Is Huntail Good in Black 2 & White 2 Playthrough?
Deep Sea Tooth trade on Clamperl. Water with AbilitySwift Swim. If obtained, decent Attack with Shell Smash for a massive stat boost. One Shell Smash and Huntail outspeeds and outpowers most things. The trade access limits it.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Cheren's team.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Roxie's team.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Burgh's team.
Huntail has the type edge here and should clean up Elesa's team.
Gorebyss has the type edge here and should clean up Elesa's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Elesa:
Huntail resists most of Clay's coverage and hits back hard.
Gorebyss resists most of Clay's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Clay:
Huntail has the type edge here and should clean up Skyla's team.
Gorebyss trades roughly evenly with Skyla's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Skyla:
Huntail has the type edge here and should clean up Drayden's team.
Gorebyss trades roughly evenly with Drayden's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Drayden:
Huntail trades roughly evenly with Marlon's team.
Gorebyss trades roughly evenly with Marlon's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Marlon:
Huntail has the type edge here and should clean up Shauntal's team.
Gorebyss has the type edge here and should clean up Shauntal's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Shauntal:
Huntail has the type edge here and should clean up Grimsley's team.
Gorebyss has the type edge here and should clean up Grimsley's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Grimsley:
Huntail has the type edge here and should clean up Caitlin's team.
Gorebyss trades roughly evenly with Caitlin's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Caitlin:
Huntail trades roughly evenly with Marshal's team.
Gorebyss has the type edge here and should clean up Marshal's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Marshal:
Huntail trades roughly evenly with Iris's team.
Gorebyss trades roughly evenly with Iris's team.
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Catch Huntail on Route 4 (rippling water fishing, Lv 50-70, rare). Shaking/Bubbling spots.
Catch Gorebyss on Route 4 (rippling water fishing, Lv 50-70, rare). Shaking/Bubbling spots.
Catch Clamperl on Route 4 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 40-60, common).
How to Get Huntail in Black 2 & White 2
Huntail's 2-stage line starts with Clamperl, which appears at solid rates in the locations below. Level through 2 stages while you find a trade partner. Everything except the trade step is solo.
Where To Catch Huntail in B2W2
Clamperl is your first catch on the way to Huntail. You'll find fishing and walking encounters from Lv. 40-70 across 3 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Catch ClamperlRoute 4Lv.40-60Super RodRate 30%Any- Step 2Huntail ✓Route 4Lv.50-70Rippling Water FishBlack 2Rate 5%AnyShaking spotor evolve from Clamperl (Step 1)
Huntail Weakness
Huntail's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Huntail's physical bulk (base 105 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Huntail Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Huntail
 Snivy Grass | D | |
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift | ||
 Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Leafeon Grass | B | |
 Whimsicott Grass | C | |
 Servine Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Snivy (Aspertia City Gift) | ||
 Swadloon BugGrass | C | |
 Maractus Grass | C | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
Leafeon Grass | B | |
Whimsicott Grass | C | |
Huntail Evolutions
Out of 2 evolutions from Clamperl, Huntail comes from the trade route. The method you use determines which form you end up with. Breed through Clamperl to get eggs. Both Huntail and Gorebyss hit 485 total stats from Clamperl. The difference is how those stats are split. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Huntail to get Clamperl eggs easily using 78 partners from the Water1 egg group. Notable egg moves include Aqua Ring, Barrier, Body Slam and 8 more.
B2W2 Huntail Best Moveset
104 Attack fires physical Water TermStab with AbilitySwift Swim doubling 52 Speed in rain. The moveset answers Fire and Ground types in rain. MoveShell Smash adds a setup option that boosts Attack, Sp. Atk, and Speed at defense cost. 105 Defense absorbs one physical hit.
Best Build
Huntail best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Ice Fang
- Shell Smash
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Aqua Ring and Barrier from the egg pool give Huntail something extra.
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
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It lives deep in the sea. With a tail shaped like a small fish, it attracts unsuspecting prey.
Huntail Black 2 & White 2 Guide
In Black 2 & White 2, Swift Swim changes the entire equation for Huntail. The 485 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked C-Tier as an attacker. Waterfall with Focus Sash is the standard set.
No. Huntail is not catchable in the wild. It only comes from trade-evolving Clamperl. Trade needs a Game Boy Advance link cable and a second GBA running another Gen 3 game (FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald). Trade Clamperl to a friend, then have them trade it back. The 2026 Switch re-release supports the same trade through local wireless on the Pokemon Center 2F Wireless Club, with no cables required. The Deep Sea Tooth must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
Swift Swim is what you want on Huntail. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Water Veil) work on paper but Swift Swim is what makes Huntail worth using.
At base 52 Speed, it won't be moving first often. On offense, Huntail is a physical attacker with base 104 Attack. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two. Best used as an attacker.
Game Availability
Obtainable through a trade evolution, Huntail appears in 13 titles across 8 generations since Ruby & Sapphire. The evolution method adds a barrier that wild-catchable Pokemon don't have.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
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