Pokemon Black and White Pokedex - Woobat, Swoobat

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Swoobat
#034Unova / #528 National
Type: Psychic/Flying
Species classification:??? Pokemon
Abilities:
Unaware – Ignores opponent's stat changes except for speed
Klutz – Disables the effect of user's held items (except for EXP affecting items)
Dream World ability: Simple – Doubles the effect of all stat modifiers on user; doubles critical hit damage
Location found (Black/White): Evolve Woobat
Egg groups: Ground, Flying
Gender ratio: 50/50
Experience at lvl 100: 1,000,000
Base stats: 67 HP / 57 Atk / 55 Def / 77 SAtk / 55 SDef / 114 Spd / 425 Total
Effort values: 2 Speed
Evolution family:Woobat > Swoobatvia Happiness

IfRoggenrola is the newGeodude, Woobatis definitely the newZubat– iteven evolves intoSwoobatvia Happiness, likeGolbatevolves intoCrobat. Based on looks alone,Woobat andSwoobat are two of our favorite new Pokemon, and their Psychic/Flying dual type is an interesting combo.

It's a bit sad then thatSwoobat has a few things going against it gameplay-wise. First, its signature move, Heart Stamp (a base power 60 Psychic attack) is a physical attack despite Swoobat's special attack stat being much higher than its attack stat. And speaking of stats,Swoobat is also outclassed in all but its speed stat by another Psychic/Flying Pokemon introduced this generation,Sigilyph.Besides that, it'stough not to compareSwoobat to Crobat,which isn't really fair, butthe awesome Crobat also outclassesSwoobat inevery respect.

We still love these guys, though, and if you need a Pokemon in your party to teach Fly, you could do worse than Woobat or Swoobat. Sometimes it's about more than stats, you know?

GamesRadarCarolynGudmundson
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