
Is Suicune Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Transfer from Colosseum or FRLG event. Suicune with AbilityPressure is a bulky Water legendary. High Defense and Special Defense on a Water-type that handles Flannery and tanks through the E4. Overlaps with Wallace's Champion typing, but the legendary bulk keeps it relevant.
Suicune resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Suicune resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Trade
Suicune cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- LV 11WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 71WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- LV 81PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Suicune in Emerald
Suicune crosses no Hoenn water. Its roaming routine belongs to the Johto and Kanto-remake games, which leaves an Emerald save with no in-game encounter at all, only a slot for one transferred from those titles.
Suicune cannot be caught in the wild in Emerald, but you can still get it via these paths:
Obtain and trade from these games:
Then trade to Emerald.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
How to Get Shiny Suicune in Emerald
Suicune only reaches Emerald by trade from FireRed or LeafGreen, where it prowls Kanto as a roamer whose shininess is sealed when it first stirs; a new file is the only reroll, and the catch keeps its shine across the cable. See every game where Shiny Suicune can be hunted
Shiny Suicune Evolution
Does Not EvolveSuicune 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
What is Suicune Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Suicune
Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Ampharos Electric | C | |
Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
Tropius Grass | C | |
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Manectric Electric | C | |
Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
Pikachu Electric | 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
E Suicune Best Moveset
115 in both defenses and MoveCalm Mind setup create a Suicune that becomes nearly unbreakable after a few boost turns. The moveset defines bulky Water in Emerald, walling physical and special hits while MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk keep it healthy through entire matches.
Best Build
Suicune best EVs are Defense and HP
Wall Moveset
- Calm Mind
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Rest
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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
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
All 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
SUICUNE embodies the compassion of a pure spring of water. It runs across the land with gliding elegance. It has the power to purify dirty water.
Suicune Emerald Guide
Suicune isn't catchable in Emerald. Catch one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it to Emerald.
In Emerald, use Suicune as a support. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Surf is the primary attack.
For Emerald, run Bold on Suicune. +Defense is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
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
Explore
Where to go next after Suicune.
