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BOSS: Groudon (2)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

BOSS: Groudon (2)

Learn how to defeat Groudon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, including its weaknesses and the reward for beating it.

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Learn how to defeat Groudon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, including its weaknesses and the reward for beating it.

Groudon is a Ground-type Pokémon with the Drought ability, which makes it sunny, weakening Water moves and strengthening Fire moves, while also allowing instant Solarbeam use. Groudon is weak against Water, Grass, and Ice moves, and immune to Electric moves. It has an advantage over Rock, Fire, and Steel types.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Abuse Solarbeam if you have it.
  2. 2
    Avoid Fire Blast attacks.
  3. 3
    Use super-effective moves against Groudon.
  4. 4
    Use status moves as needed.
  5. 5
    You will have one or two more partners than in previous Groudon encounters.
Tips
  • Groudon's Drought ability weakens Water moves and strengthens Fire moves.
  • Solarbeam can be used instantly when it is sunny.
  • Consider using Pokémon with Water, Grass, or Ice-type moves.
  • Pokémon with Electric-type moves will have no effect.

The Sky Stairway dungeon is 49 floors long, plus the Sky Stairway Apex. The dominant types within this dungeon are various. To unlock Wonder Mail for Sky Stairway, use the code: H W + 8 6 6 % T 5 S 5 1 + J 5 Y 4 - K # H @ P -.

Residents of Sky Stairway include Muk, Probopass, Raichu, Rhydon, Shelgon, Skarmory, Steelix, Togekiss, and Vulpix.

Resident Pokémon Type Matchups in Sky Stairway:

  • Ditto (Normal): Weak to Fighting; immune to Ghost. Transforms into the target, using moves with zero PP, leading to Struggle.
  • Banette and Duskull (Ghost): Weak to Dark and Ghost; immune to Fighting and Normal; advantageous over Psychic and Ghost.
  • Ghastly, Haunter, and Gengar (Ghost/Poison): Weak to Dark, Ghost, and Ground; immune to Fighting and Normal; can go through walls and air tiles; advantageous over Psychic, Ghost, and Grass.
  • Claydol (Ground/Psychic): Weak to Ice, Water, Grass, Dark, Bug, and Ghost; immune to Electric; advantageous over Fire, Rock, Steel, Fighting, and Poison.
  • Gliscor (Ground/Flying): Weak to Ice, Water, and Rock; advantageous over Fire, Rock, Steel, Grass, and Bug.
  • Forretress (Bug/Steel): Weak to Fire, Flying, Ground, and Fighting; immune to Poison; advantageous over Rock, Ice, Grass, and Psychic.
  • Muk (Poison): Weak to Psychic and Ground; advantageous over Grass.
  • Rhydon (Rock/Ground): Weak to Water, Grass, Fighting, and Ice; immune to Electric; advantageous over Fire, Flying, Rock, Electric, and Steel.
  • Gabite (Dragon/Ground): Weak to Dragon and Ice; advantageous over Dragon, Rock, Fire, and Steel.
  • Jumpluff (Grass/Flying): Weak to Ice, Rock, and Poison; immune to Ground; advantageous over Water, Rock, Ground, Bug, Fighting, and Grass.
  • Leafeon and Tangrowth (Grass): Weak to Ice, Bug, Flying, Poison, and Fire; advantageous over Water, Rock, and Ground.
  • Magnemite and Magneton (Steel/Electric): Weak to Ground, Fire, and Fighting; immune to Poison; advantageous over Rock, Ice, Flying, and Water.
  • Metang (Steel/Psychic): Weak to Fire, Ground, Dark, and Ghost; immune to Poison; advantageous over Rock, Ice, Fighting, and Poison.
  • Mothim (Bug/Flying): Weak to Fire, Rock, Flying, Ice, and Electric; immune to Ground; advantageous over Psychic, Grass, Bug, and Fighting.
  • Skarmory (Steel/Flying): Weak to Fire, Electric, and Ice; immune to Poison and Ground; advantageous over Rock, Ice, Bug, Fighting, and Grass.
  • Probopass (Rock/Steel): Weak to Fighting, Ground, Water, Grass, and Fire; immune to Poison; advantageous over Ice, Rock, Fire, and Flying.
  • Shelgon (Dragon): Weak to Ice and Dragon; advantageous over Dragon.
  • Steelix (Steel/Ground): Weak to Fighting, Fire, Ground, Water, and Ice; immune to Poison and Electric; advantageous over Fire, Rock, Steel, Ice, and Electric.
  • Vulpix (Fire): Weak to Water, Rock, and Ground; advantageous over Grass, Bug, Ice, and Steel.
  • Raichu (Electric): Weak to Ground; advantageous over Water and Flying.
  • Togekiss (Normal/Flying): Weak to Rock, Ice, and Electric; immune to Ghost and Ground; advantageous over Bug, Grass, and Fighting.

At the end of the Sky Stairway dungeon, you will battle against Rayquaza.

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