Is Drilbur Good in Black 2 & White 2 Playthrough?
Ground with AbilitySand Rush doubling Speed in sandstorm. Wild in caves. One of the best catches in BW2, just like it was in BW. Excadrill at level 31 adds Steel and dominates from mid-game through Iris.
Drilbur resists most of Cheren's coverage and hits back hard.
Drilbur trades roughly evenly with Roxie's team.
Drilbur trades roughly evenly with Burgh's team.
Drilbur trades roughly evenly with Elesa's team.
Drilbur trades roughly evenly with Clay's team.
Excadrill trades roughly evenly with Skyla's team.
Excadrill trades roughly evenly with Drayden's team.
Excadrill trades roughly evenly with Marlon's team.
Excadrill trades roughly evenly with Shauntal's team.
Excadrill has the type edge here and should clean up Grimsley's team.
Excadrill trades roughly evenly with Caitlin's team.
Excadrill trades roughly evenly with Marshal's team.
Excadrill trades roughly evenly with Iris's team.
Catch Drilbur on Relic Passage (dust cloud, Lv 27-30, common). Shaking/Bubbling spots.
Your Drilbur should hit Level 31 before you reach Skyla, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Drilbur in Black 2 & White 2
Drilbur's scattered across 18 spots in mid-game routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.
Where To Catch Drilbur in B2W2
Drilbur is your first catch on the way to Drilbur. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 16-58 across 62 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Drilbur ✓Chargestone Cave - 1FLv.25-28Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotMistralton Cave - 1FLv.27-30Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotMistralton Cave - 2FLv.27-30Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotMistralton Cave - 3FLv.27-30Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotChargestone Cave - B1FLv.28-31Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotChargestone Cave - B2FLv.28-31Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotRelic Passage - Room 3Lv.16-19Dust clouds in cavesRate 80%AnyShaking spotRelic Passage - Room 1Lv.27-30Dust clouds in cavesRate 80%AnyShaking spotRelic Passage - Room 2Lv.27-30Dust clouds in cavesRate 80%AnyShaking spot
Step 2Catch or Evolve into ExcadrillReversal Mountain - B1F/R5Lv.32-35Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotReversal Mountain - Room 1Lv.32-35Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotReversal Mountain - Room 2Lv.32-35Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotReversal Mountain - Room 3Lv.32-35Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotReversal Mountain - Room 4Lv.32-35Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotSeaside Cave - 1FLv.34-37Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotSeaside Cave - B1FLv.39-42Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotGiant Chasm - CaveLv.44-47Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotGiant Chasm - Inner CaveLv.44-47Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotVictory Road - 2FLv.41-44Dust clouds in cavesRate 80%AnyShaking spotWellspring Cave - 1FLv.55-58Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotWellspring Cave - B1FLv.55-58Dust clouds in cavesRate 100%AnyShaking spotVictory Road - 4FLv.47-50Dust clouds in cavesRate 80%AnyShaking spotVictory Road - N's CastleLv.47-50Dust clouds in cavesRate 80%AnyShaking spotUnderground Ruins - All areasLv.54-57Dust clouds in cavesRate 80%AnyShaking spotClay Tunnel - Room 1Lv.54-57Dust clouds in cavesRate 75%AnyShaking spotClay Tunnel - Room 2Lv.54-57Dust clouds in cavesRate 75%AnyShaking spotClay Tunnel - Room 3Lv.54-57Dust clouds in cavesRate 75%AnyShaking spotTwist Mountain - 1FLv.54-57Dust clouds in cavesRate 75%AnyShaking spotTwist Mountain - 2FLv.54-57Dust clouds in cavesRate 75%AnyShaking spotTwist Mountain - 3FLv.54-57Dust clouds in cavesRate 75%AnyShaking spotTwist Mountain - B1FLv.54-57Dust clouds in cavesRate 75%AnyShaking spotor evolve from Drilbur (Step 1)
Drilbur Weakness
Water, Grass, and Ice moves hit Drilbur for super-effective damage. The upside? Electric-type moves can't touch it at all. Standard number of weaknesses for the Ground typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Drilbur Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Drilbur
 Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Leafeon Grass | B | |
 Whimsicott Grass | C | |
 Swadloon BugGrass | C | |
 Servine Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Snivy (Aspertia City Gift) | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
Leafeon Grass | B | |
 Maractus Grass | C | |
Whimsicott Grass | C | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Drilbur View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 2x200-235%KO | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drilbur View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x141-166%KO Blizzard 2x118-138%KO | ||
Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Swanna Water | C | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Drilbur View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 2x199-235%KO | ||
Pelipper Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drilbur View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x140-165%KO Blizzard 2x117-138%KO | ||
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Swanna Water | C | |
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drilbur View Gyarados builds →Aqua Tail 2x184-216%KO Ice Fang 2x89-104%KO | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Drilbur View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 2x201-237%KO | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | B | |
 Glaceon Ice | C | |
In Black 2 & White 2, Breloom's Bullet Seed hits Drilbur for 43-50%. Weavile's Ice Shard hits Drilbur for 57-67%.
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Drilbur View Breloom builds →Mach Punch33-39% Bullet Seed 2x43-50% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLife Orb NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Drilbur View Weavile builds →Ice Shard 2x57-67% | ||
Drilbur Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Drilbur grows into Excadrill through a straightforward two-stage chain. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Drilbur. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Drilbur easily with 181 breeding partners from the Ground egg group. Pass egg moves like Crush Claw, Earth Power, Iron Defense and 5 more to offspring.
B2W2 Drilbur Best Moveset
AbilitySand Rush doubles Speed in sandstorm, and 85 Attack fires Ground TermStab at impressive pre-evolution power. The moveset previews Excadrill's sand attacker identity. AbilityMold Breaker ignores defensive abilities as an alternative. One evolution from the format's defining sand attacker.
Best Build
Drilbur best EVs are Sp. Def and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Drilbur picks up Crush Claw and Earth Power only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Earthquake and Earth Power while coverage across 9 types adds range.
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
By spinning its body, it can dig straight through the ground at a speed of 30 mph.
Drilbur Black 2 & White 2 Guide
For Black 2 & White 2, you can run Drilbur through the first few routes without issues. 328 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Excadrill as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Drilbur joined the series in Black & White and has been available in 9 titles so far. With 6 generations of appearances, it's established itself despite the later start.
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