Swerve is highly intelligent, though you wouldn’t know it to watch him drive. His duties as a metallurgist and fabricator for the Autobots expose him to a lot of toxic chemicals, which his circuits have been constantly exposed to for years. He has trouble holding a straight line as a result. The other Autobots prefer to keep him far away from battle, since he aims about as bad as he drives. Although this fact, he still can attack using physical weapons and can use his knowledge of metals to his advantage as well as lead Decepticons to false evidence. But he probably should never use a non-seeking ranged weapon.