Drifloon • Sword & Shield Pokédex

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Sprite of Drifloon in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Drifloon's Type

GHOST

FLYING

Drifloon's Pokédex #s

Galar #: 124

National #: 425

Drifloon's Base Stats

HP:: 90

Attack:: 50

Defense:: 34

Sp. Atk:: 60

Sp. Def:: 44

Speed:: 70

Total:: 348

Misc. Info

Egg Groups:: Amorphous

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,640,000

EV Yield:: 1 HP

Drifloon's Abilities

Here are what abilities Drifloon can possibly have, along with their effects.

Aftermath: When Drifloon is knocked out by a contact move, the attacker takes 1/4 its max HP in damage.

Unburden: When Drifloon consumes or loses its held item, it doubles its Speed.

Flare Boost: Increases Drifloon's Special Attack by 50% while it is burned.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Drifloon's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: ELECTRIC

ICE

ROCK

GHOST

DARK

½: GRASS

POISON

¼: BUG

immune: NORMAL

FIGHTING

GROUND

Drifloon's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Drifloon evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Drifloon: starting form

Drifblim: at level 28

Drifloon's Moves

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Drifloon can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Drifloon learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Minimize Raises Drifloon's Evasion by two stages. Stomp does double damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
1	Astonish Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	GHOST	30	100%	15	One Target
4	Gust Does double damage against targets using Bounce, Fly, or Sky Drop.	FLYING	40	100%	35	One Target
8	Focus Energy Raises critical hit rate by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
12	Payback Does double damage if Drifloon attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
16	Hex Deals double damage if the target is affected by a major status condition.	GHOST	65	100%	10	One Target
20	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
24	Stockpile Raises Drifloon's Defense and Special Defense by one stage and adds +1 to the Stockpile counter, up to 3.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
24	Swallow Heals HP based on the Stockpile counter, then resets it to 0.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
24	Spit Up Hits for 100 power for each Stockpile counter. Resets Stockpile counter to 0.	NORMAL	varies	100%	10	One Target
29	Self-Destruct Drifloon is knocked out after using Self-Destruct.	NORMAL	200	100%	5	All But Self
32	Destiny Bond If Drifloon is knocked out before its next action, the attacking Pokémon is knocked out.	GHOST	--	--	5	User
36	Baton Pass Switches to another Pokémon on your team and keeps stat modifiers and effects.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
40	Tailwind Doubles your whole team's Speed for the next 3 turns.	FLYING	--	--	15	User's Field
44	Explosion Drifloon is knocked out after using Explosion.	NORMAL	250	100%	5	All But Self

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drifloon can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM14	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM20	Self-Destruct Drifloon is knocked out after using Self-Destruct.	NORMAL	200	100%	5	All But Self
TM21	Rest Drifloon restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Drifloon from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM27	Icy Wind 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ICE	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM38	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	FIRE	--	85%	15	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Drifloon is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM46	Weather Ball Doubles its power and changes its type based on the weather condition.	NORMAL	50	100%	10	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Drifloon attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM77	Hex Deals double damage if the target is affected by a major status condition.	GHOST	65	100%	10	One Target
TM78	Acrobatics Damage is doubled if Drifloon has no held item when this attack hits.	FLYING	55	100%	15	One Target
TM97	Brutal Swing Has no effect.	DARK	60	100%	20	All But Self

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drifloon can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR08	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR09	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TR11	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TR13	Focus Energy Raises critical hit rate by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
TR17	Amnesia Raises Drifloon's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Drifloon's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Drifloon's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR29	Baton Pass Switches to another Pokémon on your team and keeps stat modifiers and effects.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR38	Trick Switches Drifloon's held item with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	100%	10	One Target
TR40	Skill Swap Swaps Drifloon's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TR49	Calm Mind Raises Drifloon's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR52	Gyro Ball Does more damage based on how much lower Drifloon's Speed is compared to the target's.	STEEL	varies	100%	5	One Target
TR83	Ally Switch Switches places with Drifloon for the rest of the battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	15	User

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drifloon can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Drifloon.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Memento Lowers the target's Attack and Special Attack by two stages, then Drifloon faints.	DARK	--	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Disable Disables the target's last used move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Haze Resets all stat, accuracy, and evasion modifiers.	ICE	--	--	30	Entire Field
EGG	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	PSYCHIC	--	60%	20	One Target
EGG	Clear Smog Removes any stat modifiers on the target.	POISON	50	--	15	One Target
EGG	Defog Lowers the target's evasion by one stage. Removes effects on the enemy's field such as Light Screen, Reflect, etc.	FLYING	--	--	15	One Target

Where to Find Drifloon

If you're looking for where to find Drifloon, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Drifloon in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Drifloon in the Wild

Galar Route 5

Overworld Encounters

Any Weather
5%			Lv. 19-21

Wild Area: Watchtower Ruins

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
15%	5%	--	10%	60%	60%	--	--	--
Lv. 26-29	Lv. 26-29		Lv. 26-29	Lv. 26-29	Lv. 26-29
Random Encounters
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
30%	--	--	--	10%	10%	10%	--	--
Lv. 11-14				Lv. 11-14	Lv. 11-14	Lv. 11-14

Wild Area: North Lake Miloch

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	60%
								Lv. 26-28

Wild Area: South Lake Miloch

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	60%
								Lv. 14-16
Flying Around
Any Weather
15%			Lv. 14-16