Greninja Best Tera Raid Build

The best Greninja Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has Water and Dark-type Teras. Read on to learn what the best Greninja Tera Raid Build is and how to use it.

Greninja - Related Guides
Evolution and Learnset	Moveset for Ranked Battle	Tera Raid Build

Best Greninja Tera Raid Builds

Best Greninja Tera Builds
Physical Torrent			Dark Protean
Poison Protean		Normal Protean		Ice Protean

Torrent Physical Attacker

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Greninja	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp. Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Atk 252		Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Torrent	・ Liquidation ・ Taunt ・ Rain Dance ・ Swords Dance
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best Ability for Greninja in Tera Raid Battles is Torrent, which gives it a 50% boost to its Water-type moves when the user's HP is below 1/3 its max.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Greninja with a Water Tera Type to give it an extra boost to its Water-type Moves. Since it's a Physical Attacker, an Adamant nature is best to boost its Attack.

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards a bulky offense to help with survivability and dealing as much damage as possible. Max out your HP and Attack, while adding the remaining EVs into Def. Shell Bell allows it to recover some HP while still attacking.

Tera Raid Strategy

Turn-by-Turn Tera Raid Strategy
Turns 1~2	Use Swords Dance to boost Greninja's Attack.
Turn 3	Use Rain Dance to boost Liquidation's power.
Turns 4~6	use Liquidation.
Turns 7+	Terastallize and continue using Liquidation.

Start the Tera Raid battle by using Swords Dance to boost Greninja's Attack. Two boosts are often enough to one-shot most 6-Star Raid Pokemon weak to Water-types with Liquidation. Follow up with Rain Dance to boost Liquidation's power.

Once you have enough charge to Terastallize, use Liquidation to beat the Raid.

Effective Against Fire, Ground and Rock Type Tera Raids

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

This Greninja Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Fire Ground and Rock Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Grass or Electric Type outside of Terastallization, or has a Water nullifying Ability such as Storm Drain, Water Absorb or Dry Skin, perhaps consider a different build, as Greninja will be innefective against these types of Pokemon as a Water Type attacker.

Dark Physical Attacker

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Greninja	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp. Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Atk 252		Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Protean	・ Fling ・ Night Slash ・ Taunt ・ Swords Dance
Held Item
Flame Orb

Summary

Greninja can change its typing with Protean, removing the Water typing and additional weaknesses that come with it.

With Fling, Greninja can afflict Burn onto a Physical Attacker by flinging its Flame Orb. Night Slash will be its main attacking move with Taunt as a support option. Swords Dance can be used to further boost Night Slash's damage.

Best Tera Type

We recommend getting a Greninja with an Dark Tera Type to give it an extra boost to its Night Slash. Since it's a Physical Attacker, an Adamant nature is best to boost its Attack.

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards a bulky offense to help with survivability and dealing as much damage as possible. Max out your HP and Attack, while adding the remaining EVs into Def. Flame Orb will let it burn an opponent with Fling.

Tera Raid Strategy

Turn-by-Turn Tera Raid Strategy
Turn 1	Use Fling to deal damage and burn the Tera Raid Boss with your Flame Orb.
Turns 2~3	Use Swords Dance to boost Greninja's Attack.
Turns 4~5	Use Night Slash.
Turns 6+	Terastallize and continue using Night Slash.

Start the Tera Raid battle by using Fling to immediately burn the Raid Boss. Use Swords Dance to boost Greninja's Attack. Two boosts are often enough to one-shot most 6-Star Raid Pokemon weak to Water-types with Night Slash.

Once you have enough charge to Terastallize, use Night Slash to beat the Raid.

Effective Against Psychic and Ghost Type Tera Raids

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

This Greninja Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Psychic and Ghost Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fighting or Fairy Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Greninja will be weak to these Types as a Dark Type attacker.

How to Solo and One-Shot 6-Star Tera Raids

Poison Protean Physical Attacker

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item, and Moveset

Greninja	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Atk 252		Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Protean	・ Gunk Shot ・ Swords Dance ・ Taunt ・ Double Team
Held Item
Wide Lens

Summary

The best ability for this Greninja is Protean, which changes its type to the type of the move it used once per switch.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Greninja with a Poison Tera Type to boost the power of its Gunk Shot. Since it's a physical attacker, an Adamant nature is best to boost its offenses.

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 Attack EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Defense. Wide Lens gives Greninja a 10% boost to its accuracy, improving Gunkshot's accuracy to 90%.

Tera Raid Strategy

Poison Protean Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Strategy
Turn 1	Use Gunk Shot to activate Protean and become a Poison-type.
Turns 2~3	Use Swords Dance to boost your Attack, then continue using Gunk Shot.
Turns 4~5	Use Gunk Shot to deal damage and charge up your Tera Orb.
Turns 6+	Terastallize and use double STAB boosted Gunk Shot.

Greninja's Protean allows it to change into the type of the move it uses, so by using Gunk Shot on the first turn, you can become a Poison-type for the rest of the raid, gaining STAB on your Gunk Shot. Swords Dance allows you to further boost your attack, while Taunt and Double Team act as utility moves to counter the raid Pokemon, depending on its moves.

Effective Against Fairy and Grass Type Tera Raids

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

This Greninja Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Fairy and Grass Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Psychic or Ground Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Greninja will be weak to these Types as a Poison Type attacker.

Normal Facade Physical Attacker

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item, and Moveset

Greninja	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Atk 252		Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Protean	・ Swords Dance ・ Fling ・ Taunt ・ Facade
Held Item
Flame Orb

Summary

The best ability for this Greninja is Protean, which changes its type to the type of the move it used once per switch.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Greninja with a Normal Tera Type to boost the power of its Facade. Since it's a physical attacker, an Adamant nature is best to boost its offenses.

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 Attack EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Defense. Flame Orb Burns Greninja at the start of the match, boosting the damage of Facade later on.

Tera Raid Strategy

Normal Facade Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Strategy
Turn 1	Use Swords Dance to activate Protean and transform to Normal Type.
Turn 2	Use Fling to Burn the Raid Pokemon.
Turn 3	Use Swords Dance for one last boost
Turns 4~5	Use Facade to deal boosted damage and charge your Tera Orb.
Turns 6+	Terastallize and use Facade to deal double STAB boosted damage.

This Greninja build serves as a general all-rounder, making use of status boosted, double STAB boosted Facade to hit most raid Pokemon for neutral damage. Swords Dance start allows you to raise your Attack by two stages, making Facade hit even harder later on. Fling allows Greninja to burn the Raid Pokemon by discarding its Flame Orb, while Taunt serves as a general utility move.

Effective Counter Against Most Types

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

This Greninja Tera Raid Build is an effective neutral counter to most Types. If the Tera Raid Boss is a Rock, Steel or Ghost Tera Type, consider a different Tera Build, as Greninja will be innefective against these Tera Types. Additionally, if the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fighting Type outside of Terastallization, Greninja will be weak to its moves.

Ice Tera Special Attacker

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item, and Moveset

Greninja	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑SpA, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Sp. Atk 252		Sp. Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Protean	・ Taunt ・ Snowscape ・ Blizzard ・ Smokescreen
Held Item
Never-Melt Ice

Summary

The best ability for this Greninja is Protean, which changes its type to the type of the move it used once per switch.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Greninja with an Ice Tera Type to boost the power of its Blizzard. Since it's a special attacker, a Modest nature is best to boost its offenses.

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 Sp. Atk EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Sp. Defense. Never-Melt Ice gives Greninja increased damage for its Ice-type attacks.

Tera Raid Strategy

Ice Special Attacker Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Strategy
Turn 1	Use Snowscape to set up Snow and activate Protean to transform to Ice-type.
Turns 2~4	Use Blizzard to deal STAB boosted Ice damage. Apply Smokescreen if needed to increase Greninja's evasiveness.
Turns 4+	Terastallize and use double STAB boosted Blizzard.

This Greninja build focuses on Greninja's Special Attack in conjunction with Snow to make Blizzard more effective. Under Snow, Blizzard has a 100% accuracy, allowing Greninja to deal massive damage without the risk of missing. Under snow, Ice-types also enjoy a 50% Special Defense boost, giving Greninja much needed bulk, allowing it to survive hits from Special attacks.

Effective Against Dragon, Ground, Grass and Flying Type Tera Raid

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

This Greninja Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Grass, Ground, Flying and Dragon Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fighting, Rock or Fire Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Greninja will be weak to these Types as an Ice Type attacker.

How to Make Best Greninja Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Greninja Tera Raid Build
Catch Froakie at Coastal Biome Use an Adamant MInt to Change its Nature Change its Tera Type to Water EV Train HP and Attack Hyper Train at Montenevera Level up to 100 Give it the Right Held Item

Catch Froakie at Coastal Biome

You can catch a Froakie with a Water Tera Type at the Coastal Biome.

In order to get Froakie in the Terarium, you need to complete Terry's Boost biodiversity in the Coastal Biome request on the Support Board for 3000 BP.

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

Transfer via Pokemon HOME

Alternatively, you can transfer any member of the Greninja line into Scarlet and Violet via Pokemon HOME! Check out where you can obtain them in our other guides!

How to Transfer Pokemon from Pokemon HOME

Catch Greninja from the 7-Star Tera Raid Event

Greninja could be caught from the limited time 7-Star Unrivaled Greninja Event. This event featured a Greninja with a Poison Tera-type.

Best Counters for 7-Star Greninja Tera Raid Event

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 Patch to Change Its Ability

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

This item can be found as rewards from 6-Star Tera Raids.

Ability Patch Location and How to Get

EV Train HP and Attack

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 Protein (for Atk), 26 HP Up (for HP), and 1 Iron (for 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 Belt (For Defense EVs)	1 in Total (To get remaining 4 Defense EVs)	・Nacli Location: South Province (Area 3)

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 the Right Held Item

Give it a Shell Bell for its Torrent Build to give it a recovery option as it deals out heavy hits. For the Dark Build, a Flame Orb is the recommended held item, for flinging to burn the Raid Boss, halving its Attack stat. These item can both be purchased from the Delibird Presents shop for ₽20,000 and ₽15,000 respectively.
Delibird Presents Locations and All Items

Greninja Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Get Liquidation, Taunt, Rain Dance, Swords Dance and Fling from TMs

You can get Liquidation, Taunt, Rain Dance, Swords Dance and Fling from TMs. Check out the table below to see where you can get the TMs and the materials needed to craft them.

TM / Move Name	How to Get Materials
TM043 Fling	Next to the giant flower sculpture found inside Artazon. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Sneasel Claw x3 ・Happiny Dust x3
TM050 Rain Dance	Near the sunken watchtower in the middle of the Asado Desert. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Azurill Fur x3 ・Shellos Mucus x3 ・Wattrel Feather x3
TM087 Taunt	Available for Crafting through TM Machine after defeating Team Star's Fighting Crew Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Meowth Fur x3 ・Sneasel Claw x3 ・Sableye Gem x3
TM088 Swords Dance	Available for Crafting through TM Machine after defeating Team Star's Fighting Crew Required League Points: 5000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Scyther Claw x3 ・Zangoose Claw x3 ・Gible Scales x3
TM110 Liquidation	Available for Crafting through TM Machine after defeating Team Star's Fighting Crew Required League Points: 10000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Buizel Fur x3 ・Arrokuda Scales x5 ・Wiglett Sand x3

List of TMs and Locations

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Related Guides

Tera Raid Guides

Tera Raid Guides
Tera Raid Code Sharing Board	Can't Join Online Raid Battles
Best Raids to Farm Rewards	List of Evolution and Version Exclusive Pokemon in Raids
How to Solo and One-Shot 6 Star Tera Raids	Tera Raid Events and Schedule
How to Beat 5-Star and 6-Star Tera Raids	How to Host Raids Repeatedly
Black Crystal Tera Raid Battles	Legendary Pokemon Tera Raids
Fun Pokemon Builds to Try Out in Tera Raids	Best Pokemon to Terastallize Stellar for Tera Raids
Best Moves to Use in Tera Raids

Tera Raid Battle Mechanics Explained

Tera Raid Level Guides

How to Unlock Tera Raids
1-Star Raids and List of Pokemon	2-Star Raids and List of Pokemon
How to Unlock 3-Star Raids and List of Pokemon	How to Unlock 4-Star Raids and List of Pokemon
How to Unlock 5-Star Raids and List of Pokemon	How to Unlock 6-Star Raids and List of Pokemon
How to Unlock 7-Star Raids and List of Pokemon

How to Increase Tera Raid Star Level

Tera Raid Boss Guides

Tera Raid Boss Guides
6☆ Blissey	6☆ Ditto	6☆ Dragonite
6☆ Corviknight	6☆ Clodsire	5☆ Indeedee

5 and 6-Star Tera Raid Boss Guides

Raid Event Boss Strategies

Raid Event Boss Strategies
7☆ Meganium	7☆ Blastoise	7☆ Charizard
7☆ Venusaur	7☆ Empoleon	7☆ Blaziken
7☆ Iron Bundle	7☆ Hisuian Samurott	7☆ Eevee
7☆ Hisuian Typhlosion	7☆ Hisuian Decidueye	7☆ Mewtwo
7☆ Chesnaught	7☆ Delphox	7☆ Rillaboom
5☆ Walking Wake	5☆ Iron Leaves	7☆ Inteleon
7☆ Decidueye	7☆ Samurott	7☆ Typhlosion

Tera Raid Events and Schedule

Tera Raid Builds

Indigo Disk Raid Builds

All Indigo Disk Raid Builds

Teal Mask Raid Builds

All Teal Mask Raid Builds

Pokemon HOME Raid Builds

All Pokemon HOME Raid Builds

Paradox Pokemon Raid Builds

All Paradox Pokemon Raid Builds

Base Game Raid Builds

All Base Game Tera Raid Builds

Best Pokemon for Tera Raid Battles

Tera Raid Counters Per Tera Type

Best Pokemon For Raids Per Tera Type
Grass	Water	Fire	Electric	Ice	Fighting
Ground	Poison	Flying	Psychic	Bug	Rock
Ghost	Dragon	Dark	Steel	Fairy	Normal

Best Counters For Raids Per Tera Type