Is Suicune Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Static encounter at Route 25 after chasing it across both regions. Water-type with AbilityPressure. HGSS gives Suicune a scripted pursuit storyline, making it the featured legendary beast. Strong bulk and special Defense. Handles Red's Charizard and most of the E4.
Suicune resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Suicune resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
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 resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Suicune's defenses.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Suicune trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Suicune resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Suicune has the type edge here and should clean up 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 has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
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 Route 25 (interact, Lv 40, limited). Chase Suicune across Johto; battle it on Route 25 near Bill's house.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 71WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 78PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 85IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5
How to Get Suicune in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Suicune is the one beast that stops running. After the Burned Tower event it waits for you near Bill's place on a Kanto route, a fixed level 40 encounter with a catch rate of 3 and no respawn if it faints.
2 locations to catch Suicune
Badge 8How to Get Suicune in HeartGold & SoulSilver
How to Get Shiny Suicune in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Suicune finally stops to battle on Route 25, so save in front of it and soft-reset the encounter until it shines. Compare Shiny Suicune odds across every game
Il leggendario trio di Johto!; The Legendary Trio of Johto!
Shiny Suicune Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Suicune Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Suicune
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodSafari Zone Surfing | ||
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter | ||
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Budew GrassPoison | 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
HGSS Suicune Best Moveset
Defensive Water type at 115 Defense and 115 Sp. Def with 100 HP creating a tank on both sides. The moveset sets up with MoveCalm Mind and becomes progressively harder to break. AbilityPressure taxes PP. 85 Speed is fast for a tank.
Best Build
Suicune best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Calm Mind
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Hidden Power Electric
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Suicune's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Hydro Pump and Surf gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Said to be the embodiment 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 Event Distributions
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Suicune has seen a few separate Mystery Gift events rather than a steady stream of them.
The Legendary Trio of Johto!HeartGoldSoulSilverDiamondPearlPlatinumAlways shiny
The Legendary Pokemon I Chose: SuicuneHeartGoldSoulSilverDiamondPearlPlatinumAlways shiny
Suicune HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Suicune is a static encounter at Route 25 in HeartGold & SoulSilver. Suicune appears at level 40. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
Yes. Suicune is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Suicune becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Suicune as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Surf is the primary attack.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Timid on Suicune. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced 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
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