Groudon #0383 Primal

GroundFire

Max CP	L405902L506672L51 · Best Buddy6752
Buddy Distance	20 km per Candy
Released	Feb 18, 2023Feb 18, 2023
Mega Evolution	400 Mega Energy the first time
After That	Free after a 7-day rest, or 80 Mega Energy to skip it

Type Effectiveness

Groudon takes 256% from Water, and 160% from Ground moves.

Weak ×2.6

Water

Weak ×1.6

Ground

Resists ×0.6

FirePoisonBugSteelFairy

Resists ×0.4

Electric

Primal Groudon is a Ground/Fire-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, doubly weak to Water and weak to Ground.

It reaches 6672 CP at level 50, or 6752 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Dragon Tail with Precipice Blades, which needs an Elite TM.

Base Stats

Attack353

Defense268

Stamina218

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	DragonDragon Tail	GroundPrecipice Blades	19.2	588
2	GroundMud Shot	GroundPrecipice Blades	18.8	577
3	DragonDragon Tail	GroundEarthquake	18.0	552
4	DragonDragon Tail	FireFire Blast	17.4	535
5	GroundMud Shot	GroundEarthquake	17.3	530
6	DragonDragon Tail	GrassSolar Beam	17.0	522
7	DragonDragon Tail	FireFire Punch	16.8	517
8	GroundMud Shot	FireFire Blast	16.6	508

2 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	GroundMud Shot	GrassSolar Beam	16.1	494
10	GroundMud Shot	FireFire Punch	15.8	486

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Dragon Tail	Dragon	14	8	1.0s	14.0	8.0
Mud Shot	Ground	4	6	0.5s	8.0	12.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
Precipice BladesE	Ground	120	100	1.5s	80.0	1.20
Earthquake	Ground	140	100	3.5s	40.0	1.40
Solar Beam	Grass	180	100	5.0s	36.0	1.80
Fire Blast	Fire	140	100	4.0s	35.0	1.40
Fire PunchE	Fire	50	33	2.0s	25.0	1.52

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Dragon Tail	Dragon	9	12	3	3.0	4.0
Mud Shot	Ground	3	9	2	1.5	4.5

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Precipice BladesE	Ground	130	60	2.17
Solar Beam	Grass	150	80	1.88
Earthquake	Ground	120	65	1.85
Fire Blast	Fire	140	80	1.75
Fire PunchE	Fire	60	40	1.50

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Primal raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Primal KyogreWaterWaterfallWaterOrigin PulseE32.5 eDPS
2Mega GreninjaWaterWater ShurikenWaterSurf+30.6 eDPS
3Mega SwampertWaterWater GunWaterHydro CannonE30.6 eDPS
4Mega StarmieWaterWater GunWaterLiquidation+27.8 eDPS
5Mega BlastoiseWaterWater GunWaterHydro CannonE27.4 eDPS
6Shadow KinglerWaterBubbleWaterCrabhammer26.1 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Stronger than the everyday pick against 38 of 134 Tier 5 and Mega bosses.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

Mega ManectricMega RaidGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE+7.0% Gainover Garchomp
Mega Raichu YMega RaidGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE+5.9% Gainover Garchomp
Mega Raichu XMega RaidGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE+5.3% Gainover Excadrill
Mega MawileMega RaidGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE+5.2% Gainover Chandelure
RegielekiTier 5 RaidGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE+5.0% Gainover Excadrill
HeatranTier 5 RaidGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE+3.9% Gainover Garchomp
XurkitreeTier 5 RaidGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE+3.8% Gainover Excadrill
Tapu KokoTier 5 RaidGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE+3.6% Gainover Excadrill

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	244610/10/10	252915/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	326110/10/10	337215/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	407710/10/10	421515/15/15
L40	40	53290/0/0	590215/15/15
L50	50	60240/0/0	667215/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	60960/0/0	675215/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	2529	2284
Level 20	3372	3045
Level 25	4215	3806
Level 30	5059	4568
Level 35	5480	4948
Level 40	5902	5329
Level 45	6281	5671
Level 50	6672	6024
Level 51	6752	6096

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	100 Candy · 100,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	5 m · 999.7 kg
Gender Ratio	Genderless
Trading	Not TradableNot Transferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Groudon in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/8/111500 CP at level 9.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/8/11	1500	9.5	100.00%
#2	0/14/6	1500	9.5	100.00%
#3	0/10/9	1499	9.5	99.65%
#4	0/13/6	1497	9.5	99.64%
#5	0/13/7	1500	9.5	99.64%
#6	0/7/11	1497	9.5	99.63%
#7	0/4/14	1499	9.5	99.59%
#8	1/9/9	1500	9.5	99.57%
#9	1/12/6	1498	9.5	99.57%
#10	1/6/11	1499	9.5	99.55%

A 15/15/15 ranks #3557 of 4,096, with 90.93% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/142497 CP at level 15.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/14	2497	15.5	100.00%
#2	1/13/14	2500	15.5	99.92%
#3	0/13/14	2493	15.5	99.64%
#4	0/13/15	2498	15.5	99.64%
#5	1/12/14	2495	15.5	99.57%
#6	0/15/13	2496	15.5	99.53%
#7	2/11/14	2498	15.5	99.49%
#8	1/14/13	2499	15.5	99.46%
#9	3/10/14	2500	15.5	99.41%
#10	0/12/14	2488	15.5	99.29%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2459 of 4,096, with 94.66% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

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Groudon #0383 Primal

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League