Pokémon GO: Sunkern Raid Guide (Best Counters & Weaknesses)

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Best Fire Counters For Sunkern

Best Flying Counters For Sunkern

Best Bug Counters For Sunkern

Best Ice Counters For Sunkern

Best Poison Counters For Sunkern

Players can encounter Sunkern as one of the potential raid bosses in Pokémon GO as this tier-1 raid is not a difficult encounter, especially when it is compared to content like Pokémon GO’s Yveltal Raid. However, if players bring an excellent combination of Pokémon to counter Sunkern, they can beat it single-handedly.

Sunkern is a grass-type Pokémon which means that it is weak to fire, flying, bug, ice, and poison-type attacks. Since it is a low-tier raid, players can probably use whatever Pokémon they have on hand with these attack types and get a win. However, certain creatures are exceptionally effective against Sunkern in Pokémon GO.

Additionally, there are certain types of Pokémon that players don't want to take into battle against Sunkern. Any Pokémon with a Water-, Ground-, or Rock-type is weak to Sunkern’s grass attacks, so it is better to leave those out of the party. There are a lot of Pokémon of all different types in the game, and it can be an arduous task to remember elemental reactions. To win battles, it is important to know every Pokémon’s strengths and weaknesses in Pokémon GO.

Best Fire Counters For Sunkern

According to Pokémon GO Hub, these are best the Fire-, Flying-, Bug-, Ice- and Poison-type counters to Sunkern.

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No.	Pokémon	Type	Evolution Requirement	Best Moveset
1	Darmanitan	Fire	Evolve Darumaka with 50 Candy	Fast Move: Fire Fang Charged Move: Psychic
2	Arcanine	Fire	Evolve Growlithe with 50 Candy	Fast Move: Fire Fang Charged Move: Flamethrower
3	Hisuian Arcanine	Fire/Rock	Evolve Hisuian Growlithe with 50 Candy	Fast Move: Fire Fang Charged Move: Flamethrower

Best Flying Counters For Sunkern

No.	Pokémon	Type	Evolution Requirement	Best Moveset
1	Moltres	Fire/Flying	No evolution	Fast Move: Wing Attack Charged Move: Sky Attack
2	Honchkrow	Dark/Flying	Evolve Murkrow with 100 Candy and Sinnoh Stone	Fast Move: Peck Charged Move: Sky Attack
3	Rayquaza	Dragon/Flying	No evolution	Fast Move: Air Slash Charged Move: Aerial Ace

Best Bug Counters For Sunkern

No.	Pokémon	Type	Evolution Requirement	Best Moveset
1	Pheromosa	Bug/Fighting	No evolution	Fast Move: Bug Bite Charged Move: Bug Buzz
2	Yanmega	Bug/Flying	Evolve Yanma with 100 Candy and Sinnoh Stone in Pokémon GO	Fast Move: Bug Bite Charged Move: Bug Buzz
3	Accelgor	Bug	Evolve Shelmet with 200 Candy	Fast Move: Acid Charged Move: Bug Buzz

Best Ice Counters For Sunkern

No.	Pokémon	Type	Evolution Requirement	Best Moveset
1	Glaceon	Ice	Evolve Eevee with 25 Candy	Fast Move: Ice Shard Charged Move: Ice Beam
2	Galarian Darmanitan	Ice	Evolve Galarian Darumaka with 50 Candy	Fast Move: Ice Fang Charged Move: Avalanche
3	Porygon-Z	Normal	Evolve Porygon and Porygon2 with 125 Candy, Up-Grade, and Sinnoh Stone	Fast Move: Lock-On Charged Move: Blizzard

Best Poison Counters For Sunkern

No.	Pokémon	Type	Evolution Requirement	Best Moveset
1	Nihilego	Rock/Poison	No evolution	Fast Move: Acid Charged Move: Sludge Bomb
2	Attack Deoxys	Psychic	No Evolution	Fast Move: Poison Jab Charged Move: Dark Pulse
3	Gengar	Ghost/Poison	Evolve Gastly and Haunter in Pokémon GO with 125 Candy	Fast Move: Shadow Claw Charged Move: Sludge Bomb

It is important to note that the counters for Sunkern are for the Pokémon attack types, not necessarily the types of the Pokémon themselves. For example, Porygon-Z is a normal-type Pokémon but has a powerful counter with its ice-type charged attack Blizzard. This is what makes it an excellent counter for Sunkern in Pokémon GO.

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Source: Pokémon GO Hub

Pokemon GO

Released:

2016-07-06

Developer:

The Pokemon Company, Nintendo, Niantic

Genre:

Augmented Reality, RPG

Platform:

Android, iOS

Publisher:

Niantic, Nintendo

ESRB:

E

Franchise:

Pokemon