Sunkern counters

#0191

grassTier 3

Lobby CP

3,513

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.18

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 Mega Rayquaza, Blacephalon, Shadow Toucannon, Shadow Salamence, Shadow Moltres & Shadow Reshiram.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Blacephalon
S. Toucannon
S. Salamence
S. Moltres
S. Reshiram

5 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 %

1Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.160:28
2Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.170:29
3Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.170:30
4Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.180:32
5BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.190:34
6Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.190:34
7Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.200:35
8Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.200:36
9Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.200:36
10Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly0.200:36
11Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.210:36

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

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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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:28	0.16	827.0%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:29	0.17	801.5%
3	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:30	0.17	782.4%
4	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:32	0.18	734.8%
5	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:34	0.19	695.7%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:34	0.19	686.3%
7	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:35	0.20	667.2%
8	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:36	0.20	660.8%
9	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	0:36	0.20	654.9%
10	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	0:36	0.20	653.1%
11	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:36	0.21	652.0%
12	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:36	0.21	648.9%
13	Mega Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	5,031	0:37	0.21	634.4%
14	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	0:37	0.21	629.3%
15	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabdragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	0:37	0.21	625.9%

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%	973%	685.0%	0:34	0.20
Cut / Seed Bomb	100%	1021%	684.7%	0:34	0.20
Razor Leaf / Energy Ball	100%	994%	684.9%	0:34	0.20
Cut / Energy Ball	100%	989%	685.0%	0:34	0.20
Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb	100%	1023%	685.3%	0:34	0.20
Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	100%	913%	686.5%	0:34	0.19
Cut / Grass Knot	100%	912%	687.9%	0:34	0.19

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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 51 / Defense 51 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	827.0%	0.16	0:28	100%	5,713	130.3	3697
2	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	87%	801.5%	0.17	0:29	100%	3,383	124.8	3654
3	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	85%	782.4%	0.17	0:30	100%	4,783	122.1	3662
4	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	80%	734.8%	0.18	0:32	100%	3,979	118.7	3792
5	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	67%	695.7%	0.19	0:34	100%	3,297	110.3	3724
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	71%	686.3%	0.19	0:34	100%	4,161	111.3	3805
7	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	75%	667.2%	0.20	0:35	100%	4,455	106.9	3761
8	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	64%	660.8%	0.20	0:36	100%	2,689	102.2	3630
9	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	71%	654.9%	0.20	0:36	100%	3,749	106.5	3818
10	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	71%	653.1%	0.20	0:36	100%	3,465	104.2	3743
11	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	71%	652.0%	0.21	0:36	100%	4,038	100.7	3624
12	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	67%	648.9%	0.21	0:36	100%	6,428	106.8	3862
13	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	73%	634.4%	0.21	0:37	100%	5,031	97.5	3606
14	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	69%	629.3%	0.21	0:37	100%	3,835	100.5	3746
15	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	73%	625.9%	0.21	0:37	100%	4,429	97.0	3636
16	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	63%	625.9%	0.21	0:37	100%	3,215	99.4	3726
17	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	69%	618.3%	0.22	0:38	100%	3,505	106.2	4031
18	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	59%	617.7%	0.22	0:38	100%	3,268	95.8	3642
19	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	68%	617.7%	0.22	0:38	100%	3,741	95.5	3630
20	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	58%	609.2%	0.22	0:39	100%	2,848	97.1	3743
21	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	68%	604.0%	0.22	0:39	100%	4,038	93.9	3649
22	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	60%	602.6%	0.22	0:39	100%	6,112	92.7	3610
23	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	57%	601.5%	0.22	0:39	100%	2,825	92.8	3622
24	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	58%	601.5%	0.22	0:39	100%	2,982	93.4	3643
25	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	65%	601.5%	0.22	0:39	100%	4,605	102.9	4012
26	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	65%	597.2%	0.22	0:39	100%	3,754	93.7	3683
27	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	62%	590.0%	0.23	0:40	100%	4,605	96.5	3836
28	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	58%	586.8%	0.23	0:40	100%	4,336	90.3	3610
29	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Fly	Bug Bite / Fly+15 more movesets	56%	584.7%	0.23	0:40	100%	3,117	94.1	3775
30	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	60%	575.7%	0.23	0:41	100%	4,814	98.6	4017

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.