#0914 · Paldea · Generation 9 · starter

Quaquaval

Dancer Pokémon · Water/Fighting-type

Quaquaval is a Water/Fighting-type Pokémon, the Dancer Pokémon, number 914 (#0914) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1.8 m tall and weighs 61.9 kg.

Quaquaval is the Dancer Pokémon, a Water and Fighting type whose kicks are strong enough to send a truck rolling. It performs dances from far-off lands, and its decorative water feathers can slice into foes.

How to pronounce Quaquaval

Quaquaval is pronounced KWAH-kwuh-val. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Quaquaval said out loud:

In Japanese it is ウェーニバル (Wanival).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Quaquaval is a humanoid waterfowl, 1.8 m tall and 61.9 kg, with dark blue plumage, a white head, neck and chest, and a large slick crest. Its arms end in three-feathered 'hands', and its yellow feet are made of rounded segments with three toes each. Teardrop-shaped water feathers, released from organs on its tail feathers, fan out behind its back and, Bulbapedia says, spin round its body like a buzzsaw when it attacks.

Behaviour

Quaquaval is a performer. The Pokédex says its dances mesmerise everyone who sees them, evoking places far away, and it uses its powerful, well-trained legs for both dancing and kicking.

Habitat

The Pokédex names no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it does not appear in the wild and is obtained only by evolving Quaxwell.

Powers

Its signature move is Aqua Step, a light, fluid dance that hits and raises its Speed; Bulbapedia says no other known Pokémon can learn it. It also uses Wave Crash, Close Combat, Aqua Jet and Liquidation. Its Ability is Torrent, with Moxie hidden. With base Attack 120 it hits hard for a dancer.

Name origin

Quaquaval may combine quá-quá, Spanish and Portuguese for a duck's sound, with 'aqua' and carnaval ('carnival'), and it also echoes 'quaquaversal', meaning radiating in all directions, like its water feathers. The Japanese name is Wanival (ウェーニバル), possibly 'wave' and 'carnival'.

Design inspiration

Quaquaval may be mainly a peacock, since its water feathers work like a peacock's train, with some of the Iberian red-knobbed coot, a bird with lobed feet and a red head ornament. Its dancing and plumage recall the performers of Rio's carnival, and its Fighting type and Aqua Step may nod to capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that mixes in dance. These are fan readings, not official statements.

Evolution notes

Quaxwell evolves into Quaquaval at level 36.

In the games

Quaquaval is the final form of Quaxly, the Water choice among the first partner Pokémon, and in Scarlet and Violet, where it first appeared, you get one by evolving Quaxwell. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Dot's Quaquaval debuted in 'Dot and Quaxwell Step it Up!', when her Quaxwell evolved mid-fight with Iono's Bellibolt, and it Terastallized into a pure Water type before that episode ended.

Fun facts

• As of Generation IX, Bulbapedia notes, every other fully evolved Water-type first partner can learn Ice Beam or Blizzard, but Quaquaval cannot.
• Its base Attack is the highest of any Water type introduced in Generation IX, if you set aside Palafin's Hero Form.
• Clavell, who hands out first partners in Scarlet and Violet, has a Quaquaval sync pair in Pokémon Masters EX.
• In Pokémon UNITE you play it as a melee all-rounder, starting as Quaxly and evolving at levels 5 and 7.

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

Base stats

• HP: 85
• Attack: 120
• Defense: 80
• Sp. Atk: 85
• Sp. Def: 75
• Speed: 85

Quaquaval’s base stat total is 530. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Quaquaval weak to?

Quaquaval takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×), Flying (2×), Psychic (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

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

Evolution

What does Quaquaval evolve from?

Quaquaval evolves from Quaxwell at level 36.

Quaquaval is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Quaxly, Quaxwell, Quaquaval.

• Quaxly evolves into Quaxwell at level 16.

Abilities

• Torrent: Strengthens Water moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
• Moxie (hidden ability): Raises Attack one stage upon KOing a Pokémon.

Moves

Moves Quaquaval learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Quaquaval learns the move the moment it evolves: Aqua Step.

TM moves (52)

Quaquaval can learn 52 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Protect, Water Pulse, Low Kick, Acrobatics, Disarming Voice, Chilling Water, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Icy Wind, Low Sweep, Air Cutter, Fling, Endure, Rain Dance, Brick Break, U-turn, Bulk Up, Air Slash, Sleep Talk, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Substitute, Liquidation, Encore, Surf, Ice Spinner, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Reversal, Misty Terrain, Hydro Pump, Water Pledge, Giga Impact, Hydro Cannon, Hurricane, Hyper Beam, Brave Bird, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Knock Off, Flip Turn, Psych Up, Endeavor, Whirlpool, Triple Axel, Coaching, Feather Dance, Upper Hand.

Egg moves (1):Counter.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Flying, Water 1.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• 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 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 265.

Pokédex entries

Dancing in ways that evoke far-away places, this Pokémon mesmerizes all that see it. Flourishes of its decorative water feathers slice into its foes. (Violet)

A single kick from a Quaquaval can send a truck rolling. This Pokémon uses its powerful legs to perform striking dances from far-off lands. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Attack among Water types in Gen 9: 120.
• Taller than 82% of all Pokémon (1.8 m).
• Heavier than 73% of all Pokémon (61.9 kg).
• Base stat total 530, ranked #163 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #91 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Water and Fighting.
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 9 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• 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 2 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: Quaquaval (Pokémon), Serebii: Quaquaval (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (KWAH-kwuh-val): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

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

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