Pokemon GO Grookey Max Battle guide: Weaknesses and best counters

A Pokemon GO Grookey Max Battle guide will help players defeat the creature in Max Battles. The critter debuts as a Power Spot boss on October 1, 2024, which corresponds with the start of the Max Out Season's second month. Grookey in Pokemon GO debuted on September 3, 2024.

Pokemon GO Grookey Max Battles will be available from 6 am to 9 pm local time every day until a further announcement comes from Niantic. This article covers everything you need to know about defeating it in battle.

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Pokemon GO Grookey Max Battle weaknesses

Grookey in the anime (Image via TPC)

What is super-effective against Dynamax Grookey?

Being a mono-Grass-type creature, Dynamax Grookey takes super-effective damage from Fire-, Flying-, Ice-, Poison-, and Bug-type attacks. The best picks for the fight would be creatures who know both Fast and Charged Attacks of these types.

Unlike many other PvE battles, having super-effective Fast Attacks is more important, as it determines the type of your Max Moves when in Dynamax Form.

Here are the Max Moves that are super-effective against Dynamax Grookey:

• Max Flare
• Max Airstream
• Max Hailstorm
• Max Ooze
• Max Flutterby

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Grookey's stat distribution and moveset in Pokemon GO

As a one-star Power Spot boss in Pokemon GO, Grookey has the following stats:

• Attack: 122
• Defense: 91
• Fast Attack: Scratch and Razor Leaf
• Charged Attack: Grass Knot and Energy Ball

You must spend a 250 Max Particles participation fee for these battles, which is only consumed if you come out on top. Four players can challenge Pokemon GO Grookey Max Battles at the same time as long as they are all within an 80-meter radius of the Power Spot.

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Pokemon GO Grookey Max Battle best counters

Here are the best counters to Pokemon GO Grookey Max Battles, along with their recommended movesets:

• Dynamax Charmander with Ember (Max Flare) and Flamethrower
• Dynamax Charmeleon with Fire Fang (Max Flare) and Flamethrower
• Dynamax Charizard with Fire Spin (Max Flare) or Air Slash (Max Airstream) and Blast Burn
• Dynamax Scorbunny with Fire Spin (Max Flare) and Flamethrower
• Dynamax Rabboot with Fire Spin (Max Flare) and Flamethrower
• Dynamax Cinderace with Fire Spin (Max Flare) and Flamethrower

As long as the creature's attacks are resisted by Grookey, you can use any Dynamax Pocket Monster, as these battles don't prove to be much of a challenge in most cases. Avoid Water-, Ground-, and other Grass-types as they will do resisted damage only.

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Pokemon GO Grookey Max Battle catch CP and shiny availability

The Dynamax Grookey that appears after you win the Power Spot battle will have the following CP ranges based on the weather:

• No weather boost: 574 - 620 CP at level 20 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)
• Weather boosted (Sunny/Clear): 717 - 775 CP CP at level 25 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)

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What are the 100% IVs from Pokemon GO Grookey Max Battles?

Here are the 100% IVs from 1-star Grookey Max Battles:

• No weather boost: 620 CP
• Weather boosted (Sunny/Clear): 775 CP

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Can Grookey be shiny in Pokemon GO?

Shiny Dynamax Grookey is not available in Pokemon GO at the time of writing.

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