Competitive Information for Sunkern [Black/White]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sunkern? 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.
Sunkern is pretty popular Grass-typed Pokemon. Sunkern is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Sunkern can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Sunkern is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 20 SpD / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Razor Leaf
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Morning Sun
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Sunkern (Chlorophyll)
Sunkern is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Sunkern is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Sunkern from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Sunkern's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Sunkern's speed is doubled.
♦ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Morning Sun is a status move (heals your Sunkern by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Sunkern this turn).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 20 Def / 252 SpA / 20 SpD / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Earth Power
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Sunkern (Chlorophyll)
Sunkern is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Sunkern is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Sunkern from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Sunkern's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Sunkern's speed is doubled.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Sunkern recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Sunkern must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sunkern? 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.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 20 SpD / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Morning Sun
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sunkern (Chlorophyll)
Sunkern is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Sunkern is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Sunkern from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Sunkern's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Sunkern's speed is doubled.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Morning Sun is a status move (heals your Sunkern by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Sunkern this turn).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 20 Def / 252 SpA / 20 SpD / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Earth Power
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Sunkern (Chlorophyll)
Sunkern is a remarkable Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Sunkern is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Sunkern from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Sunkern's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Sunkern's speed is doubled.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Sunkern recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Sunkern must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sunkern 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 Sunkern 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 Sunkern
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Sunkern's stats
- Curse
- Growth
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Sunkern
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sunkern in Black and White
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