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qwilfish
#211

Qwilfish

Balloon Pokémon

WaterPoison

To fire its poison spikes, it must inflate its body by drinking over 2.6 gallons of water all at once.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 95
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 55
Speed 85
Total 440

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

overqwil Overqwil Strong Style Move

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Balloon Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 3.9 kg
Base Exp 88
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water2

Sprites

qwilfish Front Front
qwilfish Back Back
qwilfish Front Shiny Front Shiny
qwilfish Back Shiny Back Shiny
qwilfish Official Art Official Art
qwilfish Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 3.3%
Defensive Spiker
Moves
Scald / Waterfall
Thunder Wave / Toxic
Item
Black Sludge
Ability
Intimidate
Nature
Timid / Jolly
EVs
HP 252
Def 216
Spe 40

Strategy Overview

Qwilfish possesses a great defensive typing that lets it take on Steel-, Fighting-, and Fire-types such as Hitmonlee and Emboar very efficiently, a neat ability in Intimidate that allows it to neuter many physical attackers, and great utility moves such as Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Thunder Wave. For a defensive Pokemon, Qwilfish sits in a decent Speed tier, outspeeding the likes of Jolly Scrafty and Adamant Emboar. Sadly, Qwilfish has subpar Special Defense and thus cannot take on some specially offensive Water- and Fire-types such as Samurott and Houndoom, which makes this Pokemon a suboptimal option for stall teams. Qwilfish's typing also leaves it vulnerable to common Psychic- and Ground-types such as Meloetta and Flygon. Furthermore, Qwilfish does not have reliable recovery, which makes it very easy to wear down.

Most Used Moves

Spikes
85.4%
Taunt
62.9%
Waterfall
43.4%
Scald
36.6%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
10.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc