Shiny

#0211

Qwilfish

Balloon Pokémon

Water

PoisonGen II · Johto

Height: 0.5 m
Weight: 3.9 kg
Total: 440

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Description

Fishers detest this troublesome Pokémon because it sprays poison from its spines, getting it everywhere. A different form of Qwilfish lives in other regions.

Pokédex text from Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Qwilfish base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total440

What is Qwilfish weak to?

Weaknesses

Resistances

Fire×½
Water×½
Ice×½
Fighting×½
Poison×½
Bug×½
Steel×½
Fairy×½

Immunities

None

Type chart gen6+; Abilities and held items are not taken into account.

How does Qwilfish evolve?

#0211

Qwilfish

Water

Poison

Strong style move
Level up knowing Barb Barrage
Use a move

#0904

Overqwil

Dark

Poison

Which moves does Qwilfish learn?

Moves from Scarlet / Violet: the most recent game it appears in, according to PokéAPI.

By level (17)

Moves it learns: By level (17)
Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
4	Harden	Normal	Status	—	—	30
8	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
12	Fell Stinger	Bug	Physical	50	100	25
16	Minimize	Normal	Status	—	—	10
20	Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—	20
24	Brine	Water	Special	65	100	10
28	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
32	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
36	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—	20
40	Stockpile	Normal	Status	—	—	20
40	Spit Up	Normal	Special	—	100	10
44	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
48	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90	10
52	Acupressure	Normal	Status	—	—	30
56	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	—	—	5

By TM (50)

Moves it learns: By TM (50)
Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	100	20
Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
Chilling Water	Water	Special	50	100	20
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
Flip Turn	Water	Physical	60	100	20
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	80	5
Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
Haze	Ice	Status	—	—	30
Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100	10
Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Liquidation	Water	Physical	85	100	10
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
Pain Split	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	50	100	25
Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	—	100	15
Scale Shot	Dragon	Physical	25	90	20
Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100	10
Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	100	10
Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—	20
Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	90	20
Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—	20
Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100	15
Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	15

Egg move (10)

Moves it learns: Egg move (10)
Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	100	20
Aqua Jet	Water	Physical	40	100	20
Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100	15
Barb Barrage	Poison	Physical	60	100	10
Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
Haze	Ice	Status	—	—	30
Self-Destruct	Normal	Physical	200	100	5
Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55	20
Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20

Qwilfish forms and variants

Hisuian Form
Regional form · Hisui
DarkPoison(different types)
Total 440 · 0.5 m · 3.9 kg
Stats, effectiveness and abilities of this form: Hisuian Form
HP
65
Attack
95
Defense
85
Sp. Atk
55
Sp. Def
55
Speed
85
Total440
Weaknesses
Ground×2
Resistances
Grass×½
Poison×½
Ghost×½
Dark×½
Immunities
Psychic×0
Type chart gen6+; Abilities and held items are not taken into account.
- Poison Point
- Swift Swim
- Intimidate(hidden)

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