Is Azurill Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Underground baby. Evolves into Marill and eventually Azumarill. Read the Azumarill entry. AbilityHuge Power carries from here.
Azurill trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Azurill has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Maylene's team hits Azurill's weaknesses hard.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Azumarill has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Azumarill has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Azumarill has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Azumarill has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Azumarill has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Azurill on Great Marsh (walking, Lv 24, rare).
Your Azurill should hit Level 18 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Azurill in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
moderate rates is the best you'll get on Azurill in mid-game routes. Use the sort toggle below. Best shows where the odds peak, Earliest shows where you can access it soonest in your playthrough.
Where To Catch Azurill in BDSP
Azurill is your first catch on the way to Azurill. You'll find walking and surfing encounters from Lv. 20-30 across 34 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Azurill ✓Great Marsh - Area 5Lv.20FloorRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.20FloorRate 1%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.22FloorRate 1%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.22FloorRate 1%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.24FloorRate 1%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.24FloorRate 1%
Step 2Catch or Evolve into MarillGreat Marsh - Area 1Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Great Marsh - Area 5Lv.21-22FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.21-22FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.23-24FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.23-24FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.25-26FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.25-26FloorRate 15%or evolve from Azurill (Step 1)
Step 3Evolve into Azumarill
Azurill Weakness
Type-wise, Azurill takes extra damage from Poison and Steel. Ghost and Dragon moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Poison, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost, Dragon |
What is Azurill Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Azurill
 Budew GrassPoison | D | |
 Zubat Poison | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azurill View Zubat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x71-86% Steel Wing 2x48-57% | ||
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
Zubat Poison | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azurill View Zubat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x80-95% Steel Wing 2x52-64% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azurill View Metagross builds →Meteor Mash 2x209-246%KO Sludge Bomb 2x102-121%KO | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | B | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Nidoking's Ice Beam hits Azurill for 64-76%. Metagross's Earthquake hits Azurill for 82-97%.
 Nidoking PoisonGround | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySheerforce ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Azurill View Nidoking builds →Ice Beam64-76% Flamethrower64-76% | ||
Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityClearbody ItemAssault Vest NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Azurill View Metagross builds →Earthquake82-97% | ||
Azurill Evolutions
This is the baby stage. Azurill grows into Marill by leveling up. Want more? Breed the adults. Baby Pokemon sit in the Undiscovered egg group. Evolving adds up to 230 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
BDSP Azurill Best Moveset
Now Normal/Fairy instead of pure Normal, gaining Fairy TermStab and Dragon immunity. AbilityHuge Power doubles 20 base Attack to 40. The moveset still can't compete at baby Pokemon stats. Two evolutions from Azumarill where AbilityHuge Power at 50 base Attack reaches A-tier.
Best Build
Azurill best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Aqua Jet
- Belly Drum
- Draining Kiss
- Knock Off
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Aqua Jet and Belly Drum aren't available any other way for Azurill, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Body Slam and Slam for solid options.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It’s a Pokémon that lives by water. It moves quickly on land by bouncing on its big tail.
Its tail is filled with nutrients necessary for growth. It plays by bouncing on its tail.
Azurill Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
For Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, you can run Azurill through the first few routes without issues. 190 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Marill as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Azurill spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves