Primal Groudon vs Groudon
GroundTypeGainsGround
Fire- 100HP=100
- 150Attack+30180
- 140Defense+20160
- 100Sp. Atk+50150
- 90Sp. Def=90
- 90Speed=90
- 670Total+100770
- DroughtAbilityDesolate Land
How to get the Red Orb
Omega RubyGiftSootopolis CityRequires Surf
From Maxie after defeating or capturing Groudon (requires Surf)
Alpha SapphireMt. Pyre
Obtained after Archie steals the Blue Orb
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra MoonBuyHau'oli City$10,000After completing Hala's grand trial
Shopping Mall, sold for $10,000 at Antiquities of the Ages on the second floor, only one can be bought
Legends: Z-AGiftHyperspace Desolate LandAfter defeating Rogue Primal Groudon
Received when you defeat Rogue Primal Groudon here and catch it, in the mission A Ruby-Red Legend
Primal Groudon Moves
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Primal Groudon won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 11 types means it always has an effective option. Overheat and Precipice Blades 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
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Primal Groudon won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 10 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.
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Primal Groudon won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 10 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.
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Primal 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.
Primal Groudon Weakness
Primal Groudon's Ground/Fire typing leaves it vulnerable to Ground. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. The Ground/Fire typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Primal Groudon's physical bulk (base 160 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat. The type chart gives Water 4x damage, but its Desolate Land ability makes damaging Water moves fail while Primal Groudon is on the field.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Water |
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Bug, Steel, Fairy |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
What is Primal Groudon Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Primal Groudon
 Landorus Ground | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySheerforce ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves View Landorus builds →
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Evolution
Groudon is a single-stage Ground type. There's nothing to evolve, so its 670 base stats are what you build around. In battle, Groudon holding the Red Orb turns into Primal Groudon. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Shiny Primal Groudon
A shiny Groudon becomes a shiny Primal Groudon when it undergoes Primal Reversion, so these are the routes to Shiny Groudon.
Shiny Groudon can be hunted across 16 games. The strongest verified route is 1/100 via Dynamax Adventure (Max Lair) in Sword & Shield.
Normal
Shiny
Shiny Groudon Odds & Hunting Methods
16 of 16 VerifiedHow do we research these odds?
We check every game where a shiny is possible, then rank each one by the best method available in that game, so the row at the top is the fastest route overall.
Odds marked verified are cross-checked against multiple independent sources before we publish them. Where a rate is not yet confirmed we mark the row pending rather than guess a number.
Read our full methodologyHow to Get Primal Groudon
Groudon is a fixed encounter, not a random spawn. Walk up to it, interact, and the battle starts immediately. Head to Hyperspace Desolate Land when your team is ready for the fight.
How to Get Groudon in Legends: Z-A
Groudon is a fixed encounter, not a random spawn. Walk up to it, interact, and the battle starts immediately. Head to Ultra Space Wilds when your team is ready for the fight.
How to Get Groudon in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
No wild encounters for Groudon in Sun & Moon. It can be transferred in from Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire or Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon.
Groudon cannot be caught in the wild in Sun & Moon, but you can still get it via these paths:
Obtain and trade from these games:
Then trade to Sun & Moon.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
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
Base Stats
Primal Groudon has 770 base stats in total. Attack leads at 180, and Sp. Def and Speed are lowest at 90.
This is Groudon's true form, restored using the Red Orb. Energy spills from its body in the form of magma.
Primal Groudon Event Distributions
Groudon has been distributed through a modest set of Mystery Gift events.
These distributions give Groudon. Primal Groudon appears only in battle, through Primal Reversion with the Red Orb.
Groudon GiftNov 2015XYOmega RubyAlpha SapphireNot shiny
Groudon GiftJun 2015XYOmega RubyAlpha SapphireNot shiny
Groudon GiftNov 2012BlackWhiteBlack 2White 2Not shiny
Super Powerful Pokemon Gift!Mar 2012BlackWhiteBlack 2White 2Can be shiny
Groudon arroventa i nemiciMoonNot shiny
Shiny Groudon GiftUltra MoonAlways shiny
Shiny Groudon GiftUltra MoonAlways shiny
Game Availability
Primal Groudon first appeared in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire and is in 4 games: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Sun & Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon and Legends: Z-A.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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 6ORASDebut
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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