Competitive Information for Qwilfish [Sword/Shield]
Water / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Qwilfish? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Qwilfish is a notable Water and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's a not-uncommon sight to see Qwilfish out in the 8th generation battlefield. Qwilfish is weak to Electric, Ground, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Black Sludge
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Jet / Liquidation
- Acupressure
- Destiny Bond
- Protect
Support Qwilfish (Popular/Trending)
Qwilfish is a fabulous Support for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Qwilfish from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Intimidate, on switch-in Qwilfish lowers the attack of opponents by 1 stage. With a Black Sludge equipped to it, each turn, if Qwilfish is a poison type, restores 1/16 max hp; loses 1/8 if not.
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Acupressure is a status move (raises a random stat of your Qwilfish or an ally by 2 stages).
◆ Destiny Bond is a status move (if an opponent knocks out your Qwilfish, it also faints).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Qwilfish this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 164 Hp / 252 Atk / 92 SpD
Moveset:
- Steel Roller / Throat Chop
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Qwilfish (Swift Swim)
Qwilfish is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed 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. Choice Band will increase the damage of Qwilfish's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Swift Swim, Qwilfish's speed is doubled during rainy weather. Throat Chop was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Rocky Helmet
Ability: Poison Point
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail
- Explosion
- Waterfall
- Haze
Qwilfish Physical Tank (Fish Are Friends)
Qwilfish is a phenomenal Physical Tank for single battles. It's designed to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Poison Point, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Qwilfish will be poisoned. With a Rocky Helmet equipped to it, if Qwilfish is hit by a contact move, the attacker loses 1/6 of its max hp.
◆ 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 make the target flinch).
◆ 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 Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 164 Hp / 252 Atk / 92 SpD
Moveset:
- Steel Roller / Throat Chop
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Poison Jab
Doubles Physical Sweeper Qwilfish (Swift Swim)
Qwilfish is a stupendous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's 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. Choice Band will increase the damage of Qwilfish's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Swift Swim, Qwilfish's speed is doubled during rainy weather. Throat Chop was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison 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.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Qwilfish can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Qwilfish
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Aqua Jet
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Scald, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Qwilfish's stats
- Acupressure
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Fell Stinger
- Harden
- Scale Shot
- Stockpile
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Qwilfish
- Acid Spray
- Acupressure
- Aqua Jet
- Destiny Bond
- Haze
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Liquidation
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Supersonic
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Qwilfish in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 252/0/4/0/0/252 )
- Sassy Nature ( 252/0/4/0/252/0 )
- Optimize Qwilfish's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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