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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
Pressure Inner Focus (Hidden)
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
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Tailwind Offense
Strategy Overview
- Suicune is one of the bulkiest Water-type Pokemon in the metagame, along with Tapu Fini and Milotic, as it is easily able to tank hits like Mega Salamence's Double-Edge and Tapu Lele's Psychic.
- Base defensive stats of 100 / 115 / 115 give Suicune considerable bulk, being nearly on par with that of Cresselia.
- Suicune's selective support movepool consists of Snarl for disruption, as well as Icy Wind and Tailwind. Due to its exceptional natural bulk, Suicune is an ideal setter of Tailwind to provide your team some speed control.
- Even though Suicune primarily plays a supportive role in most teams, it is capable of taking out popular threats like Landorus-T, Mega Salamence, and Heatran with ease.
- However, Z-Moves pose a major problem for Suicune, as they are capable of OHKOing it unless you invest a lot of EVs into its defensive stats.
- Pokemon like Tapu Koko and Tapu Bulu can easily KO Suicune with their respective STAB moves, and Ferrothorn simply walls it with its typing. Suicune also struggles against bulky Steel-types like Celesteela and Aegislash.
- While Suicune may seem to be outclassed by Tapu Fini, it finds a niche in some teams as a potential support Pokemon that can provide a form of speed control.
Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc