#0298 · Hoenn · Generation 3 · baby

Azurill

Polka Dot Pokémon · Normal/Fairy-type

Azurill is a Normal/Fairy-type Pokémon, the Polka Dot Pokémon, number 298 (#0298) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 0.2 m tall and weighs 2 kg.

Azurill is the Polka Dot Pokémon, a baby whose bouncy tail ball is as big as its body. It uses the ball as a trampoline, a float and a weapon, and the Pokédex says it can even throw itself by spinning the tail like a lasso.

How to pronounce Azurill

Azurill is pronounced uh-ZOO-ril. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Azurill said out loud:

In Japanese it is ルリリ (Ruriri).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Azurill is a round blue mouse, 0.2 m tall and 2 kg, with pink-lined circular ears, two white dots on its cheeks, black eyes and no visible arms. Its thin zigzag tail ends in a ball about as big as its body, bouncy like rubber and full of the nutrition it needs to grow. In water the ball is a float.

Behaviour

Azurill is normally docile, but an angry one swings the ball to smash opponents bigger than itself. The Pokédex says it spins its tail like a lasso and throws it, and the throw carries the body too: one Azurill flung itself a record 10 m (33 ft). On sunny days Azurill gather at the water's edge to splash about.

Habitat

The Pokédex lists the water's edge. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in Paldea's South and East Provinces, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Azurill has the family's Abilities: Thick Fat, Huge Power and the hidden Sap Sipper. It knows Tail Whip, Water Gun and Splash, then learns Helping Hand, Bubble Beam, Charm and Bounce. Its stats are tiny: a base total of 190, with 20 Attack.

Name origin

Azurill may combine 'azure' or azul ('blue' in Spanish and Portuguese) with 'rill', a small stream. The Japanese name is Ruriri (ルリリ), which may come from ruri, the deep-blue stone lapis lazuli.

Design inspiration

Azurill appears to be a mouse mixed with a beach ball or lifebuoy. Bulbapedia says its nutrient-filled tail may come from the fat-tailed dunnart, a marsupial that stores fat in its tail, and that being Normal rather than Water may hint that a baby cannot yet swim. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Azurill evolves into Marill with high friendship; Bulbapedia says it is the only Pokémon that evolves by friendship into a form that then evolves by level.

In the games

Azurill is a Treasure Town resident in Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, kidnapped by Drowzee and rescued by the player's team. It also appears in Scarlet and Violet's 1-star Tera Raid Battles, and first appeared in Ruby and Sapphire.

In the anime

Misty is revealed to own an Azurill in 'The Scheme Team'. Azurill's series debut was in 'A Ruin with a View', where May failed to catch one.

Fun facts

• Before Generation VI, one in three female Azurill evolved into a male Marill, because Azurill is 75% female and its evolutions 50%; Bulbapedia says no other Pokémon did this.
• Azurill was shown to the public on 7 March 2001, in the earliest announcements of Generation III.
• Polka dots are called mizutama, 'water balls', in Japan, which Bulbapedia suggests may explain its category.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Azurill (Pokémon) · Serebii: Azurill (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 20
• Defense: 40
• Sp. Atk: 20
• Sp. Def: 40
• Speed: 20

Azurill’s base stat total is 190. Its highest stat is HP.

Type matchups

What is Azurill weak to?

Azurill takes extra damage from Poison (2×), Steel (2×) moves.

It resists Bug (½×), Dark (½×).

It is immune to Ghost, Dragon moves.

Evolution

How does Azurill evolve?

Azurill evolves into Marill (Friendship).

The whole family: Azurill, Marill, Azumarill.

• Marill evolves into Azumarill at level 18.

Abilities

• Thick Fat: Halves damage from Fire and Ice moves.
• Huge Power: Doubles Attack in battle.
• Sap Sipper (hidden ability): Absorbs Grass moves, raising Attack one stage.

Moves

Moves Azurill learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (25)

Azurill can learn 25 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Fake Tears, Mud-Slap, Protect, Facade, Icy Wind, Mud Shot, Draining Kiss, Endure, Rain Dance, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Light Screen, Waterfall, Rest, Substitute, Hyper Voice, Encore, Surf, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Tera Blast, Alluring Voice.

Egg moves (9):Aqua Jet, Belly Drum, Copycat, Perish Song, Present, Sing, Soak, Supersonic, Tickle.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 25% male, 75% female.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 10 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,280).
• Catch rate: 150 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Fast (800,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 HP effort value.
• Base experience yield: 38.

Pokédex entries

Although Azurill are normally docile, an angry one will swing around the big ball on its tail and try to smash its opponents. (Shield)

The ball on Azurill's tail bounces like a rubber ball, and it's full of the nutrients the Pokémon needs to grow. (Sword)

Azurill's tail is large and bouncy. It is packed full of the nutrients this Pokémon needs to grow. Azurill can be seen bouncing and playing on its big, rubbery tail. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Azurill spins its tail as if it were a lasso, then hurls it far. The momentum of the throw sends its body flying, too. Using this unique action, one of these Pokémon managed to hurl itself a record 33 feet. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

It swings its large, nutrient-filled tail around to fight opponents bigger than itself. (Black 2, White 2, Y)

A Pokémon that lives by water. It moves quickly on land by bouncing on its big tail. (Diamond, X)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Shortest Normal type: 0.2 m, shared with 2 others.
• Lowest base stat total among Normal types: 190.
• Lowest base stat total among Fairy types: 190.
• Shortest Pokémon in Gen 3: 0.2 m.
• Lowest base stat total among Gen 3 Pokémon: 190.
• Shortest Normal type in Gen 3: 0.2 m.
• Slowest Normal type in Gen 3: 20 Speed.
• Lowest base stat total among Normal types in Gen 3: 190.
• Lightest Fairy type in Gen 3: 2 kg.
• Shortest Fairy type in Gen 3: 0.2 m.
• Slowest Fairy type in Gen 3: 20 Speed.
• Lowest base stat total among Fairy types in Gen 3: 190.
• Taller than 1% of all Pokémon (0.2 m).
• Heavier than 7% of all Pokémon (2 kg).
• Base stat total 190, ranked #1021 of 1,025.
• One of 4 Pokémon that are both Normal and Fairy.
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 47 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 40 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 150: about 19.6% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 11 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Azurill (Pokémon), Serebii: Azurill (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (uh-ZOO-ril): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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