Sunkern counters

#0191

grassTier 1

Lobby CP

1,434

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.03

Pokebattler scale

Beating Sunkern should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 197-226.

Weak toflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6xfire1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy ★Snow ★Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Sunkern counters are Shadow Galarian Articuno, Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Heatran, Shadow Delphox, Enamorus (Incarnate) & Shadow Staraptor.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Galarian Articuno
M. Rayquaza
S. Heatran
S. Delphox
Enamorus (Incarnate)
S. Staraptor

3 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.030:06
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Breaking Swipe0.030:06
3Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire0.030:06
4Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyBug Bite / Magma Storm0.030:06
5Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blaze Kick0.030:06
6Mega StaraptorMegaQuick Attack / Fly0.030:06
7Shadow DelphoxShadowpartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire0.030:06
8Enamorus (Incarnate)LegendarypartyFairy Wind / Fly0.030:06
9Shadow StaraptorShadowpartyQuick Attack / Fly0.030:06
10Shadow HonchkrowShadowSnarl / Sky Attack0.030:06

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Sunkern

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Top 15 Sunkern counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflyingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:06	0.03	7885.3%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashdragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
3	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire	4,783	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
4	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	bugBug BitefireMagma Storm	3,754	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlaze Kick	4,161	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
6	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	normalQuick AttackflyingFly	3,979	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
7	Shadow Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire	3,059	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
8	Enamorus (Incarnate)fairyflying	fairyFairy WindflyingFly	3,425	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
9	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	normalQuick AttackflyingFly	2,825	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
10	Shadow Honchkrowdarkflying	darkSnarlflyingSky Attack	2,711	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
11	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,428	0:06	0.03	7183.6%
12	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BiteflyingFly	3,117	0:06	0.04	6749.8%
13	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
14	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostHexpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
15	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:06	0.04	6708.2%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Sunkern.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Sunkern's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	2444%	7352.5%	0:06	0.03
Cut / Seed Bomb	100%	2403%	7326.8%	0:06	0.03
Razor Leaf / Energy Ball	100%	2660%	7369.8%	0:06	0.03
Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	100%	2415%	7369.8%	0:06	0.03
Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb	100%	2391%	7369.8%	0:06	0.03
Cut / Energy Ball	100%	2686%	7369.8%	0:06	0.03
Cut / Grass Knot	100%	2519%	7369.8%	0:06	0.03

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Sunkern weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

flying1.6x poison1.6x bug1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)

It resists ground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Sunkern throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassRazor LeafSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s
normalCut	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassGrass KnotSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
grassSeed BombSTAB	55	-33	2.0s	1.10s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	197	247
11/11/11	203	254
12/12/12	208	261
13/13/13	214	268
14/14/14	220	275
15/15/15hundo	226	282

Caught CP range 197 - 226, or 247 - 282 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Sunkern is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 41 / Defense 41 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	100%	7885.3%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,590	113.3	626
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Breaking Swipe	Air Slash / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	98%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	5,713	105.2	631
3	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+23 more movesets	90%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	4,783	119.0	714
4	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Bug Bite / Magma Storm	Bug Bite / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	95%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,754	101.7	610
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blaze Kick	Fire Spin / Blaze Kick+20 more movesets	88%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	4,161	110.0	660
6	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Quick Attack / Fly	Quick Attack / Fly+19 more movesets	91%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,979	100.2	601
7	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Mystical Fire	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+20 more movesets	85%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,059	100.2	601
8	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	88%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,425	101.4	608
9	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Quick Attack / Fly	Quick Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	86%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	2,825	104.0	624
10	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Sky Attack	Snarl / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	84%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	2,711	101.0	606
11	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	87%	7183.6%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,428	100.5	610
12	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Fly	Bug Bite / Fly+15 more movesets	78%	6749.8%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,117	109.6	708
13	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	80%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	6,112	94.2	612
14	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Hex / Sludge Bomb	Hex / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	81%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,336	107.4	698
15	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	88%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,605	114.5	744
16	Shadow Sneasler fightingpoisonshadow Poison Jab / X-Scissor	Poison Jab / X-Scissor+8 more movesets	76%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,222	94.5	614
17	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	74%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,328	96.2	625
18	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Hex / Sludge Bomb	Hex / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	79%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,878	97.7	635
19	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Sludge Bomb	Snarl / Sludge Bomb+14 more movesets	72%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,739	99.0	643
20	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Avalanche	Snarl / Avalanche+11 more movesets	76%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,005	97.6	634
21	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Sludge Bomb	Infestation / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	83%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,383	109.1	709
22	Heatran firesteel Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	87%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,754	94.5	614
23	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Bullet Seed / Beak Blast	Bullet Seed / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	86%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,689	106.6	693
24	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb	Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	71%	6264.7%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,946	90.0	626
25	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Ember / Flamethrower	Ember / Flamethrower+29 more movesets	79%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,455	99.9	699
26	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Low Kick / Fly	Low Kick / Fly+7 more movesets	74%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,548	102.0	714
27	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	80%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,465	116.0	812
28	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	70%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,105	104.9	734
29	Shadow Magmortar fireshadow Fire Spin / Fire Punch	Fire Spin / Fire Punch+11 more movesets	69%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,132	94.5	661
30	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Ember / Flamethrower	Ember / Flamethrower+29 more movesets	77%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,850	86.5	605

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.