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How to beat Bianca (Tepig start) in Black & White

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

Plan with your team

Their team

Other bosses
  • StoutlandLv 38Normal typeMoves: Dark and Normal
  • SimipourLv 38Water typeMoves: Ghost, Normal and Water
  • MusharnaLv 38Psychic typeMoves: Psychic. It also puts you to sleep with a move like Hypnosis or Sleep Powder.
  • SerperiorLv 40Grass typeMoves: Grass and Normal

Hit it with

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

Bug2× · 2/4Fire2× · 1/4Electric2× · 1/4Grass2× · 1/4

+6 more

Ice2× · 1/4Fighting2× · 1/4Poison2× · 1/4Flying2× · 1/4Ghost2× · 1/4Dark2× · 1/4

Good to catch

Catchable before Bianca in Black & White.

Five take normal hits from their moves. One is weak to part of their team: switch out where the card says.

  • GalvantulaBugElectrichits 2× with Electric or Bug · 3/4Signal Beam · Lv 34takes 1×Catch Joltik · Chargestone Cave · evolves at 36 Add
  • LeavannyBugGrasshits 2× with Grass or Bug · 3/4Leaf Blade · Lv 36takes 1×Catch Leavanny · Lostlorn Forest · rare Add
  • ArcheopsRockFlyinghits 2× with Dark or Flying · 2/4Pluck · Lv 15switch out against SimipourGet Archen · Nacrene City (fossil from Relic Castle) · evolves at 37 · one of Carracosta or Archeops Add
  • ScraftyDarkFightinghits 2× with Fighting or Dark · 2/4High Jump Kick · Lv 31takes 1×Catch Scraggy · Route 4 · evolves at 39 Add
  • SawsbuckNormalGrasshits 2× with Fighting, Grass or Dark · 3/4Horn Leech · Lv 37takes 1×Catch Deerling · Route 6 · evolves at 34 Add
  • SimisageGrasshits 2× with Grass, Dark or Flying · 3/4Seed Bomb · Lv 22takes 1×Get Pansage (Dreamyard, gift if you chose Tepig) and use a Leaf Stone Add

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 31WallExcadrill takes ½×Catch Drilbur · Wellspring Cave · evolves at 31
  • SimipourLv 38Beat it withLeavannyhits 2×Leaf Blade · Lv 36WallFerrothorn takes ½×Catch Ferroseed · Chargestone Cave · evolves at 40
  • MusharnaLv 38Beat it withScraftyhits 2×Crunch · Lv 38WallKrookodile takes 0×Catch Sandile · Relic Castle · evolves at 40
  • SerperiorLv 40Beat it withArcheopshits 2×Pluck · Lv 15WallFerrothorn takes ½×Catch Ferroseed · Chargestone Cave · evolves at 40

Other bosses in Black & White

Every boss, in the order you meet them. All Black & White bosses

Quick picks for Black & White

Up nextDraydenin Black, in BlackLv 43. Team types: Dragon. Fraxure, Druddigon and Haxorus.

Gyms and your rivals

  1. 01ChiliSnivy startLv 14. Team types: Normal and Fire. Lillipup and Pansear.
  2. 01CressTepig startLv 14. Team types: Normal and Water. Lillipup and Panpour.
  3. 01CilanOshawott startLv 14. Team types: Normal and Grass. Lillipup and Pansage.
  4. 02LenoraNacreneLv 20. Team types: Normal. Herdier and Watchog.
  5. 03BurghCasteliaLv 23. Team types: Bug, Poison, Rock and Grass. Whirlipede, Dwebble and Leavanny.
  6. 04ElesaNimbasaLv 27. Team types: Electric and Flying. Emolga, Emolga and Zebstrika.
  7. 05ClayDriftveilLv 31. Team types: Ground, Dark, Water and Steel. Krokorok, Palpitoad and Excadrill.
  8. 06SkylaMistraltonLv 35. Team types: Psychic, Flying, Normal and Water. Swoobat, Unfezant and Swanna.
  9. 07BrycenIcirrusLv 39. Team types: Ice. Vanillish, Cryogonal and Beartic.
  10. 08BiancaSnivy startLv 40. Team types: Normal, Fire, Psychic and Water. Stoutland, Simisear, Musharna and Samurott.
  11. 08BiancaTepig startLv 40. Team types: Normal, Water, Psychic and Grass. Stoutland, Simipour, Musharna and Serperior.
  12. 08BiancaOshawott startLv 40. Team types: Normal, Grass, Psychic, Fire and Fighting. Stoutland, Simisage, Musharna and Emboar.
  13. 09Draydenin BlackLv 43, up next. Team types: Dragon. Fraxure, Druddigon and Haxorus.
  14. 09Irisin WhiteLv 43. Team types: Dragon. Fraxure, Druddigon and Haxorus.

Before the Elite Four

  1. 01CherenSnivy startLv 45. Team types: Normal, Flying, Dark, Grass, Fire and Fighting. Unfezant, Liepard, Simisage and Emboar.
  2. 01CherenTepig startLv 45. Team types: Normal, Flying, Dark, Fire and Water. Unfezant, Liepard, Simisear and Samurott.
  3. 01CherenOshawott startLv 45. Team types: Normal, Flying, Dark, Water and Grass. Unfezant, Liepard, Simipour and Serperior.

Elite Four and Champion

  1. 01ShauntalElite FourLv 50. Team types: Ghost, Water, Ground and Fire. Cofagrigus, Jellicent, Golurk and Chandelure.
  2. 02GrimsleyElite FourLv 50. Team types: Dark, Fighting, Ground and Steel. Scrafty, Liepard, Krookodile and Bisharp.
  3. 03CaitlinElite FourLv 50. Team types: Psychic and Flying. Reuniclus, Musharna, Sigilyph and Gothitelle.
  4. 04MarshalElite FourLv 50. Team types: Fighting. Throh, Sawk, Conkeldurr and Mienshao.

Story finale

  1. 01Nin BlackLv 52. Team types: Dragon, Electric, Water, Rock, Ice, Flying, Dark and Steel. Zekrom, Carracosta, Vanilluxe, Archeops, Zoroark and Klinklang.
  2. 01Nin WhiteLv 52. Team types: Dragon, Fire, Water, Rock, Ice, Flying, Dark and Steel. Reshiram, Carracosta, Vanilluxe, Archeops, Zoroark and Klinklang.
  3. 02GhetsisTeam PlasmaLv 54. Team types: Ghost, Normal, Water, Ground, Dark, Steel, Electric and Dragon. Cofagrigus, Bouffalant, Seismitoad, Bisharp, Eelektross and Hydreigon.

Post-game

  1. 01AlderChampionLv 77. Team types: Bug, Normal, Dragon, Ice, Steel and Fire. Accelgor, Bouffalant, Druddigon, Vanilluxe, Escavalier and Volcarona.