Drifloon - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Drifloon can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

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.

Drifloon artwork by Ken Sugimori

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In other generations
4
5
6
7
8

Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Drifloon learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Astonish	Ghost	30	100
1	Minimize	Normal	—	—
4	Gust	Flying	40	100
8	Focus Energy	Normal	—	—
12	Payback	Dark	50	100
16	Hex	Ghost	65	100
20	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
24	Spit Up	Normal	—	100
24	Stockpile	Normal	—	—
24	Swallow	Normal	—	—
29	Self-Destruct	Normal	200	100
32	Destiny Bond	Ghost	—	—
36	Baton Pass	Normal	—	—
40	Tailwind	Flying	—	—
44	Explosion	Normal	250	100

Egg moves

Drifloon learns the following moves via breeding or picnics in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Clear Smog	Poison	50	—
Defog	Flying	—	—
Disable	Normal	—	100
Haze	Ice	—	—
Hypnosis	Psychic	—	60
Memento	Dark	—	100

Moves learnt by TM

Drifloon is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
14	Acrobatics	Flying	55	100
16	Psybeam	Psychic	65	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
27	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
29	Hex	Ghost	65	100
32	Swift	Normal	60	∞
34	Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
40	Air Cutter	Flying	60	95
41	Stored Power	Psychic	20	100
42	Night Shade	Ghost	—	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
82	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	90
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
92	Imprison	Psychic	—	—
97	Fly	Flying	90	95
98	Skill Swap	Psychic	—	—
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
107	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	—	85
109	Trick	Psychic	—	100
113	Tailwind	Flying	—	—
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
120	Psychic	Psychic	90	100
126	Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
128	Amnesia	Psychic	—	—
129	Calm Mind	Psychic	—	—
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
132	Baton Pass	Normal	—	—
151	Phantom Force	Ghost	90	100
161	Trick Room	Psychic	—	—
166	Thunder	Electric	110	70
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100

Drifloon egg move parents

In other generations
4
5
6
7
8

Drifloon

Drifloon's egg groups: Amorphous

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

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

Clear Smog

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Gastly Haunter Gengar Gulpin Swalot Shellos Gastrodon Drifloon Drifblim

Defog

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Drifloon Drifblim

Disable

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Alolan Muk
Breeding	Gastly Haunter Gengar Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Shuppet Banette Drifloon Drifblim Spiritomb Gallade Dreepy Drakloak Dragapult

Haze

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Grimer Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Drifloon Drifblim

Hypnosis

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gastly Haunter Gengar Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Spiritomb Gallade Sandygast Palossand
Breeding	Drifloon Drifblim

Memento

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Shellos Gastrodon Spiritomb
Breeding	Misdreavus Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Drifloon Drifblim Mismagius Gallade Pincurchin