Swoobat

The Courting Pokémon
#528 - Swoobat
Pre-Evolve	Woobat
Debut	Pokémon: Black Version Pokémon: White Version
Species Info
Type	+ +
Height	0.9 m (2'11")
Weight	23.1 kg (10.5 lbs.)
Color	Blue
Gender Ratio	1♂ : 1♀
Ability	Unaware
Hidden Ability	Simple
Egg Group	Ground / Flying
Icon		Sprite
File:I528.gif		File:528sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	67	Speed	114
Attack	57	Sp. Attack	77
Defense	55	Sp. Defense	55
Training Info
Catch Rate	45	Hatch Steps	3,840
Base Exp.	149	Effort Points	Spe
Happiness	70		Spe
To Lv.100	Normal

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Swoobat is a bat-like Pokémon introduced in the fifth generation games. They are the evolved form of Woobat.

Information

A Swoobat evolves into a Woobat when it levels up with a high amount of happiness. They emit sound waves from their noses at various frequencies, including some that are powerful enough to break rocks. Male Swoobat emit special ultrasonic waves while courting females. If a human comes into contact with these waves, it will usually cause a positive mood shift within the person.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

Swoobat has not appeared in the wild and can only be obtained by evolving Woobat.

Other Games

In Pokémon Rumble Blast, Swoobat could found in caves at Misty Edgewater and the second basement floor of World Axle. In PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond, it could be befriended through a tag race at the Crag Area's Colosseum.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• One episode of the Pokémon anime featured a flock of Swoobat that chased an Emolga (and eventually Iris and her Axew as well) down for disturbing their sleep. The Emolga was eventually able to distract them with Attract until Ash and his friends could rescue them. A Swoobat was later shown as part of Skyla's team. Against Cilan, it defeated his Pansage before losing to his Crustle, while against Ash it defeated Ash's Krokorok and lost to his Tranquill. Other Swoobat have appeared in minor roles.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, a Swoobat was shown as one of Skyla's Pokémon during the Black/White arc. It was the first Pokémon she used in her battle against Black, and it had the advantage of maxed-out speed. However, Black's Pignite was able to defeat the Swoobat by using Heat Crash to take advantage of Pignite's weight.

Trivia

• Its name seems to be a combination of "swoop" (or possibly "swoon", which matches up better with Woobat's name origin) and "bat".
• Swoobat's evolution through happiness seems to be a parallel of fellow bat Pokémon Golbat's evolution to Crobat.