Is Vanillite Good in Black 2 & White 2 Playthrough?
Ice with AbilityIce Body healing in hail. Breed only in BW2. Vanilluxe at level 47 is a long investment for a pure Ice-type. If obtained, handles Drayden's Dragon gym and Iris's Dragons.
Vanillite trades roughly evenly with Cheren's team.
Vanillite trades roughly evenly with Roxie's team.
Vanillite has the type edge here and should clean up Burgh's team.
Vanillite trades roughly evenly with Elesa's team.
Vanillite trades roughly evenly with Clay's team.
Vanillite trades roughly evenly with Skyla's team.
Vanillite has the type edge here and should clean up Drayden's team.
Marlon's team hits Vanillite's weaknesses hard.
Vanillite trades roughly evenly with Shauntal's team.
Grimsley's team hits Vanillite's weaknesses hard.
Vanillite trades roughly evenly with Caitlin's team.
Marshal's team hits Vanillite's weaknesses hard.
Vanillite trades roughly evenly with Iris's team.
Vanillite 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 Vanillite in Black 2 & White 2
You're catching Vanillite first, not Vanillite. Vanillite appears in the wild in the encounters below. The step cards map the full 3-stage chain with evolution methods between each stage.
How to Obtain Vanillite in B2W2
The path to Vanillite starts with Vanillite at Lv. 45-58 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Vanillite ✓
Step 2Catch or Evolve into VanillishGiant Chasm - CaveLv.45-47CaveRate 20%AnyGiant Chasm - Inner CaveLv.45-47CaveRate 20%AnyGiant Chasm - OutsideLv.45-47CaveRate 5%AnyDragonspiral Tower - EntranceLv.55-57FloorRate 15%WinterDragonspiral Tower - OutsideLv.55-57FloorRate 15%Winteror evolve from Vanillite (Step 1)
Step 3Catch or Evolve into VanilluxeDragonspiral Tower - OutsideLv.57FloorRate 10%WinterShaking spotDragonspiral Tower - EntranceLv.58FloorRate 10%WinterShaking spotGiant Chasm - OutsideLv.47Shaking grass spotsRate 5%AnyShaking spotor evolve from Vanillish (Step 2)
Vanillite Weakness
Type-wise, Vanillite takes extra damage from Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel. 4 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Vanillite Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Vanillite
 Tepig Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift | ||
 Growlithe Fire | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Growlithe builds →Flame Wheel 2x83-98% Rock Smash 2x39-48% | ||
Tepig Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Tepig builds →Flame Charge 2x65-78% Rock Smash 2x37-43% | ||
 Riolu Fighting | C | |
 Magnemite ElectricSteel | C | |
 Pignite FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Aspertia City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Pignite builds →Flame Charge 2x83-98% Rock Smash 2x66-78% Rollout 2x34-41% | ||
Growlithe Fire | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Growlithe builds →Fire Fang 2x88-103%KO Rock Smash 2x38-45% | ||
Riolu Fighting | C | |
Magnemite ElectricSteel | C | |
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Flareon builds →Fire Fang 2x146-171%KO Rock Smash 2x60-71% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Magnezone builds →Mirror Shot 2x127-150%KO | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Arcanine builds →Fire Fang 2x127-150%KO Rock Smash 2x53-63% | ||
 Darumaka Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Darumaka builds →Fire Punch 2x123-146%KO Rock Tomb 2x56-66% Rock Smash 2x46-54% | ||
Pignite FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Aspertia City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Pignite builds →Flame Charge 2x87-103%KO Rock Smash 2x69-81% Rock Tomb 2x57-69% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x242-285%KO Smack Down 2x68-81% | ||
Darumaka Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Darumaka builds →Flare Blitz 2x184-216%KO Brick Break 2x77-91% Rock Tomb 2x53-63% | ||
Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Magnezone builds →Mirror Shot 2x119-141%KO | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Flareon builds →Fire Fang 2x135-159%KO Rock Smash 2x57-68% | ||
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Arcanine builds →Fire Fang 2x119-141%KO Rock Smash 2x51-61% | ||
 Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x266-313%KO Hammer Arm 2x148-175%KO Rock Slide 2x112-133%KO | ||
Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x243-287%KO Rock Slide 2x101-119%KO | ||
 Emboar FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Aspertia City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Emboar builds →Hammer Arm 2x200-236%KO Flame Charge 2x102-121%KO Rock Slide 2x101-119%KO | ||
Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Magnezone builds →Flash Cannon 2x148-175%KO | ||
 Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Obtain MethodRelic Castle Interact Encounter | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x279-328%KO Superpower 2x185-219%KO Rock Slide 2x117-138%KO | ||
Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Obtain MethodRelic Castle Interact Encounter | ||
Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x252-297%KO Rock Slide 2x106-125%KO | ||
 Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Emboar FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Aspertia City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Emboar builds →Hammer Arm 2x207-244%KO Fire Blast 2x183-216%KO Rock Slide 2x105-123%KO | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x277-327%KO Superpower 2x185-218%KO Rock Slide 2x115-136%KO | ||
Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Obtain MethodRelic Castle Interact Encounter | ||
Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x252-297%KO Rock Slide 2x105-124%KO | ||
Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
 Terrakion RockFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 22 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Terrakion builds →Sacred Sword 2x194-228%KO Rock Slide 2x162-191%KO | ||
 Heatran FireSteel | A | |
Obtain MethodReversal Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x269-317%KO Flash Cannon 2x154-182%KO Ancient Power 2x77-91% Rock Smash 2x44-52% | ||
Volcarona BugFire | A | |
Obtain MethodRelic Castle Interact Encounter | ||
Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Nacrene City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x408-480%KO Brick Break 2x136-161%KO Fire Blast 2x87-102%KO | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x282-332%KO Superpower 2x188-222%KO Stone Edge 2x157-185%KO | ||
In Black 2 & White 2, Conkeldurr can KO Vanillite with Drain Punch (225-265%). Tyranitar threatens a KO with Superpower (206-243%). Scizor's Superpower also KOs at 295-347%.
 Conkeldurr Fighting | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityGuts ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Conkeldurr builds →Drain Punch 2x225-265%KO Mach Punch 2x120-142%KO | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | A | |
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemChopleberry NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Tyranitar builds →Pursuit52-61% Crunch103-121%KO Superpower 2x206-243%KO | ||
 Scizor BugSteel | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Scizor builds →Bullet Punch 2x149-175%KO Superpower 2x295-347%KO Pursuit50-58% U Turn130-152%KO | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySpeed Boost ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Vanillite View Blaziken builds →Flare Blitz 2x417-491%KO | ||
Vanillite Evolutions
Vanillite is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Vanillish first, then eventually reaches Vanilluxe. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 230 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Vanillite easily with 49 breeding partners from the Mineral egg group. Pass egg moves like Autotomize, Ice Shard, Imprison and 5 more to offspring.
B2W2 Vanillite Best Moveset
Ice at 65 Sp. Atk with AbilityIce Body healing in hail and AbilityWeak Armor trading Defense for Speed when hit. The moveset fires Ice TermStab at pre-evolution power. Vanilluxe two evolutions away adds real Sp. Atk.
Best Build
Vanillite best EVs are Speed and Sp. Atk
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Blizzard
- Flash Cannon
- Ice Shard
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Autotomize and Ice Shard give Vanillite options it can't learn any other way, and Ghost and Normal coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Blizzard and Ice Beam. The egg moves push it further.
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
Theoretically, this Pokémon formed from icicles bathed in energy from the morning sun. Their breath is -58° F.
Vanillite Black 2 & White 2 Guide
In Black 2 & White 2, Vanillite does the job early-game if you need a Ice type on your team. Evolve it into Vanillish before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Introduced in Black & White, Vanillite has appeared in 8 games across 6 generations. Later debuts mean fewer total appearances, but it's been a consistent presence since its introduction.
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 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