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Pokemon Goadded a new type of Raid to the game, calledPrimal Raids.This new variant challenges you and other players to battle and defeat either of the two Legendary Primal Pokemon in the game, Primal Groudon or Primal Kyogre.
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These new Raids function similarly to Mega Raids, rewarding those who successfully complete these Raids with Primal Energy, a rare resource used to obtain either Primal Groudon or Primal Kyogre through a feature known as Primal Reversion. This guide will walk you through the best tips and strategies for defeatingPrimal Groudonin its new Raid.
Recommended Group Size
Defeating Primal Groudon’s Primal Raid may be difficult, but it can be easily completed with the assistance of other high-level Trainers. With the valuable reward ofPrimal Energybeing offered, you will want to make sure you go into this Raid with large group, ensuring that you don’t fail this encounter and miss out on the spoils.
For this specific Primal Raid, verify that you have a group of at leastfour to six Trainers on your Raid team.This should easily provide you and your allies with enough firepower to defeat Primal Groudon before the Raid timer has expired.
Mega Evolving a Pokemonthat you are using for this Raid willboost you and your allies' attacks that are the same type as the Mega Evolved Pokemon.
Additionally, the same type of bonus can be applied to your Raid group throughPrimal Reversion,increasing the damage of specific types of attacks depending on if you’re usingPrimal Groudon or Primal Kyogre.
Primal Groudon: Strengths And Weaknesses
Although Primal Groudon proves to be a difficult opponent, you may take advantage of its specific strengths and weaknesses to maximize your damage output in this Primal Raid.
First, Primal Groudon is resistant to six different attack types, making Pokemon of these types ineffective in this specific Raid battle. For this reason, avoid usingElectric, Fairy, Bug, Fire, Poison, and Steel-type Pokemon,as their attacks will do significantly less damage than those of other types.
Luckily, Primal Groudon’s Ground and Fire dual-typing leaves it extremely vulnerable to certain attack types, making this Primal Raid far easier to complete when taken advantage of. Primal Groudon isweak against Ground-type attacks, and isdouble-weak against Water-type attacks,making Pokemon with Water-type attacks top-tier choices against this specific opponent.
Although forming your team of Pokemon with Primal Groudon’s specific strengths and weaknesses in mind is essential, factoring inSame Type Attack Bonusis also important.
The STAB mechanic will furtherincrease the effectiveness of your attacks,applied to your Pokemon when they are usingattacks that match their specific type.
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Primal Groudon: Best Counter Picks
For this Primal Raid,Water-type Pokemon are hands-down the best optionwhen it comes to countering Primal Groudon. Although Primal Groudon is also weak against Ground-type attacks, Water-type attacks deal significantly more damage due to this Pokemon’s double-weakness to them.
Below you can find the best Primal Groudon counters currently available in Pokemon Go with each of their recommended attacks. The vast majority of these top-tier counters are powerful Water-types as expected, but we have also included a handful of Pokemon that are other types, still proving to be viable options.
Using a team consisting of the Pokemon found below will definitely be your best bet when it comes to this Raid, but it is not your only option.
Due to Primal Groudon’s extreme vulnerability to Water-type attacks, you caneasily complete this Raid through the use of other strong Pokemon with this type of attack.
