Sea Grotto in Pokemon Survivor

Sea Grotto at a glance

What the Sea Grotto is

A rift is a short fight against a legendary Pokemon. When the game opens one, it picks a legendary and then one of that legendary's types, and the arena of that type is where the fight happens. Sea Grotto is the arena for Water. It is a circle about 11 tiles in radius, the fight lasts at most 120 seconds, and the legendary does not suffer the hazards of its own arena.

Puddles that slow down whoever walks through them. Columns are rare, so there is little to hide behind.

Sea Grotto terrain: puddles

Standing in the puddles does no damage, but it multiplies your movement speed by 0.6. Water-type Pokemon ignore it, which is 149 Pokemon on the roster, or 15%. About 33% of the arena floor is covered.

Speed is what keeps you out of the legendary's ground warnings, so a slow patch in the wrong place is how most runs are lost here. Your speed is the base speed stat of your Pokemon, so the table shows what you lose: 80 drops to 48, the median 105 drops to 63, and 162 drops to 97.

Weather in the Sea Grotto: Rain

Rain is forced for the whole fight. Water moves hit 50% harder, Electric moves 20% harder, and Fire moves lose half their damage.

The multipliers apply to the legendary's attacks as well. An enemy attacks as its first type, so 7 legendaries here hit harder in this weather (Suicune, Kyogre, Palkia, Phione, Manaphy and more), and Volcanion hits weaker.

Moves worth carrying here: Water Gun, Bubble, Hydro Pump, Aqua Ring, Bubble Beam, Thunder Shock, Discharge, and Thunderbolt. The weather guide lists every multiplier.

Legendaries that can open the Sea Grotto

8 legendaries have the Water type, and all of them shoot from a distance. Their speed runs from 65 to 75. A legendary with two types opens this arena only half the time, and a legendary you have not beaten yet is picked 4 times as often as one you have.

How to fight in the Sea Grotto

• Stay out of the puddles whenever a ground warning is on screen. Wading multiplies your speed by 0.6, so you cannot dodge at full pace, and Sprint cards help on the clean ground only.
• Water types ignore the slow. The best by Stat Score are Kyogre, Palkia, Walking Wake, Keldeo, and Barraskewda.
• Every legendary here is a shooter. Columns and distance matter more than raw speed.
• Plan for the clock. At minute 10 the legendary has about 8,600 HP, so you need roughly 72 damage per second for 120 seconds. Its contact hit takes 66 HP and its shots 33 HP at that point, before armor and type effects. The rifts guide has the full table.
• Speed: the legendaries here move at 65 to 75, and the median Pokemon moves at 105, which drops to 63 in the puddles, slower than every legendary here.

What you get for winning

A win gives the same prize in every arena: the legendary joins you as a bond, plus a held item, experience, three tickets and a share of coins, and a ten-ticket one time in two. The legendaries guide lists all 87, and beating one counts toward the legendary achievements in the achievements guide.

Sea Grotto in Pokemon Survivor FAQ

Which legendaries appear in the Sea Grotto?

8 legendaries: Suicune, Kyogre, Palkia, Phione, Manaphy, Keldeo and more. The arena is the one of the legendary's type that the game picks, and a dual-type legendary opens this arena half the time.

How likely is the Sea Grotto?

On a fresh save, 6.9% of rifts open this arena. The game picks one of the 87 legendaries, then one of its types, and unbeaten legendaries are 4 times as likely to be picked, so the chance moves as you win.

What does Rain do in the Sea Grotto?

Water moves hit 50% harder, Electric moves 20% harder, and Fire moves lose half their damage.

Browse all 18 arenas in the Pokemon Survivor arenas list, or read the Pokemon Survivor guides.