#0191Gen II

Sunkern

Seed Pokémon

grass

Type matchups

Damage taken when attacked

Weak to

flying2×poison2×bug2×fire2×ice2×

Resists

ground½×water½×grass½×electric½×

Its STAB attacks

Super effective against

groundrockwater

Walled by

flyingpoisonbugsteelfiregrassdragon

Full type chart

Base stats

HP	30
Attack	30
Defense	30
Sp. Atk	30
Sp. Def	30
Speed	30
Total	180

EV yield: 1 Sp. Atk
Base experience: 36

Evolution

Sunkern

Sun Stone

Sunflora

Abilities

Chlorophyll

This Pokémon's Speed is doubled during strong sunlight. This bonus does not count as a stat modifier.

Solar Power

During strong sunlight, this Pokémon has 1.5× its Special Attack but takes 1/8 of its maximum HP in damage after each turn.

Early BirdHidden

This Pokémon's remaining sleep turn count falls by 2 rather than 1. If this Pokémon's sleep counter is at 1, it will fall to 0 and then the Pokémon will wake up.

Profile

Height: 0.3 m 1′00″
Weight: 1.8 kg 4.0 lbs
Gender: ♂ 50%♀ 50%
Egg groups: Grass
Hatch time: 20 cycles ~5,100 steps
Habitat: Grassland

Catch rate: 235 Very easy≈ 41.3% with a Poké Ball at full HP
Base friendship: 70
Growth rate: Medium Slow

Moves

Scarlet & Violet

Lv.	Move	Type	Pwr	Acc	PP
1	Growth	normal	—	—	20
1	Tackle	normal	40	100	35
7	Absorb	grass	20	100	25
10	Mega Drain	grass	40	100	15
16	Razor Leaf	grass	55	95	25
19	Worry Seed	grass	—	100	10
22	Giga Drain	grass	75	100	10
25	Endeavor	normal	—	100	5
28	Synthesis	grass	—	—	5
31	Solar Beam	grass	120	100	10
34	Double-Edge	normal	120	100	15
36	Sunny Day	fire	—	—	5
39	Seed Bomb	grass	80	100	15

TM	Move	Type	Pwr	Acc	PP
TM01	Take Down	normal	90	85	20
TM07	Protect	normal	—	—	10
TM20	Trailblaze	grass	50	100	20
TM25	Facade	normal	70	100	20
TM33	Magical Leaf	grass	60	—	20
TM47	Endure	normal	—	—	10
TM49	Sunny Day	fire	—	—	5
TM50	Rain Dance	water	—	—	5
TM56	Bullet Seed	grass	25	100	30
TM70	Sleep Talk	normal	—	—	10
TM71	Seed Bomb	grass	80	100	15
TM75	Light Screen	psychic	—	—	30
TM81	Grass Knot	grass	—	100	20
TM85	Rest	psychic	—	—	5
TM103	Substitute	normal	—	—	10
TM111	Giga Drain	grass	75	100	10
TM119	Energy Ball	grass	90	100	10
TM122	Encore	normal	—	100	5
TM130	Helping Hand	normal	—	—	20
TM133	Earth Power	ground	90	100	10
TM137	Grassy Terrain	grass	—	—	10
TM159	Leaf Storm	grass	130	90	5
TM168	Solar Beam	grass	120	100	10
TM171	Tera Blast	normal	80	100	10
TM193	Weather Ball	normal	50	100	10
TM204	Double-Edge	normal	120	100	15
TM205	Endeavor	normal	—	100	5
TM224	Curse	ghost	—	—	10

Move	Type	Pwr	Acc	PP
Curse	ghost	—	—	10
Encore	normal	—	100	5
Grassy Terrain	grass	—	—	10
Ingrain	grass	—	—	20
Leech Seed	grass	—	90	10
Morning Sun	normal	—	—	5

Where to find it

Scarlet & Violet

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Pokédex entries

No Pokédex entry in Scarlet & Violet; showing the latest one.

Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.
Omega Ruby · Alpha Sapphire

All 11 Pokédex entries

Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.
Omega Ruby · Alpha Sapphire

It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
Y · SoulSilver · FireRed

It may plummet from the sky. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.
X

It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. Knowing it’s weak, it simply feeds until it evolves.
Black 2 · White 2

It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
Black · White · Platinum · Diamond · Pearl

It may plummet from the sky. If attacked by a SPEAROW, it will violently shake its leaves.
HeartGold

It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a SPEAROW, it will violently shake its leaves.
LeafGreen · Gold

SUNKERN try to minimize movement to conserve the nutrients they have stored in their bodies for evolution. They will not eat, subsisting only on morning dew.
Emerald

SUNKERN tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.
Ruby · Sapphire

It is very weak. Its only means of defense is to shake its leaves desperately at its attacker.
Crystal

It lives by drink ing only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
Silver