How to Evolve Skwovet

You can evolve Skwovet simply by leveling it up to level 24. No evolutionary stones, trading, or specific locations are required. If you catch a Skwovet at level 24 or higher in the wild, leveling it up exactly one time will trigger the evolution sequence.

Because this Pokémon falls into the Medium Fast experience group, hitting level 24 requires exactly 13,824 EXP points. You can bypass manual grinding entirely by feeding it approximately four Exp. Candies M or fourteen Exp. Candies S. These items drop frequently from low-tier Tera Raids in Scarlet and Violet or Max Raid Battles in Sword and Shield.

Canceling the evolution by pressing the B button will force you to wait until the next level-up to try again. Holding an Everstone also prevents the evolution entirely, which is only useful if you are breeding for specific IVs and need to pass down a particular Nature before committing to the Greedent evolution.

Pokedex.me, an unofficial fan site, rates Greedent a 6/10 for competitive play in lower tier singles (PU/NU) and niche VGC Trick Room teams. Its viability hinges entirely on its massive Base 120 HP and Base 95 Defense. These stats allow it to survive powerful physical hits from prevalent metagame threats.

However, its Base 20 Speed is a severe liability. Greedent will almost always move last unless Trick Room is active on the field. Without speed control, fast wallbreakers with access to Close Combat or High Jump Kick will easily remove it from the board before it can execute its strategy.

• Pros: Massive HP pool, access to the Belly Drum + Cheek Pouch combo, excellent physical bulk.
• Cons: Extremely susceptible to Fighting-type moves, useless Base 20 Speed outside of Trick Room, poor Special Defense (Base 75).

The primary reason competitive players evolve this Pokémon is to exploit the mechanical interaction between Belly Drum, the Sitrus Berry, and the Cheek Pouch ability. Belly Drum maximizes the user's Attack stat (+6 stages) at the exact cost of 50% of their maximum HP. This HP drop instantly triggers the held Sitrus Berry.

A Sitrus Berry normally restores 25% of the user's maximum HP. However, the Cheek Pouch ability activates whenever a berry is consumed, providing an additional flat 33.3% HP recovery. When added together, Greedent recovers exactly 58.3% of its maximum HP in a single turn.

This means if Greedent uses Belly Drum at full health, the 50% HP cost is completely negated by the 58.3% recovery. The Pokémon finishes the turn with maximum Attack and 100% HP, forcing the opponent to deal with a fully healed, +6 Attack physical sweeper. This sequence is unique to Greedent and defines its entire competitive identity.

To maximize the Belly Drum strategy, you must train Greedent with an Adamant or Impish Nature. An Adamant Nature pushes its damage output to the absolute limit, while Impish ensures it survives the initial physical hit required to set up. EV distribution should strictly follow a 252 HP / 252 Attack / 4 Defense spread for offensive builds, or 252 HP / 252 Defense / 4 Attack for pure physical walls.

The optimal moveset relies on Body Slam as the primary STAB (Same Type Attack Bonus) attack. Body Slam carries a 30% chance to paralyze the target, providing crucial speed control if Trick Room expires. Earthquake or High Horsepower is mandatory for coverage against Steel and Rock-types that resist Normal-type attacks.

• Move 1: Belly Drum (Setup)
• Move 2: Body Slam (Primary STAB)
• Move 3: Earthquake (Coverage)
• Move 4: Crunch or Seed Bomb (Ghost or Water/Ground coverage)

For Tera Types, Tera Normal is highly recommended to turn a +6 Body Slam into an unwallable nuke. Alternatively, Tera Fairy provides an immunity to Dragon-type attacks and flips its critical Fighting-type weakness into a resistance, guaranteeing a safe Belly Drum turn against threats like Urshifu or Iron Hands.

For standard story playthroughs in Sword/Shield or Scarlet/Violet, evolving this Pokémon early provides a massive advantage. You can catch the base form on Route 1 or Poco Path within the first ten minutes of gameplay. By level 24, Greedent’s high HP allows it to absorb hits from Gym Leaders effortlessly, acting as a reliable anchor for your early-game team.

In VGC (double battles), the dynamic shifts drastically. Greedent cannot function independently and requires dedicated support. You must pair it with a Pokémon like Indeedee-F using Follow Me to redirect attacks away from Greedent during the Belly Drum turn. A secondary partner like Armarouge or Hatterene is required to set up Trick Room.

If the opponent uses Taunt to deny Trick Room, or utilizes spread moves like Make It Rain or Earthquake to bypass redirection, Greedent becomes dead weight. It struggles heavily against Unaware users like Dondozo, who completely ignore the +6 Attack boost generated by Belly Drum, turning Greedent into setup fodder.