Yeah, blaziken is better and awesome, has great attack and sp attack, and not that bad speed either. Swampert is alright, but blaziken is much awesomer and learns better moves....ok, except for not learning flamethrower on its own if it evolves from torchic before like level 49 (when it learns the move as a torchic). That always stunk (especially how they did the SAME RETARDED THING! for chimchar too...but whatever). Still, blaziken is awesome nevertheless and the best choice. Sceptile, though not an option here, is still pretty awesome too and would be second for me.