Pokémon Sword and Shield Series 8 Dual Groudon Battle Analysis and Configuration Recommendations
Pokémon Sword and Shield Series 8 will be launched on February 1, 2021. How will Groudon perform in the doubles environment under the new rules? The following is an analysis and configuration recommendation for Double Groudon in Pokémon Sword and Shield Series 8 for players’ reference.
Groudon
As one of the most dominant first-level gods in the Orb Era, Groudon’s current situation is somewhat similar to the Moon Season of VGC2019.
The ban on orbs means that Groudon loses the high-level weather and sunshine that it relies on, as well as the excellent resistance brought by the fire attribute (in this environment, it mainly shows resistance to grass, steel, ice, The resistance of the four attributes of the goblin) and the stable output ability of the double version (Fire Fist), and the 100-point racial harmonization also make Groudon no longer have the advantage in comprehensive quality when facing other first-level gods. However, Groudon's usage rate in the Lunar Calendar can still rival Kyogre's Fang, or even briefly surpass the latter (but this should not happen in the Series 8 environment), relying on the fact that it is the only one among the first-level gods. The ground attribute outputs the drought characteristic to counteract Kyogre, and has excellent compatibility with the chlorophyll characteristic pm. These two points can be said to be the foundation of Gula's foothold in the God War environment and the key factors for maintaining its core competitiveness.
With a physical attack of 150 (limited to 222 at level 50) and a unique move of 120 powerful dual-body AOE, Cliff Sword, Gulla firmly sits on the throne of the first DPS in ground attribute god battles. In the case of the same extreme physical attack, the damage caused by Groudon using Cliff Sword is 1.77 times that of Zygarde using Thousand Arrows (90) (100 physical attack limit 167); using Earthquake (100) The land cloud spirit beast is 1.23 times.
Among the three common AOE physical attacks with ground attributes, Cliff Sword does the highest damage, with a huge damage of 140. It does not hit teammates and will not reduce damage due to grass; but it also has turbid current. Level disaster 85 hit rate. This is almost what users of Gula have to endure.
In addition, this generation of Groudon can also learn 100,000 horsepower, which makes it a single-target local choice that is more powerful than Scattered Cliff (Stomp 75 is lower than Scattered Cliff's 80). Therefore, if the grid is sufficient, one hundred thousand horsepower can also be considered to be carried.
But at the same time, the benefits brought by the Cliff Sword are also very considerable, which is prominently reflected in its ability to penetrate gods and non-divine members. Among the common non-god members in this generation of god battles, only the Earth Cloud Spirit Beast has noble earth immunity. The Banglui Kongangang completes an important supplement to the rotation system with its high physical resistance and earth resistance. For the other members, Groudon can at least inflict equal damage with the Cliff Sword. However, since Groudon no longer has the ability to output fire, his output ability against members such as Earth Cloud and Lightning Bird will be accordingly restricted. In addition, compared with the original return, the ordinary Gula is still 30 points shorter in physical attack and racial value. In the God War environment, there is a double explosion of strength and durability, and there are almost no situations where it can be achieved overnight. Therefore, although Gula has top penetration ability, his strength still needs to be tested by the intimidation rotation and the wall. As the God War environment develops, more and more problems in these aspects will be exposed.
Another characteristic of Groudon is his ability to lead the Clear Sky system. Compared with Coal Turtle, Groudon has a better durability triangle, especially the special resistance, which makes it easier to maintain a good state when cutting into the battlefield with the backhand. Therefore, the blood recovery fruit and the assault vest can be regarded as the durability-increasing props for Gula in the backhand. Different from the Coal Turtle, Groudon can act as a giant core in the sunny system, so the Bulbasaur paired with it can be more hypnotic and control the field; Miss Skirt can provide you with the first step to fight for Groudon. Right to take action. At the same time, the two falling heroes can also help Groudon activate weak strategies and complete the establishment of the opponent's structure.
It should be noted that Gula, who has lost the fire attribute, will have a hard time facing the Coal Turtle's fire breath and Bulbasaur's Ash Flying Whip in the Sunny Civil War, and special configurations for the Civil War are required. , such as anti-grass fruit, assault vest, or anti-fire flying core, etc. In terms of the choice of weather player in sunny weather, the Gula of this generation cannot maintain a 100% advantage over the Coal Turtle, because the latter does not occupy the extreme position in most cases and can be completely used as a tool player to provide weather and space axis. Vice core and even pounce tool use. If Groudon, who is a first-level god, is only responsible for the same function, it will put greater output pressure on other teammates in the Sunny system (such as the extremely giant Bulbasaur). In the short term, Groudon will not replace the Coal Turtle like Yveltal and the Galar Flame Bird; in the long term, the Coal Turtle in the single-god environment will not be the same in the sunny system. There is no shortage of competitive advantages over Groudon.
As mentioned above, the God War environment will still be an environment full of intimidation, and the anti-intimidation characteristics are mostly limited by the electric system position in the electric horse power system. The 7th generation Ming Ming and the 8th generation Electric Pillar. Without having too high a playing rate. Therefore, Groudon still needs to face the regular counter of intimidation, a pair of physical attackers. Even if he has 150 physical attack, Groudon will still feel a little stretched after the rotation. Therefore, it is also crucial for Gula to further strengthen efforts through guidance, sword dance, weak strategy and other means to cope with the pressure on the output side of the rotation system.
The following are some of Groudon's offensive data, generally using the distribution of Stubborn 236 physical attack, without prop correction.