Qwilfish
Balloon Pokémon
To fire its poison spikes, it must inflate its body by drinking over 2.6 gallons of water all at once.
Base Stats
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Held Items
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Sprites
Competitive
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
Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc