

This should help give new and experienced players a baseline, and will hopefully help you to understand which Pokémon in Black and White are strong contenders for your team slots – and which should be left in the box. To help, I’ve put together this tier list ranking obtainable Pokémon, using information gathered from my own experiences and from community consensus and discussion about this fan-favorite generation. The fresh Pokédex means players can’t rely on experience from other games about which Pokémon are most useful, and instead have to build a brand new knowledge base.

Because of this, Black and White present a unique experience – and a unique challenge – for would-be Nuzlockers. Pokémon Black and White introduced players to the Unova region, and, for the first time in series history, a brand new Pokédex with no returning Pokémon from previous games.
