sunkern

Sunkern is a Grass-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

Type: Grass

Abilities:

• Chlorophyll: Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in sunshine.
• Solar Power (Hidden Ability): Boosts the Special Attack stat in sunny weather, but the Pokémon loses HP.

Physical Characteristics:

• Small, seed-like Pokémon with a round, yellow body
• Brown, vertical stripes running from top to bottom
• Large, expressive eyes and a tiny, smiling mouth
• Small green leaves sprout from the top of its head

Behavior and Habitat:

• Typically found in grassy meadows and plains
• Known to be very weak and fragile, often staying still to conserve energy
• Absorbs nutrients from the soil to survive
• Generally docile and non-aggressive

In Battle:

• Primarily a defensive Pokémon with limited offensive capabilities
• Can learn various Grass-type moves like Absorb and Mega Drain
• Benefits from using support moves like Sunny Day to activate its abilities
• Weak to Fire, Flying, Poison, Bug, and Ice types but resists Water, Electric, Grass, and Ground types

Evolution:

• Evolves into Sunflora when exposed to a Sun Stone

Interesting Facts:

• Known for having the lowest base stat total of any Pokémon
• Represents the concept of a seed waiting to bloom into a flower
• Despite its weak stats, it can be surprisingly resilient when used strategically
• In the Pokémon anime, Sunkern is often portrayed as cheerful and optimistic despite its vulnerabilities

Level Up

TM/HM

Breeding

Tutor

Other

• Gold: It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by aSPEAROW, it will violently shake its leaves.
• Silver: It lives by drink­ ing 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.
• Ruby: 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.
• 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.
• Diamond: It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
• Pearl: It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
• 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.
• Black: It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
• White: It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
• Black-2: It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. Knowing it’s weak, it simply feeds until it evolves.
• White-2: It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. Knowing it’s weak, it simply feeds until it evolves.
• 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: 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.
• 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.