#0245 · Johto · Generation 2 · legendary

Suicune

Aurora Pokémon · Water-type

Suicune is a Water-type Pokémon, the Aurora Pokémon, number 245 (#0245) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 2 and comes from the Johto region. It is 2 m tall and weighs 187 kg.

Suicune is the Aurora Pokémon, a graceful Water type that the Pokédex says purifies filthy water in an instant and travels with the north wind. It is the beast chosen for the box of Pokémon Crystal.

How to pronounce Suicune

Suicune is pronounced SWEE-koon. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Suicune said out loud:

In Japanese it is スイクン.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Suicune is a slim, blue, leopard-like quadruped, 2.0 m tall and 187 kg, with white diamond-shaped markings and a white face and underside. Its thick purple mane resembles the aurora borealis, two white streamer-like tails wave forward, and a hexagonal blue crest sits on its forehead. Bulbapedia adds that it can walk across water.

Behaviour

Suicune is heroic and calm in danger, as the anime shows. The Pokédex says it roams the world in search of clean water to purify, and that north winds seem to blow wherever it appears. In Pokémon Sleep it sleeps deeply by clean water. Bulbapedia says Crystal describes it as the closest of the beasts to Ho-Oh, with a cooperative bond with Unown.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat list puts it in grasslands, though it travels wherever water needs purifying. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives by Pokémon HOME transfer or trade, or in The Indigo Disk by luring it to Casseroya Lake with a snack from Snacksworth.

Powers

Suicune has the Ability Pressure, which makes opponents use extra PP on moves aimed at it, and the hidden Ability Inner Focus, which stops flinching. It uses Water Pulse, Surf and Hydro Pump, bites with Ice Fang, speeds up its side with Tailwind and turns special hits back with Mirror Coat. With base Defense 115 and Special Defense 115 it is a sturdy defender.

Name origin

Suicune may combine 水 sui ('water'), 水晶 suishō ('crystal', also pure quartz) and 君 kun ('monarch' or 'baron'). The Japanese name is Suicune (スイクン; strictly transliterated Suikun).

Design inspiration

Muneo Saitō designed Suicune, adding leopard-like traits after Entei turned out lion-like, and has said the design came together easily. The qilin may be an influence, given its slim body, horn-like crest and water-walking, and its leopard link and north wind may nod to Fūjin, the Japanese wind god, with the aurora mane perhaps referencing Aurora and Boreas; these are fan readings. In the Johto legend its Water type stands for the rain that ended the Brass Tower fire.

In the games

Crystal makes Suicune its star, with a final showdown in the Tin Tower, and it first appeared in Gold and Silver as a roaming beast. Palace Maven Spenser uses one in Emerald's Battle Frontier, and in Colosseum a Shadow Suicune belongs to Venus. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Suicune debuted in 'Don't Touch That 'dile', glimpsed by Ash as a silhouette of blue energy on a lake island. In 'Healing the Healer!' Goh catches one to save it from Pokémon hunters, and it chooses to stay with him while roaming the world.

Fun facts

• Of the Legendary Pokémon who star on game boxes, Suicune is the only one with a base stat total below 600, says Bulbapedia.
• In Crystal you can spot Suicune in Cianwood City, near Mt. Mortar on Route 42 and beside the National Park gate on Route 36, and each time it hops away and the event resets, imitating its roaming in Gold and Silver.
• No other Shadow Pokémon has a varying moveset; it normally knows Surf, but Hydro Pump if snagged in Deep Colosseum.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Suicune (Pokémon) · Serebii: Suicune (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 75
• Defense: 115
• Sp. Atk: 90
• Sp. Def: 115
• Speed: 85

Suicune’s base stat total is 580. Its highest stat is Defense and Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Suicune weak to?

Suicune takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

Suicune does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Abilities

• Pressure: Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.
• Inner Focus (hidden ability): Prevents flinching.

Moves

Moves Suicune learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (41)

Suicune can learn 41 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Protect, Ice Fang, Water Pulse, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Snarl, Swift, Icy Wind, Avalanche, Endure, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Snowscape, Air Slash, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Waterfall, Rest, Iron Head, Substitute, Crunch, Liquidation, Tailwind, Shadow Ball, Surf, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Scald, Weather Ball, Double-Edge, Whirlpool.

Egg moves (2):Extreme Speed, Sheer Cold.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 80 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 10,240).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 35.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Defense and 2 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 261.

Pokédex entries

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. (Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire)

Said to be the embodiment of north winds, it can instantly purify filthy, murky water. (HeartGold, Y)

It races around the world to purify fouled water. It dashes away with the north wind. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X)

This Pokémon races across the land. It is said that north winds will somehow blow whenever it appears. (Silver, FireRed, SoulSilver)

Said to be the reincarnation of north winds, it can instantly purify filthy, murky water. (Gold, LeafGreen)

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. (Emerald)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Water type in Gen 2: 85 Speed, shared with 2 others.
• Highest Defense among Water types in Gen 2: 115.
• Highest base stat total among Water types in Gen 2: 580.
• Taller than 87% of all Pokémon (2 m).
• Heavier than 91% of all Pokémon (187 kg).
• Base stat total 580, ranked #69 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #57 of 1,025.
• One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 94 of 100 Pokémon introduced in Generation 2 (Johto).
• Can learn 50 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 7 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Suicune (Pokémon), Serebii: Suicune (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (SWEE-koon): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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