Is Remoraid Good in Black 2 & White 2 Playthrough?
Water with AbilityHustle boosting Attack at accuracy cost. Wild on surfing routes. Octillery at level 25 drops the accuracy penalty. A water catch you evolve fast and assess from there.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Cheren's team.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Roxie's team.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Burgh's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Elesa's team.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Clay's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Skyla's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Drayden's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Marlon's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Shauntal's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Grimsley's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Caitlin's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Marshal's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Iris's team.
Catch Remoraid on Undella Bay (Surf, Lv 30-40, rare).
Your Remoraid should hit Level 25 before you reach Drayden, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Remoraid in Black 2 & White 2
A handful of locations for Remoraid with high spawn rates across mid-game fishing spots. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.
Where To Catch Remoraid in B2W2
To get Remoraid, start by catching Remoraid through walking, fishing, and more encounters at Lv. 30-70. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Step 1Remoraid ✓Undella BayLv.30-40Surfing on waterRate 5%AnyRoute 21Lv.40-60Super RodRate 30%AnyUndella BayLv.40-60Super RodRate 30%AnyRoute 21Lv.35-45Rippling Water SurfRate 10%Any
Step 2Catch or Evolve into OctilleryRoute 21Lv.50-70Rippling Water FishRate 100%AnyShaking spotUndella BayLv.50-70Rippling Water FishRate 40%AnyShaking spotor evolve from Remoraid (Step 1)
Remoraid Weakness
Remoraid's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| 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 Remoraid Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Remoraid
 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 | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Remoraid View Sunflora builds →Petal Dance 2x273-321%KO | ||
Leafeon Grass | B | |
Whimsicott Grass | C | |
Maractus Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Remoraid View Maractus builds →Petal Dance 2x269-317%KO | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Remoraid View Sunflora builds →Petal Dance 2x266-314%KO | ||
 Leavanny BugGrass | C | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Maractus Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Remoraid View Maractus builds →Petal Dance 2x281-331%KO | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Remoraid View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 2x289-340%KO | ||
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Leafeon Grass | B | |
Maractus Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Remoraid View Maractus builds →Petal Dance 2x278-327%KO | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Remoraid View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 2x288-340%KO | ||
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Leafeon Grass | B | |
Maractus Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Remoraid View Maractus builds →Petal Dance 2x286-337%KO | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Remoraid View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 2x296-348%KO | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | B | |
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Remoraid Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Remoraid grows into Octillery through a straightforward two-stage chain. Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Remoraid. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Remoraid easily with 78 breeding partners from the Water1 and Water2 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Acid Spray, Aurora Beam, Flail and 10 more to offspring.
B2W2 Remoraid Best Moveset
65/65 Attack and Sp. Atk fire from both sides at pre-evolution levels. AbilityHustle boosts Attack at accuracy cost, and AbilitySniper boosts critical damage. The moveset fires Water TermStab without threatening anything meaningful. Octillery one evolution away adds the mixed attacking power.
Best Build
Remoraid best EVs are Sp. Atk and Sp. Def
Special Tank Moveset
- Surf
- Psychic
- Signal Beam
- Flamethrower
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Remoraid won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 12 types means it always has an effective option. Water Spout and Hydro Pump anchor the STAB core.
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
The water they shoot from their mouths can hit moving prey from more than 300 feet away.
Remoraid Black 2 & White 2 Guide
For Black 2 & White 2, you can run Remoraid through the first few routes without issues. 300 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Octillery as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Remoraid spans 9 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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 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