My guess is because of how long it takes for EQ to hit. Then again, Solarbeam also takes just as long, and while the cooldown for SB is a bit longer than EQ, it certainly hits harder than EQ, even without stab. But, EQ with stab and weather boost might top SB for Groudon, though.
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Solar Beam is stronger than Earthquake...
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It is certainly the safest moveset going forward. However he is strong enough that a non stab set like SoB rates well in sims. Be careful though; this isn’t a new phenomenon and when a certain attacker gets to raid mons who his targeted stab sets can go after the rankings can change.
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Grass is a more relevant attacking type than Ground and Solar Beam variants are good on that front.
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If, one day Groudon gets to learn Bullet Seed or Razor Leaf, will it become the best grass attacker ?