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Best Ground Attackers in Pokémon GO.

Every released Pokémon with a Ground fast move and a Ground charged move, ranked by raid damage per second and total damage dealt.

level 40 · 15/15/15
neutral 5-star target
Primal Groudon
Best Ground attacker
Primal Groudon
Primal Groudon with Mud Shot and Precipice Blades deals 21.3 Ground damage per second at level 40. The best one you can use without a Mega or a Shadow is Landorus (Therian).
Super effective vsPoison, Rock, Steel, Fire, Electric
Resisted byFlying, Bug, Grass
Weather boostSunny / Clear
Attackers ranked134

Top Ground attackers

DPS, TDO and score against a neutral raid boss
#PokémonFast moveCharged moveDPSTDOScore
1Primal GroudonMud ShotPrecipice Blades*21.3974100%
2Mega GarchompMud ShotEarth Power*18.677485%
3Shadow GroudonMud ShotPrecipice Blades*18.857780%
4Shadow GarchompMud ShotEarth Power*18.155277%
5Landorus (Therian)Mud ShotSandsear Storm*18.153376%
6Shadow ExcadrillMud-SlapScorching Sands19.241175%
7GroudonMud ShotPrecipice Blades*16.761774%
8Shadow LandorusMud ShotEarth Power18.145273%
9Shadow RhyperiorMud-SlapDrill Run17.053573%
10Shadow MamoswineMud-SlapHigh Horsepower17.742371%
11Mega SwampertMud ShotEarthquake15.660470%
12GarchompMud ShotEarth Power*15.657069%
13LandorusMud ShotEarth Power15.646666%
14Shadow GolurkMud-SlapEarth Power16.635665%
15Shadow RhydonMud-SlapEarthquake15.741764%
16ExcadrillMud-SlapScorching Sands15.740364%
17RhyperiorMud-SlapEarthquake14.052863%
18Shadow HippowdonSand AttackEarth Power14.644062%
19MamoswineMud-SlapHigh Horsepower14.541661%
20Shadow DonphanMud-SlapEarthquake14.837960%
21Shadow GolemMud-SlapEarthquake14.636859%
22Shadow FlygonSand AttackEarth Power*14.832158%
23Shadow TorterraMud-SlapEarthquake13.937757%
24GolurkMud-SlapEarth Power13.634955%
25RhydonMud-SlapEarthquake12.941055%
26HippowdonSand AttackEarth Power12.545155%
27Shadow SwampertMud ShotEarthquake13.334854%
28Shadow NidoqueenMud-SlapEarth Power13.532654%
29MudsdaleMud-SlapEarthquake12.639754%
30KrookodileMud-SlapEarthquake13.036054%
31DonphanMud-SlapEarthquake12.638653%
32Mega KangaskhanMud-SlapEarthquake11.945753%
33Shadow PalossandSand AttackScorching Sands13.331553%
34Shadow SandslashSand AttackScorching Sands13.428752%
35Shadow GliscorSand AttackEarthquake12.733952%
36FlygonSand AttackEarth Power*12.632952%
37SandacondaMud-SlapEarth Power12.235651%
38TorterraMud-SlapEarthquake11.838251%
39GolemMud-SlapEarthquake11.936151%
40SwampertMud ShotEarthquake11.837150%
* Elite TM or event-only move · gold = Mega · purple = Shadow

Using Ground attackers

Ground moves hit Poison, Rock, Steel, Fire, Electric for 1.6x damage and are resisted by Flying, Bug, Grass. They get a 1.2x boost in sunny / clear weather, which also lifts Ground Pokémon you catch.

The ranking only counts movesets where both moves are Ground, because a raid team for a Ground-weak boss wants every hit to be super effective. Each Pokémon is tested at level 40 with perfect IVs against a typeless 5-star boss, and the score blends damage per second with total damage before fainting (DPS³ × TDO, fourth root), so a fast but fragile attacker doesn't automatically top the list.

For a specific boss, use the raid counter calculator: it scores incoming damage from the boss's real moves, so the order shifts toward counters that also resist the boss.

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