Sunny Day

Type

Fire

Category

status

Power

—

Accuracy

—

PP

5

Priority

0

Target

field

Contact

No

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

A utility move whose value depends on the team's gameplan and the tempo it creates.

• Incineroar
• Metagross Mega
• Tyranitar Mega
• Blaziken Mega
• Gardevoir Mega
• Floette Mega
• Glimmora Mega
• Hawlucha Mega
• Steelix Mega
• Drampa Mega
• Houndoom Mega
• Delphox Mega
• Gyarados Mega
• Ampharos Mega
• Heracross Mega
• Chesnaught Mega
• Gallade Mega
• Scizor Mega
• Falinks Mega
• Garchomp Mega Z
• Garchomp Mega
• Sceptile Mega
• Aerodactyl Mega
• Slowbro Mega
• Pidgeot Mega
• Chandelure Mega
• Malamar Mega
• Dragapult
• Scovillain Mega
• Eelektross Mega
• Goodra Hisui
• Dragonite Mega
• Florges
• Hydreigon
• Altaria Mega
• Pinsir Mega
• Charizard Mega Y
• Emboar Mega
• Kommo O
• Charizard Mega X
• Gengar Mega
• Kangaskhan Mega
• Snorlax
• Excadrill Mega
• Lucario Mega Z
• Lucario Mega
• Alakazam Mega
• Scrafty Mega
• Goodra
• Hydrapple
• Venusaur Mega
• Crabominable Mega
• Glaceon
• Infernape
• Leafeon
• Scolipede Mega
• Whimsicott
• Lopunny Mega
• Golurk Mega
• Audino Mega
• Meganium Mega
• Arcanine
• Glimmora
• Volcarona
• Dragonite
• Charizard Gmax
• Noivern
• Rhyperior
• Garchomp
• Zoroark
• Aerodactyl
• Torterra
• Camerupt Mega
• Decidueye Hisui
• Aggron Mega
• Venusaur Gmax
• Mr Rime
• Machamp Gmax
• Machamp
• Staraptor Mega
• Flareon
• Gengar Gmax
• Aegislash Blade
• Gengar
• Pyroar Male
• Tyranitar
• Jolteon
• Floette Eternal
• Skeledirge
• Ceruledge
• Skarmory Mega
• Typhlosion
• Vaporeon
• Armarouge
• Charizard
• Gyarados
• Blaziken
• Alakazam
• Absol Mega
• Ninetales
• Tauros Paldea Aqua Breed
• Aggron
• Houndstone
• Tsareena
• Absol Mega Z
• Heracross
• Tauros Paldea Blaze Breed
• Victreebel Mega
• Chandelure
• Farigiraf
• Lycanroc Midnight
• Tauros Paldea Combat Breed
• Weavile
• Lycanroc Midday
• Delphox
• Scolipede
• Gardevoir
• Simisear
• Sceptile
• Scizor
• Banette Mega
• Kangaskhan
• Mawile Mega
• Clefable Mega
• Meganium
• Rotom Mow
• Steelix
• Talonflame
• Luxray
• Roserade
• Slowking Galar
• Chimecho Mega
• Heliolisk
• Passimian
• Simisage
• Spiritomb
• Venusaur
• Conkeldurr
• Oranguru
• Pidgeot
• Rotom Fan
• Zoroark Hisui
• Appletun
• Ampharos
• Arcanine Hisui
• Bastiodon
• Flapple
• Rotom Frost
• Typhlosion Hisui
• Chesnaught
• Gourgeist Average
• Rotom Wash
• Snorlax Gmax
• Garbodor
• Eelektross
• Garganacl
• Rampardos
• Beedrill Mega
• Excadrill
• Rotom Heat
• Altaria
• Clefable
• Emboar
• Falinks
• Crabominable
• Scrafty
• Appletun Gmax
• Hippowdon
• Slowbro Galar
• Aegislash Shield
• Malamar
• Houndoom
• Meowstic Female
• Sylveon
• Decidueye
• Flapple Gmax
• Corviknight Gmax
• Gallade
• Sneasler
• Torkoal
• Lucario
• Metagross
• Mimikyu Busted
• Sableye Mega
• Slowbro
• Annihilape
• Pinsir
• Slurpuff
• Umbreon
• Toucannon
• Wyrdeer
• Serperior
• Espeon
• Tauros
• Toxicroak
• Reuniclus
• Salazzle
• Hawlucha
• Trevenant
• Tyrantrum
• Drampa
• Medicham Mega
• Gourgeist Super
• Espathra
• Mudsdale
• Gliscor
• Gourgeist Large
• Ninetales Alola
• Kleavor
• Absol
• Lopunny
• Pangoro
• Gourgeist Small
• Klefki
• Slowking
• Scovillain
• Mimikyu Disguised
• Aromatisse
• Corviknight
• Forretress
• Victreebel
• Staraptor
• Chimecho
• Garbodor Gmax
• Vileplume
• Furfrou
• Golurk
• Meowstic Male
• Skarmory
• Maushold Family Of Three
• Salazzle Totem
• Liepard
• Banette
• Maushold Family Of Four
• Audino
• Camerupt
• Arbok
• Rotom
• Dedenne
• Castform Snowy
• Castform Rainy
• Castform Sunny
• Watchog
• Castform
• Vivillon
• Medicham
• Ariados
• Beedrill
• Floette
• Mawile
• Sableye

Sunny Day is a Fire-type status move. It targets field and has 5 PP. Sunny Day is a Fire-type status move. It targets the entire field and has 5 PP.

A utility move whose value depends on the team's gameplan and the tempo it creates.

Consider Sunny Day when your team needs the utility it provides rather than direct damage. Status moves define speed control, redirection, protection and disruption in VGC. Its value depends on whether your team can exploit the turns it creates. Check your team composition for Pokémon that benefit from the positioning or tempo it generates.

In team building, Sunny Day competes with other support and disruption options for a limited number of moveslots. Ask whether your team has enough offense to justify a utility move, and whether you have the speed or bulk to use it safely. Many successful teams run one or two status moves that enable the rest of the roster, so treat it as part of your overall gameplan rather than an afterthought.

Common mistakes with Sunny Day include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Sunny Day in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: does not block this move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: no effect (non-priority).