Is Groudon Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Transfer only in HeartGold. Embedded Tower encounter in SoulSilver instead with the Red Orb. Ground with AbilityDrought setting permanent sun. Version split determines access.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Groudon resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon resists most of Whitney's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Groudon resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Groudon resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Groudon resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Groudon resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Groudon resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Groudon has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Groudon trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Groudon in Embedded Tower (interact, Lv 50, limited). Encounter at the Embedded Tower on Route 47 using the Red Orb.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 50FireEruptionPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 65GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 80GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 90FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5
How to Get Groudon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Groudon waits at a fixed spot in this game. Head to Embedded Tower for a one-time encounter. No random spawns or encounter rates involved — it's a set battle at a known location.
1 location to catch Groudon
Badge 8How to Get Groudon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
How to Get Shiny Groudon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Groudon looms in the Embedded Tower in SoulSilver, so save before it and soft-reset the encounter until it turns shiny. Compare Shiny Groudon odds across every game
Shiny Groudon Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Groudon Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Groudon
 Gyarados Water | S | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Gyarados builds →Aqua Tail 2x53-62% Ice Fang 2x26-31% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Articuno Ice | C | |
Obtain MethodSeafoam Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Articuno builds →Ice Beam 2x64-76% Water Pulse 2x27-32% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodSafari Zone Surfing | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Jynx builds →Ice Beam 2x76-90% Energy Ball 2x43-51% Water Pulse 2x32-38% | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Groudon View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 2x61-72% Ice Beam 2x27-32% | ||
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
HGSS Groudon Best Moveset
Permanent sun through AbilityDrought weakens Water attacks aimed at the moveset while boosting Fire coverage for teammates. 150 Attack at 140 Defense fires physical Ground hits that nothing blocks. Banned from standard play.
Best Build
Groudon best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
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. Earthquake and Earth Power 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
Said to have expanded the lands by evaporating water with raging heat. It battled titanically with KYOGRE.
Groudon HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Groudon is a static encounter at Johto Embedded Tower. Groudon appears at level 50. 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Groudon as a wallbreaker. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, build your team around Dialga, Giratina Origin, and Mewtwo. These have the highest co-usage rates with Groudon in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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
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