Drifblim
Blimp Pokémon
It drifts along at dusk, perfectly silent. Its transient, melancholy aspect touches some people deeply—every so often, one will come upon a song or poem devoted to Drifblim.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Drifblim
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Drifblim can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Phantom Force User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect. | Ghost | Physical | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Constrict Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Normal | Physical | 10 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Focus Energy Increases the user’s chance to score a critical hit. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Gust Inflicts regular damage and can hit Pokémon in the air. | Flying | Special | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Minimize Raises the user’s evasion by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Strength Sap Heals the user by the target’s current Attack stat and lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 5 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 12 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 15 | Calm Mind Raises the user’s Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 16 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Ominous Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 20 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 24 | Spit Up Power is 100 times the amount of energy Stockpiled. | Normal | Special | — | 100 | 10 |
| 24 | Stockpile Stores energy up to three times for use with Spit Up and Swallow. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 24 | Swallow Recovers 1/4 HP after one Stockpile, 1/2 HP after two Stockpiles, or full HP after three Stockpiles. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 25 | Mystical Fire Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage. | Fire | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 29 | Extrasensory Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 31 | Self-Destruct User faints. | Normal | Physical | 200 | 100 | 5 |
| 36 | Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 42 | Baton Pass Allows the trainer to switch out the user and pass effects along to its replacement. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 46 | Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 48 | Tailwind For three turns, friendly Pokémon have doubled Speed. | Flying | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 54 | Explosion User faints. | Normal | Physical | 250 | 100 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
17 sprites & renders for Drifblim.






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Cite this page
“Drifblim”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/drifblim.
Species data from PokéAPI.