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Battle plan · Black & White

How to beat Bianca (Snivy start)

Bianca’s team, what hits it hard, and what you can catch before the fight in Black & White. Add your own team to see who to lead with.

Plan with your team

Stuck on a gym or a rival?

Pick one for their whole team, or their type. Pick two for a dual type.

Quick picks for Black & White

Gyms and your rivals

Before the Elite Four

Elite Four and Champion

Story finale

Post-game

Bianca: 6 good catches.

Their team

  • StoutlandLv 38Normal typeMoves: Dark and Normal
  • SimisearLv 38Fire typeMoves: Ghost, Normal and Fire
  • MusharnaLv 38Psychic typeMoves: Psychic
  • SamurottLv 40Water typeMoves: Fighting, Water and Normal

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 4 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Water2× · 1/4Electric2× · 1/4Grass2× · 1/4Fighting2× · 1/4Ground2× · 1/4Bug2× · 1/4Rock2× · 1/4Ghost2× · 1/4Dark2× · 1/4

Good to catch

Catchable before Bianca in Black & White.

4 take normal hits from their moves. 2 are weak to part of their team: switch out where the card says.

  • BasculinWaterhits 2× with Water or Dark · 2 of 4Crunch · Lv 24takes 1×Striaton City (Surf)
  • KrookodileGroundDarkhits 2× with Ground or Dark · 2 of 4Crunch · Lv 28switch out against SamurottCatch Sandile · Relic Castle
  • ScraftyDarkFightinghits 2× with Fighting or Dark · 2 of 4High Jump Kick · Lv 31switch out against SamurottCatch Scraggy · Route 4
  • SimipourWaterhits 2× with Water or Dark · 2 of 4Bite · Lv 19takes 1×Get Panpour · Dreamyard (gift if you chose Snivy), then a Water Stone
  • DruddigonDragonhits 2× with Fighting or Dark · 2 of 4Crunch · Lv 25takes 1×Dragonspiral Tower
  • AlomomolaWaterhits 2× with Fighting or Water · 2 of 4Water Pulse · Lv 25takes 1×Driftveil City (Surf)

Slot by slot

What to send against each of their Pokémon, and what takes its moves best.

  • StoutlandLv 38Beat it withScraftyhits 2×High Jump Kick · Lv 31WallFerrothorn takes ½×Catch Ferroseed · Chargestone Cave
  • SimisearLv 38Beat it withBasculinhits 2×Aqua Tail · Lv 28WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
  • MusharnaLv 38Beat it withKrookodilehits 2×Crunch · Lv 28WallScrafty takes 0×
  • SamurottLv 40Beat it withEelektrosshits 2×Spark · Lv 1Catch Tynamo · Chargestone Cave, then a Thunder Stone · rareWallJellicent takes ½×Catch Frillish · Driftveil City (Surf)