Is a L25 groudon better than L30 rhydon?
As ground attacker, is it true?
I'm thinking keeping some weather boosted groudon instead of rhydon.
Edit:
Moreover, any use of L25 solar beam groudon in current meta?
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We've been looking at these raid boss simulations for 6+ months. If somebody doesn't get what "winning in 900+ secs" means, they'll probably get it pretty soon. Just helps you estimate how many it will take to beat a Raikou...looks like 4 can do it with some comfort, using 6 level 25 ground Groudons each. ***Level 25 Groudons in clear weather win in 800sec. Level 35 Rhydons in clear weather win in 813 sec. Major point being, the OP asks if a level 25 is better than a level 30 Rhydon...well, I see that 25 is better than a 35 Rhydon
Just saying. I'm not sure how your estimation method includes survive-ability. For example, maybe, an undying gengar could beat something in 900 seconds, but in practice you'd need to go through 100 gengar to get the job done, and you obviously couldn't assemble a team of 4 trainers that had an hundred leveled up gengar. Also, there are time penalties for coming back in with a new team, which would affect the result.
You need to also look at power to determine how many players you need for the raid. 4 players with 6 L25 Groudons would not finish the Raikou raid without rejoining as their TDO is only 93,2% of the boss health when they faint at 60 seconds left in the raid. 4 players with 6 L35 Rhydons wins comfortably without rejoining.
L25 Groudon has 23,3% power. L30 Rhydon has 24,2%, L35 26,5%. That means 6 copies of the mon take off that much health from the raid boss. L25 Groudon is better unless you want to take the raid down with 4 players without rejoining.
DPS is always the most appropriate question. TDO is relevant too and should not be left out, but its DPS first, TDO second.
I haven't tried too hard at Groudon but I have 7 boosted, so I'm answering the question for myself as much as for the OP.
I have 500 Rhydon candy, but I'm not going to evolve anymore Rhydon, unless perfect level 35. I'm satisfied with the Time to Win in this Groudon case. However, people questioning whether to power up a Zapdos expressly for Kyogre, bad idea IMO...that thing dies as fast as anything else. These Groudons are free action and they are extraordinary to have a convo "is 25 as good/better than 30+"
