Fantina's Drifblim

Fantina's Drifblim メリッサのフワライド Melissa's Fuwaride

Fantina's Drifblim

Egg obtained Prior to Playing The Leveling Field! Hatches in Playing The Leveling Field! Hatched at Sinnoh Evolves in Playing The Leveling Field! Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With Fantina

→ → This Pokémon spent an unknown amount of episodes in its egg and at most 1 episodes as Drifloon.

Voice actor Japanese English As Drifloon Miyako Itō Michele Knotz As Drifblim Miyako Itō Bella Hudson

Fantina's Drifblim (Japanese: メリッサフワライド Melissa's Fuwaride) is one of Fantina's Pokémon in the games and anime.

In the anime

As a Drifloon

Drifblim is Fantina's main Pokémon in the anime. It is the first Gym Leader's Pokémon (other than Misty's and Brock's) to be confirmed as being hatched from an Egg.

It first appeared as a Drifloon in Playing The Leveling Field!. Fantina used it in an unofficial battle against Ash, and it easily defeated his Buizel (notably lifting it up in the air, despite Buizel's far greater weight) and put his Chimchar to sleep. During Drifloon's battle against Pikachu, it evolved into Drifblim and put Pikachu to sleep, forcing Ash to forfeit.

Ash officially challenged Fantina to a Gym battle in Shield with a Twist!. She called Drifblim out as her final Pokémon. It used Psychic to control Will-O-Wisp and make it rotate rapidly around its body, improving Ash's own shielding strategy he had tried to use against her. Another strategy it used was to come in close and grab the opponent, then executing Hypnosis at point-blank range. This proved to be very effective as it was quickly able to defeat both Pikachu and Buizel this way. In the final match, Ash's Chimchar was able to overpower and destroy Drifblim's shield, and ultimately defeated it, earning Ash the Relic Badge.

Moves used

Using Psychic on the Will-O-Wisp	Move	First used in
	Hypnosis	Playing the Leveling Field!
	Will-O-Wisp	Playing the Leveling Field!
	Psychic	Playing the Leveling Field!
	Ominous Wind	Playing the Leveling Field!
Moves used recently are in bold and have been italicized unless all moves all fit this case.
An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately learned by this Pokémon in the games.

In the games

Unlike in the anime, Drifblim is not Fantina's main Pokémon in her battles; she doesn't even use her (even as a Drifloon) in her official Gym battle against the player in Pokémon Platinum. However, she uses it in at least one battle in every game she has appeared in: Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. Notably, however, her Drifblim is her Pokémon of choice in Super Contests, in which she has nicknamed Loony (Japanese: ばるん Barun).

Super Contest

Loony	Ghost  Flying
Moves
Constrict	Tough	0
Ominous Wind	Smart	0
Focus Energy	Cool	0
Explosion	Beauty	0

Diamond and Pearl

Drifblim ♀ Lv.32	Ghost  Flying
	Held item: None
	Ability: Aftermath
Moves
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special
Minimize	Normal	Status
Gust	Flying	Special
Astonish	Ghost	Physical

Platinum

Battleground

Drifblim ♀ Lv.61	Ghost  Flying
	Held item: None
	Ability: Aftermath
Moves
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special
Psychic	Psychic	Special
Silver Wind	Bug	Special
Baton Pass	Normal	Status

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Drifloon and Drifblim.

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.