Is Sunflora Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Sunflora with AbilityChlorophyll for sun Speed has decent Special Attack but terrible base Speed and Defense. Handles Juan and Wallace in theory but dies to anything that moves first. Vileplume does the Grass role better in every category.
Sunkern resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Sunkern trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Sunkern's defenses.
Flannery's team hits Sunkern's weaknesses hard.
Norman's typing presses Sunkern's defenses.
Winona's Pokemon outpace and outclass Sunkern here.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Sunflora has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Sunflora's weaknesses hard.
Sunflora trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Sunkern
Catch Sunkern in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 33-35, common). Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, 500-step limit.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 42GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
Evolve Sunkern to Sunflora
Sunkern evolves into Sunflora with a Sun Stone. You can receive the Sun Stone from an NPC in Mossdeep City.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Norman
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 37GrassPetal DancePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 42GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
How to Get Sunflora in Emerald
Sunflora needs a Sun Stone rather than a level. Catch a Safari Zone Sunkern and apply the stone, the same scarce item Bellossom wants, so decide early which sun evolution gets it.
Catch Sunkern at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Sunflora.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Sunkern
- 2Evolve SunfloraUse Sun Stone
Badge 6How to Obtain Sunflora in E
- Step 2Sunflora ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Sunkern egg.
How to Get Shiny Sunflora in Emerald
Sunflora never grows wild here, so catch a shiny Sunkern in the Safari Zone grass first, then hand it a Sun Stone and the shine opens up into a fully bloomed Sunflora. Compare Shiny Sunflora odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Sunflora Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Emerald 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Sunflora Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Sunflora
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Ho-Oh builds →Overheat 2x131-154%KO Fly 2x106-125%KO | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Rayquaza builds →Overheat 2x114-134%KO Fly 2x121-143%KO Ice Beam 2x77-91% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Blaziken builds →Overheat 2x131-154%KO Aerial Ace 2x57-67% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Altaria builds →Sky Attack 2x127-150%KO Fire Blast 2x52-61% Ice Beam 2x41-49% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Typhlosion builds →Overheat 2x130-153%KO Aerial Ace 2x43-50% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x131-154%KO Sludge Bomb 2x67-79% | ||
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Salamence builds →Fly 2x110-130%KO Fire Blast 2x75-88% | ||
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Lugia builds →Fly 2x78-92% Ice Beam 2x50-59% | ||
 Muk Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunflora View Muk builds →Sludge Bomb 2x114-134%KO Fire Blast 2x50-58% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
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 35 partners from the Grass egg group. Notable egg moves include Curse, Encore, Grass Whistle and 3 more.
E Sunflora Best Moveset
Sunflora has the special power for Grass offense at 105 Sp. Atk, but 30 Speed ensures the moveset never fires first even with AbilityChlorophyll in sun. MoveSolar Beam hits hard in sun, yet Sunflora rarely survives long enough to use it. Too slow for competitive play despite genuine attacking power.
Best Build
Sunflora best EVs are HP and Speed
Wall Moveset
- Leech Seed
- Endeavor
- Sunny Day
- Encore
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 Petal Dance and Solar Beam 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
All 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
SUNFLORA convert solar energy into nutrition. They are highly active in the warm daytime but suddenly stop moving as soon as the sun sets.
Sunflora Emerald Guide
Honestly, in Emerald Sunflora is a tough sell. It rates just E-Tier, and stronger Grass options exist. Fun pick, not a practical one.
In Emerald, Sunflora plays as a attacker. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully.
In Emerald, Timid is the go-to nature for Sunflora. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 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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