Is Sunkern Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
The lowest base stat total of any Pokemon. AbilityChlorophyll for sun Speed that never activates. Sunflora at Sun Stone is barely an upgrade. Neither form competes with anything in FRLG.
Sunkern has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Sunkern has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Sunkern trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's Pokemon outpace and outclass Sunkern here.
Koga's Pokemon outpace and outclass Sunkern here.
Sabrina's team hits Sunkern's weaknesses hard.
Blaine's Pokemon outpace and outclass Sunkern here.
Sunkern has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Sunkern trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Sunkern trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Agatha's Pokemon outpace and outclass Sunkern here.
Lance's team hits Sunkern's weaknesses hard.
Terry's team hits Sunkern's weaknesses hard.
Sunkern cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. On GBA, cross-region trading unlocks post-game after Celio's Sevii Islands Ruby & Sapphire quest. The Switch re-release supports only one-way transfers out to Pokemon HOME.
- LV 13GrassMega Drain60100%15
- After Misty
- TM10NormalHidden Power60100%15
- After Erika
- TM22GrassSolar Beam180100%10
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb90100%10
- TM43NormalSecret Power70100%20
- LV 42GrassGiga Drain113100%10
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Sunkern in FireRed & LeafGreen
Sunkern stays out of the FireRed and LeafGreen encounter pool. Trade one in from a Gen 3 Hoenn game, since its grass-route spawns never made it to Kanto.
How to Obtain Sunkern in FRLG
Step 1Sunkern ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom EmeraldAvailableCatch in Emerald via Walking · Safari Zone · Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCELATER APPEARANCELATER APPEARANCELATER APPEARANCELATER APPEARANCELATER APPEARANCEHOME TRANSFERNot TradeablePokemon HOME on Switch FireRed & LeafGreen is permanently deposit-only — once it launches, Sunkern can be sent from this game into HOME, but never transferred in.
Step 2Evolve into Sunflora
Sunkern Weakness
Sunkern's Grass typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. The Grass typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| 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 Sunkern Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Sunkern
 Charmander Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
 Pidgey Normal | D | |
 Weedle BugPoison | D | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Nidoqueen builds →Aerial Ace 2x88-105%KO Poison Sting 2x38-45% | ||
 Spearow Normal | C | |
 Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Charmeleon builds →Ember 2x83-98% Aerial Ace 2x70-85% | ||
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Butterfree Bug | C | |
Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Nidoqueen builds →Aerial Ace 2x88-105%KO Poison Sting 2x38-45% | ||
Spearow Normal | C | |
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Charmeleon builds →Ember 2x83-98% Aerial Ace 2x70-85% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Golbat builds →Wing Attack 2x125-148%KO Leech Life 2x31-37% | ||
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Charmeleon builds →Flamethrower 2x191-226%KO Aerial Ace 2x69-83% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Parasect builds →Aerial Ace 2x94-111%KO Leech Life 2x51-60% | ||
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Beedrill builds →Aerial Ace 2x91-108%KO Twineedle 2x58-69% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x188-222%KO Wing Attack 2x125-148%KO Leech Life 2x30-36% | ||
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Beedrill builds →Sludge Bomb 2x205-242%KO Aerial Ace 2x93-110%KO Twineedle 2x59-70% | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Nidoking builds →Sludge Bomb 2x226-267%KO Flamethrower 2x137-162%KO Ice Beam 2x137-162%KO Peck 2x60-71% | ||
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x188-222%KO Wing Attack 2x125-148%KO Leech Life 2x30-36% | ||
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Beedrill builds →Sludge Bomb 2x205-242%KO Aerial Ace 2x93-110%KO Twineedle 2x59-70% | ||
Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Nidoking builds →Sludge Bomb 2x226-267%KO Flamethrower 2x137-162%KO Ice Beam 2x137-162%KO Peck 2x60-71% | ||
 Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x378-445%KO Fly 2x155-182%KO | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Flareon builds →Overheat 2x334-394%KO Smog 2x44-53% | ||
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Muk Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Muk builds →Sludge Bomb 2x236-279%KO Fire Blast 2x142-168%KO | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x190-224%KO Wing Attack 2x128-152%KO Leech Life 2x30-36% | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Ember Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x437-514%KO Fly 2x182-214%KO | ||
Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x389-457%KO Fly 2x160-189%KO | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Flareon builds →Overheat 2x347-409%KO Smog 2x45-53% | ||
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
Muk Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Muk builds →Sludge Bomb 2x245-289%KO Fire Blast 2x147-173%KO | ||
 Ho-oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Ho-oh builds →Overheat 2x399-470%KO Fly 2x231-273%KO | ||
Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Ember Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x445-524%KO Fly 2x185-218%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x397-468%KO Fly 2x160-189%KO | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Interact Encounter | ||
In FireRed & LeafGreen, Arcanine can KO Sunkern with Overheat (233-275%).
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemLeftovers NatureLonely Moves
Damage vs Sunkern View Arcanine builds →Extreme Speed103-121%KO Overheat 2x233-275%KO | ||
Sunkern Evolutions
To get Sunflora from Sunkern, you need an evolution item. The evolution method matters here. The evolved forms gain up to 245 total stats over Sunkern. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
FRLG Sunkern Best Moveset
30 in every stat. AbilityChlorophyll doubles Speed in sun, turning 30 into 60, which is still too slow. Sunflora after evolution barely improves. The lowest base stat total of any Pokemon in the moveset database.
Best Build
Sunkern best EVs are Sp. Def and Speed
Wall Moveset
- Leech Seed
- Endeavor
- Encore
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Curse and Encore from the egg pool give Sunkern something extra. Pair those with Solar Beam and Giga Drain for STAB and Normal and Poison coverage for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a SPEAROW, it will violently shake its leaves.
Sunkern FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
- Will Sunkern miss any moves if I evolve too early?
Wait until Sunkern reaches Lv. 37 before using the Sun Stone. Evolving earlier permanently locks Sunkern out of Synthesis, a move Sunflora cannot relearn.
- Lv. 37learns Synthesis
- Lv. 37+Use the Sun Stone
- Where do I get the Sun Stone in FireRed & LeafGreen?
Use a Sun Stone to evolve Sunkern into Sunflora.
Sun Stone
Evolves Sunkern into Sunflora
Available after entering the Hall of Fame and getting the National Pokedex from Prof. Oak.
Sunkern isn't catchable in FireRed & LeafGreen. Catch one in Emerald, then trade it to FireRed & LeafGreen.
Game Availability
Since Gold & Silver, Sunkern has been in 16 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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 7LGPE
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