Is Sunflora Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Sun Stone evolution from Sunkern. AbilitySolar Power boosts Special Attack in sun but drains HP every turn. Without native sun in Sinnoh, Solar Power never activates during the story. Transfer-only and never competitive.
Sunkern has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Sunflora has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Sunflora's weaknesses hard.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Candice's team hits Sunflora's weaknesses hard.
Sunflora has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Sunflora's weaknesses hard.
Sunflora resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Flint's team hits Sunflora's weaknesses hard.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Sunkern
Catch Sunkern on Route 204 (Poké Radar, Lv 6-8, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 29GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- LV 41GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 45GrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Sunkern to Sunflora
Sunkern evolves into Sunflora with a Sun Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Gardenia.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 33GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- LV 41GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 43GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Sunflora in Diamond & Pearl
Use a Sun Stone on a Poke Radar Sunkern to get Sunflora, which has no wild form. That same stone also turns Gloom into Bellossom, so plan ahead if you want both sun forms.
Catch Sunkern at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Sunflora.
- 1Catch Sunkern
- 2Evolve SunfloraUse Sun Stone
Badge 1How to Obtain Sunflora in DP
- Step 2Sunflora ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Sunkern egg.
How to Get Shiny Sunflora in Diamond & Pearl
Sunflora needs a Sun Stone, so chain a shiny Sunkern on Route 204 first, then evolve it. Compare Shiny Sunflora odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Sunflora Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Sunflora preloaded.
Sunflora Weakness
Sunflora is weak to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Sunflora's special bulk (base 85 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Sunflora Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Sunflora
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x176-207%KO Aerial Ace 2x59-70% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x125-147%KO Poison Jab 2x67-80% U-turn 2x59-70% Aerial Ace 2x51-60% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Scyther builds →X-Scissor 2x105-124%KO Wing Attack 2x79-93% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Staraptor builds →Brave Bird 2x169-200%KO U-turn 2x67-79% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Arcanine builds →Overheat 2x121-143%KO Aerial Ace 2x52-62% | ||
Sunflora Evolutions
Sunflora doesn't evolve through normal leveling. You'll need an evolution item to get here from Sunkern's line. Breed this form to get Sunkern eggs (average hatch time). Evolving from Sunkern gave Sunflora the biggest boost in Sp.Atk (+75), bringing the total to 425 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Sunflora to get Sunkern eggs easily using 45 partners from the Grass egg group. Notable egg moves include Curse, Encore, Grass Whistle and 5 more.
DP Sunflora Best Moveset
105 Sp. Atk is strong for special Grass attacks, and AbilityChlorophyll doubles Speed in sun. But 30 Speed without sun is crippling, and the moveset only functions when a teammate sets sun first. Even then, 75 HP and 55 Defense fold to physical attacks.
Best Build
Sunflora best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Earth Power
- Solar Beam
- Hidden Power Fire
- Sunny Day
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Sunflora. Curse and Encore come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Leaf Storm and Petal Dance and Normal and Poison coverage.
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
28 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It gets energy from warm sunlight and is known for its habit of moving in pursuit of it.
Sunflora Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Sunflora can work for a story run. It rates C-Tier, a middle-of-the-pack pick, so the Grass typing decides whether it earns a team slot.
In Diamond & Pearl, Sunflora plays as a attacker. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Modest is the go-to nature for Sunflora. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 36 HP / 252 SpA / 220 Spe EVs. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Sunflora has been available in 16 games since Gold & Silver, though obtaining it requires an item-based evolution. This extra step makes it less common than Pokemon found through standard wild 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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