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How to beat Ghetsis in Black & White

Ghetsis’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
  • CofagrigusLv 52Ghost typeMoves: Ghost and Psychic. It also poisons (Toxic or a poison powder), whatever your types; Poison and Steel types can’t be poisoned.
  • BouffalantLv 52Normal typeMoves: Normal, Electric, Ground and Poison
  • SeismitoadLv 52Water and Ground typeMoves: Water, Poison and Ground
  • BisharpLv 52Dark and Steel typeMoves: Dark, Bug and Rock
  • EelektrossLv 52Electric typeLevitateMoves: Dark, Electric, Fire and Flying
  • HydreigonLv 54Dark and Dragon typeLevitateMoves: Dragon, Water, Fire and Fighting

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 6 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Fighting4× · 3/6Grass4× · 1/6Fire2× · 1/6Ice2× · 1/6

+5 more

Ground2× · 1/6Bug2× · 1/6Ghost2× · 1/6Dragon2× · 1/6Dark2× · 1/6

Good to catch

Catchable before Ghetsis in Black & White.

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

  • MienshaoFightinghits 4× with Fighting · 3/6Jump Kick · Lv 37switch out against Cofagrigus and EelektrossCatch Mienfoo · Dragonspiral Tower · evolves at 50 Add
  • ScraftyDarkFightinghits 4× with Dark or Fighting · 4/6High Jump Kick · Lv 31switch out against Eelektross and HydreigonCatch Scraggy · Route 4 · evolves at 39 Add
  • SawkFightinghits 4× with Fighting · 3/6Close Combat · Lv 49switch out against Cofagrigus and EelektrossCatch Sawk · Pinwheel Forest Add
  • ThrohFightinghits 4× with Fighting · 3/6Superpower · Lv 49switch out against Cofagrigus and EelektrossCatch Throh · Pinwheel Forest Add
  • DruddigonDragonhits 4× with Dark, Fighting or Dragon · 4/6Revenge · Lv 35switch out against HydreigonCatch Druddigon · Dragonspiral Tower Add
  • SeismitoadWaterGroundhits 4× with Fighting · 3/6Drain Punch · Lv 44takes 1×Catch Tympole · Pinwheel Forest · evolves at 36 Add

Slot by slot

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

  • CofagrigusLv 52Beat it withScraftyhits 2×Crunch · Lv 38 watch out: poisonWallBisharp takes ¼×Catch Pawniard · Route 9 · evolves at 52
  • BouffalantLv 52Beat it withMienshaohits 2×Jump Kick · Lv 37WallNo catch resists all of its moves.
  • SeismitoadLv 52Beat it withFerrothornhits 4×Power Whip · Lv 40Catch Ferroseed · Chargestone Cave · evolves at 40WallNo catch resists all of its moves.
  • BisharpLv 52Beat it withMienshaohits 4×Jump Kick · Lv 37WallSawk takes ½×
  • EelektrossLv 52Beat it withEelektross has no weakness in Black & White.WallNo catch resists all of its moves.
  • HydreigonLv 54Beat it withMienshaohits 2×Jump Kick · Lv 37WallNo catch resists all of its moves.

Other bosses in Black & White

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

Quick picks for Black & White

Up nextAlderChampion, ChampionLv 77. Team types: Bug, Normal, Dragon, Ice, Steel and Fire. Accelgor, Bouffalant, Druddigon, Vanilluxe, Escavalier and Volcarona.

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. 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, up next. Team types: Bug, Normal, Dragon, Ice, Steel and Fire. Accelgor, Bouffalant, Druddigon, Vanilluxe, Escavalier and Volcarona.