Sunkern Raid Guide

Sunkern Raid guide

Grass

Sunkern is an easy Tier 1 raid boss to defeat, with a CP value of 1434. You can solo Sunkern raids without any problem at all. Sunkern is vulnerable to Flying, Poison, Bug, Fire, Ice type moves and mainly weaker to Pokémon such as Tornadus, Victini, Regice, Genesect, Magmortar.

Sunkern can obtain below CP values when defeated.

  • 247 - 282 CP during Sunny / clear weather conditions.
  • 197 - 226 CP during other weather conditions.

Sunkern is not available at the moment in raids and the last recently available date was October 12, 2022. Shiny Sunkern is also available from raids in the game.

Weather boost

Sunkern raids will be boosted during Sunny / clear weather conditions.

Grass type Damage Relations

Double damage from: Flying
Double damage to: Ground
Half damage from: Ground
Half damage to: Flying
No damage from: -
No damage to: -

Sunkern Raid Counters

  • Tornadus

    Tornadus is a Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Hurricane   and fast moves: Air Slash   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Victini

    Victini is a Fire, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Overheat   which is effective against Sunkern.

  • Regice

    Regice is a Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Blizzard   and fast moves: Frost Breath   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Genesect

    Genesect is a Bug, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Ice Beam   X-Scissor   and fast moves: Fury Cutter   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Magmortar

    Magmortar is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Fire Punch   and fast moves: Fire Spin   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Heracross

    Heracross is a Bug, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Megahorn   and fast moves: Struggle Bug   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Articuno

    Articuno is a Ice, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Blizzard   Ice Beam   Icy Wind   and fast moves: Frost Breath   Ice Shard   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Flareon

    Flareon is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flamethrower   Overheat   and fast moves: Ember   Fire Spin   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Delphox

    Delphox is a Fire, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flame Charge   Flamethrower   and fast moves: Fire Spin   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Glaceon

    Glaceon is a Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Avalanche   Ice Beam   Icy Wind   and fast moves: Frost Breath   Ice Shard   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Beartic

    Beartic is a Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Ice Punch   and fast moves: Powder Snow   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Yanmega

    Yanmega is a Bug, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Aerial Ace   Bug Buzz   and fast moves: Bug Bite   Wing Attack   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Emboar

    Emboar is a Fire, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Flame Charge   Heat Wave   and fast moves: Ember   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Arcanine

    Arcanine is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flamethrower   and fast moves: Fire Fang   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Cryogonal

    Cryogonal is a Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Aurora Beam   and fast moves: Frost Breath   Ice Shard   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Scizor

    Scizor is a Bug, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: X-Scissor   and fast moves: Fury Cutter   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Pinsir

    Pinsir is a Bug type Pokémon with charged moves: X-Scissor   and fast moves: Bug Bite   Fury Cutter   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Muk

    Muk is a Poison type Pokémon with charged moves: Acid Spray   Gunk Shot   Sludge Wave   and fast moves: Infestation   Poison Jab   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Charizard

    Charizard is a Fire, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Overheat   and fast moves: Air Slash   Fire Spin   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Typhlosion

    Typhlosion is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Overheat   and fast moves: Ember   Incinerate   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Escavalier

    Escavalier is a Bug, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Acid Spray   Aerial Ace   Megahorn   and fast moves: Bug Bite   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Blaziken

    Blaziken is a Fire, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Blaze Kick   Brave Bird   Overheat   and fast moves: Fire Spin   which are effective against Sunkern.

  • Walrein

    Walrein is a Ice, Water type Pokémon with charged moves: Blizzard   and fast moves: Frost Breath   which are effective against Sunkern.

Sunkern moves set

Sunkern will use below moves during the battle.

Cut Fast Normal 10.0
Energy Ball Charged Grass 23.1
Grass Knot Charged Grass 34.6
Razor Leaf Fast Grass 13.0
Seed Bomb Charged Grass 26.2

Sunkern raids weather impact

Here is how each weather condition boosts Sunkern moves and impacts your Pokemon during the battle with Sunkern.

Cloudy Great for battle
Fog Great for battle
Partly cloudy Boosts Cut Great for battle
Rainy Great for battle
Snow Great for battle
Sunny / clear Boosts Energy Ball
Boosts Grass Knot
Boosts Razor Leaf
Boosts Seed Bomb		 Energy Ball is bad for Flying type Pokemon, Energy Ball is bad for Fire type Pokemon, Energy Ball is bad for Ice type Pokemon, Energy Ball is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Energy Ball is bad for Poison type Pokemon
Grass Knot is bad for Flying type Pokemon, Grass Knot is bad for Fire type Pokemon, Grass Knot is bad for Ice type Pokemon, Grass Knot is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Grass Knot is bad for Poison type Pokemon
Razor Leaf is bad for Flying type Pokemon, Razor Leaf is bad for Fire type Pokemon, Razor Leaf is bad for Ice type Pokemon, Razor Leaf is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Razor Leaf is bad for Poison type Pokemon
Seed Bomb is bad for Flying type Pokemon, Seed Bomb is bad for Fire type Pokemon, Seed Bomb is bad for Ice type Pokemon, Seed Bomb is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Seed Bomb is bad for Poison type Pokemon
Windy Great for battle

Sunkern stats

Attack: 42
Defence: 42
HP: 600
Max CP (level 50): 367
Max HP (level 50): 64

Shiny Sunkern

There is a chance that you may encounter a shiny Sunkern if you win the raid.

Raid events