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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

uu Usage: 0.2%
Defensive
Moves
Spikes / Toxic Spikes
Waterfall / Scald
Thunder Wave / Pain Split
Item
Black Sludge
Ability
Intimidate
Nature
Impish / Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 252
SpD 8
Swift Swim
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Swift Swim
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With Intimidate and a good defensive typing, Qwilfish can check several physical threats in UU, such as Mienshao, Heracross, and Entei. Qwilfish has access to a plethora of utility moves, including Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Taunt, Thunder Wave, Scald, Destiny Bond, and Explosion, in addition to semi-reliable recovery in Pain Split. Not only does Qwilfish have the tools for a defensive utility set, but it can also pull off an offensive Swift Swim set on dedicated rain teams as a wallbreaker with Swords Dance, Explosion, and Destiny Bond, as well as work as a Toxic Spikes absorber. Qwilfish is relatively fast for both a defensive Pokemon and a Swift Swim user. However, its terrible special bulk leaves it very vulnerable to most special attackers. Qwilfish is also rather prone to being worn down easily, especially considering many of the Pokemon it checks carry Knock Off or U-turn. In addition, Qwilfish's defensive set suffers from four-moveslot syndrome.

Most Used Moves

Waterfall
84.1%
Explosion
84.1%
Aqua Jet
81.4%
Spikes
15.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
11.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc