Is Qwilfish Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Fishing in Route 32 area. Water/Poison with decent speed and physical stats. Qwilfish has MoveSpikes for entry hazard damage, which is new in Gen 2. Niche use, but not a mainstream team member.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Qwilfish trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Qwilfish has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Qwilfish on Route 32 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 40, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 46WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Gold & Silver Qwilfish Locations
Qwilfish bites on every rod, but the catch is the swarm. Outside its announced swarm on Route 32 the wild spawns are sparse, so most trainers fish it up on the day the phone call points them there.
3 locations to catch Qwilfish
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
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Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Qwilfish in Gold & Silver
Bring Old Rod, Good Rod, and Super Rod for Qwilfish. There are 6 fishing encounters from Lv. 5-40 with no walking alternatives. Pick the spot with the best rate and settle in.
How to Get Shiny Qwilfish in Gold & Silver
Qwilfish does not require the Super Rod at all, since the starter Old Rod reels it in just the same, so settle in along Route 32, Route 12, and Route 13. Compare Shiny Qwilfish odds across every game
Shiny Qwilfish Evolution
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2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Gold & Silver shiny odds for Qwilfish.
Qwilfish 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
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Qwilfish Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Qwilfish
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x183-216%KO Thunder Punch 2x77-91% Dig 2x20-25% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Raikou Electric | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Raikou builds →Thunder 2x176-208%KO Dig 2x37-44% | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Lugia builds →Thunder 2x96-114%KO Mud-Slap 2x15-18% | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Slowbro builds →Confusion 2x67-79% Dig 2x34-40% | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Girafarig builds →Thunder 2x96-114%KO Confusion 2x62-74% Mud-Slap 2x13-16% | ||
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Qwilfish View Hypno builds →Confusion 2x54-63% Thunder Punch 2x52-61% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Qwilfish Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Qwilfish is a standalone Pokemon with a small 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 9 breeding partners from the Water 2 egg group. Pass egg moves like Bubble Beam, Flail, Haze and 1 more to offspring.
GS Qwilfish Best Moveset
Water/Poison with MoveSpikes access, one of the few hazard setters in the format. MoveSludge Bomb provides Poison TermStab and MoveSurf adds Water coverage. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The Spikes utility alone creates competitive value that the stats wouldn't otherwise justify.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Spikes
- Sludge Bomb
- Hydro Pump
- Haze
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Bubble Beam and Flail 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.
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
20 of 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
To fire its poison spikes, it must inflate its body by drinking over 2.6 gallons of water all at once.
The small spikes covering its body developed from scales. They inject a toxin that causes fainting.
Qwilfish Gold & Silver Guide
For Gold & Silver, go for it. Qwilfish rates A-Tier, and its Water/Poison typing handles most of what the story throws at you.
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 Gold & Silver, use Qwilfish as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
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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