Competitive Information for Suicune [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Suicune? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Suicune is an interesting Water-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Suicune when battling in the 8th generation meta. Suicune's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Sitrus Berry / Leftovers
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 108 Def / 124 SpA / 132 SpD / 140 Spe
Moveset:
- Scald
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Snarl
- Tailwind
Special Tank Suicune (Popular/Trending)
Suicune is a legendary Special Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Suicune's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Suicune last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Inner Focus, Suicune cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate.
◆ 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 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Tailwind is a status move (for 4 turns, allies' speed is doubled).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Ice Fang / Double-Edge
- Iron Head
- Crunch / Bite
Physical Sweeper Suicune (Pressure)
Suicune is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Suicune's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. 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.
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam / Aurora Beam
- Extrasensory
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Suicune (Pressure)
Suicune is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Suicune's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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. Thaws target).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Aurora Beam is a special 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ 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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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Suicune? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 SpD / 36 Spe
Moveset:
- Tailwind
- Snarl
- Scald
- Helping Hand
Doubles Special Wall Suicune (Popular VGC)
Suicune is a legendary Special Wall for double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. It's meant to take a decent 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 health points every turn. With Inner Focus, Suicune cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Ice Fang / Double-Edge
- Bulldoze
- Crunch / Bite
Doubles Physical Sweeper Suicune (Pressure)
Suicune is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Suicune's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. 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.
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Snarl
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Extrasensory
Doubles Special Sweeper Suicune (Pressure)
Suicune is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Snarl) and increases Suicune's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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. Thaws 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 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
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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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS 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: Detect, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Extreme Speed
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Suicune's stats
- Agility
- Calm Mind
- Curse
Most notable and possible best moves for Suicune
- Calm Mind
- Helping Hand
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Icy Wind
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Snarl
- Tailwind
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Suicune in Sword and Shield
- Calm Nature ( 0/0/108/124/132/140 )
- Bold Nature ( 244/0/132/12/100/20 )
- Optimize Suicune's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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