Swift Swim (Ability)

Swift Swim	すいすい
	Smooth Swim
Flavor text Generation III Raises Speed in rain. Generation IV Boosts the Pokémon's Speed in rain. Generation V Boosts the Pokémon's Speed in rain. Generation VI Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in rain. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Swift Swim (Japanese: すいすい Smooth Swim) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Thirty-eight Pokémon can have this Ability, making it the most prevalent Ability in the games.

Effect

In battle

During rain, the Speed stat of Pokémon with this Ability is doubled.

Outside of battle

Swift Swim has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Whenever the Pokémon uses a special move while it is raining, the move is used twice. No additional PP is used during the second usage. If the Pokémon has a speed bonus, only the first move will gain the benefit of Swift Swim. If the special move is part of a linked move, all moves in the link are performed before they are done the second time.

Pokémon with Swift Swim

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0054		Psyduck	Water		Water	Damp	Cloud Nine	Swift Swim
0055		Golduck	Water		Water	Damp	Cloud Nine	Swift Swim
0060		Poliwag	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0116		Horsea	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Sniper	Damp
0118		Goldeen	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Water Veil	Lightning Rod
0119		Seaking	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Water Veil	Lightning Rod
0129		Magikarp	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Rattled
0138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Shell Armor	Weak Armor
0139		Omastar	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Shell Armor	Weak Armor
0140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Battle Armor	Weak Armor
0141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Battle Armor	Weak Armor
0211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	Poison Point	Swift Swim	Intimidate
0226		Mantine	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	Swift Swim	Sniper	Damp
260M	Swampert	Swampert	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	None	None
0270		Lotad	Water	Grass	Swift Swim	Rain Dish	Own Tempo
0271		Lombre	Water	Grass	Swift Swim	Rain Dish	Own Tempo
0272		Ludicolo	Water	Grass	Swift Swim	Rain Dish	Own Tempo
0283		Surskit	Bug	Water	Swift Swim	None	Rain Dish
0347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	Battle Armor	None	Swift Swim
0348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug	Battle Armor	None	Swift Swim
0349		Feebas	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Oblivious	Adaptability
0367		Huntail	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Water Veil
0368		Gorebyss	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Hydration
0369		Relicanth	Water	Rock	Swift Swim	Rock Head	Sturdy
0370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Hydration
0418		Buizel	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Water Veil
0419		Floatzel	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Water Veil
0456		Finneon	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Storm Drain	Water Veil
0457		Lumineon	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Storm Drain	Water Veil
0458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0535		Tympole	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0536		Palpitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Poison Touch	Water Absorb
0564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock	Solid Rock	Sturdy	Swift Swim
0565		Carracosta	Water	Rock	Solid Rock	Sturdy	Swift Swim
0614		Beartic	Ice		Ice	Snow Cloak	None	Swift Swim
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

Seismitoad Buizel Luvdisc
The user can move faster than usual when it is raining.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	While it is raining out, Luvdisc can move extremely fast. It can even speed around above the water while it is raining.
Juan's Luvdisc	Eight Ain't Enough		Debut
	Buizel can move extremely fast while it is raining.
Ash's Buizel	A Triple Fighting Chance!		None
	Seismitoad can move extremely fast while it is raining.
Edmund's Seismitoad	The Clubsplosion Begins!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga

Feebas
The user moves twice as fast when hit by rain.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Feebas moves twice as fast when it is raining.
Enta's Feebas	Introducing the Frontier Brains!		Debut

Trivia

• Anorith, Armaldo, and Beartic are the only Pokémon capable of having this ability that aren't part Water-type.
  • Anorith and Armaldo are, however, in the Water 3 Group egg group.
  • In each case, Swift Swim is a Hidden Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 輕快 Qīng​kuài​ Dutch Snelzwem Finnish Tyrskyuinti (AG) Pikauinti (DP) French Glissade German Wassertempo Indonesian Meluncur Italian Nuotovelox Korean 쓱쓱 Sseuksseuk Polish Giętki Nurt Portuguese Nado Rápido Spanish Nado Rápido

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