Is Joltik Good in Black 2 & White 2 Playthrough?
Bug/Electric with AbilityCompound Eyes boosting move accuracy. Wild in Chargestone Cave. Galvantula at level 36 is one of the best Pokemon in BW2. AbilityCompound Eyes turns Thunder into a 91% accuracy nuke. Get one.
Joltik has the type edge here and should clean up Cheren's team.
Joltik trades roughly evenly with Roxie's team.
Joltik trades roughly evenly with Burgh's team.
Elesa's team hits Joltik's weaknesses hard.
Clay's team hits Joltik's weaknesses hard.
Galvantula has the type edge here and should clean up Skyla's team.
Galvantula trades roughly evenly with Drayden's team.
Galvantula has the type edge here and should clean up Marlon's team.
Galvantula trades roughly evenly with Shauntal's team.
Galvantula has the type edge here and should clean up Grimsley's team.
Galvantula has the type edge here and should clean up Caitlin's team.
Galvantula trades roughly evenly with Marshal's team.
Galvantula trades roughly evenly with Iris's team.
Catchable
Catch Joltik in Chargestone Cave (walking, Lv 25-28, common).
Evolve Joltik to Galvantula
Joltik evolves into Galvantula at Level 36. Your Joltik should hit Level 36 before you reach Skyla, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Joltik in Black 2 & White 2
Nothing about finding Joltik is hard except the commute. The one area it calls home keeps it common in the grass at levels 25 to 31.
Where To Catch Joltik in B2W2
The line opens with Joltik at Lv. 25-31 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Evolve into Galvantula
To plan your throws, open the Black 2 & White 2 catch rate calculator with Joltik preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Joltik in Black 2 & White 2
Joltik sparks its shiny with a foreign-language Ditto at the Day Care, where each egg hatches at 1 in 1,024. Compare Shiny Joltik odds across every game
Black 2 & White 2 Shiny Joltik Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method at full boosts, about 1 in 1,024 on each try. Tune it below.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 108 |
| 25%one in four | 295 |
| 50%coin flip | 710 |
| 90%very likely | 2,357 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Black 2 & White 2 shiny odds calculator with Joltik already selected.
Joltik Weakness
Joltik's Bug/Electric typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire and Rock. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Joltik Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Joltik
 Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Joltik View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x237-279%KO Rock Slide 2x100-118%KO | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
 Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Obtain MethodRelic Castle Interact Encounter | ||
 Emboar FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Aspertia City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Joltik View Emboar builds →Flame Charge 2x91-108%KO Rock Slide 2x90-106%KO | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Simisear Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Joltik View Simisear builds →Flame Burst 2x104-123%KO Rock Slide 2x74-88% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
 Crustle BugRock | C | |
 Boldore Rock | C | |
 Lairon SteelRock | C | |
 Litwick GhostFire | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
Joltik Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Joltik grows into Galvantula through a straightforward two-stage chain. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 153 total stats over Joltik. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Joltik easily with 65 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Cross Poison, Disable, Feint Attack and 4 more to offspring.
B2W2 Joltik Best Moveset
Bug/Electric at 57 Sp. Atk with AbilityCompound Eyes boosting accuracy. The moveset fires dual TermStab at pre-evolution levels. Galvantula one evolution away adds 97 Sp. Atk and MoveThunder at boosted accuracy.
Best Build
Joltik best EVs are Sp. Atk and HP
Special Tank Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Bug Buzz
- Thunder Wave
- Disable
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Cross Poison and Disable on Joltik. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Bug Buzz and Thunderbolt, they expand what Joltik can actually threaten in practice.
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
Since it can’t generate its own electricity, it sticks onto large-bodied Pokémon and absorbs static electricity.
Joltik Black 2 & White 2 Guide
For Black 2 & White 2, you can run Joltik through the first few routes without issues. 319 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Galvantula as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Joltik joined the series in Black & White and has been available in 8 titles so far. With 5 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 7Let's Go
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
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