Competitive Information for Sunkern [Ruby/Sapphire]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sunkern? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Sunkern is a stupendous 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: Silk Scarf
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 20 SpD / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Sludge Bomb
- Synthesis
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Sunkern (Chlorophyll)
Sunkern is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Keep in mind back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Sunkern's speed is doubled.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a physical 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Synthesis 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: Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 20 Def / 252 SpA / 20 SpD / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Solar Beam / Giga Drain
- Synthesis
- Protect
- Toxic
Special Sweeper Sunkern (Chlorophyll)
Sunkern is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Sunkern's speed is doubled.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Grass-type move (Sunkern recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Synthesis 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).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sunkern? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 20 SpD / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Sludge Bomb
- Synthesis
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sunkern (Chlorophyll)
Sunkern is a decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Sunkern's speed is doubled.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a physical 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Synthesis 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: Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 20 Def / 252 SpA / 20 SpD / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Solar Beam / Giga Drain
- Synthesis
- Protect
- Toxic
Doubles Special Sweeper Sunkern (Chlorophyll)
Sunkern is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the old days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Sunkern's speed is doubled.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Grass-type move (Sunkern recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Synthesis 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).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the 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 Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS 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: 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 Ruby and Sapphire
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