Alolan Muk Best Tera Raid Build

The best Alolan Muk Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has the Poison Touch ability, and the Shell Bell held item. Read on to learn what the best Alolan Muk Tera Raid Build is and how to use it.

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Best Alolan Muk Tera Raid Build

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Special Poison Tera Build	Physical Poison Tera Build

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EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Alolan Muk	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 4		Sp. Atk: 252		Sp.Def: 252
Ability	Moveset
Poison Touch	・ Minimize ・ Acid Spray ・ Sludge Bomb ・ Venoshock
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best ability for Alolan Muk in Tera Raid Battles is Poison Touch. This doesn't have much effect for the raid, as none of its abilities are particularly useful against the Raid Boss.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Alolan Muk with a Poison Tera Type to further boost Muk's Poison-type attacks. As a Special attacker, a Modest nature would be best.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

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 Special Defense and Special Attack EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into HP. Shell Bell gives Muk passive healing when it uses an attacking move.

Tera Raid Strategy

This Alolan Muk build focuses on using Minimize so that it can't hit you with Fire Blast or Will-O-Wisp.

After that attack with any move 3 times to get Tera Charge. At this point the opponent will likely set up its Shield and wipe its debuffs, you can then use Acid Spray 3 times to fully shred the Raid Boss's Sp.Def.

If you're still healthy and have your buffs, Terastallize and use Sludge Bomb, or Venoshock if its Poisoned.

Once it gets down to about half HP it will reset your Evasiveness buff, but you'll get to attack for 2 turns in a row, so you'll need to make a decision based on its remaining HP.

Key Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Alolan Muk
8730 HP (-6 Sp. Def Max HP x30)	Sludge Bomb (Poison Tera) 1096 ~ 1292 (12.5 ~ 14.7%)
8730 HP (-6 Sp. Def, Poisoned, Max HP x30)	Venoshock (Poison Tera) 1584 ~ 1864 (18.1 ~ 21.3%)

14~17 Turns to Beat a 7-Star Raid Boss

Using this strategy it should take approximately 14~17 turns to take out 7-Star Raid Bosses. More turns may be required, depending on when the Raid Boss will put up its shield and reset stat changes.

Physical Poison Tera Build

Best Alolan Muk Tera Builds
Special Poison Tera Build	Physical Poison Tera Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Alolan Muk	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Sp.Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Poison Touch	・ Drain Punch ・ Poison Jab / Gunk Shot ・ Screech ・ Taunt
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best ability for Alolan Muk in Tera Raid Battles is Poison Touch. This allows Muk to poison the Raid boss without the need to allot a moveslot for a move for this purpose.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Alolan Muk with a Poison Tera Type to further boost Muk's Poison-type attacks. As a Physical attacker, an Adamant nature would be best.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

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 Special Defense. Shell Bell gives Muk passive healing when it uses an attacking move.

Tera Raid Strategy

This Alolan Muk build focuses on its high Attack stat combined with Screech and Poison Jab to deal huge damage to the opposing Pokemon. Poison Jab's chance to poison and the ability Poison Touch also allows it to deal chip damage to the raid boss.

Drain Punch is used when you are in a pinch and just need a bit more HP to survive. Alternatively, instead of Poison Jab, you can opt for Gunk Shot for more damage in exchange for a bit of accuracy. Taunt is then used to round out the kit to prevent the opponent from using Status moves.

Sample Damage Calculations

Super Effective Damage Dealt by Alolan Muk
(Fairy Tera, -4 Def, 128 Def) 7000 HP (Max HP x25)	Poison Jab(+2 Atk, Poison Tera) 2,768 ~ 3,260 (45.3 ~ 53.4%)

Effective Counter Against Grass and Fairy Type Tera Raids

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

This Alolan Muk Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Grass and Fairy Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Ground Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Alolan Muk will be weak to these Types as a Poison-Type attacker.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

How to Make Best Alolan Muk Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Alolan Muk Tera Raid Build
Transfer Alolan Muk via Pokemon HOME Use Adamant Mint to change its nature. Use an Ability Capsule to Change Its Ability. EV Train Alolan Muk Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give Alolan Muk a Held Item.

Transfer Alolan Muk via Pokemon HOME

Trade Darko in Pokemon Let's GO Pikachu!

A Punk class Trainer named Darko will trade you an Alolan Grimer in Exchange for a regular Grimer. This can be infinitely repeated for a perfect IV or Shiny! Note that this trade is exclusively for Pokemon Let's GO Pikachu Only!

Transfer An Alolan Muk or Grimer from a Generation 7 Game!

True to its name, Alolan Muk and its pre-evolution can only be caught in Alola; so if you want one in a specific Pokeball you need to transfer one from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, or Ultra Moon.

Note that you need to have a Nintendo 3DS System that has Pokemon Bank installed in order to move this Alolan Muk to Pokemon HOME.

Transfer From Pokemon GO

Alolan Grimer and Muk can be found in Pokemon GO with the introduction of the Season of Alola patch released in March of 2022. Alolan Grimers and Muks can be found in cities!
How to Transfer Pokemon from Pokemon HOME

Use Tera Shards to Change Tera Type

If the Alolan Muk build you are following requires it to have a different Tera type, you will need to have 50 Tera Shards of the type you need, and bring it to Medali to have your Pokemon's Tera Type changed.

How to Change Tera Type

Use Adamant Mint to Change Its Nature

If it has a different nature, you can use 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

Use an Ability Patch to Change Its Ability

If the build you are following requires it to have its Hidden Ability, you can use an Ability Patch to give Alolan Muk its Hidden Ability.

Ability Patch Location and How to Get

EV Train Alolan Muk

EV train Alolan Muk according to the build's EV spread using Vitamins or the traditional way with Power Items and battling Pokemon with the right EV yield.

Special Poison Tera Build

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 Zinc (for Sp,Def), 26 Protein (for Atk), and 1 HP Up (for HP). 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)	1 in Total (To get remaining 4 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 Special Defense HP EVs)	・Hoppip ・Swablu Location: South Province (Area 1)

How to EV Train Fast

Physical Poison Tera Build

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 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)	1 in Total (To get remaining 4 Special Defense EVs)	・Hoppip ・Swablu Location: South Province (Area 1)

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 Alolan Muk a Held Item

You can also give your Alolan Muk a Held Item to help it when facing off against various Raid Pokemon.

Learn how to find the recommended held item and price from the table below!

Item Name	Location	Price
Shell Bell	Levincia Delibird Presents	₽20,000

Delibird Presents Locations and All Items

Alolan Muk Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Moves Through Level Up

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

Level	Move	Type
15	Acid Spray
21	Minimize
37	Screech
40	Gunk Shot

You can have Alolan Muk 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 Alolan Muk 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
TM045 Venoshock	Available for Crafting through TM Machine after defeating Team Star's Fire Crew Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Salandit Gas x3 ・Toxel Sparks x3
TM073 Drain Punch	Located on the second level of the watch tower south of Artazon. Required League Points: 8000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Mankey Fur x3 ・Croagunk Poison x5 ・Crabrawler Shell x3
TM083 Poison Jab	Available for Crafting through TM Machine after defeating Team Star's Poison Crew Required League Points: 5000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Seviper Fang x3 ・Mareanie Spike x3 ・Shroodle Ink 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
TM148 Sludge Bomb	Available for Crafting through TM Machine after defeating Team Star's Fighting Crew Required League Points: 10000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Grimer Toxin x3 ・Croagunk Poison x5 ・Foongus Spores x3

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