In Black & White, Dry Skin changes the entire equation for Jynx. The 455 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked C-Tier as a wallbreaker. Psychic with Focus Sash is the standard set.

What is Jynx weak to?

In Black & White, Jynx's biggest threats include Charizard (Fire), Pinsir (Bug), and Golem (Rock), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Ghost, Dark, and Steel-type attackers are also a problem. With 6 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.

What is the best ability for Jynx?

Dry Skin is what you want on Jynx. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Oblivious, Forewarn) work on paper but Dry Skin is what makes Jynx worth using.

What role does Jynx play in battle?

Base 95 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. On offense, Jynx is a special attacker with base 115 Sp. Atk. Best used as a wallbreaker.

What are the best moves for Jynx?

For Black & White, the core moveset is Psychic, Blizzard, Ice Beam, and Focus Blast. Psychic leads at 19% usage. Psychic provides reliable STAB damage.

Jynx - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Special

Wallbreaker

CTier

95Speed · Above Avg

Stats & Training

Sp. Atk leads and Defense gets almost nothing. That's Jynx's stat line in a nutshell. 3 stats sit in respectable range, but the spread is brutal. Tough to catch and yields 2 Sp. Atk EVs.

Base Stats

Above

HP65

Attack50

Defense35

Sp. Atk115

Sp. Def95

Speed95

Total455

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging45 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Fast1M XP

Height1.4 m

Weight40.6 kg

Base XP159

Abilities

Oblivious

Prevents infatuation and protects against captivate.

Forewarn

Reveals the opponents' strongest move upon entering battle.

Dry SkinHATop Pick

Causes 1/8 max HP in damage each turn during strong sunlight, but heals for 1/8 max HP during rain. Increases damage from fire moves to 1.25×, but absorbs water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.

Dry Skin grants Water immunity

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpA+2SpDSpe

Special Attack training target

Pokedex Entries

Its cries sound like human speech. However, it is impossible to tell what it is trying to say.

Jynx Weakness

Jynx is weak to Fire, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, and Steel. Dry Skin grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Jynx's special bulk (base 95 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.

Jynx Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Fire, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, Steel
0.5x (Resist)	Ice, Psychic

Type ChartFragile

6Weak

2Resist

1Immune

Score-10

Gen V Type Chart

Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Fire Bug Rock Ghost Dark Steel

½xResist

Ice Psychic

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

Water

STAB (6)

Grass Ground Flying Dragon Fighting Poison

How to Beat Jynx in Black & White (Best Counters)

Cobalion SteelFighting	C
Obtain MethodMistralton Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves Iron HeadLv. 37 Flash CannonTM91 X-ScissorTM81 Metal ClawLv. 13 Damage vs Jynx Iron Head 2x 130-152%KO Flash Cannon 2x 62-74% X-Scissor 2x 86-102%KO Metal Claw 2x 81-96% View Cobalion builds →
Houndour DarkFire	D
Available Moves Moves Fire BlastTM38 Foul PlayLv. 40 Shadow BallTM30 Fire FangLv. 28 Damage vs Jynx Fire Blast 2x 79-93% Foul Play 2x 111-130%KO Shadow Ball 2x 39-46% Fire Fang 2x 77-91% View Houndour builds →
Krokorok GroundDark	D
Available Moves Moves Foul PlayLv. 40 CrunchLv. 28 Rock SlideTM80 Shadow ClawTM65 Damage vs Jynx Foul Play 2x 142-167%KO Crunch 2x 119-140%KO Rock Slide 2x 75-89% Shadow Claw 2x 70-82% View Krokorok builds →
Scraggy DarkFighting	D
Available Moves Moves CrunchLv. 38 Rock SlideTM80 Feint AttackLv. 9 Rock TombTM39 Damage vs Jynx Crunch 2x 111-130%KO Rock Slide 2x 70-82% Feint Attack 2x 84-98% Rock Tomb 2x 56-66% View Scraggy builds →
Pawniard DarkSteel	D
Available Moves Moves X-ScissorTM81 Shadow ClawTM65 Feint AttackLv. 17 AssuranceLv. 33 Damage vs Jynx X-Scissor 2x 82-97% Shadow Claw 2x 72-85% Feint Attack 2x 93-111%KO Assurance 2x 93-111%KO View Pawniard builds →

Black & White Evolution

Evolved from Smoochum. Jynx is the final form in this two-stage line. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. Sp.Atk grew the most through evolution (+30 over Smoochum), and Jynx peaks at 455 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#238Smoochum

Level 30

#124Jynx

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Smoochum

IcePsychic

Jynx

IcePsychic

65+20

ATK

50+20

DEF

35+20

SP.ATK

115+30

SP.DEF

95+30

SPE

95+30

BST

305D-Tier

455C-Tier+150

ROLE

Balanced

Wallbreaker

TYPE

Special

Breeding

Challenging

Breed with Jynx to get Smoochum eggs (with patience) using 53 partners from the Humanshape egg group. Notable egg moves include Captivate, Fake Out, Ice Punch and 5 more.

Egg Groups

Humanshape

Gender

♀100.0%

Hatch Time

25 cycles·6,425 steps

Moderate~6 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

8moves

Breed With (best first)

Black & White Jynx Best Moveset

Focus Sash guarantees Jynx survives one hit from full HP. That's enough to deal early damage and fire off Psychic before going down. Dryskin and max Sp. Atk and Speed EVs maximize first-turn impact.

Best Build

Experimental

Special Sweeper

Ability

Dry Skin

Item

Focus SashSURVIVAL

Best Nature for Jynx

Hasty+SPE

Jynx best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed

EVs

Atk

SpA

Spe

Special Sweeper Moveset

PsychicSTAB
BlizzardSTAB
Ice BeamSTAB
Focus Blast

Recommended Teammates

AbomasnowGood

ReuniclusDecent

TentacruelDecent

Moves

Egg moves make a real difference. Jynx gets Captivate and Fake Out exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Coverage across 7 types rounds out the picture alongside Blizzard and Dream Eater.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Lick

—2010030Ghost

Lv 1

Lovely Kiss

——7510Normal

Lv 1

Pound

—4010035Normal

Lv 1

Powder Snow

—4010025Ice

Lv 5

Lick

—2010030Ghost

Lv 8

Lovely Kiss

——7510Normal

Lv 11

Powder Snow

—4010025Ice

Lv 15

Double Slap

—158510Normal

Lv 18

Ice Punch

D7510015Ice

Lv 21

Heart Stamp

—6010025Psychic

Lv 25

Mean Look

———5Normal

Lv 28

Fake Tears

——10020Dark

Lv 33

Wake-Up Slap

—6010010Fighting

Lv 39

Avalanche-4

D6010010Ice

Lv 44

Body Slam

D8510015Normal

Lv 49

Wring Out

——1005Normal

Lv 55

Perish Song

D——5Normal

Lv 60

Blizzard

A120705Ice

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

C—10015Normal

TM14

Blizzard

A120705Ice

TM31

Brick Break

D7510015Fighting

TM04

Calm Mind

C——20Psychic

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM85

Dream Eater

—10010015Psychic

TM49

Echoed Voice

—4010015Normal

TM53

Energy Ball

C8010010Grass

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM70

Flash

D—10020Normal

TM56

Fling

——10010Dark

TM52

Focus Blast

A120705Fighting

TM79

Frost Breath

C609010Ice

TM21

Frustration

——10020Normal

TM68

Giga Impact

C150905Normal

TM86

Grass Knot

D—10020Grass

TM07

Hail

———10Ice

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM15

Hyper Beam

B150905Normal

TM13

Ice Beam

A9510010Ice

TM16

Light Screen

C——30Psychic

TM66

Payback

D5010010Dark

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM77

Psych Up

———10Normal

TM29

Psychic

S9010010Psychic

TM03

Psyshock

B8010010Psychic

TM18

Rain Dance

C——5Water

TM33

Reflect

C——20Psychic

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM48

Round

—6010015Normal

TM30

Shadow Ball

C8010015Ghost

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM12

Taunt

A—10020Dark

TM19

Telekinesis

———15Psychic

TM46

Thief

—6010010Dark

TM41

Torment

——10015Dark

TM06

Toxic

C—9010Poison

TM92

Trick Room-7

C——5Psychic

Egg Moves

Egg

Captivate

——10020Normal

Egg

Fake Out+3

A4010010Normal

Egg

Ice Punch

D7510015Ice

Egg

Meditate

———40Psychic

Egg

Miracle Eye

———40Psychic

Egg

Nasty Plot

C——20Dark

Egg

Wake-Up Slap

—6010010Fighting

Egg

Wish

C——10Normal

Tutor Moves

Jynx can't learn any Tutor moves

Reminder Moves

Rem

Confusion

C5010025Psychic

Rem

Copycat

D——20Normal

Rem

Lucky Chant

———30Normal

Rem

Psychic

S9010010Psychic

Rem

Sing

——5515Normal

Rem

Sweet Kiss

——7510Normal

Transfer Moves

Gen

Gen 3

Counter-5

D—10020Fighting

Gen 3

Double-Edge

C12010015Normal

Gen 3

Dynamic Punch

D100505Fighting

Gen 4

Endure+4

D——10Normal

Gen 4

Focus Punch-3

C15010020Fighting

Gen 4

Headbutt

D7010015Normal

Gen 3

Mega Kick

—120755Normal

Gen 3

Mega Punch

—808520Normal

Gen 3

Metronome

———10Normal

Gen 3

Mimic

———10Normal

Gen 4

Mud-Slap

D2010010Ground

Gen 4

Natural Gift

——10015Normal

Gen 4

Secret Power

—7010020Normal

Gen 3

Seismic Toss

D—10020Fighting

Gen 4

Water Pulse

C6010020Water

How to Get Jynx in Black & White

Smoochum doesn't appear in the wild, so the 2-stage path to Jynx starts at the nursery. Catch Jynx first, breed for Smoochum, then evolve through the chain.

Where To Catch Jynx in Black & White

The path to Jynx starts with Smoochum at Lv. 48-60 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.

Step 1Breed Smoochum from Jynx
Breed from Jynx at the Day Care.
Train until Level 30
Step 2Jynx ✓
Giant Chasm - Cave
BlackGrass Lv.48-50 Ice
UncommonPost
Any
Giant Chasm - Cave
WhiteGrass Lv.48-50 Ice
UncommonPost
Any
Giant Chasm - Inner Cave
BlackGrass Lv.58-60 Ice
UncommonPost
Any
Giant Chasm - Inner Cave
WhiteGrass Lv.58-60 Ice
UncommonPost
Any
or evolve from Smoochum (Step 1)

Jynx Guide

In Black & White, Dry Skin changes the entire equation for Jynx. The 455 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked C-Tier as a wallbreaker. Psychic with Focus Sash is the standard set.
In Black & White, Jynx's biggest threats include Charizard (Fire), Pinsir (Bug), and Golem (Rock), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Ghost, Dark, and Steel-type attackers are also a problem. With 6 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.
Dry Skin is what you want on Jynx. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Oblivious, Forewarn) work on paper but Dry Skin is what makes Jynx worth using.
Base 95 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. On offense, Jynx is a special attacker with base 115 Sp. Atk. Best used as a wallbreaker.
For Black & White, the core moveset is Psychic, Blizzard, Ice Beam, and Focus Blast. Psychic leads at 19% usage. Psychic provides reliable STAB damage.

Game Availability

One of the original 151, Jynx has appeared in 19 games — most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Liepard Dark	C
Upcoming Move Moves PursuitLv. 15 Learns Pursuit at Level 15 View Liepard builds →
Scraggy DarkFighting	D
Available Move Moves Feint AttackLv. 9 Damage vs Jynx Feint Attack 2x 83-98% View Scraggy builds →
Pansear Fire	D
Obtain MethodDreamyard Gift Available Moves Moves IncinerateLv. 10 LickLv. 7 Damage vs Jynx Incinerate 2x 37-46% Lick 2x 24-30% View Pansear builds →
Tepig Fire	D
Obtain MethodNuvema Town Gift Available Move Moves EmberLv. 7 Damage vs Jynx Ember 2x 26-33% View Tepig builds →

Liepard Dark	C
Available Moves Moves ThiefTM46 PursuitLv. 15 Damage vs Jynx Thief 2x 98-116%KO Pursuit 2x 65-77% View Liepard builds →
Archen RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves Ancient PowerLv. 18 Rock ThrowLv. 5 Damage vs Jynx Ancient Power 2x 45-53% Rock Throw 2x 98-116%KO View Archen builds →
Scraggy DarkFighting	D
Available Move Moves Feint AttackLv. 9 Damage vs Jynx Feint Attack 2x 85-102%KO View Scraggy builds →
Pansear Fire	D
Obtain MethodDreamyard Gift Available Moves Moves IncinerateLv. 10 BiteLv. 19 ThiefTM46 LickLv. 7 Damage vs Jynx Incinerate 2x 35-44% Bite 2x 45-55% Thief 2x 45-55% Lick 2x 24-29% View Pansear builds →
Tepig Fire	D
Obtain MethodNuvema Town Gift Available Moves Moves Flame ChargeLv. 15 EmberLv. 7 Damage vs Jynx Flame Charge 2x 65-77% Ember 2x 24-29% View Tepig builds →

Liepard Dark	C
Available Moves Moves ThiefTM46 SnarlTM95 PursuitLv. 15 Damage vs Jynx Thief 2x 94-111%KO Snarl 2x 47-56% Pursuit 2x 64-77% View Liepard builds →
Scraggy DarkFighting	D
Available Moves Moves Feint AttackLv. 9 SnarlTM95 PaybackLv. 23 Damage vs Jynx Feint Attack 2x 83-99% Snarl 2x 29-34% Payback 2x 73-86% View Scraggy builds →
Zorua Dark	D
Obtain MethodCastelia City Gift Available Moves Moves Feint AttackLv. 17 ThiefTM46 SnarlTM95 PursuitLv. 5 Damage vs Jynx Feint Attack 2x 76-90% Thief 2x 76-90% Snarl 2x 43-51% Pursuit 2x 54-64% View Zorua builds →
Pansear Fire	D
Obtain MethodDreamyard Gift Available Moves Moves Flame BurstLv. 22 IncinerateLv. 10 BiteLv. 19 ThiefTM46 Damage vs Jynx Flame Burst 2x 43-51% Incinerate 2x 36-43% Bite 2x 43-51% Thief 2x 43-51% View Pansear builds →
Tepig Fire	D
Obtain MethodNuvema Town Gift Available Moves Moves Flame ChargeLv. 15 EmberLv. 7 RolloutLv. 21 Damage vs Jynx Flame Charge 2x 64-77% Ember 2x 24-30% Rollout 2x 26-31% View Tepig builds →

Darmanitan Fire	B
Obtain MethodDesert Resort Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves Fire PunchLv. 22 Fire FangLv. 11 IncinerateLv. 6 Rock TombTM39 Damage vs Jynx Fire Punch 2x 163-191%KO Fire Fang 2x 140-165%KO Incinerate 2x 25-30% Rock Tomb 2x 86-103%KO View Darmanitan builds →
Liepard Dark	C
Available Moves Moves Shadow BallTM30 ThiefTM46 SnarlTM95 PursuitLv. 15 Damage vs Jynx Shadow Ball 2x 43-50% Thief 2x 91-109%KO Snarl 2x 44-53% Pursuit 2x 64-75% View Liepard builds →
Krokorok GroundDark	D
Available Moves Moves BiteLv. 4 AssuranceLv. 16 ThiefTM46 Rock TombTM39 Damage vs Jynx Bite 2x 85-101%KO Assurance 2x 85-101%KO Thief 2x 85-101%KO Rock Tomb 2x 56-68% View Krokorok builds →
Shieldon RockSteel	D
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift TM Move Moves Rock TombTM39 Damage vs Jynx Rock Tomb 2x 56-68% View Shieldon builds →
Scraggy DarkFighting	D
Available Moves Moves Feint AttackLv. 9 Rock TombTM39 SnarlTM95 PaybackLv. 23 Damage vs Jynx Feint Attack 2x 79-94% Rock Tomb 2x 53-63% Snarl 2x 25-30% Payback 2x 66-79% View Scraggy builds →

Darmanitan Fire	B
Obtain MethodDesert Resort Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves Fire PunchLv. 22 Fire FangLv. 11 IncinerateLv. 6 Rock TombTM39 Damage vs Jynx Fire Punch 2x 170-200%KO Fire Fang 2x 150-177%KO Incinerate 2x 24-30% Rock Tomb 2x 92-109%KO View Darmanitan builds →
Krokorok GroundDark	D
Available Moves Moves CrunchLv. 28 BiteLv. 4 AssuranceLv. 16 ThiefTM46 Damage vs Jynx Crunch 2x 119-140%KO Bite 2x 90-107%KO Assurance 2x 90-107%KO Thief 2x 90-107%KO View Krokorok builds →
Shieldon RockSteel	D
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves Ancient PowerLv. 28 Rock TombTM39 Damage vs Jynx Ancient Power 2x 31-37% Rock Tomb 2x 57-67% View Shieldon builds →
Scraggy DarkFighting	D
Available Moves Moves Feint AttackLv. 9 Rock TombTM39 SnarlTM95 PaybackLv. 23 Damage vs Jynx Feint Attack 2x 84-100%KO Rock Tomb 2x 57-67% Snarl 2x 24-30% Payback 2x 70-83% View Scraggy builds →
Zorua Dark	D
Obtain MethodCastelia City Gift Available Moves Moves Foul PlayLv. 29 Shadow BallTM30 Feint AttackLv. 17 ThiefTM46 Damage vs Jynx Foul Play 2x 116-137%KO Shadow Ball 2x 39-47% Feint Attack 2x 76-90% Thief 2x 76-90% View Zorua builds →

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Volcarona BugFire	A
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