Frillish - Generation 8 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Frillish can learn in Generation 8, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Sword
Pokémon Shield
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
Pokémon Shining Pearl
Pokémon Legends: Arceus

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Frillish artwork by Ken Sugimori

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In other generations
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Sword/Shield Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl Legends: Arceus

Moves learnt by level up

Frillish learns the following moves in Pokémon Sword & Shield at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Absorb	Grass	20	100
1	Water Gun	Water	40	100
4	Poison Sting	Poison	15	100
8	Night Shade	Ghost	—	100
12	Water Pulse	Water	60	100
16	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
20	Hex	Ghost	65	100
24	Brine	Water	65	100
28	Recover	Normal	—	—
32	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
36	Whirlpool	Water	35	85
41	Hydro Pump	Water	110	80
44	Destiny Bond	Ghost	—	—
48	Water Spout	Water	150	100

Egg moves

Frillish learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Sword & Shield. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Acid Armor	Poison	—	—
Bubble Beam	Water	65	100
Confuse Ray	Ghost	—	100
Mist	Ice	—	—
Pain Split	Normal	—	—
Strength Sap	Grass	—	100

Move Tutor moves

Frillish can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Sword & Shield from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Poltergeist	Ghost		110	90

Moves learnt by TM

Frillish is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Sword & Shield:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
19	Safeguard	Normal	—	—
21	Rest	Psychic	—	—
24	Snore	Normal	50	100
25	Protect	Normal	—	—
27	Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
28	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
31	Attract	Normal	—	100
33	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
35	Hail	Ice	—	—
36	Whirlpool	Water	35	85
38	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	—	85
39	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Imprison	Psychic	—	—
45	Dive	Water	80	100
55	Brine	Water	65	100
70	Trick Room	Psychic	—	—
76	Round	Normal	60	100
77	Hex	Ghost	65	100

Moves learnt by TR

Frillish is compatible with these Technical Records in Pokémon Sword & Shield:

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
03	Hydro Pump	Water	110	80
04	Surf	Water	90	100
05	Ice Beam	Ice	90	100
06	Blizzard	Ice	110	70
11	Psychic	Psychic	90	100
16	Waterfall	Water	80	100
20	Substitute	Normal	—	—
22	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
26	Endure	Normal	—	—
27	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
33	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
37	Taunt	Dark	—	100
38	Trick	Psychic	—	100
58	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
65	Energy Ball	Grass	90	100
78	Sludge Wave	Poison	95	100
84	Scald	Water	80	100
92	Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	80	100

Moves learnt by level up

Frillish does not learn any level up moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Egg moves

Frillish does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Moves learnt by TM

Frillish cannot be taught any TM moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Moves learnt by level up

Frillish does not learn any level up moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Frillish egg move parents

In other generations
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Frillish

Frillish's egg groups: Amorphous

The egg moves for Frillish are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Frillish with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Frillish with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Acid Armor

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Jellicent
Breeding	Shellos Gastrodon Solosis Duosion Reuniclus Frillish Jellicent Litwick Lampent Chandelure

Bubble Beam

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Pincurchin
Breeding	Frillish Jellicent

Confuse Ray

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gastly Haunter Gengar Duskull Dusclops Spiritomb Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Phantump Trevenant Pumpkaboo (Average Size) Gourgeist (Average Size)
Breeding	Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Gallade Solosis Duosion Reuniclus Frillish Jellicent Dreepy Drakloak Dragapult

Mist

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Shellos Gastrodon Frillish Jellicent

Pain Split

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Solosis Duosion Reuniclus Litwick Lampent Chandelure Pumpkaboo (Average Size) Gourgeist (Average Size) Mimikyu
Breeding	Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Duskull Dusclops Spiritomb Dusknoir Frillish Jellicent Stunfisk Galarian Stunfisk

Strength Sap

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Drifblim
Breeding	Frillish Jellicent