in a double battle in the first round of the Evergrande Tournament.

In the trading card game

Swalot is not a particularly major figure in the card game, for it has only appeared twice, both times as a stage-1 Grass-type Pokémon:

EX Hidden Legends
EX Emerald

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