>>55026290You try using Swift against a Moody Pokemon and you're going to end up losing. A 60 bp move with no upsides other than never missing is going to do precisely negligible damage to a neutral target, and their leftovers will outheal the Swift damage after just one boost.
Sacred Sword can help if you have a Pokemon in position and don't get unlucky with the opponents boosts. Unfortunately, very few Pokemon actually learn the move, and it's not worth carrying around on most of them.