Is Qwilfish Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Breed-only Water/Poison with AbilityPoison Point for contact poison. Qwilfish has decent Attack and Speed. Handles Flannery through Water. The Poison subtype doesn't add meaningful coverage against Emerald's bosses. Functional without being interesting.
Roxanne's typing presses Qwilfish's defenses.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Qwilfish resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Trade
Qwilfish cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 46WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Qwilfish in Emerald
Qwilfish never bites in Emerald waters. Listed as breed-only with no wild parent in the region, the spiky pufferfish only joins your team if you bring a Qwilfish over from another game and breed from there.
Qwilfish cannot be caught in the wild in Emerald, but you can still get it via these paths:
Obtain and trade from these games:
Then trade to Emerald.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
How to Get Shiny Qwilfish in Emerald
Qwilfish won't be met in Hoenn, so hook one in FireRed with the Super Rod off Five Isle Meadow, then send the shiny puffer across a link trade. See every game where Shiny Qwilfish can be hunted
Shiny Qwilfish Evolution
Does Not EvolveQwilfish Weakness
Qwilfish's Water/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Ground, and Psychic. With 7 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Qwilfish leans offensive (base 95 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ground, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Bug, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Qwilfish Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Qwilfish
 Latios DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Latios builds →Psychic 2x147-173%KO Thunderbolt 2x103-122%KO Earthquake 2x63-74% | ||
 Deoxys Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodBirth Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Deoxys builds →Psycho Boost 2x257-303%KO Thunderbolt 2x117-138%KO | ||
 Groudon Ground | S | |
Obtain MethodTerra Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Groudon builds →Earthquake 2x146-172%KO Thunderbolt 2x82-97% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Latias builds →Psychic 2x127-150%KO Thunderbolt 2x89-105%KO Earthquake 2x57-68% | ||
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Lugia builds →Psychic 2x107-127%KO Earthquake 2x63-74% Thunderbolt 2x76-90% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x189-222%KO Thunderbolt 2x100-118%KO | ||
 Mew Psychic | B | |
Obtain MethodFaraway Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Mew builds →Psychic 2x118-139%KO Earthquake 2x69-81% Thunderbolt 2x82-97% | ||
 Flygon GroundDragon | B | |
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x182-214%KO Shock Wave 2x61-72% | ||
 Metagross SteelPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Metagross builds →Earthquake 2x89-104%KO Psychic 2x113-133%KO | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Qwilfish Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Qwilfish is a standalone Pokemon with a decent partner pool for breeding through one egg group. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Qwilfish easily with 17 breeding partners from the Water 2 egg group. Pass egg moves like Astonish, Bubble Beam, Flail and 2 more to offspring.
E Qwilfish Best Moveset
AbilitySwift Swim in rain doubles Qwilfish's Speed, turning it into a fast MoveSpikes setter that can also threaten with physical Water and Poison moves. The moveset works best on rain teams where the speed boost matters most.
Best Build
Qwilfish best EVs are HP and Speed
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Spikes
- Self Destruct
- Sludge Bomb
- Destiny Bond
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Astonish and Bubble Beam on Qwilfish. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Hydro Pump and Sludge Bomb, they expand what Qwilfish can actually threaten in practice.
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
All 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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 Emerald Guide
Qwilfish isn't catchable in Emerald. Catch one in FireRed, then trade it to Emerald.
In Emerald, Qwilfish is one of the stronger picks around. It rates A-Tier for this generation, and the Water/Poison typing with 430 BST covers a lot of matchups.
Qwilfish has a Hisuian form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 8. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
In Emerald, use Qwilfish as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
For Emerald, run Jolly on Qwilfish. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Gold & Silver, Qwilfish has appeared in 19 titles over 8 generations. Along the way, it received a Hisuian form in Generation 8, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLAHisuian
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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