Intense sunlight has been a feature in Pokemon battles since Generation three. While it hasn't had as much competitive popularity as its weather rival of sorts in rain teams, sun teams are still a competitive niche to watch out for, whether in Singles or Doubles.
Of course, the ability to recognize a sun team comes with the ability to recognize the Pokemon best suited for such a strategy, which doesn't just mean choosing Pokemon for your own team but keeping an eye out for members of said team from an opponent. These Pokemon best represent sun teams in competitive battling.
Updated on July 25, 2023 by Doruk Kaptan: The competitive scene of Pokemon is an ever-evolving beast. With new Pokemon and strateg🅷ies constantly being thrown into the pot, strategies have very sharp ups and downs in🦂 terms of power.
With the introduction of some amazing tools, however, Scarlet and Violet gave Sun teams a very respectable power boost. Especially in Singles, sun teams can lead to easy sweeps and take you to victory. Here are the best options to include.
20 Houndoom
Stat |
Base Value |
---|---|
HP |
75 |
Attack |
90 |
Defense |
90 |
Special Attack |
140 |
Special Defense |
90 |
Speed |
115 |
Thanks to the help of Mega Evolution, Houndoo♉m once went from a respectable special attacker to a potent sun sweeper, feared by most other Pokemon in its tier. Its 140 Special Attack and Solar Power ability upon Mega Evolving certainly tells that tale.
Unfortunately, as Mega Evolution is now in the past, Houndoom can only look back and reminisce about 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:its glory days and not much else. A fall from grace for certain. It can still function🌳 under the sun with a somewhat decent 110 Special Attack, but there are definitely better optionsﷺ out there.
19 Sawsbuck
Stat |
Base Value |
---|---|
HP |
80 |
Attack |
100 |
Defense |
70 |
Special Attack |
60 |
Special Defense |
70 |
Speed |
95 |
The list starts off with one of the many Pokemon to have Chlorophyll as a potential ability. Sawsbuck decideꦇdly brings physical offense to your Sun team, having a fairly decent 100 Attack.
If that isn't enough for you, you could boost it with Swords Dance, giving it a rare niche as a sun sweeper. Sawsbuck has access to attacks such as STAB Double-Edge and Horn Leech and coverage moves such as Jump Kick, Wild Charge, and Stomping Tantrum. Sawsbuck's Speed is also decent, despite being a bit lower than ideal.
18 Whimsicott 𓆉 𓄧
Stat |
Base Value |
---|---|
HP |
60 |
Attack |
67 |
Defense |
85 |
Special Attack |
77 |
Special Defense |
75 |
Speed |
116 |
While Whimsicott is more well-known competitively for its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Prankster utility set, it could certainly run as a straight-up sun sweeper since it has access to Chlorophyll as well. That gives you options to mix things up should you💞 c𝓡hoose to add it to your team.
It has access to Solar Beam, a sun team staple, plus other excellent Grass-type moves. It doesn't have access to Fire-type moves, but it does have other coverage options like Moonblast and Shadow Ball. You could even include some utility moves still, such as Encore and Memento.
17 Volcarona
Stat |
Base Value |
---|---|
HP |
85 |
Attack |
60 |
Defense |
65 |
Special Attack |
135 |
Special Defense |
105 |
Speed |
100 |
There's little reason why Volcarona is better in a sun team as opposed to any other kind; it doesn't have an ability that activates in the sun or anything like that. However, it's not like having it on a Sun team would hurt.
Of course, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:being a Fire-type, it gets a little help from the sun in boosting its STAB attacks, but there's more to it than that. Since it doesn't rely on the sun to be powerful, it could work as a last resort in case your sun setter goes down. You will not want a Quiver Dance sweeper, after all.
16 Trevenant
Stat |
Base Value |
---|---|
HP |
85 |
Attack |
110 |
Defense |
76 |
Special Attack |
65 |
Special Defense |
82 |
Speed |
56 |
Trevenant fills a unique role for this list: a berry-abuser thanks to its Harvest ability that ensures berry-regeneration in th🍰e sun. Other Pokemon, such as Tropius, also have this niche in their bags, but Trevenant arguably p🐷lays the role best, thanks to better stats and typing.
On the other hand, it's a great physical attacker, not only with STAB moves like Wood Hammer, Horn Leech, and Poltergeist, but with excellent coverage moves for its typing, namely Drain Punch, Earthquake, and Rock Slide.
15 ꦓ Victreebel 🐭
Stat |
Base Value |
---|---|
HP |
80 |
Attack |
105 |
Defense |
65 |
Special Attack |
100 |
Special Defense |
70 |
Speed |
70 |
One of the several Grass/Poison-types from Generation One with Chlorophyll to join this list, Victreebel is a rare mixed offensive Pokemon, meaning it can do work on both the physical ♐side and special.
You have multiple options with it. You could go with a physical set that includes Swords Dance and moves like Power Whip or Poison Jab or with a spe𓆉cial set that includes Leaf Storm, Sludge Bomb, and Weather Ball. You even get some utility and recovery with Strength Sap.
14 Heliolisk
Stat |
Base Value |
---|---|
HP |
62 |
Attack |
55 |
Defense |
52 |
Special Attack |
109 |
Special Defense |
94 |
Speed |
109 |
Heliolisk can e🐼xcel in almost every weather since its three abilities work ༺in tandem with one weather each: Dry Skin for the rain, Sand Veil for sandstorms, and most importantly for this list, Solar Power.
Its Special Attack is already great, sitting at 109, so to get that boosted even further is a big deal. Being an Electric-type, it also helps check Water-types for your team's Fire-types and Flying-types for your team's Grass-types. A great coverage option for any sun team.
13 Bellossom
Stat |
Base Value |
---|---|
HP |
75 |
Attack |
80 |
Defense |
95 |
Special Attack |
90 |
Special Defense |
100 |
Speed |
50 |
The Oddish line produces two very good sun team members, both having Chlorophyll as their main abil𒊎ity. The first entry of those two is Bellossom, the pure Grass-type introduced in Generation Two.
While it's quite slow, the Chlorophyll boost helps it get to decent Speed tiers. That makes it quite a decent setup sweeper, especially with Quiver Dance and Sleep Powder. Thanks to moves like Stun Spore and Strength Sap, it can also weaken opposing Pokemon.
12 Vileplume
Stat |
Base Value |
---|---|
HP |
75 |
Attack |
80 |
Defense |
85 |
Special Attack |
110 |
Special Defense |
90 |
Speed |
50 |
The Oddish line's other evolution, Vileplume, is marginally better than Bellossom for a few reasons. For one, it already has quite a high Special Attack stat at 110, so it doesn't rely as much on a Quiver Dance boost, which it doesn't have access to anyway.
The main thing that puts Vileplume above Bellossom is the extra Poison-typing, giving 🤡it another﷽ STAB option on offense. Alongside the aforementioned Solar Beam, Giga Drain, and Strength Sap, a Vileplume under the sun can be devastating with the right teammates.
11 Groudon
Stat |
Base Value |
---|---|
HP |
100 |
Attack |
150 |
Defense |
140 |
Special Attack |
100 |
Special Defense |
90 |
Speed |
90 |
Barring any competitive tier restrictions, you could certainly make Groudon a sun setter if you wanted. The thing is, it's usually a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:banned, overpowered Legendary fa🐓cing other banned, overpowered Legendaries in the Ubers tier, a🍨nd making a sun team in Ubers is just impractical.
Still, it would certainly be a huge help to a sun team, not only with its ability to set up the sun but with it being a Ground-type rather than a Fire-type like other sun setters. Having that extra coverage wouldn't hurt. This is doubly so if you play in a tier where going primal is allowed.