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#0349 · Hoenn · Generation 3

# Feebas

Fish Pokémon · Water-type

![Feebas official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/349.webp)

Feebas is a [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water)-type Pokémon, the Fish Pokémon, number 349 (#0349) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the [Hoenn](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/hoenn) region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 7.4 kg.

Feebas is called the shabbiest Pokémon of all, a ragged fish that the Pokédex says predators will not even eat. It becomes Milotic, which the Pokédex calls the most beautiful of all Pokémon.

## How to pronounce Feebas

Feebas is pronounced **FEE-bus**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Feebas said out loud:

[Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/349.mp3)

In Japanese it is ヒンバス (Hinbass).

Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce).

## Lore

### Biology

Feebas is a fishlike Pokémon, 0.6 m tall and 7.4 kg, with a light brown body speckled with dark, uneven spots. Its large eyes are deep-set, and it has big pink lips, dull blue pectoral and tail fins that look torn, and a triangular dorsal fin with a hole in the middle.

### Behaviour

Feebas is hardy but dim: the Pokédex calls it slow and dimwitted, which makes it an easy catch once found. They cluster in set places and form schools. Hardly anyone raises one, though some collectors keep only Feebas.

### Habitat

The Pokédex places it in the sea, rivers and weed-choked ponds, and says it can survive on very little water.

### Diet

The Pokédex says it eats anything, which is why it can live even in polluted streams and lakes.

### Powers

Feebas has Swift Swim or Oblivious, with Adaptability hidden. By levelling up it learns only Splash, Tackle and Flail. Its base stats total only 200, with Speed 80 and Special Defense 55 the best of them, so it is valued for what it becomes.

### Name origin

Feebas may combine 'feeble' with 'sea bass', and it also sounds like the Greek phoibos, 'pure and radiant', perhaps hinting at Milotic. The Japanese name is Hinbass (ヒンバス), which may blend hin, 'poor', with 'bass'.

### Design inspiration

Feebas looks to be modelled on a bass, possibly the largemouth bass, and it also recalls the marine hatchetfish. Its drastic change into Milotic may echo the fairy tale of the Ugly Duckling, where an outcast cygnet grows into a beautiful swan.

### Evolution notes

Feebas evolves into Milotic when levelled up with a high Beauty condition or, from Generation V onwards, when it is traded while carrying a Prism Scale.

### In the games

Feebas is a hard find in Ruby and Sapphire, its first games, where it hides in a few fishing spots on Route 119 that move whenever Dewford Town's trend changes. In Scarlet and Violet it is in The Teal Mask's Crystal Pool and Oni Mountain and in Tera Raids; in Legends: Z-A it appears in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

### In the anime

Feebas debuted in 'Whiscash and Ash', where it kept biting Jessie's hair. In 'The Cuteness Quotient!', Jinny's Feebas, Feeby, evolved into Milotic mid-battle, and Prism Scales are shown forming naturally on Feebas.

### Fun facts

- On Route 119 in Hoenn, only 6 of the route's 436 water tiles hold Feebas, which Bulbapedia works out as about 1 in 73.
- Bulbapedia treats Feebas as the counterpart of Magikarp: both are Fish Pokémon whose evolutions are serpentine, and the two have exactly the same level-up moves.
- When Spanish football club Celta de Vigo signed Aleix Febas, it announced him with Pokémon cards because his name looks like Feebas.

Sources: [Bulbapedia: Feebas (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Feebas_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Feebas (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/feebas/)

## Base stats

- HP: **20**
- Attack: **15**
- Defense: **20**
- Sp. Atk: **10**
- Sp. Def: **55**
- Speed: **80**

Feebas’s base stat total is **200**. Its highest stat is Speed.

## Type matchups

### What is Feebas weak to?

Feebas takes extra damage from [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric) (2×), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (2×) moves.

It resists [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (½×), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water) (½×), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice) (½×), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) (½×).

## Evolution

### How does Feebas evolve?

Feebas evolves into [Milotic](https://pokee.si/pokemon/milotic) (Trade holding Prism Scale).

The whole family: **Feebas**, [Milotic](https://pokee.si/pokemon/milotic).

## Abilities

- [Swift Swim](https://pokee.si/abilities/swift-swim): Doubles Speed during rain.
- [Oblivious](https://pokee.si/abilities/oblivious): Prevents infatuation and protects against Captivate.
- [Adaptability](https://pokee.si/abilities/adaptability) (hidden ability): Increases the same-type attack bonus from 1.5× to 2×.

## Moves

### Moves Feebas learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Splash](https://pokee.si/moves/splash) | Normal | Status | — |
| 15 | [Tackle](https://pokee.si/moves/tackle) | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 25 | [Flail](https://pokee.si/moves/flail) | Normal | Physical | — |

### TM moves (25)

Feebas can learn 25 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Water Pulse](https://pokee.si/moves/water-pulse), [Confuse Ray](https://pokee.si/moves/confuse-ray), [Chilling Water](https://pokee.si/moves/chilling-water), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Swift](https://pokee.si/moves/swift), [Icy Wind](https://pokee.si/moves/icy-wind), [Mud Shot](https://pokee.si/moves/mud-shot), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Rain Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/rain-dance), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Light Screen](https://pokee.si/moves/light-screen), [Waterfall](https://pokee.si/moves/waterfall), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Dragon Pulse](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-pulse), [Surf](https://pokee.si/moves/surf), [Ice Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/ice-beam), [Blizzard](https://pokee.si/moves/blizzard), [Tera Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/tera-blast), [Haze](https://pokee.si/moves/haze), [Scale Shot](https://pokee.si/moves/scale-shot), [Double-Edge](https://pokee.si/moves/double-edge), [Whirlpool](https://pokee.si/moves/whirlpool), [Muddy Water](https://pokee.si/moves/muddy-water).

Egg moves (7):[Confuse Ray](https://pokee.si/moves/confuse-ray), [Dragon Breath](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-breath), [Haze](https://pokee.si/moves/haze), [Hypnosis](https://pokee.si/moves/hypnosis), [Mirror Coat](https://pokee.si/moves/mirror-coat), [Mist](https://pokee.si/moves/mist), [Tickle](https://pokee.si/moves/tickle).

## Breeding & training

- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Water 1, Dragon.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 255 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Slow Then Very Fast (600,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Speed effort value.
- Base experience yield: 40.

## Pokédex entries

It is a shabby and ugly Pokémon. However, it is very hardy and can survive on little water. *(Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, Shield)*

Although unattractive and unpopular, this Pokémon's marvelous vitality has made it a subject of research. *(Moon, Sword)*

Because of its wretched appearance, most people pay it no attention, but there are some who collect Feebas—and Feebas alone! *(Ultra Moon)*

They look ragged, so no one catches them. They look like they'd taste bad, so predators won't eat them. And their numbers continue to grow. *(Ultra Sun)*

A tough Pokémon that is perfectly fine even in dirty water. However, due to its ragged, shabby appearance, it isn't popular. *(Sun)*

While Feebas's body is in tatters, it has a hardy and tenacious life force that enables it to live anywhere. However, this Pokémon is also slow and dimwitted, making it an easy catch. *(Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)*

## Names around the world

- **Japanese**: ヒンバス
- **Romaji**: Hinbass
- **French**: Barpau
- **German**: Barschwa
- **Spanish**: Feebas
- **Italian**: Feebas
- **Korean**: 빈티나
- **Chinese (Simplified)**: 丑丑鱼
- **Chinese (Traditional)**: 醜醜魚

## Trivia

- Lowest base stat total among Water types in Gen 3: 200.
- Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
- Heavier than 22% of all Pokémon (7.4 kg).
- Base stat total 200, ranked #1012 of 1,025.
- One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 147 brown Pokémon.
- Number 98 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 33 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 12 distinct Pokédex entries.

## Sources and fact-checking

- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Feebas (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Feebas_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Feebas (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/feebas/).
- Pronunciation (FEE-bus): 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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[Water-type Pokémon](https://pokee.si/types/water) · [Hoenn region guide](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/hoenn) · [Swift Swim ability](https://pokee.si/abilities/swift-swim) · [Oblivious ability](https://pokee.si/abilities/oblivious) · [Adaptability ability](https://pokee.si/abilities/adaptability) · [Compare Feebas](https://pokee.si/compare?ids=349) · [Full Pokédex](https://pokee.si/pokedex) · [Type chart](https://pokee.si/types) · [All moves](https://pokee.si/moves)

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