Competitive Information for Groudon [Sword/Shield]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Groudon? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Groudon is a spectacular Ground-typed Pokemon. It's common to find yourself dealing with Groudon when battling in the 8th generation meta. Groudon is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Groudon is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Heat Rock / Eject Pack
Ability: Drought
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Iron Head / Thunder Punch
- Shadow Claw
- Hammer Arm / Brick Break
Physical Sweeper Groudon (Drought)
Groudon is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Groudon is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active. Equipping Heat Rock helps extend sunny weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead. Iron Head or Thunder Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Groudon's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Groudon's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Groudon? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Assault Vest
Ability: Drought
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 156 Atk / 4 Def / 60 SpD / 36 Spe
Moveset:
- Fire Punch
- Precipice Blades
- Heavy Slam
- Stone Edge
Doubles Physical Tank Groudon (Popular VGC)
Groudon is a legendary Physical Tank for double battles. This particular build was popular during past competitions. This moveset is designed to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Groudon is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active. With a Assault Vest equipped to it, Groudon's sp. Def is 1.5x, but it can only select damaging moves.
◆ Precipice Blades is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Ground-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Heavy Slam is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the heavier your Groudon than the target).
◆ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Heat Rock / Eject Pack
Ability: Drought
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide
- Hammer Arm / Iron Head
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Groudon (Drought)
Groudon is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Groudon is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active. Equipping Heat Rock helps extend sunny weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead. Hammer Arm or Iron Head are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Groudon's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Groudon's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Groudon learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Groudon can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Groudon
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Drought + Item: Heat rock
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Scorching Sands, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Groudon's stats
- Ancient Power
- Bulk Up
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Power-Up Punch
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Groudon
- Earthquake
- Eruption
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Groudon in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Groudon's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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