Is Cobalion Good in Black 2 & White 2 Playthrough?
Steel/Fighting with AbilityJustified raising Attack when hit by Dark. Static encounter on Route 13. Available before the E4. Handles Grimsley through Fighting and Drayden through Steel. A reliable pre-Championship legendary catch.
Cobalion resists most of Cheren's coverage and hits back hard.
Cobalion has the type edge here and should clean up Roxie's team.
Cobalion resists most of Burgh's coverage and hits back hard.
Cobalion has the type edge here and should clean up Elesa's team.
Cobalion resists most of Clay's coverage and hits back hard.
Cobalion has the type edge here and should clean up Skyla's team.
Cobalion trades roughly evenly with Drayden's team.
Cobalion has the type edge here and should clean up Marlon's team.
Cobalion trades roughly evenly with Shauntal's team.
Cobalion resists most of Grimsley's coverage and hits back hard.
Cobalion trades roughly evenly with Caitlin's team.
Cobalion has the type edge here and should clean up Marshal's team.
Cobalion has the type edge here and should clean up Iris's team.
Catch Cobalion on Route 13 (interact, Lv 45, limited).
How to Get Cobalion in Black 2 & White 2
Cobalion is a fixed encounter, not a random spawn. Walk up to it, interact, and the battle starts immediately. Head to Route 13 when your team is ready for the fight.
How to Get Cobalion in Black 2 & White 2
Cobalion Weakness
Type-wise, Cobalion takes extra damage from Fire, Fighting, and Ground. Poison moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. It resists 9 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Cobalion's physical bulk (base 129 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Grass, Ice, Ghost, Dragon, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Cobalion Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Cobalion
 Tepig Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift | ||
 Growlithe Fire | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Growlithe builds →Flame Wheel 2x30-36% Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
 Riolu Fighting | C | |
Tepig Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Tepig builds →Flame Charge 2x26-32% Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
 Pignite FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Aspertia City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Pignite builds →Flame Charge 2x29-35% Rock Smash 2x24-28% | ||
Growlithe Fire | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Growlithe builds →Fire Fang 2x29-35% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
Riolu Fighting | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x50-58% Rock Smash 2x17-21% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Arcanine builds →Fire Fang 2x44-52% Dig 2x34-41% Rock Smash 2x17-21% | ||
 Darumaka Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Darumaka builds →Fire Punch 2x42-50% Dig 2x29-35% Rock Smash 2x17-19% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Flareon builds →Fire Fang 2x50-58% Dig 2x39-47% Rock Smash 2x21-25% | ||
 Trapinch Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Trapinch builds →Dig 2x50-58% Rock Smash 2x17-21% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x78-93% Dig 2x36-43% | ||
Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x46-54% Brick Break 2x29-34% | ||
Darumaka Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Darumaka builds →Flare Blitz 2x61-72% Dig 2x28-33% Brick Break 2x26-31% | ||
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Arcanine builds →Fire Fang 2x41-49% Dig 2x32-38% Rock Smash 2x17-21% | ||
 Simisear Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Simisear builds →Flame Burst 2x61-72% Dig 2x30-36% Brick Break 2x28-33% | ||
 Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x86-102%KO Hammer Arm 2x48-58% Dig 2x39-47% | ||
Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x79-93% Dig 2x36-42% | ||
 Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x71-84% Brick Break 2x36-42% | ||
 Emboar FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Aspertia City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Emboar builds →Hammer Arm 2x65-77% Flame Charge 2x34-41% Bulldoze 2x27-32% | ||
 Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Obtain MethodRelic Castle Interact Encounter | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x89-105%KO Superpower 2x59-70% Dig 2x40-48% | ||
 Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Obtain MethodRelic Castle Interact Encounter | ||
Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x79-94% Dig 2x36-43% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x71-84% Brick Break 2x36-43% | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x87-103%KO Superpower 2x58-69% Dig 2x39-46% | ||
Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Obtain MethodRelic Castle Interact Encounter | ||
Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x80-94% Dig 2x36-43% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x70-83% Brick Break 2x36-43% | ||
Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Obtain MethodRelic Castle Interact Encounter | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x87-102%KO Superpower 2x58-68% Earthquake 2x48-57% | ||
 Gurdurr Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Gurdurr builds →Focus Punch 2x84-99% Dig 2x30-36% | ||
Emboar FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Aspertia City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Emboar builds →Flare Blitz 2x77-91% Hammer Arm 2x65-76% Earthquake 2x43-51% | ||
In Black 2 & White 2, Volcarona can KO Cobalion with Fire Blast (150-176%). Conkeldurr's Drain Punch hits Cobalion for 72-85%. Landorus deals 77-90% with Earthquake.
Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityFlame Body ItemLum Berry NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Volcarona builds →Giga Drain17-20% Fire Blast 2x150-176%KO | ||
 Conkeldurr Fighting | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityGuts ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Conkeldurr builds →Drain Punch 2x72-85% Mach Punch 2x38-46% | ||
 Landorus Ground | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySheerforce ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Cobalion View Landorus builds →Earthquake 2x77-90% U Turn4-5% Stone Edge6-7% | ||
Cobalion Evolutions
No breeding, no evolution. Cobalion is a Steel/Fighting legendary with 580 base stat total that you obtain once and build around. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
B2W2 Cobalion Best Moveset
Steel/Fighting at 129 Defense and 108 Speed with AbilityJustified boosting Attack on Dark hits. The moveset absorbs physical attacks through Steel typing while firing Fighting and Steel TermStab from 90 offenses. Resists 8 types. Opponents need Ground or Fire coverage to answer the defensive typing.
Best Build
Cobalion best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Volt Switch
- Iron Head
- Swords Dance
- Hidden Power Ice
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Cobalion's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Close Combat and Focus Blast, but Normal and Flying and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It has a body and heart of steel. It worked with its allies to punish people when they hurt Pokémon.
Cobalion Black 2 & White 2 Guide
In Black 2 & White 2, Cobalion is a Legendary Pokemon rated B-Tier. At 580 BST, it hits hard. It excels as a pivot. Volt Switch with Leftovers is the standard set.
Cobalion is a static encounter at Unova Route 13 in Black 2 & White 2. Cobalion appears at level 45. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Black 2 & White 2, Cobalion's biggest threats include Infernape (Fire), Conkeldurr (Fighting), and Excadrill (Ground), all carrying super-effective STAB moves.
Justified is the go-to ability for Cobalion. It raises Attack one stage upon taking damage from a dark move. It's Cobalion's only ability.
Cobalion is a mixed attacker with base 90 Attack and 90 Sp. Atk. Tanky enough to absorb a few hits, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 108 Speed lets it outrun most of the field. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Since Black & White, Cobalion has appeared in 9 games. Legendary Pokemon like Cobalion are usually found through story events or special post-game areas rather than random encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BWDebut
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves