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Swampert

WaterGround Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Swampert is #33 on the ladder, on 5.3% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 100
Atk 150
Def 110
SpA 95
SpD 110
Spe 70

Base stat total 635

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66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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222
130
103
130
122

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

WaterGround
Weak ×4
Grass
Resists ×½
FirePoisonRockSteel
Immune
Electric

Abilities

Swift Swim
If Rain is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Swampert holding Swampertite .

Speed tier

Most common
122 (Adamant, 32 Spe SP, 40% of spreads)
Fastest
134 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
90 (0 SP)
Slowest
81 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 122, it outspeeds 16 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Venusaur 132
  2. Mega Blastoise 130
  3. Pelipper 128
  4. Mega Swampert (this) 122
  5. Volcarona 120
  6. Rillaboom 105
  7. Milotic 101
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #33 · on 5.3% of teams · 132,759 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 97.6%
  2. Wave Crash 96.1%
  3. Ice Punch 82.1%
  4. Earthquake 65.9%
  5. High Horsepower 40.4%
  6. Knock Off 3.3%
  7. Flip Turn 3.0%
  8. Rock Slide 2.7%
  9. Liquidation 2.1%
  10. Bulk Up 1.8%

Items

  1. Swampertite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Swift Swim 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 122 19.4%
  2. Adamant 32/10/1/0/1/22 · Spe 112 5.8%
  3. Adamant 18/30/0/0/0/18 · Spe 108 5.1%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 134 5.0%
  5. Adamant 32/16/5/0/0/13 · Spe 103 4.6%
  6. Adamant 12/32/0/0/0/22 · Spe 112 3.7%
  7. Adamant 11/32/0/0/0/23 · Spe 113 3.0%
  8. Adamant 18/23/0/0/3/22 · Spe 112 2.6%

Teammates

  1. Pelipper 78.4%
  2. Archaludon 76.4%
  3. Mega Golisopod 29.7%
  4. Grimmsnarl 27.8%
  5. Rillaboom 22.2%
  6. Incineroar 20.9%
  7. Mega Gengar 18.8%
  8. Sneasler 14.6%
  9. Politoed 13.0%
  10. Sinistcha 11.9%
  11. Mega Charizard Y 11.8%
  12. Basculegion 11.1%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #41 · on 3.6% of teams · 132,759 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 94.8%
  2. Wave Crash 93.4%
  3. Ice Punch 81.3%
  4. Earthquake 60.5%
  5. High Horsepower 41.2%
  6. Flip Turn 6.2%
  7. Rock Slide 5.4%
  8. Liquidation 3.8%
  9. Waterfall 2.1%
  10. Knock Off 1.9%

Items

  1. Swampertite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Swift Swim 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 122 22.8%
  2. Adamant 12/32/0/0/0/22 · Spe 112 5.9%
  3. Adamant 18/30/0/0/0/18 · Spe 108 4.5%
  4. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 90 4.2%
  5. Adamant 11/32/0/0/0/23 · Spe 113 3.5%
  6. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 134 3.3%
  7. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 122 2.3%
  8. Adamant 32/10/1/0/1/22 · Spe 112 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Pelipper 77.6%
  2. Archaludon 70.2%
  3. Mega Golisopod 34.9%
  4. Grimmsnarl 23.6%
  5. Rillaboom 21.5%
  6. Incineroar 18.5%
  7. Sinistcha 17.3%
  8. Farigiraf 17.1%
  9. Sneasler 12.8%
  10. Indeedee-F 11.5%
  11. Politoed 10.1%
  12. Mega Gengar 9.9%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #41 · on 3.6% of teams · 132,759 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 92.8%
  2. Wave Crash 83.8%
  3. Ice Punch 79.9%
  4. Earthquake 64.0%
  5. High Horsepower 36.1%
  6. Waterfall 9.6%
  7. Flip Turn 7.0%
  8. Rock Slide 6.5%
  9. Liquidation 5.6%
  10. Bulk Up 2.5%

Items

  1. Swampertite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Swift Swim 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 122 22.8%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 134 9.7%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 90 6.7%
  4. Adamant 12/32/0/0/0/22 · Spe 112 4.7%
  5. Adamant 18/30/0/0/0/18 · Spe 108 3.1%
  6. Adamant 11/32/0/0/0/23 · Spe 113 3.0%
  7. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 122 2.4%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 92 1.6%

Teammates

  1. Pelipper 74.5%
  2. Archaludon 63.5%
  3. Mega Golisopod 30.4%
  4. Incineroar 20.6%
  5. Grimmsnarl 18.7%
  6. Rillaboom 18.2%
  7. Sneasler 16.3%
  8. Farigiraf 16.0%
  9. Sinistcha 15.9%
  10. Indeedee-F 10.7%
  11. Basculegion 9.3%
  12. Politoed 9.1%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 193 of 4,641 teams (4.2%) · win rate 45.4% (95% interval 42.3%–48.4%, n = 1,000 games) · 7 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Grimmsnarl +22.6 pp n = 36,947 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 28% of Mega Swampert teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (5.34× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Pelipper +63.6 pp n = 104,123 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 78% of Mega Swampert teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (5.29× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Archaludon +59.2 pp n = 101,401 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 76% of Mega Swampert teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (4.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Gengar +12.5 pp n = 25,012 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Mega Swampert teams; Mega Gengar is on 6% of all teams (2.97× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Golisopod +14.0 pp n = 39,403 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Mega Swampert teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (1.89× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Politoed +5.3 pp n = 17,272 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Swampert teams; Politoed is on 8% of all teams (1.70× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Sinistcha +4.5 pp n = 15,745 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Swampert teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (1.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Charizard Y -0.4 pp n = 15,639 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Swampert teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (0.97× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Incineroar -10.8 pp n = 27,773 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Mega Swampert teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.66× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Basculegion -9.4 pp n = 14,789 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Swampert teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.54× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Rillaboom -24.4 pp n = 29,499 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Mega Swampert teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler -22.5 pp n = 19,356 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Swampert teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.39× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 100
Atk 110
Def 90
SpA 85
SpD 90
Spe 60

Base stat total 535

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 31 HP / 2 Atk / 20 Def / 13 SpD · Relaxed Nature

Types and weaknesses

WaterGround
Weak ×4
Grass
Resists ×½
FirePoisonRockSteel
Immune
Electric

Abilities

Torrent
At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5× with Water attacks. · used by 85%
Damp
Prevents Explosion/Mind Blown/Misty Explosion/Self-Destruct/Aftermath while active. · used by 15%

Speed tier

Most common
72
Fastest
123 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
80 (0 SP)
Slowest
72 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 72, it outspeeds 4 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Grimmsnarl 80
  2. Incineroar 80
  3. Primarina 80
  4. Swampert (this) 72
  5. Kingambit 70
  6. Mega Golisopod 60
  7. Hatterene 44
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #106 · on 0.4% of teams · 13,956 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 72.2%
  2. High Horsepower 60.2%
  3. Yawn 54.3%
  4. Wave Crash 50.8%
  5. Wide Guard 46.1%
  6. Flip Turn 25.6%
  7. Earth Power 19.0%
  8. Earthquake 18.8%
  9. Ice Punch 9.6%
  10. Muddy Water 9.5%

Items

  1. Leftovers 36.3%
  2. Sitrus Berry 25.1%
  3. Life Orb 18.4%
  4. Rindo Berry 8.3%
  5. Expert Belt 6.0%
  6. Rocky Helmet 1.8%

Abilities

  1. Torrent 85.2%
  2. Damp 14.8%

Spreads

  1. Relaxed 31/2/20/0/13/0 · Spe 72 13.3%
  2. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 80 12.0%
  3. Careful 31/0/15/0/20/0 · Spe 80 4.8%
  4. Adamant 32/32/1/0/1/0 · Spe 80 4.4%
  5. Sassy 32/0/14/0/20/0 · Spe 72 3.9%
  6. Relaxed 32/4/10/0/20/0 · Spe 72 3.5%
  7. Adamant 25/26/0/0/0/15 · Spe 95 2.9%
  8. Adamant 31/30/5/0/0/0 · Spe 80 2.9%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 47.3%
  2. Gholdengo 24.6%
  3. Mega Salamence 21.6%
  4. Mega Gengar 21.4%
  5. Incineroar 20.9%
  6. Sneasler 19.7%
  7. Mega Charizard Y 14.8%
  8. Mega Staraptor 13.7%
  9. Whimsicott 13.2%
  10. Volcarona 13.0%
  11. Dragapult 11.8%
  12. Mega Garchomp Z 11.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #124 · on 0.4% of teams · 13,956 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 63.9%
  2. High Horsepower 63.4%
  3. Wide Guard 52.7%
  4. Yawn 42.3%
  5. Wave Crash 38.3%
  6. Flip Turn 30.5%
  7. Earth Power 19.4%
  8. Ice Punch 15.0%
  9. Earthquake 14.4%
  10. Ice Beam 11.5%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 34.2%
  2. Leftovers 29.5%
  3. Life Orb 13.1%
  4. Rindo Berry 6.4%
  5. Rocky Helmet 6.0%
  6. Expert Belt 3.7%

Abilities

  1. Torrent 74.6%
  2. Damp 25.4%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 80 7.7%
  2. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 80 3.0%
  3. Modest 31/0/10/5/14/6 · Spe 86 2.8%
  4. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 80 2.3%
  5. Impish 30/0/20/0/16/0 · Spe 80 2.2%
  6. Careful 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 80 2.2%
  7. Relaxed 31/2/20/0/13/0 · Spe 72 2.1%
  8. Adamant 25/26/0/0/0/15 · Spe 95 1.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 34.3%
  2. Sneasler 27.2%
  3. Incineroar 24.2%
  4. Mega Salamence 21.8%
  5. Gholdengo 15.3%
  6. Mega Gengar 14.2%
  7. Kingambit 13.5%
  8. Volcarona 13.3%
  9. Ninetales-Alola 12.6%
  10. Indeedee-F 10.9%
  11. Farigiraf 8.8%
  12. Mega Golisopod 8.1%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #149 · on 0.4% of teams · 13,956 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. High Horsepower 61.8%
  2. Protect 60.2%
  3. Wide Guard 49.7%
  4. Yawn 36.6%
  5. Wave Crash 35.7%
  6. Flip Turn 32.5%
  7. Ice Punch 19.6%
  8. Earthquake 18.0%
  9. Earth Power 15.3%
  10. Liquidation 12.5%

Items

  1. Leftovers 29.8%
  2. Sitrus Berry 28.6%
  3. Life Orb 12.4%
  4. Rocky Helmet 8.3%
  5. Rindo Berry 7.9%
  6. Expert Belt 3.5%

Abilities

  1. Torrent 74.4%
  2. Damp 25.6%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 80 11.3%
  2. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 80 3.4%
  3. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 80 3.1%
  4. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 72 2.1%
  5. Adamant 25/26/0/0/0/15 · Spe 95 2.0%
  6. Impish 30/0/20/0/16/0 · Spe 80 2.0%
  7. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 112 1.6%
  8. Modest 31/0/10/5/14/6 · Spe 86 1.6%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 27.9%
  2. Incineroar 22.4%
  3. Sneasler 21.9%
  4. Mega Salamence 16.5%
  5. Mega Gengar 13.4%
  6. Ninetales-Alola 12.5%
  7. Indeedee-F 11.5%
  8. Kingambit 11.0%
  9. Gholdengo 10.9%
  10. Volcarona 9.8%
  11. Mega Golisopod 9.6%
  12. Farigiraf 9.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 11 of 4,641 teams (0.2%) · win rate 52.2% (95% interval 40.6%–63.5%, n = 69 games) · 3 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Dragapult +9.9 pp n = 1,640 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Swampert teams; Dragapult is on 2% of all teams (6.51× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Gengar +15.1 pp n = 2,991 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Swampert teams; Mega Gengar is on 6% of all teams (3.38× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Staraptor +7.5 pp n = 1,915 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Swampert teams; Mega Staraptor is on 6% of all teams (2.19× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Volcarona +6.0 pp n = 1,809 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Swampert teams; Volcarona is on 7% of all teams (1.85× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Whimsicott +5.6 pp n = 1,842 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Swampert teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (1.74× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Garchomp Z +3.9 pp n = 1,637 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Swampert teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (1.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Gholdengo +5.6 pp n = 3,440 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Swampert teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (1.29× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Charizard Y +2.6 pp n = 2,064 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Swampert teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.21× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Rillaboom +0.7 pp n = 6,600 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 47% of Swampert teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.01× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Salamence -6.5 pp n = 3,008 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Swampert teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Incineroar -10.8 pp n = 2,920 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Swampert teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.66× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler -17.4 pp n = 2,748 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Swampert teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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