There should be a brag thread

I'd say groudon's thats a bit unnecessary to have, unless you reliably have clear weather for dialga raids, machamp beats it in any other weather. I'm keeping my groudon unpowered up, like my 96%, 15 atk nonshadow ball mewtwo

Though my lucky kyogre is a very different story

I haven't boosted mine either. Groudon has had its time to shine when Heatran was around and won't really get it again unless it gets Precipice Blades. My Mewtwo has Focus Blast (didn't bother to change it yet) and therefore hasn't seen any use either. Ofcourse they'll get some dust and candy at some point, but I haven't found that point yet.

People always ask whether they should max a pokemon out. Powering up a pokemon does not have to be an all-or-nothing proposition. There is a lot of intermediate ground between L20 (level when caught) and L40 (max). For example, taking it even to L30, which is far less expensive than maxing, will make it a very fine, usable ground attacker that is 85% as good as a maxed one. If you want to continue to power it up from there, you can do so at whatever pace you want.

There is a subreddit for that:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongobrag/

In fact, I see someone posted a weather-boosted level 25 100% Groudon just this morning:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongobrag/comments/ajz8sp/well_that_s_a_wrap_superhappy_with_this_badboy/

Without weather boost it gets outdone in raid match ups that don't face a double ground weakness. Unless you get clear weather on the regular you may not end up using it as much as you'd like. Precipice Blades, if ever released, would obsolete this too regardless of IVs.

On the other hand, it slays in PvP thanks to Mud Shot's high energy gain AND it's a perfect legendary.

That's a tough call. At the end of the day I think I would since Groudon is a favorite of mine. You clearly have the dust and candy for it.

I got a 15/15/15 today. Already have a maxed 15a/14/15 and level 38 15a/12/11. I’d rather have gotten a 10/10/10 shiny...yes, that’s how many shiny whiffs on Groudon I’ve had. I really can’t believe how I could have missed this many times.

It's very good in master league PvP if you care about that. But if you don't feel like you absolutely need it, I'd save your rare candy for a pokemon that doesn't have such a big risk of getting an exclusive move later. Then again, it's a perfect legendary, which is a good excuse to max it in my books.

Among my perfect pokemon are a 100% Pikachu and 100% Meowth, which I foolishly evolved into a Raichu and Persian (when I was much newer at PoGo).