Best Pokemon vs Groundon

Water? Grass? Ice?

Posted by eric654256 on January 19, 2019

Groudon is ground type which water, grass, and ice are effective against. Which of the three top the list? The list of top DO@20 counters against Groudon are:

  1. Kyogre: Waterfall / Hydro Pump, Blizzard
  2. Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Confusion / Ice Beam
  3. Gyarados: Waterfall / Hydro Pump
  4. Venusaur: Vine Whip, Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant
  5. Alolan Exeggutor: Bullet Seed / Solar Beam
  6. Feraligatr: Waterfall / Hydro Cannon
  7. Roserade: Razor Leaf / Solar Beam
  8. Exeggutor: Bullet Seed / Solar Beam
  9. Latios: Dragon Breath / Solar Beam
  10. Torterra: Razor Leaf / Solar Beam

Weather

Weather changes the rankings, but most are only minor changes. Here are some notable exceptions:

Sunny/Clear: This will boost grass types which changes the top of the rankings quite a bit.
  1. Alolan Exeggutor: Bullet Seed, Dragon Tail / Solar Beam, Seed Bomb
  2. Venusaur: Vine Whip, Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant
  3. Exeggutor: Bullet Seed / Solar Beam
  4. Latios: Dragon Breath / Solar Beam
  5. Kyogre: Waterfall / Hydro Pump, Blizzard
  6. Torterra: Razor Leaf / Solar Beam
  7. Groudon: Mud Shot / Solar Beam
  8. Sceptile: Bullet Seed / Solar Beam
  9. Roserade: Razor Leaf / Solar Beam
  10. Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Confusion / Ice Beam
Rainy: Water types are boosted here. Skip grass types
  1. Kyogre: Waterfall / Hydro Pump, Blizzard
  2. Gyarados: Waterfall / Hydro Pump
  3. Feraligatr: Waterfall / Hydro Cannon
  4. Empoleon: Waterfall / Hydro Pump
  5. Vaporeon: Water Gun / Hydro Pump
  6. Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Confusion / Ice Beam
  7. Blastoise: Water Gun / Hydro Cannon
  8. Salamence: Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump
  9. Venusaur: Vine Whip, Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant
  10. Alolan Exeggutor: Bullet Seed / Solar Beam
Windy: Dragon types are boosted here.
  • #6 Salamence: Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump
  • #7 Rayquaza: Dragon Tail / Outrage
Snow: Ice type and Steel are boosted here
  • #7 Articuno: Frost Breath / Blizzard
  • #8 Metagross: Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash

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