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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

Tailwind Disruptor
Moves
Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Roar / Snarl
Item
Sitrus Berry / Lum Berry
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 156
SpD 100

Strategy Overview

Suicune is one of the more difficult Pokemon to use in this format thanks to Primal Groudon and its Desolate Land. However, with the right support, Suicune can catch people off guard and take down some of the metagame's biggest threats on its own. Base 100 / 115 / 115 defensive stats give Suicune a considerable amount of bulk, and its Water typing makes Suicune weak to only two types. Suicune's limited support movepool comes in handy to create various disrupting plays like using Snarl to weaken your opponent's offensive options and Tailwind to increase your team's Speed. Suicune is one of the few Pokemon in the metagame that easily shrug off both Primal Groudon's Eruption and Primal Kyogre's Water Spout while hitting both Primal Groudon and Rayquaza for super effective damage. While Suicune plays a huge supportive role in your team, it exerts little to no offensive pressure against the likes of Kyogre and Xerneas and is completely ineffective and helpless in Primal Groudon's harsh sun. Pokemon like Thundurus can easily shut down its support option with Taunt and can KO Suicune with super effective Thunderbolts, while Primal Kyogre completely walls Suicune and KOes it with Thunder. In short, Suicune works much like Cresselia but provides better bulk in a metagame focused around the Primal Reversions and can help set up different types of speed control.

Most Used Moves

Scald
99.3%
Tailwind
84.0%
Icy Wind
80.9%
Roar
68.6%
Snarl
27.2%
Ice Beam
18.3%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc