First legendary from the third generation of games to be obtainable in Pokémon Go.Groudon is now officially available in Pokemon Go. It can be found exclusively in Raid Battles worldwide starting Dec. 15, Niantic announced in a blog post.The window to battle and capture Groudon is lengthy: Players have until 1 p.m. PT on Jan. 15, 2018 to catch it. That’s a full month to fight the ground-type monster alongside friends and fellow trainers.
Niantic actually teased the impending arrival of Groudon in its teaser for third-gen Pokémon’s entrance into the mobile game from earlier this month. Not seen in the teaser is Groudon’s counterpart from Pokémon Sapphire, Kyogre; fans who have more nostalgia for that version of the Game Boy Advance games will have to keep on waiting.
The good news for anyone who has frustrations with the Raid Battle system in Pokémon Go is that this isn’t one of those EX Raids, which require a premium invite in order to participate. All players are free to try their hand at catching Groudon from today onward.
Groudon is a Ground and Fire-type, as well as the mascot for Pokémon Ruby. It’s a big walking, burrowing Dragon sort of thing, with thick red scales and powerful-looking claws. And a max CP of 4074 makes it the most powerful Pokémon in the game by raw stats so far, at least if you ignore the quixotic Slaking. The Ground typing should also be useful against all sorts of other Legendaries, so expect Raids for this one to be pretty popular, especially this weekend.
Stay tuned for updates on how to beat the thing once we know more about its moveset, but now that we have the weather we have a few more options on how to take the thing down. Waiting for a Rainy day, for example, might allow for Water-types to gain an advantage against Groudon’s Fire-type.
Groudon’s release means that we have an even bigger question mark surrounding Mew and Celebi, the two unreleased Gen 1+2 Legendaries. To me, this would be further confirmation that Niantic has something planned for these creatures that’s separate from standard Raid battles because it seems that we’re now going to start working through the Gen 3 Legendary bestiary in much the same way that we did with Gen 1+2. My fingers are crossed for some kind of quest, possibly tied to the Holiday event. We haven’t seen quests yet, but that doesn’t mean we never will.
The break was nice while it lasted, but…Groudon is nice too. Legendary Raids are still the best thing this game has to offer, and while I might have asked for a slightly longer intermission, the game would suffer from losing out on them for too long.Groudon will only be available until 1:00 p.m. PST on January 15, 2018.Here’s what Niantic officially announced.
Trainers,
Groudon, the Ground-type Legendary Pokémon originally discovered in the Hoenn region, is now appearing in Raid Battles around the world! Keep an eye out for Groudon at Gyms near you, and you may be one of the first to catch this Legendary Pokémon. But don’t delay—Groudon will only be available until 1:00 p.m. PST on January 15, 2018.
Good luck, Trainers!
—The Pokémon GO team
A big holiday update is in the works, with more details to be shared “soon.As we can clearly see Niantic is actively expanding the Pokemon GO development team to build many more amazing updates in 2018.“Stay tuned for news next week about upcoming improvements to certain features.” and as a trainer, I hope we get something much better than a global event.What are your thoughts?Lemme hear you guys out in the comments or you can get connected with me on Snapchat-Vibsz16 and Instagram. Stay tuned.
Here is the list of Top 10 Gen 3 Pokemon That Are As Strong As Legendary Pokemon, and can help any player to capture and attack gyms.
Number 10 – Milotic
MAX CP- 2542
ATTACK – 60
DEFENSE – 79
STAMINA – 190
Milotic is an aquatic, serpentine Pokémon with a primarily cream-colored body. It has red eyes with long, pinkish antennae above them. Additionally, there are long, hair-like fins above its eyes, which begin thin and thicken towards the tips. These eyebrows extend to almost half of Milotic’s body length and will be longer on the female than the male. On top of its relatively small head is a straight spike. The tail consists of four large, blue fins with pink ovals in their centers. Each of the tail fins overlaps the next slightly, causing it to resemble a fan. While it has not been depicted, Milotic’s scales are said to change color depending on the viewing angle.
Number 9 – Flygon
MAX CP- 2458
ATTACK – 100
DEFENSE – 80
STAMINA – 160
Flygon resembles a slightly insectoid, bipedal dragon. It is primarily light green and has a pair of large rhombus-shaped wings with a red trim, toeless hind legs, and skinny arms with three-clawed hands. Its tail has several dark green stripes and three small green rhombus shapes with red trims at the end. It has large eyes and a pair of green antennae that point back. The eyes have red covers that prevent sand from getting into its eyes. With its wings, it kicks up sandstorms to hide. Its wings make a “singing” sound when they are flapped, earning Flygon the name “The Desert Spirit”. It lives in the desert.
Number 8 – Gardevoir
MAX CP- 2341
ATTACK – 65
DEFENSE – 65
STAMINA – 136
Beginning its life as Ralts (the Pokemon that kinda looks like male genitalia), it’s a little surprising it turns into Gardevoir – who looks a lot like some kind of elegant dancer (and a lot of other things, if you dare to venture into Google Image Search – which reminds us: NEVER GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH ANY POKEMON EVER BUT ESPECIALLY NOT GARDEVOIR). Apart from its traumatic internet legacy, it’s a pretty solid Pokemon (now one of the added Fairy-types), and its Pokedex entries indicate that it would do anything to protect its trainer. Always nice to know your Pokemon has Stockholm’s Syndrome.
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