#211

Qwilfish

Water

Poison

Be cautious if this Pokémon starts sucking in water-it will soon attack by scattering the toxic spikes that grow all over its body.

Height: 0.5 m
Weight: 3.9 kg
Generation: 2
EV yield: +1 Attack

Base stats

HP65

Attack95

Defense85

Sp. Atk55

Sp. Def55

Speed85

Total440

Abilities

Poison Point

30% chance a Pokemon making contact with this Pokemon will be poisoned.

Swift Swim

If Rain Dance is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled. This effect is prevented if this Pokemon is holding a Utility Umbrella.

Intimidate Hidden

On switch-in, this Pokemon lowers the Attack of opposing Pokemon by 1 stage. Pokemon with the Inner Focus, Oblivious, Own Tempo, or Scrappy Abilities and Pokemon behind a substitute are immune.

Recommended natures Smogon Gen 9

Only a Smogon suggestion — the right nature depends on the set you run, so trust your own call on how you want to play it.

Impish +Defense −Sp. Atk

Physical Defensive

↗ 2

Jolly +Speed −Sp. Atk

Swords Dance

↗

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Weaknesses & resistances

Damage ×2

Electric

Ground

Psychic

Resists ×½

Fire

Water

Ice

Fighting

Poison

Bug

Steel

Fairy

Evolution line

strong-style-move

Where to catch

Region	Location	Rarity	Method	Level
Hoenn	Hoenn Victory Road (2F)	Rare	Fishing	65–67
Hoenn	Lilycove City	Rare	Fishing	37–40
Hoenn	Route 104	Rare	Fishing	3–5
Hoenn	Route 115	Rare	Fishing	6–8
Hoenn	Route 115	Rare	Surfing	27–29
Hoenn	Route 105	Very rare	Fishing	20–25
Jvaloh	Goldburn City Shores	Rare	Fishing	68–70
Jvaloh	Ochra Park-A	Rare	Fishing	58–62
Jvaloh	Oozy Forest	Rare	Fishing	6–11
Jvaloh	Oozy Forest Northern Pass	Rare	Fishing	36–40
Kanto	Cinnabar Island	Rare	Fishing	54–56
Kanto	Route 20 (Kanto)	Rare	Fishing	54–56
Kanto	Route 20 (Kanto)	Rare	Surfing	54–56
Kanto	Route 22 (Kanto)	Rare	Fishing	4–7
Kanto	Route 22 (Kanto)	Rare	Surfing	60–62
Sinnoh	Route 225	Very rare	Surfing	56–58
Sinnoh	Route 226	Very rare	Surfing	56–58
Sinnoh	Survival Area	Very rare	Surfing	56–58

Item drops

Items it may drop when caught or fainted (higher chance on faint).

Moves

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pow.	Acc.	PP
1	TackleNo additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Poison Sting30% chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
4	HardenRaises the user's Defense by 1.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
8	Water GunNo additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
12	Fell StingerRaises user's Attack by 3 if this KOes the target.	Bug	Physical	50	100	25
16	MinimizeRaises the user's evasiveness by 2.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
20	SpikesHurts grounded foes on switch-in. Max 3 layers.	Ground	Status	—	—	20
24	BrinePower doubles if the target's HP is 50% or less.	Water	Special	65	100	10
28	Poison Jab30% chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
32	Pin MissileHits 2-5 times in one turn.	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
36	Toxic SpikesPoisons grounded foes on switch-in. Max 2 layers.	Poison	Status	—	—	20
40	Spit UpMore power with more uses of Stockpile.	Normal	Special	—	100	10
40	StockpileRaises user's Defense, Sp. Def by 1. Max 3 uses.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
44	ToxicBadly poisons the target. Poison types can't miss.	Poison	Status	—	90	10
48	Aqua TailNo additional effect.	Water	Physical	90	90	10
52	AcupressureRaises a random stat of the user or an ally by 2.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
56	Destiny BondIf an opponent knocks out the user, it also faints.	Ghost	Status	—	—	5

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