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suicune
#245

Suicune

Aurora Pokémon

Water

It races around the world to purify fouled water. It dashes away with the north wind.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 75
Defense 115
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 115
Speed 85
Total 580

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Aurora Pokémon
Height 2.0 m
Weight 187.0 kg
Base Exp 261
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 35
Gender Genderless
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

suicune Front Front
suicune Back Back
suicune Front Shiny Front Shiny
suicune Back Shiny Back Shiny
suicune Official Art Official Art
suicune Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Substitute + Calm Mind (Water)
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 252
SpD 40
Spe 216

Strategy Overview

Water

Suicune's great defensive typing, fantastic natural bulk, and ability to easily stall out threatening attacks with Pressure make it a solid defensive Pokemon. Calm Mind allows Suicune to become also be a threatening sweeper. Its decent natural Speed can be invested into to allow it to outpace many threats such as Diggersby and Mega Swampert outside rain. Scald pressures physically offensive threats with burns, making it a great move to use with Calm Mind's Special Defense boosts. With the combination of Calm Mind, Pressure, and excellent bulk, Suicune can beat some of the biggest threats to Water teams, like Ferrothorn, one-on-one. At the same time, Suicune is very reliant on Scald to damage the foe, making any bulky Pokemon that resists it very hard for Suicune to break past. Without access to reliable recovery, Suicune is very quickly worn down by entry hazards and cannot reliably switch into attacks. Suicune is heavily reliant upon thorough team support and has to be used on specific builds to make it a threatening sweeper.

Most Used Moves

Calm Mind
100.0%
Scald
99.0%
Protect
70.4%
Rest
10.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
98.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc