Poliwrath Best Tera Raid Build

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

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Evolution and Learnset	Tera Raid Build

Best Poliwrath Tera Raid Build

Best Poliwrath Tera Builds
Water Tera Build	Metronome Drain Punch Build

Water Tera Physical Attacker Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Poliwrath	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓SpA)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Sp. Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Swift Swim	・ Rain Dance ・ Belly Drum ・ Liquidation ・ Mud-Slap / Chilling Water
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Benefits from Rain due to Swift Swim Liquidation has a chance to lower Defense combined with Belly Drum Flexible Fourth Slot can be used to Debuff the Raid Boss while Building Tera Orb Charges

The best ability for Poliwrath in Tera Raid Battles is Swift Swim. This will allow it to double its Speed under Rain while also getting a boost for its Water type Moves.

Liquidation is an amazing attacking move as it allows Poliwrath to passively lower the Raid Boss' Defense even through its shield. This, combined with Belly Drum allows Poliwrath to deal a ton of damage even with its mittling stats.

Best Tera Type

We recommend getting a Poliwrath with a Water Tera Type to use in Tera Raids so that it can get an additional boost on its STAB when it Terastallizes plus double its Speed due to Swift Swim. 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. Give it a Shell Bell to recover HP when dealing damage with Liquidation.

Tera Raid Strategy

Similar to any other Belly Drum build, you will want to start a Tera Raid Battle by using Belly Drum to maximize your Attack Stat, before attacking with either Liquidation.

Use either Mud-Slap or Chilling Water to help out the team by debuffing the enemy, and use Rain Dance on passive turns to boost Liquidation's power.

Sample Damage Calculations

Super Effective Damage Dealt by Poliwrath
(Rock Tera, 128 Sp. Def) 7600 HP (Max HP x25)	Liquidation(+6 Atk, Rain, Water Tera) 1,568 ~ 1,848 (20.6 ~ 24.3%)
(-6 Def, Rock Tera, 128 Sp. Def) 7600 HP (Max HP x25)	Liquidation(+6 Atk, Rain, Water Tera) 6,302 ~ 7,416 (82.9 ~ 97.5%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Effective Counter Against Fire, Ground and Rock Type Tera Raids

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

This Poliwrath 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,Flying, Psychic, or Electric Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Poliwrath will be weak to these Types as a Water-Type attacker.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Drain Punch Metronome Fighting Tera Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Poliwrath	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓SpA)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Sp. Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Water Absorb	・ Mud-Slap ・ Belly Drum ・ Drain Punch ・ Taunt
Held Item
Metronome

Summary

Amazing Attack Stat coupled with its Bulk. Access to Belly Drum and Drain Punch. Decent Physical and Special Bulk compared to other Belly Drum users.

The best ability for Poliwrath in Tera Raid Battles is Water Absorb. This lets Poliwrath gain an immunity to Wtaer type moves and heal off any damage it may take and will recieve from using Belly Drum.

With access to both Taunt and Mud-Slap, Poliwrath is one of the best Pokemon to use againt Water Type Raid Bosses who have a Fighting Weak Tera Type that like to use high damage moves like Hydro Pump or setting up Rain with Rain Dance.

Best Tera Type

A Fighting Tera Type in conjunction with a Metronome held item, allows Poliwrath to have great damage output combined with healing with consecutive Drain Punches.

As a Physical Attacker, an Adamant nature would work best for this Pokemon.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards increasing the Pokemon's HP and Attack. Max out your HP, and Atk EVs, while putting the remaining points into Special Defense. This allows Poliwrath to have decent bulk, while still having high offense.

Give Poliwrath a Metronome to boost the damage output of Drain Punch by 10% each time it is used consecutively!

Tera Raid Strategy

Start out the Tera Raid Battle by using Taunt to prevent stat drops from Status Moves.

Follow with 3 Mud-Slaps to help the team out through scoring free turns due to Raid Boss missing its moves. Depending on the behavior of the Raid Boss, feel free to swap out the two set up moves if needed. Use Drain Punch when HP is Low to regain HP.

Proceed to attack consecutively with Drain Punch to boost it's damage each turn, while also replenishing your HP.

When you have enough Tera Orb charge to terastallize, proceed to Terastalize and start spamming Drain Punch to damage the raid Pokemon's shield and finish the battle!

Sample Damage Calculations

Super Effective Damage Dealt by Poliwrath
(Rock Tera, 128 Def) 7600 HP (Max HP x25)	Drain Punch(+6 Atk, Full Metronome Boost STAB Fighting) 924 ~ 1,088 (12.1 ~ 14.3%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Effective Counter Against Normal, Rock, Ice, Dark, and Steel-type Tera Raids

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

This Poliwrath Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Normal, Rock, Ice, Dark, and Steel-type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fairy, Psychic, or Flying Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Poliwrath will be weak to these Types before Terastalizing.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

How to Make Best Poliwrath Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Poliwrath Tera Raid Build
Catch Poliwag near Mossfell Confluence Use Adamant Mint to change its nature. Use an Ability Capsule to Change Its Ability. EV Train Poliwrath Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give Poliwrath a Held Item.

Catch Poliwag near Mossfell Confluence

You can catch a Poliwag with a Water Tera Type at the rivers surrounding Mossfell Confluence.

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

Evolve Poliwhirl with a Water Stone

Item Name	Location	Price
Water Stone	Mesagoza Delibird Presents	₽3,000

You can buy a Water Stone at Mesagoza's Delibird Presents.

Use Tera Shards to Change Tera Type

If the Poliwrath 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 Poliwrath its Hidden Ability.

Ability Patch Location and How to Get

EV Train Poliwrath

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

Vitamins can be bought at any Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 to fully train a Pokemon. Meanwhile, Mochi can be obtained through the Ogre Oustin' Minigame.

Fighting ans Water Tera Builds

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. You can also just use the respective Mochi if you wish to do so.

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	Sp.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 Sp.Defense EVs)	1 in Total (To get 4 Special Sp.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 Poliwrath a Held Item

You can also give your Poliwrath 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
Metronome	Levincia Delibird Presents	₽15,000

Delibird Presents Locations and All Items

Poliwrath Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Moves Through Move Reminder

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

Level	Move	Type
Base	Belly Drum

You can have Poliwrath 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 Poliwrath 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
TM005 Mud-Slap	In the middle of the tall grass northeast of Cortondo in South Province (Area Two). Required League Points: 200 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Wooper Slime x3
TM022 Chilling Water	Received as a reward for beating Kofu, the Water Gym leader in Cascarrafa. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Psyduck Down x3 ・Surskit Syrup 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
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
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
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

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