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Drifloon
Balloon Pokémon
Said to lure away young children and carry them off to the afterlife. Some whisper that Drifloon are formed of reincarnated human souls, but these rumors are as yet unconfirmed.
Details
Height0.4 m
Weight1.2 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate125(25.7%)Moderate
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time30 cycles · ~7,905 steps
Growth ratefast then very slow
Base EXP70
Base stats
HP
90
Attack
50
Defense
34
Sp. Atk
60
Sp. Def
44
Speed
70
Total
348
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Drifloon
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum
Black 2
White 2
Moon
Ultra Moon
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Drifloon can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Minimize Raises the user’s evasion by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 4 | Gust Inflicts regular damage and can hit Pokémon in the air. | Flying | Special | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 5 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 8 | Focus Energy Increases the user’s chance to score a critical hit. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 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 |
| 29 | Self-Destruct User faints. | Normal | Physical | 200 | 100 | 5 |
| 32 | Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 36 | Baton Pass Allows the trainer to switch out the user and pass effects along to its replacement. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 40 | Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 40 | Tailwind For three turns, friendly Pokémon have doubled Speed. | Flying | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 44 | Explosion User faints. | Normal | Physical | 250 | 100 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Drifloon can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
17 sprites & renders for Drifloon.
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Cite this page
“Drifloon”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/drifloon.
Species data from PokéAPI.