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Sunkern's Type

GRASS

Sunkern's Pokédex #s

National #: 191

Sunkern's Base Stats

HP:: 30

Attack:: 30

Defense:: 30

Sp. Atk:: 30

Sp. Def:: 30

Speed:: 30

Total:: 180

Misc. Info

Height:: 1'0" (0.3m)

Weight:: 4 lbs. (1.8 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Grass

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,059,680

EV Yield:: 1 Sp. Atk

Base EXP:: 36

Catch Rate:: 235

Base Happiness:: 70

Sunkern's Abilities

Here are what abilities Sunkern can possibly have, along with their effects.

Chlorophyll: Doubles Sunkern's Speed while the weather is Sunny.

Solar Power: While the weather is sunny, Sunkern's Special Attack is increased by 50%, but it takes 1/8 its max HP damage each turn.

Early Bird: Sunkern wakes up from being asleep twice as quickly.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Sunkern's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: FIRE

ICE

POISON

FLYING

BUG

½: WATER

ELECTRIC

GRASS

GROUND

Sunkern's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Sunkern evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Sunkern: starting form

Sunflora: use Sun Stone

Sunkern's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Sunkern can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Sunkern learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Tackle Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Growth Raises Sunkern's Attack and Special Attack by one stage, or two stages if the weather is sunny.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
4	Ingrain Heals Sunkern by 1/16 its max HP each turn and it can't switch out or be forced out.	GRASS	--	--	20	User
7	Absorb Heals Sunkern by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	20	100%	25	One Target
10	Mega Drain Heals Sunkern by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	40	100%	15	One Target
13	Leech Seed Leeches the target by 1/8 its max HP each turn and heals Sunkern by that much.	GRASS	--	90%	10	One Target
16	Razor Leaf Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GRASS	55	95%	25	Nearby Enemies
19	Worry Seed Changes the target's ability to Insomnia until the target switches out.	GRASS	--	100%	10	One Target
22	Giga Drain Heals Sunkern by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	75	100%	10	One Target
25	Endeavor Does damage to set the target's HP equal to Sunkern's. Fails if Sunkern has more HP.	NORMAL	varies	100%	5	One Target
28	Synthesis Heals 1/2 of Sunkern's max HP. 1/4 in bad weather or 2/3 while sunny.	GRASS	--	--	5	User
34	Solar Beam Charges for a turn, attacks on the second turn. No charge time in the sun; half damage in the rain.	GRASS	120	100%	10	One Target
37	Double-Edge Sunkern takes 33% of Double-Edge's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	120	100%	15	One Target
40	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
43	Seed Bomb Damages the target.	GRASS	80	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Sunkern can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM09	Bullet Seed Hits the target two to five times in a row.	GRASS	25	100%	30	One Target
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM16	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM17	Protect Protects Sunkern from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM19	Giga Drain Heals Sunkern by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	75	100%	10	One Target
TM20	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM22	Solar Beam Charges for a turn, attacks on the second turn. No charge time in the sun; half damage in the rain.	GRASS	120	100%	10	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Sunkern's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM36	Sludge Bomb Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	90	100%	10	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Sunkern is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Sunkern restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM53	Energy Ball 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GRASS	90	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM70	Flash Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Sunkern's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM86	Grass Knot Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	GRASS	varies	100%	20	One Target
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Sunkern's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM93	Cut Damages the target.	NORMAL	50	95%	30	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Sunkern can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Sunkern.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Encore Forces the target to use its recent move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	5	One Target
EGG	Leech Seed Leeches the target by 1/8 its max HP each turn and heals Sunkern by that much.	GRASS	--	90%	10	One Target
EGG	Nature Power Changes to a different move based on the battle terrain.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
EGG	Curse Raises Sunkern's Attack and Defense by one stage, but lowers its Speed by one stage.	GHOST	--	--	10	Counter
EGG	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
EGG	Ingrain Heals Sunkern by 1/16 its max HP each turn and it can't switch out or be forced out.	GRASS	--	--	20	User
EGG	Sweet Scent Lowers all nearby enemies' Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	Nearby Enemies
EGG	Morning Sun Heals 1/2 of Sunkern's max HP. 1/4 in bad weather or 2/3 while sunny.	NORMAL	--	--	5	User
EGG	Grassy Terrain Activates Grassy Terrain for 5 turns, which heals non-airborne Pokémon for 1/16 max HP each turn and powers up Grass-type moves by 50%.	GRASS	--	--	10	Entire Field

Sunkern's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Sunkern's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Sunkern's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Sunkern is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	170	201	233	264	30
Attack	65	96	128	159	30
Defense	65	96	128	159	30
Sp. Atk	65	96	128	159	30
Sp. Def	65	96	128	159	30
Speed	65	96	128	159	30
Total					180

Where to Find Sunkern in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

Unavailable in Pokémon Sword & Shield

Sunkern is unavailable in Pokémon Sword & Shield and cannot be transferred to either of those games from Pokémon HOME. You can still obtain it in earlier versions of Pokémon games and can still collect it for your National Pokédex in Pokémon HOME.

Notes About Sunkern

Unavailable in Pokémon Sword/Shield.

Location information on where to find Sunkern in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Sunkern

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

It may plummet from the sky. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.

Y

It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White

It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.

Black 2 White 2

It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. Knowing it's weak, it simply feeds until it evolves.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl Platinum

It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.

HeartGold

It may plummet from the sky. If attacked by a SPEAROW, it will violently shake its leaves.

SoulSilver

It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby Sapphire

SUNKERN tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.

Emerald

SUNKERN try to minimize movement to conserve the nutrients they have stored in their bodies for evolution. They will not eat, subsisting only on morning dew.

FireRed

It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.

LeafGreen

It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a SPEAROW, it will violently shake its leaves.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a SPEAROW, it will violently shake its leaves.

Silver

It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.

Crystal

It is very weak. Its only means of defense is to shake its leaves desperately at its attacker.