Is Groudon Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Terra Cave roaming encounter after the E4. Ground with AbilityDrought summoning permanent sun. In Emerald, both box legendaries appear during the Sootopolis climax but aren't catchable until postgame at level 70. Sun boosts Fire and enables Chlorophyll. The counterpart to Kyogre's rain dominance.
Groudon resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
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 has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Groudon resists most of Juan's coverage and hits back hard.
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 has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Groudon in Terra Cave (interact, Lv 70, limited). Appears in Terra Cave after becoming Champion — location rotates between routes.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 70)
- LV 70GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 70FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5
- LV 70GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 75FireEruptionPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Battle Frontier
How to Get Groudon in Emerald
Groudon mirrors Kyogre exactly. The Cave of Origin sighting mid-story is not catchable, and the real fight happens post-Champion at Terra Cave, a hidden spot that surfaces on a weather-determined route. It is a single level 70 encounter at catch rate 3.
1 location to catch Groudon
Badge 8How to Get Groudon in Emerald
How to Get Shiny Groudon in Emerald
Groudon sleeps deep in the Terra Cave, revealed by tracking the sudden drought that wanders Hoenn once the Elite Four fall. Save facing the level-70 giant and soft-reset the fight until its red runs shiny. Compare Shiny Groudon odds across every game
Shiny Groudon Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Groudon Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Emerald shiny odds calculator with Groudon already selected.
Groudon Weakness
Groudon's Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, and Ice. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. Groudon's physical bulk (base 140 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Groudon Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Groudon
 Kyogre Water | S | |
Obtain MethodMarine Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Kyogre builds →Hydro Pump 2x120-141%KO Ice Beam 2x63-75% | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Pelipper builds →Hydro Pump 2x81-96% Ice Beam 2x43-51% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x78-92% Surf 2x62-73% Ice Beam 2x41-49% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter | ||
 Walrein IceWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Spheal (Shoal Cave Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Walrein builds →Surf 2x64-76% Ice Beam 2x64-76% | ||
Groudon Evolutions
You can't breed Groudon or evolve it into anything else. This Ground legendary packs 670 stats and doesn't need a chain to be relevant. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
E Groudon Best Moveset
AbilityDrought sets permanent sun on switch-in, weakening Water moves that would otherwise threaten Groudon's Ground typing. 150 base Attack drives MoveEarthquake as one of the hardest-hitting physical moves in Emerald, and the moveset adds MoveSwords Dance to push that power even further.
Best Build
Groudon best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance
- Rock Slide
- Hidden Power Ghost
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Groudon won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 10 types means it always has an effective option. Earthquake and Dig 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
All 32 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
GROUDON has appeared in mythology as the creator of the land. It sleeps in magma underground and is said to make volcanoes erupt on awakening.
Groudon Emerald Guide
Groudon is a static encounter at Terra Cave in Emerald. Groudon appears at level 70. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
Yes. Groudon is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Groudon becomes available after the main story is complete in Emerald.
In Emerald, use Groudon as a wallbreaker. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Emerald, build your team around Latios, Deoxys Attack, and Mewtwo. These have the highest co-usage rates with Groudon in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For Emerald, run Adamant on Groudon. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. 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 7Let's Go
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
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