What does Mankey evolve into?

Mankey becomes Primeape at level 28, then Annihilape using a Rage Fist 20 Times. Straight three-stage line with no branching.

At what level does Mankey evolve?

Mankey evolves into Primeape at level 28. Takes some grinding. Plan your team around the mid-game wait.

In Black & White, For a casual playthrough, Mankey works as a placeholder. Fighting coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Primeape . That's where the stats start mattering.

Where can you catch Mankey?

Mankey is catchable in Black & White. Check the Locations section above for specific routes, encounter rates, and methods. It also appears in 19 other games across the series.

Mankey - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Physical

Balanced

DTier

70Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Nothing fancy in Mankey's spread. It leans physical with Attack out front. And you'll get 1 Attack EV per KO for it. Follows a medium-fast 1M XP curve.

Base Stats

Avg

HP40

Attack80

Defense35

Sp. Atk35

Sp. Def45

Speed70

Total305

Details

Catch Rate

Easy190 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Fast1M XP

Height0.5 m

Weight28.0 kg

Base XP61

Abilities

Vital Spirit

Prevents sleep.

Anger Point

Raises Attack to the maximum of six stages upon receiving a critical hit.

DefiantHA

Raises Attack two stages upon having any stat lowered.

EV Yield

HPAtk+1DefSpASpDSpe

Attack training source

Pokedex Entries

It lives in treetop colonies. If one becomes enraged, the whole colony rampages for no reason.

Mankey Weakness

Mankey is weak to Flying and Psychic. Not many exploitable gaps in the Fighting typing defensive chart. Mankey's Fighting typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.

Mankey Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Flying, Psychic
0.5x (Resist)	Bug, Rock, Dark

Type ChartAvg

2Weak

3Resist

0Immune

Score-1

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

Flying Psychic

½xResist

Bug Rock Dark

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (5)

Normal Ice Rock Dark Steel

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

Reuniclus Psychic	B
Available Moves Moves Future SightLv. 31 Dream EaterTM85 PsychicLv. 39 PsyshockLv. 25 Damage vs Mankey Future Sight 2x 260-306%KO Dream Eater 2x 216-255%KO Psychic 2x 196-231%KO Psyshock 2x 173-204%KO View Reuniclus builds →
Aerodactyl RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 Wing AttackLv. 1 Sky DropTM58 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Mankey Fly 2x 198-234%KO Wing Attack 2x 135-159%KO Sky Drop 2x 135-159%KO Aerial Ace 2x 135-159%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Sigilyph PsychicFlying	C
Available Moves Moves SynchronoiseLv. 31 Dream EaterTM85 FlyHM02 Air SlashLv. 41 Damage vs Mankey Synchronoise 2x 219-258%KO Dream Eater 2x 183-216%KO Fly 2x 127-150%KO Air Slash 2x 140-165%KO View Sigilyph builds →
Gothitelle Psychic	C
Available Moves Moves Future SightLv. 31 Dream EaterTM85 PsychicLv. 39 PsyshockLv. 25 Damage vs Mankey Future Sight 2x 209-246%KO Dream Eater 2x 173-204%KO Psychic 2x 158-186%KO Psyshock 2x 140-165%KO View Gothitelle builds →
Unfezant NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 Air SlashLv. 33 Air CutterLv. 15 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Mankey Fly 2x 216-255%KO Air Slash 2x 99-117%KO Air Cutter 2x 79-93% Aerial Ace 2x 145-171%KO View Unfezant builds →

Black & White Evolution

Mankey kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Primeape all the way to Annihilape. For breeding, average hatch time with a massive partner pool via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 230 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#056Mankey

Level 28

#057Primeape

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Mankey

Fighting

Primeape

Fighting

65+25

ATK

105+25

DEF

60+25

SP.ATK

60+25

SP.DEF

70+25

SPE

95+25

BST

305D-Tier

455B-Tier+150

ROLE

Balanced

Attacker

TYPE

Physical

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed Mankey easily with 181 breeding partners from the Ground egg group. Pass egg moves like Beat Up, Close Combat, Counter and 8 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

Ground

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

11moves

Breed With (best first)

Black & White Mankey Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 5.

Try selecting a different game/generation filter, or check back later.

Moves

Breeding opens up real options for Mankey. Beat Up and Close Combat come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Focus Punch and Close Combat and coverage across 9 types.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Covet

—6010040Normal

Lv 1

Focus Energy

———30Normal

Lv 1

Leer

——10030Normal

Lv 1

Low Kick

D—10020Fighting

Lv 1

Scratch

—4010035Normal

Lv 9

Fury Swipes

—188015Normal

Lv 13

Karate Chop

—5010025Fighting

Lv 17

Seismic Toss

D—10020Fighting

Lv 21

Screech

——8540Normal

Lv 25

Assurance

—5010010Dark

Lv 33

Swagger

——9015Normal

Lv 37

Cross Chop

C100805Fighting

Lv 41

Thrash

C12010010Normal

Lv 45

Punishment

——1005Dark

Lv 49

Close Combat

B1201005Fighting

Lv 53

Final Gambit

D—1005Fighting

TM Moves

TM62

Acrobatics

D5510015Flying

TM40

Aerial Ace

D60—20Flying

TM45

Attract

C—10015Normal

TM31

Brick Break

C7510015Fighting

TM08

Bulk Up

C——20Fighting

TM78

Bulldoze

D6010020Ground

TM28

Dig

C8010010Ground

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM26

Earthquake

C10010010Ground

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM56

Fling

——10010Dark

TM52

Focus Blast

D120705Fighting

TM21

Frustration

——10020Normal

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM01

Hone Claws

D——15Dark

TM47

Low Sweep

C6010020Fighting

TM50

Overheat

D140905Fire

TM66

Payback

D5010010Dark

TM84

Poison Jab

C8010020Poison

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM18

Rain Dance

C——5Water

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM67

Retaliate

D701005Normal

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM80

Rock Slide

D759010Rock

TM94

Rock Smash

D4010015Fighting

TM39

Rock Tomb

—609510Rock

TM48

Round

—6010015Normal

TM23

Smack Down

—5010015Rock

HM04

Strength

C8010015Normal

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM12

Taunt

C—10020Dark

TM46

Thief

—6010010Dark

TM25

Thunder

D1207010Electric

TM24

Thunderbolt

D9510015Electric

TM06

Toxic

C—9010Poison

TM89

U-turn

D7010020Bug

TM83

Work Up

D——30Normal

Egg Moves

Egg

Beat Up

——10010Dark

Egg

Close Combat

B1201005Fighting

Egg

Counter-5

D—10020Fighting

Egg

Encore

C—1005Normal

Egg

Focus Punch-3

B15010020Fighting

Egg

Foresight

D——40Normal

Egg

Meditate

———40Psychic

Egg

Revenge-4

—6010010Fighting

Egg

Reversal

D—10015Fighting

Egg

Sleep Talk

D——10Normal

Egg

Smelling Salts

—7010010Normal

Tutor Moves

Mankey can't learn any Tutor moves

Transfer Moves

Gen

Gen 3

Body Slam

C8510015Normal

Gen 4

Captivate

——10020Normal

Gen 3

Defense Curl

———40Normal

Gen 3

Double-Edge

C12010015Normal

Gen 3

Dynamic Punch

C100505Fighting

Gen 4

Endure+4

D——10Normal

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 3

Psych Up

———10Normal

Gen 4

Secret Power

—7010020Normal

Gen 3

Snore

—4010015Normal

Gen 4

Swift

—60—20Normal

Gen 4

Vacuum Wave+1

D4010030Fighting

Black & White Mankey Locations

high spawn rates for Mankey across 2 locations in endgame routes. Nothing complicated. Check the sorted list below, compare the top few options, and head to whichever is closest.

Best Locations to Catch Mankey in Black & White

Route 15

WhiteGrass Lv.47-48 Route

CommonPost

AnySwarm active

Route 15

BlackGrass Lv.47-48 Route

CommonPost

AnySwarm active

Mankey Guide

Mankey becomes Primeape at level 28, then Annihilape using a Rage Fist 20 Times. Straight three-stage line with no branching.
Mankey evolves into Primeape at level 28. Takes some grinding. Plan your team around the mid-game wait.
In Black & White, For a casual playthrough, Mankey works as a placeholder. Fighting coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Primeape. That's where the stats start mattering.
Mankey is catchable in Black & White. Check the Locations section above for specific routes, encounter rates, and methods. It also appears in 19 other games across the series.

Game Availability

Present since Red & Blue, Mankey appears in 20 games spanning 10 generations. Gen 1 originals like Mankey have the longest track record of availability in the series.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Musharna Psychic	C
Available Moves Moves Dream EaterTM85 PsybeamLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Dream Eater 2x 182-215%KO Psybeam 2x 115-138%KO View Musharna builds →
Farfetch'd NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Aerial AceLv. 13 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Aerial Ace 2x 110-131%KO Peck 2x 64-77% View Farfetch'd builds →

Aerodactyl RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Move Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 131-156%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Musharna Psychic	C
Available Moves Moves Dream EaterTM85 PsybeamLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Dream Eater 2x 190-225%KO Psybeam 2x 127-150%KO View Musharna builds →
Archen RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 PluckLv. 15 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 137-162%KO Pluck 2x 137-162%KO View Archen builds →
Farfetch'd NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Aerial AceLv. 13 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Aerial Ace 2x 117-138%KO Peck 2x 73-87% View Farfetch'd builds →
Woobat PsychicFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Dream EaterTM85 Heart StampLv. 15 ConfusionLv. 1 GustLv. 8 Damage vs Mankey Dream Eater 2x 117-138%KO Heart Stamp 2x 73-87% Confusion 2x 63-75% Gust 2x 54-63% View Woobat builds →

Aerodactyl RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Move Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 131-155%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Musharna Psychic	C
Available Moves Moves Dream EaterTM85 PsybeamLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Dream Eater 2x 188-222%KO Psybeam 2x 126-150%KO View Musharna builds →
Archen RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 PluckLv. 15 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 136-160%KO Pluck 2x 136-160%KO View Archen builds →
Farfetch'd NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Aerial AceLv. 13 Air CutterLv. 21 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Aerial Ace 2x 114-134%KO Air Cutter 2x 74-88% Peck 2x 69-83% View Farfetch'd builds →
Tranquill NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Air CutterLv. 15 GustLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Air Cutter 2x 69-83% Gust 2x 48-57% View Tranquill builds →

Aerodactyl RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Move Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 127-150%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Sigilyph PsychicFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Dream EaterTM85 PsybeamLv. 18 Air CutterLv. 21 GustLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Dream Eater 2x 177-209%KO Psybeam 2x 115-136%KO Air Cutter 2x 108-127%KO Gust 2x 73-86% View Sigilyph builds →
Musharna Psychic	C
Available Moves Moves Dream EaterTM85 PsybeamLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Dream Eater 2x 185-218%KO Psybeam 2x 120-141%KO View Musharna builds →
Archen RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 PluckLv. 15 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 130-155%KO Pluck 2x 130-155%KO View Archen builds →
Farfetch'd NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Aerial AceLv. 13 Air CutterLv. 21 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Aerial Ace 2x 111-132%KO Air Cutter 2x 73-86% Peck 2x 68-82% View Farfetch'd builds →

Aerodactyl RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 Wing AttackLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Fly 2x 193-228%KO Wing Attack 2x 128-152%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Sigilyph PsychicFlying	C
Available Moves Moves SynchronoiseLv. 31 Dream EaterTM85 FlyHM02 PsybeamLv. 18 Damage vs Mankey Synchronoise 2x 217-256%KO Dream Eater 2x 183-216%KO Fly 2x 125-148%KO Psybeam 2x 119-140%KO View Sigilyph builds →
Musharna Psychic	C
Available Moves Moves Dream EaterTM85 PsybeamLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Dream Eater 2x 187-220%KO Psybeam 2x 121-144%KO View Musharna builds →
Emolga ElectricFlying	C
Available Move Moves AcrobaticsLv. 30 Damage vs Mankey Acrobatics 2x 95-112%KO View Emolga builds →
Archen RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 PluckLv. 15 AcrobaticsLv. 28 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 139-164%KO Pluck 2x 139-164%KO Acrobatics 2x 125-148%KO View Archen builds →