Clodsire Best Tera Raid Build

The best Clodsire Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has Ground Tera Type with the Water Absorb Ability and the moves Curse and Recover. Read on to learn what the best Clodsire Tera Raid Build is and how to get Curse and Recover for Clodsire.

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Best Clodsire Tera Raid Build

Best Clodsire Tera Builds
Special Attacker Support	Ground Tera Attacker	Grass Tera Attacker

Unaware Special Attacker Support Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Clodsire	Tera Type			Nature
				Calm (↑Sp.Def, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Sp.Atk 4		Sp.Def 252
Ability	Moveset
Unaware	・ Acid Spray ・ Earth Power ・ Recover ・ Yawn
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best Ability for Clodsire for this build is Unaware, which allows it to ingore stat increases from Typhlosion.

Best Tera Type

Ground Tera Type is chosen for this build to boost the power of Earth Power.

Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense. Max out your HP and Sp.Def EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Special Attack.

Giving Clodsire a Shell Bell ensures it doesn't need to solely rely on Recover to heal off damage and can instead get passive healing as it attacks Typhlosion.

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the battle by using Earth Power to deal damage and build up Tera Orb Charge. Clodsire will still retain its charges even if it faints.

Once Typhlosion resets all stat changes, use Acid Spray three times to lower Typhlosion's Sp.Def by 6 stages.

Continue using Earth Power to deal damage and, once you have enough Tera Orb Charge, terastallize into a pure Ground-type and use boosted Earth Power to damage Typhlosion's shield and finish it off.

Effective Counter Against Ghost and Psychic Type Tera Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)

This Ghost Tera Raid Build is also an effective counter to Ghost and Psychic-type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Dark Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Farigiraf will be weak to these Types.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Effective Counter Against Fighting, Dragon and Dark Type Tera Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)

This Ground Tera Raid Build is also an effective counter to Poison, Fire, Rock, and Steel-type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Ground, Psychic or Water Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Clodsire will be weak to these Types.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Best Clodsire Build for Tera Raids

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Clodsire	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Atk 252		Sp.Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Water Absorb	・ Yawn ・ Curse ・ Earthquake / High Horsepower ・ Recover
Held Item
Leftovers

Summary

The best ability for Clodsire in Tera Raid Battles is Water Absorb, which gives it immunity to Water-type moves and restores its HP instead.

Coupled with its immunity to Poison, Clodsire is a reliable bulky Pokemon to bring to Tera Raids.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Clodsire with a Ground Tera Type to boost the power of its Ground-type STAB. Since it's a physical attacker, an Adamant nature is best to boost its offenses.

EV Spread Explanation: Bulky Offense

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards a bulky offense to help with survivability and with dealing as much damage as possible. Max out your HP and Attack EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Special Defense. Leftovers gives Clodsire passive healing while it uses its support and boosting moves.

Tera Raid Strategy

Clodsire Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Counter Strategy
Turn 1	Use Yawn to put the opposing Pokemon to sleep on the next turn.
Turns 2~3	Use Curse to increase Clodsire's Attack and Defense. Note: Curse will also reduce Clodsire's Speed stat by one stage.
Turns 4	Use Earthquake or High Horsepower to deal STAB super-effective damage. Once you get enough Tera charge, terastallize into a Ground-type to deal boosted damage.
Turns 5+	Once you get enough Tera charge, terastallize into a Ground-type to deal boosted damage with Earthquake or High Horsepower.

Start the Tera Raid battle with Yawn to put the opposing Pokemon to sleep on the next turn, then boost Clodsire's Attack and Defense with Curse. Use Recover to heal off lost health and when you have enough Tera Orb charge, terastallize into a Ground-type and use boosted Earthquake.

Grass Tera Clodsire

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Clodsire	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp. Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Sp. Atk 252		Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Water Absorb	・ Acid Spray ・ Tera Blast ・ Recover ・ Helping Hand
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best ability for Clodsire for this Tera Raid Build is Water Absorb, which gives it immunity to Water-type moves, and restores its HP instead.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Clodsire with a Grass Tera Type because this will change its Tera Blast to Grass when it Terastallizes. As a Special Attacker, a Modest nature would be best.

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards a bulky offense to help with survivability and with dealing as much damage as possible. Max out your HP and Special Attack EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Defense.

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the Tera Raid battle by using Acid Spray three times to reduce the Raid Pokemon's Special Defense by 6 stages, while charging your Tera Orb. Use Recover when needed to replenish HP.

Once you have enough Tera Orb charge, terastallize into a Grass-type and use boosted Tera Blast repeatedly to finish the raid.

Effective Counter Against Water, Ground, and Rock Type Tera Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)	None

This Clodsire Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Water, Ground, and Rock Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fire, Flying, or Bug Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Clodsire will be weak to these Types as a Grass Type attacker.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

How to Make Best Clodsire Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Clodsire Tera Raid Build
Catch Paldean Wooper and Evolve It Use an Adamant Mint to Change its Nature. Use an Ability Capsule to Change Its Ability. EV Train HP and Attack Hyper Train at Montenevera Level up to 100 Give it Leftovers

Catch Paldean Wooper and Evolve It

Paldean Wooper Evolution Line
Paldean Wooper	Lv. 20 →	Clodsire

Paldean Wooper Locations

You can catch a Paldean Wooper in South Province (Area One) near the small lake heading up the path to Los Platos. it's also fairly common along bodies of water.

Make sure to bring a Pokemon that has False Swipe and can inflict a status effect to make it easier to catch.

Best Pokemon for Catching

Change its Tera Type to Ground

Wild Paldean Wooper will always have either Poison or Ground Tera type when caught in the wild. If you didn't catch one with Ground Tera type, simply change its tera type at the Treasure Eatery in Medali with 50 Ground Tera Shards.

Keep in mind that you need to defeat Gym Leader Larry to change your Pokemon's Tera type at the Treasure Eatery.

How to Beat Larry: Medali Gym Leader Guide

Use an Adamant Mint to Change Its Nature

If it has a different nature, you can use an Adamant Mint to change its nature to Adamant.

The easiest way to get this is by buying it from the Chansey Supply shop at Mesagoza for ₽20,000.

How to Change a Pokemon's Nature

Use an Ability Capsule to Change Its Ability

If its ability is different from our recommendation, you can use an Ability Capsule to change it.

This item can be bought at Chansey Supply shops for ₽100,000.

Ability Capsule Location and How to Get

EV Train HP and Attack

If you have the money for it, you can just buy26 HP Up (for HP), 26 Protein (for Atk), and 1 Zinc (for Sp,Def). All of these items can be bought at a Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 in total.

Alternatively, you can use Power Items that you can buy at a Delibird Presents shop for ₽10,000 each. Have your Pokemon hold the respective Power Item while defeating the Pokemon listed below.

Held Item	Number of Pokemon to Defeat	Defeat Any of These Pokemon
Power Weight (For HP EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 HP EVs)	・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper Location: South of Los Platos
Power Bracer (For Attack EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Attack EVs)	・Shinx ・Growlithe ・Yungoos ・Nymble Location: South Province (Area 3)
Power Band (For Special Defense EVs)	28 in Total (To get remaining 252 Special Defense EVs)	・Hoppip ・Swablu Location: South Province (Area 1)
Power Belt (For Defense EVs)	1 in Total (To get 4 Defense EVs)	・Tarountula Location: South of Lost Platos

How to EV Train Fast

Hyper Train at Montenevera

After EV training it, head to Montenevera and talk to the man with an Abomasnow near the Pokemon Center. He will hyper train your Pokemon using Bottle Caps.

A Bottle Cap can be bought at the Delibird Presents shops for ₽20,000 after getting 6 Gym Badges. 1 Bottle Cap is needed for each stat that will be maxed out.

Hyper Training: How to Increase IVs

Level Up to 100

Next, level it up to 100 to maximize its stats. The easiest way to do this is by farming Exp candies from Tera Raid Battles.

How to Level Up Fast: EXP Farming Guide

Give It Leftovers

Lastly, give it a Leftovers to give it passive healing even while not attacking. You can buy this item at Delibird Presents in Cascarrafa for ₽20,000.

Clodsire Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Yawn and Earthquake Through Level Up

The table below includes all the moves Clodsire learns through level up needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.

Level	Move	Type
21	Yawn
48	Earthquake

You can have Clodsire remember moves by going to the "Moves and Stats" menu and pressing A.

How to Relearn Moves

Get Other Moves From TMs

The table below includes all the moves Clodsire learns from TMs needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.

TM / Move Name	How to Get Materials
TM130 Helping Hand	Located in South Province (Area Three), on a cliff overlooking a Pokemon Center. Requires Koraidon's/Miraidon's High Jump ability to reach it. Required League Points: 400 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Eevee Fur x1
TM013 Acid Spray	Near a cliff side north of the South Province (Area Two) Pokemon Center. Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Wooper Slime x3 ・Toxel Sparks x3
TM133 Earth Power	Available for Crafting through TM Machine after defeating Team Star's Fighting Crew Required League Points: 10000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Barboach Slime x3 ・Shellos Mucus x3 ・Silicobra Sand x5
TM171 Tera Blast	Receive from Geeta after clearing the fifth gym. Required League Points: 8000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Glimmet Crystal x8
TM186 High Horsepower	Readily available in the Kitakami TM Machine Required League Points: 5000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Mudbray Mud x4 ・Swinub Hair x2

Give Clodsire Curse and Recover from Pincurchin as an Egg Move

1	Catch a Pincurchin, then make them remember the moves Curse and Recover.
2	Buy a Mirror Herb at Delibird Presents in Cascarrafa. The item costs ₽30,000 so make sure you have enough money.
3	Remove everyone from your party except for Pincurchin and Clodsire. There should only be two Pokemon in your party.
4	Delete two of Clodsire's moves, then let it hold the Mirror Herb.
5	Have a picnic with Pincurchin and Clodsire]. Wait for a few minutes, then pack up. Check Clodsire's summary to see that it now has Curse and Recover!

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