Groudon (Primal)
Primal Groudon is a Ground and Fire type Primal Raid boss. Best Primal Groudon raid counters include powerful Ground and Water types, with a focus on Water types as it is 2x weak to Water. This guide will tell you how to beat this Primal Beast, as well as its optimal stats, moves and CP range.
Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 5+ trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams.
You need to be as prepared as possible when defeating a Primal Raid Boss, not only are they difficult to beat, but the quicker you beat it, the more Primal Energy you will get. Primal Raids are the hardest raids we have ever had in Pokémon GO.
Primal Groudon Counters
While Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up, we have included the top Shadow Pokémon you can use against Primal Groudon. Ensure you no longer have Frustration on these Pokémon before considering adding them to your team. If you have any of these as an option, while they may take more damage than non-shadow Pokémon, they will also deal more.
Let’s check out the top raid counters for Primal Groudon:
| # | Attacker | Fast Move | Charge Move | Faints | TTW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Kyogre (Primal)
|
Waterfall Water | Origin Pulse Water | 37 | 623s |
| 2. |
Swampert (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 49 | 626s |
| 3. |
Blastoise (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 53 | 702s |
| 4. |
Kyogre (Shadow)
|
Waterfall Water | Surf Water | 58 | 674s |
| 5. |
Gyarados (Mega)
|
Waterfall Water | Aqua Tail Water | 53 | 811s |
| 6. |
Gyarados (Shadow)
|
Waterfall Water | Aqua Tail Water | 52 | 825s |
| 7. |
Kyogre
|
Waterfall Water | Origin Pulse Water | 59 | 809s |
| 8. |
Swampert (Shadow)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 73 | 655s |
| 9. |
Feraligatr (Shadow)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 73 | 702s |
| 10. |
Gyarados
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 53 | 994s |
| 11. |
Empoleon (Shadow)
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 88 | 682s |
| 12. |
Kingler (Shadow)
|
Bubble Water | Crabhammer Water | 94 | 687s |
| 13. |
Slowbro (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Surf Water | 61 | 969s |
| 14. |
Rayquaza (Mega)
|
Dragon Tail Dragon | Dragon Ascent | 51 | 1155s |
| 15. |
Crawdaunt (Shadow)
|
Waterfall Water | Crabhammer Water | 109 | 709s |
| 16. |
Salamence (Mega)
|
Dragon Tail Dragon | Hydro Pump Water | 48 | 1213s |
| 17. |
Swampert
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 76 | 803s |
| 18. |
Feraligatr
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 76 | 855s |
| 19. |
Greninja
|
Water Shuriken Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 91 | 788s |
| 20. |
Samurott
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 78 | 823s |
| 21. |
Wailord (Shadow)
|
Water Gun Water | Surf Water | 94 | 792s |
| 22. |
Groudon (Primal)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Precipice Blades Ground | 69 | 978s |
| 23. |
Garchomp (Mega)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 66 | 1042s |
| 24. |
Kingler
|
Bubble Water | Crabhammer Water | 97 | 827s |
| 25. |
Blastoise (Shadow)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 85 | 842s |
| 26. |
Empoleon
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 92 | 837s |
| 27. |
Clawitzer
|
Water Gun Water | Crabhammer Water | 90 | 847s |
| 28. |
Golisopod
|
Waterfall Water | Razor Shell Water | 71 | 1010s |
| 29. |
Rhyperior (Shadow)
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Surf Water | 100 | 862s |
| 30. |
Crawdaunt
|
Waterfall Water | Crabhammer Water | 114 | 862s |
Primal Groudon Moveset
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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*Denotes a Legacy Move, only obtainable via Elite TM.
How to Get Primal Groudon
You cannot catch Groudon in its primal evolved form from the raid. The primal raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Groudon.
Groudon can be caught with the following CP values:
- 2260 – 2351 CP no weather boost
- 2825 – 2939 CP boosted by Sunny weather boost
In order to get Primal Groudon you will need 400 Primal Energy for the initial evolution, then 80 Mega Energy to evolve the same Groudon again in the future. If you wait for their ‘cooldown’ period to end, Primal Evolution is free. This cooldown period is shorter the higher mega level your Primal Pokémon is. Primal Energy can be obtained via Primal Groudon Raids, and once you have evolved Primal Groudon, you can earn 100 Primal Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Groudon to earn Primal Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Primal Pokédex.
Shiny Groudon
Like all Mega/Primal Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Groudon from a raid.
| Regular Sprite | Shiny Sprite |
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Primal Groudon Stats
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Groudon (Primal)
GroundFire
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| Max CP at lvl 40 5902 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max CP at lvl 50 6672 | |||||
| ATK 353 | DEF 268 | HP 218 | |||
| Weak to | Resistances | ||||
| Ground Waterx2 | Electric Bug Fairy Fire Poison Steel | ||||
Conclusion
Primal Groudon is an absolute beast. With massive stats, and a huge max CP, this is one Pokémon you don’t want to miss out on. They will be invaluable as a raid attacker, and with their signature move Precipice Blades has SO much utility for PvE. Check out our full analysis here.
