Competitive Information for Suicune [Black/White]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Suicune? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
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Suicune is an astounding Water-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to see Suicune show up as a Black/White opponent. Suicune is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Suicune's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 240 Def / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam
- Scald
- Calm Mind
- Protect / Substitute
Physical Wall Suicune (Popular/Trending)
Suicune is a legendary Physical Wall. This moveset is designed to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Suicune last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Pressure, if Suicune is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Suicune's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Suicune this turn).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Suicune takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Waterfall / Dive
- Iron Head
- Ice Fang / Avalanche
Physical Sweeper Suicune (Pressure)
Suicune is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Suicune's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Suicune is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Avalanche is a physical 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Suicune is damaged by the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Extrasensory
Special Sweeper Suicune (Pressure)
Suicune is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Suicune's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Suicune is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 222 Hp / 66 SpA / 222 SpD
Moveset:
- Scald
- Calm Mind
- Signal Beam
- Ice Beam
Suicune Special Wall (Calm Mind)
Suicune is a legendary Special Wall. It's meant to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Suicune last longer regaining it's it's HP every turn. With Pressure, if Suicune is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Suicune's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Suicune? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
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Item: Life Orb / Never-Melt Ice
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Fang / Double-Edge
- Waterfall / Dive
- Bulldoze / Dig
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Suicune (Pressure)
Suicune is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Suicune's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Suicune is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Ice Fang was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Snarl
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Suicune (Pressure)
Suicune is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Suicune's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Suicune is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Suicune learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Suicune can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Suicune
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Extreme Speed
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Suicune's stats
- Calm Mind
- Ominous Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Suicune
- Calm Mind
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Other
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Snarl
- Substitute
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Suicune in Black and White
- Bold Nature ( 248/0/240/0/0/20/ )
- Timid Nature ( 252/0/0/0/40/216/ )
- Optimize Suicune's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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