Is Suicune Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Roaming Johto after the Burned Tower. Suicune is the bulkiest of the three beasts with excellent special defense. Water typing gives it useful matchups against Blaine and most of Kanto. Easier to track than Raikou or Entei in some versions, but still a roaming catch.
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 on Roaming Johto (walking, Lv 40, limited). Roams after the Burned Tower B1F release scene. Released when you walk up to the three beasts in Burned Tower B1F; it starts on Route 38, then roams Routes 29 to 39 and 42 to 46, Lv 40.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- 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
- LV 41WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- LV 71WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Gold & Silver Suicune Locations
Third of the roaming trio, Suicune leaves the Burned Tower at level 40 and drifts across Johto. Unlike Crystal, where it gets a fixed showdown, here it simply wanders with the other two until you finally corner it.
Best Locations to Catch Suicune in Gold & Silver
How to Get Shiny Suicune in Gold & Silver
Suicune only roams in these games, unlike its static catch in Crystal, and its shine locks in at release; pin it with Mean Look to check the sprite, and reroll a miss only by starting the game over. Compare Shiny Suicune odds across every game
Shiny Suicune Evolution
Does Not EvolveGold & Silver Shiny Suicune Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Full Odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
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 Gold & Silver 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
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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
GS Suicune Best Moveset
115 Sp. Def and 115 Defense with MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk for reliable recovery. MoveSurf fires from 90 Sp. Atk for Water TermStab that hits modestly, and MoveRoar forces switches into MoveSpikes. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Blocks both sides and controls the pace through forcing switches and recovery. Defensive anchor.
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
Said to be the reincarnation of north winds, it can instantly purify filthy, murky water.
This POKéMON races across the land. It is said that north winds will somehow blow whenever it appears.
Suicune Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, 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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