Competitive Information for Cherrim (sunshine) [Diamond/Pearl]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cherrim-sunshine? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Cherrim is a stupendous Grass-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty regular sight to see Cherrim out in the 4th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Cherrim is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Miracle Seed
Ability: Flower Gift
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Energy Ball
- Weather Ball
- Hyper Beam / Snore
- Leech Seed
Special Sweeper Cherrim-Sunshine (Flower Gift)
Cherrim is a remarkable Special Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Cherrim from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Flower Gift, if sunny day is active attack and sp. Def of Cherrim and its allies are 1.5x. With a Miracle Seed equipped to it, Cherrim's grass-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Cherrim cannot move next turn).
◆ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Cherrim must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Cherrim every turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cherrim-sunshine? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Miracle Seed
Ability: Flower Gift
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Energy Ball
- Weather Ball
- Hyper Beam / Snore
- Leech Seed
Doubles Special Sweeper Cherrim-Sunshine (Flower Gift)
Cherrim is a notable Special Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Cherrim from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Flower Gift, if sunny day is active attack and sp. Def of Cherrim and its allies are 1.5x. With a Miracle Seed equipped to it, Cherrim's grass-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Cherrim cannot move next turn).
◆ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Cherrim must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Cherrim every turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cherrim-sunshine 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 Cherrim-sunshine can perform in Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP Move and Ability Combos for Cherrim-sunshine
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Cherrim-sunshine's stats
- Growth
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Cherrim-sunshine
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Cherrim-sunshine in Diamond and Pearl
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