Swirlix (Pokémon GO) - Best Movesets, Evolutions and CP

Pokémon type

Fairy

Boosted in Cloudy weather

Swirlix weaknesses

Swirlix is weak to Poison and Steel-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Swirlix is resistant to Fighting, Bug and Dark-type moves, and doubly resistant to Dragon-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Swirlix

The best moves for Swirlix are Tackle and Draining Kiss when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Tackle and Energy Ball deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Tackle

10DPS

Draining Kiss

28.8DPS

Defending

Tackle

10DPS

Energy Ball

22.5DPS

Trainer Battles

Tackle

3EPT

Energy Ball

1.78DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Swirlix family. Swirlix evolves into Slurpuff for 50 Candy.

Swirlix

Slurpuff

To evolve Swirlix into Slurpuff, make it your buddy and complete this task: Give your buddy 25 treats.

Game images

Swirlix, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Events

Summary

Swirlix is a Fairy Pokémon. It is weak to Poison and Steel moves. Swirlix's best moveset is Tackle & Draining Kiss and it has a Max CP of 1,333. Swirlix evolves into Slurpuff.

About

"To entangle its opponents in battle, it extrudes white threads as sweet and sticky as cotton candy."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Tackle	5	10	10

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Energy Ball	90	2	1.8
Draining Kiss	60	2	1.44

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Tackle	3	1	3	3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Energy Ball ▼ def	80	45	1.78
Draining Kiss ▲ def	80	55	1.75

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Tackle 10 DPS	Draining Kiss 28.8 DPS	5.2	100%
Tackle 10 DPS	Energy Ball 22.5 DPS	4.9	94%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Tackle 10 DPS	Energy Ball 22.5 DPS	1.4	100%
Tackle 10 DPS	Draining Kiss 28.8 DPS	1.3	93%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Tackle 3 EPT	Energy Ball ▼ def 1.78 DPE	15	8.3	100%
Tackle 3 EPT	Draining Kiss ▲ def 1.75 DPE	19	8.2	99%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

Top Swirlix counters

For the full ranking, the boss's moves and a raid simulator, see best Swirlix Raid Counters »

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Crowned Sword Zacian

Metal Claw

Behemoth Blade

0.04
2
Crowned Shield Zamazenta

Metal Claw

Behemoth Bash

0.05
3
Dusk Mane Necrozma

Metal Claw

Sunsteel Strike

0.05
4
Metagross (Shadow)

Bullet Punch

Meteor Mash

0.05
5
Dialga (Shadow)

Metal Claw

Iron Head

0.06

The best Mega or Primal to bring is Mega Lucario with Bullet Punch and Meteor Mash.

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Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		109
Defense		119
Stamina		158

Max HP

Level 40	136
Level 50	145

Average size

Height	0.4 m
Weight	3.5 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	50,000
Candy	50

Other

Buddy walk distance

3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	505
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	673
Level 30 Max wild	1,010
Level 40	1,179
Level 50	1,333

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	842
Level 35 (wild)	1,094