What is a good competitive moveset for Qwilfish? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Qwilfish is an outstanding Water and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Qwilfish when battling in the 5th generation meta. Qwilfish is weak to Electric, Ground, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Species: Qwilfish Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water Ability: Swift Swim Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA) EVs: 180 Hp / 252 Atk / 76 SpD Moveset: - Aqua Tail / Waterfall - Double-Edge / Frustration - Poison Jab - Revenge
Physical Sweeper Qwilfish (Swift Swim)
Qwilfish is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Qwilfish from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Qwilfish's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Qwilfish's speed is doubled.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage. ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Qwilfish is damaged by the target).
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Qwilfish is a spectacular Physical Tank. It attempts to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Poison Point, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Qwilfish will be poisoned.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage. ♦ Explosion is a physical 250-base power Normal-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. your Qwilfish faints). ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Haze is a status move (eliminates all stat changes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Qwilfish? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Species: Qwilfish Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water Ability: Swift Swim Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA) EVs: 180 Hp / 252 Atk / 76 SpD Moveset: - Aqua Tail / Waterfall - Double-Edge / Frustration - Poison Jab - Revenge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Qwilfish (Swift Swim)
Qwilfish is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Qwilfish from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Qwilfish's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Qwilfish's speed is doubled.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a good amount of damage. ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Qwilfish is damaged by the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Qwilfish learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Qwilfish can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Qwilfish
Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Stockpile + Spit Up
Moves: Pain Split + Toxic
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Aqua Jet
Moves that Break Screens: Haze
Most notable and possible best moves for Qwilfish
Protect
Rest
Common Effort Values for Qwilfish in Black and White
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