Suicune (Pokémon)

Suicune スイクン Suikun
Artwork from GSC
Type	Water
Species	Aurora Pokémon
National Dex	#245
Johto Dex	#240
Hoenn Dex	#380*
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R-204
Almia Browser	R—
Height	6′07″ (2.0m)
Weight	412.3 lbs. (187.0kg)
Ability	Pressure
Egg group	No eggs
Time to hatch	20,480 steps
Effort yield	1 Def, 2 SpD
Exp. yield	215 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,250,000 exp.
Gender	—
Pokédex color	Blue
Catch rate	3
Footprint
Body style
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Suicune (Japanese: スイクン Suikun) is a Water-type legendary Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

It is, along with Raikou and Entei, one of the legendary beasts created by Ho-Oh after the burning of the Brass Tower.

Suicune is pursued, both in the anime and Pokémon Crystal, by Eusine.

Suicune is the version mascot of Pokémon Crystal, appearing on the boxart.

Suicune was a major character in the movie Pokémon 4Ever.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.2 Special abilities 1.3 Behavior 1.4 Habitat 1.5 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 3.1 Pokémon Special 4 In the TCG 5 Other appearances 5.1 Super Smash Bros. Melee/Brawl 6 Game data 6.1 Pokédex entries 6.2 Game locations 6.2.1 In side games 6.3 Base stats 6.4 Type effectiveness 6.5 Learnset 6.5.1 By leveling up 6.5.2 By TM/HM 6.5.3 By breeding 6.5.4 By tutoring 6.5.5 Special moves 6.6 Side game data 6.7 Evolution 6.8 Sprites 7 Trivia 7.1 Origin 7.1.1 Name origin 8 In other languages 9 Related Articles 10 External links

Biology

Physiology

Suicune is a blue cheetah-like creature with white rhombus-shaped spots and a white underside. Suicune has two white streamer-like tails and a purple cape that resembles a northern aurora or a flowing river. It has a hexagon-shaped crest on its forehead and has cat-like paws.

Gender differences

Suicune is a genderless species.

Special abilities

Suicune has the power to purify dirty water and can walk across water. Northern winds always seems to blow where ever it shows up. Because Suicune is the embodiment of the north winds, it is able to learn and use almost every attack with relation to the wind (such as Gust, Icy Wind and even Blizzard) Suicune, like the other Legendary Beasts, is also extremely fast, but, interestingly, it does not learn ExtremeSpeed naturally. It also sports partial mental powers.

Behavior

Habitat

Since Suicune is a member of the Legendary Beast Trio, Suicune races around the land. Some say it searches for a pure reservoir. Many speculate that Suicune and the rest of the Legendary Beasts are indeed not unique species because in Pokémon 4Ever, Professor Oak speaks as if the Suicune in question was a specific Pokémon of that species.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Its first appearance is in the episode Don't Touch that 'Dile when Ash, Misty, and Brock spot Suicune in the middle of a lake near New Bark Town. When it spots the group, it runs off.

The first significant and lengthy appearance of Suicune is in Pokémon 4Ever. In the course of the movie, it demonstrated its ability to purify water, as well as doing battle with Dark Celebi.

Another significant appearance is in the episode For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll, where it appeared in Ecruteak City after one of the Crystal Bells from the Tin Tower was destroyed.

Suicune also appears in Sinnoh in Drifloon on the Wind!.

It was a friend to two young Joys named Marnie and Paige. Suicune saved Ash and Paige.

In the manga

Pokémon Special

Suicune was awakened by Yellow along with its two counterparts, and the three raced around Kanto and Johto looking for trainers to help them defeat the Mask of Ice to free Ho-Oh. Suicune, in particular, personally challenges nearly every single Gym Leader in the two regions. During its travels, it encounters both Eusine and Crystal, both of which become obsessed with capturing it. Crystal acquires the Crystal Bell, but is still unable to capture Suicune. She has her confidence shattered by this and has to retreat back to her old training grounds to regain her confidence. Suicune later chooses Misty as its partner, but then pairs up with Crystal anyway after Misty becomes injured.

Suicune can communicate with Raikou and Entei telepathically.

In the TCG

Main article: Suicune (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee/Brawl

When released from a Poké Ball, Suicune unleashes a blast of Icy Wind that causes high levels of damage. Suicune returns in Brawl but with a different attack, Aurora Beam.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
II	Gold	Said to be the reincarnation of north winds, it can instantly purify filthy, murky water.
	Silver	This Pokémon races across the land. It is said that north winds will somehow blow whenever it appears.
	Crystal	This divine Pokémon blows around the world, always in search of a pure reservoir.
	Stadium 2	Said to be the reincarnation of north winds, it can instantly purify filthy, murky water.
III	Ruby	Suicune embodies the compassion of a pure spring of water. It runs across the land with gracefulness. This Pokémon has the power to purify dirty water.
	Sapphire	Suicune embodies the compassion of a pure spring of water. It runs across the land with gracefulness. This Pokémon has the power to purify dirty water.
	Emerald	Suicune embodies the compassion of a pure spring of water. It runs across the land with gliding elegance. It has the power to purify dirty water.
	FireRed	This Pokémon races across the land. It is said that north winds will somehow blow whenever it appears.
	LeafGreen	Said to be the reincarnation of north winds, it can instantly purify filthy, murky water.
IV	Diamond	It travels across the world to purify polluted water. It moves together with the north wind.
	Pearl	It travels across the world to purify polluted water. It moves together with the north wind.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
II	Gold	Silver	One	Roaming Johto
	Crystal		One	Tin Tower
III	Ruby	Sapphire	None	Trade
	Emerald		None	Trade
	FireRed	LeafGreen	One	Roaming Kanto
	Colosseum		One	The Under (Shadow)
	XD		None	Trade
IV	Diamond	Pearl	None	Pal Park
	Platinum		None	Trade
	Pal Park			Mountain

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Trozei!	Random Agent Cards Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Northwind Field (30F)
Pokémon Ranger	Fiore Temple
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Final Maze (B29F)

Base stats

HP:	100
Attack:	75
Defense:	115
SpAtk:	90
SpDef:	115
Speed:	85

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Grass : 2×  Electric : 2×	Steel : ½×  Fire : ½×  Water : ½×  Ice : ½×		Normal : 1×  Fighting : 1×  Flying : 1×  Poison : 1×  Ground : 1×  Rock : 1×  Bug : 1×  Ghost : 1×  Psychic : 1×  Dragon : 1×  Dark : 1×

Learnset

Suicune is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Start	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
8	BubbleBeam	Water	Special	65	100%	25	Beauty	2 ♥♥
15	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
22	Gust	Flying	Special	40	100%	35	Smart	3 ♥♥♥
29	Aurora Beam	Ice	Special	65	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
36	Mist	Ice	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	2 ♥♥
43	Mirror Coat	Psychic	Special	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
50	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
57	Tailwind	Flying	Status	—	—%	30	Smart	2 ♥♥
64	Extrasensory	Psychic	Special	80	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
71	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	120	80%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
78	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	0
85	BlizzardPt	Ice	Special	120	70%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM04	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	0
TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Cool	0
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM55	Brine	Water	Special	65	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM72	Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100%	10	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
HM03	Surf	Water	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
HM07	Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
HM08	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20	Cool	0
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

None.

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Game							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Dive	Water	Physical	80	100%	10	Beauty	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	60	100%	5	Smart	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game, while a colored background indicates that the move is available.

Special moves

Pokémon Colosseum
Shadow moves		Level 40+	Purified moves
Shadow Rush	???		Rain Dance	Water
--			Leer	Normal
--			Gust	Flying
--			Surf	Water

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 0.1%	Friend Area: Sacred Field
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Let us go! The north wind will be our ally!
26%-50% HP	This is serious... Half my HP has been expended already...
1%-25% HP	This is it... The power of the north wind fails to reach me...
Level Up	I've leveled up! May the north wind empower me!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 17	Minimum Experience: 550
Poké Assist:	Field Move: Soak x3	Maximum Experience: 600
Suicune moves so fast it leaves images of itself. Its real form is said to be unseen.

Evolution

Does not evolve Base form Suicune  Water

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 245.png
			Image:Spr 4p 245 s.png

For other sprites and images, please see Suicune images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Suicune's sprite in Gold and Silver had a purple head piece, but was permanently changed to blue in Crystal. This seems to have shown that the head piece was meant to be translucent originally.
  • Suicune's Crystal sprite shows its lower jaw as being blue, even though it's supposed to be white. This may have been done on purpose though because Suicune's Gold and Silver sprite appears as if it were gritting its teeth rather than having its mouth closed.
• Despite being a sole Water-type, Suicune displays many Ice-type features, as well as being the only non-Ice-type Pokémon to learn Blizzard naturally.
• In the anime, Suicune's body color and headpiece are more of a bluish-green color, while its in-game sprites and Ken Sugimori's official artwork show Suicune's body being more of a sky blue color.
• Suicune is the only Generation II legendary Pokémon to appear in a Diamond & Pearl series episode so far.
• Prior to the release of Crystal, a special battle music was composed when Suicune is encountered at the Tin Tower. Likewise, the same music is played when Raikou and Entei are encountered anywhere in Johto, with the exception of caves, dungeons, cities and towns, thus alerting the player that he or she is encountering any of the two.
• Suicune is the only member of the legendary beast trio that does not require the Mystery Part or Secret Slab to appear to the player in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2.

Origin

Suicune resembles a wolf or a cheetah. Its ability to purify water is also reminiscent of a unicorn.

Name origin

Suicune's name is probably based off its Japanese name, Suikun. Suikun is likely a combination of 水 sui, water, and 君 kun, monarch.

In other languages

• German: Suicune
• French: Suicune
• Korean: 스이쿤 Suikun

Related Articles

• Suicune (Pokémon 4Ever)
• Suicune (anime)
• Legendary beasts

External links

• Article on Wikipedia
• Aurora, the fanlisting for Suicune
• Snapshots of Suicune from Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Legendary Pokémon
	Before the Elite Four		After the Elite Four	Event Pokémon
	Legendary trios	Version mascots		Cute	Über
Kanto	Articuno | Zapdos | Moltres		Mewtwo	Mew
Johto	Raikou | Entei | Suicune	Lugia | Ho-Oh		Celebi
Hoenn	Regirock | Regice | Registeel	Kyogre | Groudon | Rayquaza