Pokédex No.0211
Visual data
No.0211 · Balloon Pokémon
Qwilfish
ハリーセン
WaterPoison
Forms
Height
0.5 m
Weight
3.9 kg
Color
Gray
Shape
Fish
Abilities
Has a 30% chance of poisoning attacking Pokémon on contact.
Doubles Speed during rain.
IntimidateHidden
Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.
02 //Base stats
StatBase
HP65
240–334
Attack95
175–317
Defense85
157–295
Sp. Atk55
103–229
Sp. Def55
103–229
Speed85
157–295
Total440Higher than 48% of all Pokémon
Ranges assume 0 IV/0 EV with a hindering nature (min) up to 31 IV/252 EV with a boosting nature (max).
- HPtop 56%
- Attacktop 30%
- Defensetop 31%
- Sp. Atktop 67%
- Sp. Deftop 71%
- Speedtop 29%
03 //Type matchups
Defensive multipliers
Takes 2× damage
ElectricGroundPsychic
Takes ½× damage
FireWaterIceFightingPoisonBugSteelFairy
Damage taken from every type
Normal1×
Fire½×
Water½×
Electric2×
Grass1×
Ice½×
Fighting½×
Poison½×
Ground2×
Flying1×
Psychic2×
Bug½×
Rock1×
Ghost1×
Dragon1×
Dark1×
Steel½×
Fairy½×
Its own types hit these super-effectively (STAB)
FireGrassGroundRockFairy
04 //Evolution
Use Barb Barrage 20 times in Strong Style
05 //Easily confused with
Most similar silhouettes
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Ranked by a DINOv2 vision model comparing silhouette shapes — these are the options Who's That Pokémon? hard mode will try to trip you up with. Tap to reveal.
06 //Where to find it
By game
| Games | Location | Method |
|---|---|---|
SV | East Paldean Sea | Wild |
SV | North Paldean Sea | Wild |
SV | Polar BiomeAtlas The Indigo Disk | Wild |
SV | South Paldean Sea | Wild |
SV | Tera Raid Battles 3★ | Tera Raid |
SV | West Paldean Sea | Wild |
ZA | Hyperspace Lumiose Water zone · 2★ | Hyperspace |
ZA | Hyperspace Lumiose Hisuian form · Poison zone · 3★ | Hyperspace |
ZA | Hyperspace Lumiose Hisuian form · Poison zone · 5★ | Hyperspace |
Gens 1–7 from PokéAPI checked against Serebii (places PokéAPI lacks come from Serebii), Let's Go and Gens 8–9 from Serebii. Rates are the chance per encounter in that spot; Gen 8–9 raids and overview-only spots list no levels or rates. Tap a place for its page, or Atlas to find it on the map.
07 //Moves
77 moves
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pow | Acc | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Page → | Poison | 15 | 100 | 35 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | 40 | 100 | 35 | ||
| 4 | Page → | Normal | — | — | 30 | ||
| 8 | Page → | Water | 40 | 100 | 25 | ||
| 12 | Page → | Bug | 50 | 100 | 25 | ||
| 16 | Page → | Normal | — | — | 10 | ||
| 20 | Page → | Ground | — | — | 20 | ||
| 24 | Page → | Water | 65 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 28 | Page → | Poison | 80 | 100 | 20 | ||
| 32 | Page → | Bug | 25 | 95 | 20 | ||
| 36 | Page → | Poison | — | — | 20 | ||
| 40 | Page → | Normal | — | 100 | 10 | ||
| 40 | Page → | Normal | — | — | 20 | ||
| 44 | Page → | Poison | — | 90 | 10 | ||
| 48 | Page → | Water | 90 | 90 | 10 | ||
| 52 | Page → | Normal | — | — | 30 | ||
| 56 | Page → | Ghost | — | — | 5 |
Learnset from Scarlet & Violet. Tap a move for its effect.
08 //Pokédex entries
8 unique entries
Fishers detest this troublesome Pokémon because it sprays poison from its spines, getting it everywhere. A different form of Qwilfish lives in other regions.
When faced with a larger opponent, it swallows as much water as it can to match the opponent’s size.
It shoots the poison spines on its body in all directions. Its round form makes it a poor swimmer.
A Qwilfish uses the pressure of water it swallows to shoot toxic quills all at once from all over its body. It finds swimming to be somewhat challenging.
Qwilfish sucks in water, inflating itself. This Pokémon uses the pressure of the water it swallowed to shoot toxic quills all at once from all over its body. It finds swimming somewhat challenging.
When faced with a larger opponent, it swallows as much water as it can to match the opponent's size.
09 //Names in other languages
9 languages
- Japanese
- ハリーセン
- Rōmaji
- Harysen
- Korean
- 침바루
- Chinese (Simplified)
- 千针鱼
- Chinese (Traditional)
- 千針魚
- French
- Qwilfish
- German
- Baldorfish
- Spanish
- Qwilfish
- Italian
- Qwilfish
10 //Training & breeding
Training
EV yield1 Attack
Catch rate45 (11.9% per Poké Ball at full HP, Gen 5+)
Base friendship70
Base experience88
Growth rateMedium
Breeding
Egg groupsWater2
Egg cycles20
Gender50% ♂ · 50% ♀
Gender differencesNo
Habitatsea
Other names
Japaneseハリーセン
Korean침바루
GermanBaldorfish
FrenchQwilfish
SpanishQwilfish
ItalianQwilfish
Regional Pokédex numbers
Original Johto #161Updated Johto #163Kalos Coastal #38Galar #304Hisui #84Paldea #331Blueberry #146
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