Groudon Raid Counters Guide

Groudon

Groudon is a Tier 5 Legendary Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, being a member of the Weather Trio with Rayquaza and Kyogre. The best Groudon counters are strong Water and Grass-type Pokemon such as Gyarados, Kyogre, Feraligatr, Venusaur and Roserade.

Groudon’s Raid Boss CP is 54411, and you can catch it in the following CP ranges:

• 2260-2351 at Lvl 20, no weather boost
• 2825-2939 at Lvl 25 with Sunny weather

Groudon can be duo’ed with full teams of weather boosted Level 40 Pokémon. Beyond that challenge, we recommend groups of 3-6, for high-level trainers, or 7-20 for lower level players.

For our Simulator’s list of counters, check here. As well, for a full IV chart, you can check here. Groudon is a pure Ground type.

Groudon Raid Counters

The following table shows best counters to use versus a Groudon raid boss.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	696.26s	20.83
2.	Roserade	Razor Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	762.42s	24.00
3.	Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Surf Water	729.19s	27.20
4.	Empoleon	Waterfall Water	Hydro Cannon Water	753.54s	28.50
5.	Swampert	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	747.53s	29.80
6.	Kingler	Bubble Water	Crabhammer Water	736.16s	37.00
7.	Feraligatr	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	752.93s	26.25
8.	Samurott	Fury Cutter Bug	Hydro Cannon Water	747.84s	29.00
9.	Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	753.33s	46.33
10.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	744.86s	33.00
11.	Crawdaunt	Waterfall Water	Crabhammer Water	776.01s	30.50
12.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	808.29s	24.40
13.	Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	796.27s	29.50
14.	Primarina	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	843.77s	23.50
15.	Celebi	Magical Leaf Grass	Leaf Storm Grass	830.13s	22.80
16.	Breloom	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	790.42s	32.67
17.	Clawitzer	Water Gun Water	Crabhammer Water	799.00s	29.00
18.	Gyarados	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	840.08s	23.00
19.	Torterra	Razor Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	811.70s	26.80
20.	Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	825.68s	27.50
21.	Simisage	Vine Whip Grass	Grass Knot Grass	813.05s	31.00
22.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Ice Beam Ice	823.17s	28.33
23.	Palkia	Dragon Tail Dragon	Aqua Tail Water	836.94s	27.00
24.	Exeggutor (Alola)	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	876.17s	20.00
25.	Glaceon	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	790.74s	32.00
26.	Leavanny	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Storm Grass	900.25s	19.00

Picking Groudon’s counters and placing them in a direct list is a bit difficult, given how weather and moveset can change a raid counter pick. One has to consider that the counters for Groudon include: Kyogre, the best Water type, Roserade and Frenzy Plant Sceptile/Venusaur, the best Grass types, and Mamoswine, the best Ice type. However, you cannot just use your best instance of these Pokémon, as moves and weather can shred every single one of these. Fire Blast will burn Grass and Ice types, and Solar Beam will ruin all Water counters except for Gyarados.

The only guaranteed counters in any weather or moveset are, as previously mentioned, Gyarados and Ice Beam Mewtwo. Beyond that, counters listed above fall into two categories:

• Solar Beam Counters that consist of Grass and Ice types.
• Fire Blast Counters that consist of Water types

Groudon Movesets

Groudon has access to the following quick and charge moves:

• Dragon Tail dragon (quick)
• Mud Shot ground (quick)
• Fire Blast fire (charge, one bar)
• Solar Beam grass (charge, one bar)
• Earthquake ground (charge, one bar)

Weather Chart