#0730 · Alola · Generation 7 · starter

Primarina

Soloist Pokémon · Water/Fairy-type

Primarina is a Water/Fairy-type Pokémon, the Soloist Pokémon, number 730 (#0730) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 1.8 m tall and weighs 44 kg.

Primarina is the Soloist Pokémon and a Water and Fairy sea lion with a mermaid's tail that fights by singing: its voice steers its glittering water balloons. The Pokédex says its Trainer must put the care of its throat above everything.

How to pronounce Primarina

Primarina is pronounced pree-muh-REE-nuh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Primarina said out loud:

In Japanese it is アシレーヌ (Ashirene).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Primarina is 1.8 m tall and weighs 44 kg. Its body is mostly white, ending in a long blue fish tail, and it wears a tiara of pearls and pink sea stars with long blue hair tied in a ponytail by strings of pearls. Its front fins are long, and Bulbapedia says it can use its white tail fins as feet to stand. In the games and anime its ponytail briefly comes loose during some moves.

Behaviour

Primarina treats every battle as a stage. The Pokédex says it leads its colony in song on moonlit nights, and the melody it sings is picked up from other Primarina and handed down the generations. Bulbapedia adds that its balloons glitter in the moonlight, but some are explosive and go off at a touch, while the harmless ones serve as platforms to tease opponents.

Habitat

No Pokédex entry names a natural habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it is only available in The Indigo Disk, by evolving Brionne, or by trade or HOME.

Powers

Its signature move is Sparkling Aria, a Water move that Primarina alone learns by levelling up, and only Primarina can use the Z-Move Oceanic Operetta. It also sings and blasts with Hyper Voice and Moonblast and calls on Hydro Pump and Misty Terrain. Torrent strengthens Water moves at low HP, and hidden Liquid Voice makes its sound moves Water-type. With base Special Attack 126 and HP 80 it is a powerful special attacker.

Name origin

Primarina may combine 'prima donna', 'marina' and 'ballerina'. The Japanese name is Ashirene (アシレーヌ), possibly from ashika ('sea lion') and either sirène (French for 'mermaid' or 'siren') or 'serene'.

Design inspiration

Primarina is modelled on a sea lion, most of all the Japanese sea lion, and may also borrow from the Hawaiian monk seal and from mermaids. Its performing could reflect sea lion shows at circuses and zoos, its singing the sirens of myth, and its look ballerinas, opera singers and the Pierrot clown; selkies are another possible source. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Primarina evolves from Brionne at level 34 and is the final form of Popplio.

In the games

Primarina, the final form of Alola's Water starter since Sun and Moon, is currently the only evolved first partner Pokémon with the Fairy type, according to Bulbapedia. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Lana's Brionne evolved into Primarina in 'The One That Didn't Get Away!' while chasing a Kyogre that had Lana's fishing line stuck in its mouth. Ida's Primarina is her main Pokémon in 'Evolving Research!'.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says Primarina was the first Pokémon to debut as a Water and Fairy type, since Marill and Azumarill were pure Water when they appeared.
• Its Special Attack and Special Defense are the highest of any fully evolved first partner Pokémon, Mega Evolutions aside.
• Bulbapedia says it is the only Fairy-type Pokémon with fins.

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

Base stats

• HP: 80
• Attack: 74
• Defense: 74
• Sp. Atk: 126
• Sp. Def: 116
• Speed: 60

Primarina’s base stat total is 530. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Primarina weak to?

Primarina takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×), Poison (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Fighting (½×), Bug (½×), Dark (½×).

It is immune to Dragon moves.

Evolution

What does Primarina evolve from?

Primarina evolves from Brionne at level 34.

Primarina is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Popplio, Brionne, Primarina.

• Popplio evolves into Brionne at level 17.

Abilities

• Torrent: Strengthens Water moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
• Liquid Voice (hidden ability): Sound-based moves become Water-type.

Moves

Moves Primarina learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Primarina learns the move the moment it evolves: Sparkling Aria.

TM moves (53)

Primarina can learn 53 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Charm, Protect, Water Pulse, Acrobatics, Disarming Voice, Chilling Water, Facade, Swift, Icy Wind, Draining Kiss, Stored Power, Endure, Rain Dance, Snowscape, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Waterfall, Dazzling Gleam, Rest, Substitute, Liquidation, Shadow Ball, Hyper Voice, Energy Ball, Psychic, Encore, Surf, Ice Spinner, Play Rough, Amnesia, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Misty Terrain, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Water Pledge, Giga Impact, Hydro Cannon, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Haze, Uproar, Weather Ball, Flip Turn, Misty Explosion, Psych Up, Whirlpool, Triple Axel, Alluring Voice, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (3):Aqua Ring, Life Dew, Perish Song.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Water 1, Field.
• Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 239.

Pokédex entries

For Primarina, every battle's a stage. Its singing and the dancing of its balloons will mesmerize the audience. (Shield)

With its mouth, it makes sonic waves that sound like beautiful singing. It uses the sonic waves to control its water balloons. (Sword)

Also known as a songstress, it has a fantastical look on moonlit nights when it leads its colony in song. (Ultra Moon)

To Primarina, every battle is a stage. It takes down its prey with beautiful singing and dancing. (Ultra Sun)

Its singing voice is its chief weapon in battle. This Pokémon's Trainer must prioritize the daily maintenance of its throat at all costs. (Moon)

It controls its water balloons with song. The melody is learned from others of its kind and is passed down from one generation to the next. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest HP among Water types in Gen 7: 80.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Water types in Gen 7: 126.
• Highest HP among Fairy types in Gen 7: 80, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 82% of all Pokémon (1.8 m).
• Heavier than 64% of all Pokémon (44 kg).
• Base stat total 530, ranked #163 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #51 of 1,025.
• One of 4 Pokémon that are both Water and Fairy.
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 9 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 65 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 6 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: Primarina (Pokémon), Serebii: Primarina (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (pree-muh-REE-nuh): 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.

Explore

Water-type Pokémon · Fairy-type Pokémon · Water/Fairy weaknesses and matchups · Primarina vs Decidueye · Primarina vs Incineroar · Alola region guide · Torrent ability · Liquid Voice ability · Compare Primarina · Full Pokédex · Type chart · All moves

Browse similar Pokémon

Gen 7 Water-type Pokémon · Gen 7 Fairy-type Pokémon · Gen 7 Pokémon list · Blue Pokémon list · Water 1 egg group · Field egg group · Pokémon that start with P · Seal and Sea Lion Pokémon

← Brionne | Pikipek →