Groudon

Primal Groudon serves as one of the most potent threats in the metagame thanks to the sheer number of roles it can take on at once due to its great offensive and supportive movepools, amazing typing under the harsh sun, and exceptional stats. Access to moves such as Stealth Rock and Swords Dance alongside powerful offensive STAB options in Precipice Blades and Overheat enables Primal Groudon to disrupt the majority of threats in the metagame, permitting it to fit in numerous teams that value the immense offensive support it can provide. Due to its well-balanced stat spread, it can perform well both offensively and defensively no matter its EV investment, meaning it can be quite the unpredictable threat unless properly scouted for beforehand. Its typing allows it to check Fairy-, Electric-, Steel-, and Fire-types, meaning it can provide resistance against prominent threats such as Entei, Raikou, Magearna, Xerneas, and Victini. Its ability, Desolate Land, also provides it with an immunity to Water-type moves, making it even more difficult to properly break through as a result under the harsh sunlight, as it checks common Blue Orb users such as Primal Kyogre, Golisopod, and Skarmory. This same typing, however, leaves it weak to a common offensive type in Ground, meaning certain threats such as Gliscor, Landorus-T, Lucarionite Zygarde, Arceus-Ground, and opposing Primal Groudon can properly break through it. It also relies on the harsh sunlight to check certain threats such as Golisopod and Primal Kyogre, leaving it vulnerable to Blue Orb users. A lack of reliable recovery also severely hinders Primal Groudon's defensive sets, as it tends to get worn down quite easily when considering its susceptibility to entry hazard chip damage and its tendency to be pivoted into multiple attacks.