Is Phione Good in Black 2 & White 2 Playthrough?
Water with AbilityHydration. Breed from Manaphy. If obtained, the stats are too low for serious use. A breeding curiosity, not a team member.
Phione has the type edge here and should clean up Cheren's team.
Phione has the type edge here and should clean up Roxie's team.
Phione has the type edge here and should clean up Burgh's team.
Phione has the type edge here and should clean up Elesa's team.
Phione resists most of Clay's coverage and hits back hard.
Phione trades roughly evenly with Skyla's team.
Phione trades roughly evenly with Drayden's team.
Phione trades roughly evenly with Marlon's team.
Phione has the type edge here and should clean up Shauntal's team.
Phione has the type edge here and should clean up Grimsley's team.
Phione trades roughly evenly with Caitlin's team.
Phione has the type edge here and should clean up Marshal's team.
Phione trades roughly evenly with Iris's team.
Phione cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
How to Get Phione in Black 2 & White 2
No wild encounters for Phione in Black 2 & White 2. It's available in Legends: Arceus and can be transferred over. The details below show where to find it.
Phione is not available as a wild encounter in this game.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
Phione Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Phione for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. With 80 HP and balanced defenses, Phione can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| 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 Phione Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Phione
 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 | |
In Black 2 & White 2, Raikou's Thunderbolt hits Phione for 81-95%. Breloom's Bullet Seed hits Phione for 40-47%.
 Raikou Electric | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Phione View Raikou builds →Thunderbolt 2x81-95% Aura Sphere24-28% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Phione View Breloom builds →Mach Punch31-37% Bullet Seed 2x40-47% | ||
Phione Evolutions
What you see is what you get. Phione sits outside any evolution chain, so focus on the egg moves and no compatible partners from two egg groups. Eggs are takes forever to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Phione is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Fairy and Water1 egg groups.
Ditto onlyB2W2 Phione Best Moveset
80 across all stats with AbilityHydration curing status in rain. Water TermStab fires at moderate power. The moveset functions in rain as a status-immune Water attacker but gets outclassed by every other rain Pokemon with better stats or abilities.
Best Build
Phione best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
- Acid Armor
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Phione's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get coverage across 8 types on top of Surf and Dive for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.
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
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It drifts in warm seas. It always returns to where it was born, no matter how far it may have drifted.
Phione Black 2 & White 2 Guide
For the Black 2 & White 2 meta, At 480 BST, Phione is built different. We rank it C-Tier. As a Mythical Pokemon, the raw stats back up the reputation. Best used as a support. Rest with Apicotberry is the standard set.
Hydration cures any major status ailment after each turn during rain. That's the one you want on Phione. It's the only ability Phione has.
In Black 2 & White 2, Phione fills the support role. It's a special attacker with base 80 Sp. Atk. Base 80 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. And it's enough bulk to take a hit or two.
In Black 2 & White 2, run Rest, Scald, Toxic, and Acidarmor on Phione. Rest is the most common pick at 0% usage. Scald provides reliable STAB damage.
Game Availability
As a Mythical Pokemon, Phione has limited availability — 12 games since its debut in Diamond & Pearl. Typically obtained through special events or in-game quests rather than standard 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 4DPDebut
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