Sun Gym Leaders & Boss Prep
Every gym leader and Elite Four member in Pokemon Sun, with their full teams, level caps, and the attacking types that work best against them. Use this to prep before each fight in your Nuzlocke run.
17 gyms & bosses
Gym leaders & bosses
Weak to
Ilima
normalnormal
Bring: super effectivefighting
Avoid: resistedghost
Leader team
yungoos · Lv. 9
Ability: strong-jaw
tackle, pursuit, leer
smeargle · Lv. 10
Ability: technician
ember, tackle
Ilima's trial
normalnormal
Bring: super effectivefighting
Avoid: resistedghost
Leader team
yungoos · Lv. 9
Ability: strong-jaw
tackle, pursuit, leer
smeargle · Lv. 10
Ability: technician
ember, tackle
Hala
fightingfighting
Bring: super effectiveflyingpsychicfairy
At risk: keep these outnormalicerockdarksteel
Avoid: resistedbugrockdark
Leader team
mankey · Lv. 14
Ability: anger-point
karate-chop, focus-energy, pursuit
makuhita · Lv. 14
Ability: thick-fat
fake-out, sand-attack, arm-thrust
crabrawler · Lv. 15
Ability: iron-fist
Held item: fightinium-z--held
power-up-punch, pursuit, leer
Lana's trial
waterwater
Bring: super effectivegrasselectric
At risk: keep these outfiregroundrock
Avoid: resistedfirewatericesteel
Leader team
wishiwashi-school · Lv. 20
Ability: schooling
Held item: sitrus-berry
water-gun, rain-dance, soak, growl
wishiwashi-solo · Lv. 18
Ability: schooling
helping-hand, feint-attack, brine, aqua-ring
alomomola · Lv. 18
Ability: healer
helping-hand, double-slap, heal-pulse, water-gun
Kiawe's trial
firefire
Bring: super effectivewatergroundrock
At risk: keep these outgrassicebugsteel
Avoid: resistedfiregrassicebugsteelfairy
Leader team
salazzle · Lv. 22
Ability: schooling
Held item: petaya-berry
torment, flame-burst, venom-drench, toxic
salandit · Lv. 20
Ability: corrosion
poison-gas, venoshock, taunt, scratch
Mallow's trial
grassgrass
Bring: super effectivefireicepoisonflyingbug
At risk: keep these outwatergroundrock
Avoid: resistedwatergrasselectricground
Leader team
lurantis · Lv. 24
Ability: leaf-guard
Held item: power-herb
razor-leaf, x-scissor, solar-blade, synthesis
trumbeak · Lv. 22
Ability: keen-eye
rock-blast, pluck, supersonic, screech
castform · Lv. 22
Ability: forecast
sunny-day, water-gun, headbutt, weather-ball
Island Kahuna Olivia
rockrock
Bring: super effectivewatergrassfightinggroundsteel
At risk: keep these outfireiceflyingbug
Avoid: resistednormalfirepoisonflying
Leader team
nosepass · Lv. 25
Ability: sturdy
rock-slide, spark, thunder-wave
boldore · Lv. 26
Ability: sturdy
rock-blast, mud-slap, headbutt
lycanroc-midnight · Lv. 26
Ability: vital-spirit
Held item: rockium-z--held
bite, rock-throw
Sophocles' trial
electricelectric
Bring: super effectiveground
At risk: keep these outwaterflying
Avoid: resistedelectricflyingsteel
Leader team
vikavolt · Lv. 29
Ability: levitate
Held item: occa-berry
vice-grip, charge, spark, bug-bite
charjabug · Lv. 28
Ability: battery
thunder-wave, string-shot, mud-slap, vice-grip
Acerola's Trial
ghostghost
Bring: super effectiveghostdark
At risk: keep these outpsychicghost
Avoid: resistednormalfightingpoisonbug
Leader team
mimikyu-disguised · Lv. 33
Ability: disguise
Held item: lum-berry
play-rough, shadow-claw, astonish, mimic
haunter · Lv. 27
Ability: levitate
hypnosis, sucker-punch, night-shade, lick
gengar · Lv. 27
Ability: cursed-body
shadow-ball, hypnosis, night-shade, shadow-punch
Island Kahuna Nanu
darkdark
Bring: super effectivefightingbugfairy
At risk: keep these outpsychicghost
Avoid: resistedpsychicghostdark
Leader team
sableye · Lv. 38
Ability: keen-eye
power-gem, shadow-ball, fake-out
krokorok · Lv. 38
Ability: intimidate
crunch, assurance, swagger, earthquake
persian-alola · Lv. 39
Ability: fur-coat
Held item: darkinium-z--held
power-gem, fake-out, dark-pulse
Island Kahuna Hapu
groundground
Bring: super effectivewatergrassice
At risk: keep these outfireelectricpoisonrocksteel
Avoid: resistedelectricpoisonrock
Leader team
dugtrio-alola · Lv. 47
Ability: sand-veil
iron-head, earthquake, sucker-punch, sandstorm
gastrodon · Lv. 47
Ability: sticky-hold
muddy-water, mud-bomb, recover
flygon · Lv. 47
Ability: levitate
earth-power, dragon-breath
mudsdale · Lv. 48
Ability: stamina
Held item: groundium-z--held
heavy-slam, earthquake, double-kick, counter
Kommo-o's Trial
dragondragon
Bring: super effectiveicedragonfairy
At risk: keep these outdragon
Avoid: resistedfirewatergrasselectric
Leader team
kommo-o · Lv. 45
Ability: soundproof
Held item: mental-herb
clanging-scales, sky-uppercut, flash-cannon, protect
hakamo-o · Lv. 32
Ability: bulletproof
sky-uppercut, autotomize, work-up, bide
scizor · Lv. 32
Ability: technician
metal-claw, pursuit, leer, fury-cutter
Hala
fightingfighting
Bring: super effectiveflyingpsychicfairy
At risk: keep these outnormalicerockdarksteel
Avoid: resistedbugrockdark
Leader team
hariyama · Lv. 54
Ability: thick-fat
fake-out, close-combat, knock-off
primeape · Lv. 54
Ability: anger-point
cross-chop, outrage, punishment, pursuit
bewear · Lv. 54
Ability: fluffy
hammer-arm, brutal-swing
poliwrath · Lv. 54
Ability: water-absorb
waterfall, submission
crabominable · Lv. 55
Ability: iron-fist
Held item: fightinium-z--held
ice-hammer, close-combat
Olivia
rockrock
Bring: super effectivewatergrassfightinggroundsteel
At risk: keep these outfireiceflyingbug
Avoid: resistednormalfirepoisonflying
Leader team
relicanth · Lv. 54
Ability: swift-swim
hydro-pump, ancient-power, yawn
carbink · Lv. 54
Ability: clear-body
power-gem, moonblast, reflect
golem-alola · Lv. 54
Ability: sturdy
thunder-punch, rock-blast, steamroller
probopass · Lv. 54
Ability: sturdy
earth-power, power-gem, thunder-wave, sandstorm
lycanroc-midnight · Lv. 55
Ability: keen-eye
Held item: rockium-z--held
crunch, stone-edge, counter, rock-climb
Acerola
ghostghost
Bring: super effectiveghostdark
At risk: keep these outpsychicghost
Avoid: resistednormalfightingpoisonbug
Leader team
sableye · Lv. 54
Ability: keen-eye
shadow-claw, zen-headbutt, confuse-ray, fake-out
drifblim · Lv. 54
Ability: aftermath
ominous-wind, focus-energy, amnesia, baton-pass
dhelmise · Lv. 54
Ability: steelworker
slam, shadow-ball, energy-ball, whirlpool
froslass · Lv. 54
Ability: snow-cloak
blizzard, shadow-ball, confuse-ray, ice-shard
palossand · Lv. 55
Ability: water-compaction
Held item: ghostium-z--held
shadow-ball, earth-power, giga-drain, iron-defense
Kahili
flyingflying
Bring: super effectiveelectricicerock
At risk: keep these outgrassfightingbug
Avoid: resistedgrassfightinggroundbug
Leader team
skarmory · Lv. 54
Ability: sturdy
slash, steel-wing, feint, spikes
crobat · Lv. 54
Ability: inner-focus
air-slash, swift, supersonic, poison-fang
oricorio-baile · Lv. 54
Ability: dancer
revelation-dance, teeter-dance, air-slash, feather-dance
mandibuzz · Lv. 54
Ability: big-pecks
bone-rush, brave-bird, punishment, flatter
toucannon · Lv. 55
Ability: skill-link
Held item: flyinium-z--held
bullet-seed, rock-blast, beak-blast, screech
Kukui
mixed
No clear type advantage. Rely on levels and coverage moves.
Leader team
lycanroc-midday · Lv. 57
Ability: keen-eye
stone-edge, accelerock, crunch, stealth-rock
ninetales-alola · Lv. 56
Ability: snow-cloak
dazzling-gleam, blizzard, ice-shard, safeguard
braviary · Lv. 56
Ability: keen-eye
crush-claw, brave-bird, tailwind, whirlwind
magnezone · Lv. 56
Ability: sturdy
thunderbolt, flash-cannon, thunder-wave, mirror-coat
snorlax · Lv. 56
Ability: thick-fat
body-slam, crunch, heavy-slam, high-horsepower
incineroar · Lv. 58
Ability: blaze
Held item: firium-z--held
flare-blitz, darkest-lariat, outrage, cross-chop
primarina · Lv. 58
Ability: torrent
Held item: waterium-z--held
sparkling-aria, moonblast, aqua-jet, hyper-voice
decidueye · Lv. 58
Ability: overgrow
Held item: grassium-z--held
leaf-blade, spirit-shackle, brave-bird, sucker-punch
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