Is Groudon Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
The Omega Ruby mascot. Catchable during the story climax with Primal Reversion via the Red Orb. Primal Groudon becomes Ground/Fire with AbilityDesolate Land creating sun that can't be overridden. 150 Attack base with the added Fire typing. Transfer-only in Alpha Sapphire.
Groudon resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon resists most of Wattson's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon resists most of Norman's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Groudon trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Groudon resists most of Glacia's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Groudon resists most of Steven's coverage and hits back hard.
Catch Groudon on Cave of Origin (interact, Lv 45). LIMITED. Found in the Cave of Origin in Sootopolis City during the main story.
How to Get Groudon in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Groudon is a fixed encounter, not a random spawn. Walk up to it, interact, and the battle starts immediately. Head to Cave of Origin when your team is ready for the fight.
How to Get Groudon in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Groudon Weakness
Groudon's Ground/Fire typing leaves it vulnerable to Water and Ground. Water hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. The Ground/Fire typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Groudon's physical bulk (base 160 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Water |
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Bug, Steel, Fairy |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
What is Groudon Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Groudon
 Shellos Water | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Shellos builds →Surf 4x100-118%KO Mud Bomb 2x23-29% | ||
 Piplup Water | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift | ||
 Oshawott Water | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift | ||
 Totodile Water | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift | ||
 Mudkip Water | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Mudkip builds →Surf 4x91-107%KO Mud-Slap 2x9-11% | ||
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Oshawott Water | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift | ||
Shellos Water | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Shellos builds →Surf 4x98-116%KO Mud Bomb 2x24-29% | ||
Piplup Water | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift | ||
 Tympole Water | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Tympole builds →Surf 4x90-106%KO Mud Shot 2x18-23% | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodBattle Resort Surfing | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Vaporeon Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Vaporeon builds →Surf 4x140-166%KO Dig 2x19-23% | ||
 Dewott Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Oshawott (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Dewott builds →Surf 4x111-131%KO Dig 2x21-25% | ||
 Prinplup Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Prinplup builds →Surf 4x111-131%KO Dig 2x19-23% | ||
Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodBattle Resort Surfing | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Feraligatr builds →Surf 4x109-129%KO Dig 2x25-30% | ||
Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Clamperl Water | C | |
Vaporeon Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Vaporeon builds →Surf 4x141-166%KO Dig 2x18-21% | ||
Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodBattle Resort Surfing | ||
Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Feraligatr builds →Surf 4x111-131%KO Dig 2x25-30% | ||
Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Clamperl Water | C | |
Vaporeon Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Vaporeon builds →Surf 4x141-166%KO Dig 2x18-22% | ||
 Samurott Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Oshawott (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Samurott builds →Surf 4x142-167%KO Dig 2x25-29% | ||
 Clawitzer Water | C | |
 Kingler Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Kingler builds →Dive 4x90-106%KO Dig 2x30-35% | ||
Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Feraligatr builds →Dive 4x77-91% Dig 2x25-30% | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Empoleon builds →Surf 4x142-167%KO Dig 2x22-25% | ||
Samurott Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Oshawott (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Samurott builds →Surf 4x135-159%KO Dig 2x24-28% | ||
Clawitzer Water | C | |
Kingler Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Kingler builds →Dive 4x88-104%KO Dig 2x29-35% | ||
Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Feraligatr builds →Dive 4x75-89% Earthquake 2x30-36% | ||
Empoleon WaterSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Empoleon builds →Surf 4x138-163%KO Earthquake 2x26-31% | ||
Kingler Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 4x108-127%KO Dig 2x29-34% | ||
Clawitzer Water | C | |
Samurott Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Oshawott (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Samurott builds →Surf 4x136-160%KO Dig 2x23-28% | ||
Clamperl Water | C | |
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Slowbro builds →Surf 4x126-149%KO Earthquake 2x23-27% | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Greninja can KO Groudon with Hydro Pump (223-262%). Landorus's Explosion hits Groudon for 58-68%.
 Greninja WaterDark | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityProtean ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Greninja builds →Dark Pulse40-48% Ice Beam30-36% Hydro Pump 4x223-262%KO | ||
 Landorus Ground | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySandforce ItemLife Orb NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Landorus builds →Explosion58-68% | ||
Groudon Evolutions
You can't breed Groudon or evolve it into anything else. This Ground/Fire legendary packs 770 stats and doesn't need a chain to be relevant. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
ORAS Groudon Best Moveset
Primal Groudon gains Fire typing alongside Ground, and AbilityDesolate Land creates extreme sun that blocks all Water moves entirely. 180 Attack fires Ground/Fire TermStab at devastating power with Water immunity. The moveset earns S-tier because Desolate Land removes Ground's biggest weakness.
Best Build
Groudon best EVs are Speed and HP
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Brick Break
- Fire Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Groudon won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 11 types means it always has an effective option. Eruption and Overheat anchor the STAB core.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Groudon is said to be the personification of the land itself. Legends tell of its many clashes against Kyogre, as each sought to gain the power of nature.
Through Primal Reversion and with nature’s full power, it will take back its true form. It can cause magma to erupt and expand the landmass of the world.
Groudon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
For the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire meta, At 770 BST, Groudon is built different. We rank it S-Tier. As a Legendary Pokemon, the raw stats back up the reputation. Best used as a wallbreaker. Earthquake with Leftovers is the standard set.
Groudon is a static encounter at Cave Of Origin in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. Groudon appears at level 45. Prerequisite: LIMITED. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, watch for Milotic (Water) and Swampert (Ground) when using Groudon. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Milotic is the most dangerous since Water moves deal 4x damage. Only 2 weaknesses means fewer dedicated counters to worry about. Groudon has enough bulk to absorb a hit, but don't push the matchup. Pivot to a teammate that resists.
Desolate Land creates extremely harsh sunlight, which has all the properties of Sunny Day, cannot be replaced, and causes damaging Water moves to fail. That's the one you want on Groudon. It's the only ability Groudon has.
Groudon is a mixed attacker with base 180 Attack and 150 Sp. Atk. Tanky enough to absorb a few hits, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 90 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Since Ruby & Sapphire, Groudon has appeared in 16 games. Legendary Pokemon like Groudon are usually found through story events or special post-game areas rather than random encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASPrimal
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves