Qwilfish counters

Gen 9 PU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Qwilfish
#0211 Qwilfish
WaterPoison
USAGE 5.3% #44
ABILITYIntimidate
BASE STATS
HP 65
ATK 95
DEF 85
SPA 55
SPD 55
SPE 85
BST440
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGroundPsychic
½×
FireWaterIceFightingPoisonBugSteelFairy
Moves
Spikes 78.4% Flip Turn 75.0% Barb Barrage 65.3% Pain Split 41.2% Thunder Wave 31.0% Gunk Shot 20.3% Aqua Jet 19.4% Liquidation 18.4%
Items
Rocky Helmet 70.3% Mystic Water 13.6% Focus Sash 6.5% Leftovers 3.3% Life Orb 2.6% Choice Scarf 1.6% Eviolite 0.9% Black Sludge 0.6%
Abilities
Intimidate99.6%Poison Point0.4%Swift Swim0.0%
Tera Types
Ground 55.8% Ghost 20.8% Water 19.6% Fairy 1.3% Bug 0.9% Steel 0.6% Dragon 0.3% Grass 0.3%
Common Teammates
Sandslash-Alola45.7%Ninetales-Alola38.6%Mesprit31.1%Beartic28.9%Venomoth28.9%Rhydon23.1%Hoopa14.6%Bombirdier13.6%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #44 with 5.34% usage. Sorted by reliability score.