#0191 · Seed Pokémon
Sunkern
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SunfloraCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #509 · 7 votes · median D
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Rank #543 · 11 votes · median C
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Endless
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Tier history
2 recorded changes · 7 votes
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Game data
Abilities
- Chlorophyll
Doubles the Pokémon’s Speed stat in harsh sunlight.
- Solar Power
In harsh sunlight, the Pokémon’s Sp. Atk stat is boosted by 50% but it loses ⅛ of its max HP at the end of every turn.
- Early BirdHidden
The Pokémon awakens from sleep twice as fast as other Pokémon.
Summons harsh sunlight for 5 turns when the Pokémon enters a battle. Powers up Fire-type moves by 50% and halves the damage of Water-type moves.
Egg moves
- SporeGrassStatus— · 100%
The user scatters bursts of spores that induce sleep. Grass-type Pokémon are unaffected.
- Quiver DanceBugStatus— · —
The user lightly performs a beautiful, mystic dance. This boosts the user’s Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats.
- Fiery DanceFireSpecial80 pow · 100%
Cloaked in flames, the user dances and attacks the target. This move has a 50% chance of boosting the user’s Sp. Atk stat.
- Hydro SteamWaterSpecial80 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user blasts the target with boiling-hot water. This move’s power is not lowered in harsh sunlight but rather boosted by 50%.
Base stats
Sunkern · BST 180
Sunflora · BST 425
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-1 starter:
- Passive ability
- 40 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 25 / 60 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 30 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Sunkern eggs: 27 🍬 after 20 hatches, 22 🍬 after 40 hatches, 15 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 25
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Sunkern needs 25 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.