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Kira: In the world of Pokemon, Legendary Pokemon are considered one the rarest and most powerful Pokemon there is, often associated with legends of the world's creation, destruction and other things. And in each region, several Legendary Pokemon have been known to form groups of Legendary Trio. Ranging from Kanto's Bird Trio to Sinnoh's Creation Trio up to Kalos' Aura Trio. But today we're talking about one Legendary Pokemon from Hoenn's Weather Trio.

Ziana: Rayquaza, the Sky High Pokemon and personification of the ozone layer. Kyogre, the Sea Basin Pokemon and personification of the seas. And last but not least, our today's combatant, Groudon, the Continent Pokemon and personification of the land.

Ziana: Over 2,000 years ago Groudon and Kyogre battle for dominance, with Groudon raising the lands and Kyogre raising the seas. Their battle eventually created the Hoenn region we know of today, but their clash created natural disasters such as drought and floods which threatened to consume the world. But the intervention of Rayquaza ended the conflicted and brought peace to the world.

Zen: That was, until two evil organizations Teams Magma and Team Aqua decided to stick their noses up where it shouldn't belong and wanted to wake Groudon and Kyogre up once more. You can already guess what their goals are using the two Legendaries based on their names. Fortunately Rayquaza showed up again and neutralized the threat.

Groudon

Drought (Summon sunlight that boost Fire-Type moves)

Desolate Land (Nullifies Water-Type moves)

Mud Shot

Earth Power

Fissure

Precipice Blades

Fire Blast

Lava Plume

Eruption

Solar Beam

Hammer Arm

Scary Face

Red Orb (Required to undergo Primal Reversion)

Primal Groudon

Ziana: Fitting for a Legendary Pokemon that raises the land, Groudon's specializes in Ground-Type attacks that receives STAB or Same-Type Attack Bonus, which amplifies a Pokemon's damage by 50% if the Move they used is same the type as the user. Groudon can make shake the area with Earthquake or Earth Power, blast Mud Shot to lower an opponent's speed and can one-shot foes with Fissure, assuming it hits that is.

Kira: But Groudon isn't afraid to use moves from other Types. He can burn foes with either Fire Blast Lava Plum or Eruption, harshly reduce a foe's speed with Scary Face, throw ancient rocks with Ancient Power and deal heavy physical damage with Hammer Arm. Bulk Up increases physical and defensive stats and can heal himself back to full health with Rest.

Zen: And thanks to his Ability Drought, Groudon can use Solar Beam, an attack that normally requires one turn to charge and another to fire, any time he wants. It's also the perfect counter for Kyogre given Ground-Types are weak against Water. However, with the Red Orb, Groudon can undergo Primal Reversion, a transformation similar to Mega Evolution, and transform into Primal Groudon.

Ziana As the name suggest, Primal Groudon's power skyrockets as he regains he true power, becoming even more stronger than before. And moves like Fire Blast, Eruption and Lava Plum get STAB since Primal Groudon is also Fire-Type now. He also gains a new Ability called Desolate Land, which can permanently change the weather by making extreme heat and nullify Water-Type attacks nearly impossible to change.

Popup: Only Primal Kyogre's Primordial Sea and Mega Rayquaza's Delta Stream can counter Desolate Land. Moves like Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm and Hail will not work.

Ziana: But his most powerful attack is Precipice Blades, where his summons giant spikes from the ground to pierce his opponents.

Feats

Capable of creating new continents

Fought on even grounds with Kyogre despite its Type disadvantage

Solar Beam destroyed a huge tidal wave made by Kyogre, which Brock states can swallow a huge island

Was stated to be capable of destroying the Grand Meteor Delta alongside Primal Kyogre

Comparable to Kyogre and Rayquaza

Defeated Alain's Mega Charizard X with Precipice Blades

Shrugged off Primal Kyogre's Sheer Cold, a One-Hit KO Ice-Type move

Took hits from White Kyurem's Ice Beam, Primal Kyogre's Origin Pulse and Mega Rayquaza's Drace Meteor and emerged unscathed

Survived Mega Rayquaza's Dragon Ascent, though it did knock Groudon out of his Primal form

Caught Mega Rayquaza off-guard with Eruption, knocking him down

Kira: Groudon is a force to be reckoned with. His ability to raise continents consistently puts his power at 216.31 Petatons of TNT and has fought on even grounds with his rival Kyogre even though he's at a Type disadvantage. And together with Primal Kyogre, they were both stated to be capable of stopping the Grand Meteor Delta, which would've destroyed the planet. Such destructive capability requires 896.53 Zettatons of TNT.

Zen: Plus being a Legendary Pokemon means Groudon can easily shrug off moves that are normally super effective against him, such as White Kyurem's Ice Beam and Primal Kyogre's Origin Pulse and Sheer Cold. Sheer Cold is a One-Hit KO Ice-Type move that faint any Pokemon should it make contact. And if the Absolute Zero" part is literal, then it has a temperature of -273.6 degree Celsius.

Popup: It's unclear if Groudon survived Origin Pulse due to sheer durability or being weakened by his Desolate Land Ability.

Ziana: And given he's part of the Weather Trio, it makes sense he scales to Kyogre and Rayquaza. Heck Primal Groudon has even knocked Mega Rayquaza out of the sky with Eruption. Mega Rayquaza can match Deoxys in speed, who travelled the galaxy in 10 days while carrying the Grand Meteor Delta. Putting him at over 986,175 times faster than light. Mega Rayquaza can also match base Necrozma in strength who has absorbed all the light in the Ultra Space, though it's very debatable if we can directly scale Primal Groudon to him.

Weaknesses

Weak against Water, Ice and Grass-Types

Weak against Rock-Type as Primal Groudon

Water-Type moves deal 4x damage to Ground/Fire, though Desolate Land weakens this greatly

Dream Groudon was defeated by Dream Cynthia's Dream Rayquaza

Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre were defeated by Mega Rayquaza's Dragon Ascent, knocking them both out of their Primal forms

Ziana: However, every Pokemon their weaknesses, Legendary or not. As a Ground-Type he is weak against Water, Ice and Grass-Type moves. With Water dealing 4x more damage due to Primal Groudon Ground/Fire typing, though he can nullify this with Desolate Drought.

Kira: Not to mention Fissure only has a 30% chance of hitting a target and Rest will leave it vulnerable to attack. And enough damage can knock Groudon out of his Primal form as shown with him and Primal Kyogre reverting back to their normal forms by Mega Rayquaza's Dragon Ascent.

Zen: But still, I would think twice before coming into the ring with a Pokemon who can bring droughts, increase the heat and raise the land. Groudon certainly proved his title of Continent Pokemon.

Pokedex: 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.