Qwilfish Hisui
Balloon Pokémon
Fishers detest this troublesome Pokémon because it sprays poison from its spines, getting it everywhere. A different form of Qwilfish lives in other regions.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Swords Dance
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Where to find Qwilfish Hisui
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 Qwilfish Hisui can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 4 | Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 8 | Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 12 | Fell Stinger Raises the user’s Attack by two stages if it KOs the target. | Bug | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 16 | Minimize Raises the user’s evasion by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 20 | Spikes Scatters Spikes, hurting opposing Pokémon that switch in. | Ground | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 21 | Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target. | Water | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Brine Has double power against Pokémon that have less than half their max HP remaining. | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 26 | Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 28 | Barb Barrage | Poison | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 29 | Poison Jab Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 32 | Pin Missile Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Bug | Physical | 25 | 95 | 20 |
| 36 | Toxic Spikes Scatters poisoned spikes, poisoning opposing Pokémon that switch in. | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 37 | Aqua Tail Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 |
| 40 | Spit Up Power is 100 times the amount of energy Stockpiled. | Normal | Special | — | 100 | 10 |
| 40 | Stockpile Stores energy up to three times for use with Spit Up and Swallow. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 44 | Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 47 | Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 48 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 52 | Acupressure Raises one of a friendly Pokémon’s stats at random by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 56 | Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 57 | Self-Destruct User faints. | Normal | Physical | 200 | 100 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Qwilfish Hisui can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
8 sprites & renders for Qwilfish Hisui.






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Cite this page
“Qwilfish Hisui”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/qwilfish-hisui.
Species data from PokéAPI.