This motherfucker right here.
>carried Ash in the league by taking out Venomoth, Scizor, Hariyama and Donphan
>won Ash his 6th and 7th badges and helped
greatly in the 8th
>beat Tucker's Swampert & Arcanine together with Corphish
>beat Spencer's Venusaur which had defeated Heracross
>after evolving, only ever lost to Latios without taking something out
Also, Thunder Armor wasn't as big an asspull as people say it was. Swellow was always able to tank electric attacks better than a regular flying type, just go look at the episode Ash caught it in.
