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Best Pokemon GO Sunshine Cup: Great League Edition Team in Season 10: Rising Heroes

Get your Normal, Fire, Grass, and Ground-types ready to battle in the Sunshine Cup!

The best team to use in the Pokemon GO Sunshine Cup: Great League Edition is:

  • Pidgeot
  • Noctowl
  • Vigoroth

Pidgeot and Noctowl are the best Pokemon for the Sunshine Cup, as they can learn the extremely powerful Wing Attack. Meanwhile, Vigoroth is perfect for countering Galarian Stunfisk, which will be a very popular choice in this cup.

Find out the top 10 Pokemon to use in the Sunshine Cup: Great League Edition, and their strongest attacks in the table below. Also, here are the fastest ways to earn Candy in Pokemon GO so you can power them up before battle!

PokemonImageTypeFast AttackCharged Attacks
PidgeotPidgeot Pokemon GONormal/FlyingWing Attack*Feather Dance
Brave Bird
NoctowlNoctowl Pokemon GONormal/FlyingWing AttackSky Attack
Shadow Ball
DubwoolDubwool Pokemon GONormalDouble KickBody Slam
Payback
VigorothVigoroth Pokemon GONormalCounterBody Slam
Bulldoze
Diggersby (XL)Pokemon GO DiggersbyNormal/GroundQuick AttackFire Punch
Earthquake
VictiniVictini Pokemon GOPsychic/FireQuick AttackV-Create
Overheat
Galarian StunfiskPokemon GO Galarian StunfiskGround/SteelMud ShotRock Slide
Earthquake
GliscorGliscor Pokemon GOGround/FlyingWing AttackEarthquake
Night Slash
MiltankMiltank Pokemon GONormalTackleBody Slam
Ice Beam
AbomasnowAbomasnow Pokemon GOGrass/IcePowder SnowWeather Ball (Ice)
Energy Ball

Any attack with a * next to it is an exclusive attack. This means that you’ll need to use an Elite Fast or Elite Charged TM to teach it to any Pokemon that doesn’t already know it.

Meanwhile, any Pokemon with an (XL) next to its name requires XL Candy to get up to 1500 CP. Here’s how to get more XL Candy in Pokemon GO!

Best Sunshine Cup Team Pokemon GO

Pokemon GO Sunshine Cup: Great League Edition Rules

Pokemon trainers must select their team for the Sunshine Cup: Great League Edition according to the following rules:

  • Pokemon must be 1500 CP or below to enter
  • Only Pokemon of the following types are allowed:
    • Normal
    • Fire
    • Grass
    • Ground
      • Dual-type Pokemon are allowed as long as they have one of these types
  • The following Pokemon is banned:
    • Charizard

Find out the most powerful Pokemon of each of these types for some more ideas on which Pokemon to select for this GO Battle League cup:

Pokemon GO Sunshine Cup

When is the Sunshine Cup: Great League Edition? Start & End Date

The Sunshine Cup: Ultra League Edition is in the Pokemon GO Battle League from May 10 to May 17, 2023, according to the Season 10: Rising Heroes cup schedule.

The other competition active at this time is the Ultra League. Find out the best Ultra League team in Pokemon GO so you can win all of your battles!

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