Is Suicune Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Crystal's marquee Pokemon. Unlike Gold and Silver where Suicune roams, Crystal gives it a fixed encounter at Tin Tower after you chase it through Johto and meet Eusine. Level 40 with excellent special bulk and Water typing. The fixed encounter makes Suicune the easiest legendary beast to catch in any Gen 2 game.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Suicune resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Suicune resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Suicune resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Suicune resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Suicune resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Suicune in Tin Tower (interact, Lv 40, limited). Get the Clear Bell and defeat Sage Koji in the Wise Trio's room. Get the Clear Bell from the Radio Tower Director, then defeat Sage Koji in the Wise Trio's room; Suicune waits on Tin Tower 1F.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 71WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Suicune in Crystal
Suicune is the Crystal mascot and skips the roaming entirely. After the Eusine and Burned Tower story, it waits for a fixed showdown at the Tin Tower, a level 40 battle that won't flee.
1 location to catch Suicune
Badge 7How to Get Suicune in Crystal
How to Get Shiny Suicune in Crystal
Suicune waits atop the Tin Tower at level 40 as a fixed battle you can replay; save on the spot and soft reset for the classic 1 in 8,192 marathon. Compare Shiny Suicune odds across every game
Shiny Suicune Evolution
Does Not EvolveCrystal Shiny Suicune Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Crystal shiny odds calculator with Suicune already selected.
Suicune Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Suicune for super-effective damage. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Suicune's overall bulk (100/115/115) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Suicune Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Suicune
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
 Raikou Electric | S | |
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Pichu Electric | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
 Skiploom Grass | C | |
Suicune Evolutions
A Water-type legendary, Suicune doesn't evolve or breed. At 580 total stats, it's meant to stand on its own. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
C Suicune Best Moveset
115 Defense and 115 Sp. Def tank both sides while MoveSurf fires from 90 Sp. Atk for Water TermStab. MoveRoar forces out opponents through MoveSpikes. MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk recovers without losing turns. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. One of the format's most reliable defensive anchors.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Surf
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Suicune's coverage across 8 types all comes from technical machines, built on top of Hydro Pump and Surf for same-type damage. Hydro Pump and Blizzard are the payoff moves.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
25 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
This divine POKéMON blows around the world, always in search of a pure reservoir.
Suicune Crystal Guide
Suicune is a static encounter at Johto Tin Tower in Crystal. Suicune appears at level 40. Prerequisite: Get the Clear Bell and defeat Sage Koji in the Wise Trio's room. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Crystal, use Suicune as a support. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Surf is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Since Gold & Silver, Suicune has appeared in 17 games. Legendary Pokemon like Suicune are usually found through story events or special post-game areas rather than random encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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