Serperior Best Tera Raid Build

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

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

Best Serperior Tera Raid Build

Best Serperior Tera Builds
Contrary Stellar Tera Build	Contrary Grass Tera Build

Contrary Stellar Tera Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Serperior	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp. Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Sp.Atk 252		Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Contrary	・ Tera Blast ・ Breaking Swipe / Leaf Storm ・ Light Screen / Reflect ・ Giga Drain
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Contrary with Leaf Storm and Tera Blast lets you set up you Sp. Atk while dealing damage Giga Drain lets you heal off damage letting you have access to other held items. Breaking Swipe lets you facetank more damage.

The best ability for Serperior in Tera Raid Battles is Contrary, as it will allow Serperior to boost its Special Attack instead of reducing it with Leaf Storm and Tera Blast.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Serperior with a Stellar Tera Type because this will boost Serperior's moves when it Terastallizes. 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 HP and Special Attack EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Defense.

Alternative Items

Due to Giga Drain's healing potency, here's some moves we could recommend that could help in certain types of raids that could be used instead of Shell Bell.

Item	Case
Clear Amulet	Great agaisnt raid bosses that rely on lowering your stats.
Covert Cloak	This can prevent annoying status conditions or flinching caused by secondary effects

Tera Raid Strategy

This build revolves around buffing yourself with Tera Blast thanks to your Contrary Ability. With this, you can Terastallize and hit any tera Raid Boss for Super Effective Damage.

Before Tera, you can use Breaking Swipe as a Defensive option or use Leaf Storm if the Raid Boss is a Special Attacker.

Sample Damage Calculations

Super-Effective Damage Dealt by Serperior
(Water Tera, 128 Sp. Def) 7600 HP (Max HP x25)	Tera Blast(+6 Sp. Atk, Stellar Tera) 1,460 ~ 1,720 (19.2 ~ 22.6%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Effective Counter Against Any Tera Raid

Due to its Stellar Typing, this Serperior Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to almost any Tera Raid Boss. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fire, Flying, or Bug Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different Pokemon, as Serperior will be weak to these Types as a Stellar Type attacker.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Contrary Grass Tera Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Serperior	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp. Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Sp.Atk 252		Sp. Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Contrary	・ Leaf Storm ・ Glare ・ Grassy Terrain ・ Giga Drain
Held Item
Big Root

Summary

Contrary with Leaf Storm lets you set up you Sp. Atk while dealing damage and quickly getting your Tera Orb charge up Giga Drain lets you heal off damage letting you have access to other held items. Grassy Terrain increases damage dealt by Grass type moves.

The best ability for Serperior in Tera Raid Battles is Contrary, as it will allow Serperior to boost its Special Attack instead of reducing it with Leaf Storm.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Serperior with a Grass Tera Type because this will boost Serperior's STAB Leaf Storms and Giga Drains when it Terastallizes. 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 HP and Special Attack EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Special Defense.

Alternative Items

Due to Giga Drain's healing potency, here's some moves we could recommend that could help in certain types of raids that could be used instead of Big Root.

Item	Case
Shell Bell	If you need more healing while setting up Leaf Storms this is the best item to use.
Miracle Seed	Good to consider if you need a bit more damage.
Clear Amulet	Great agaisnt raid bosses that rely on lowering your stats.
Covert Cloak	This can prevent annoying status conditions or flinching caused by secondary effects

Tera Raid Strategy

This build revolves around buffing yourself with Leaf Storm thanks to your Contrary Ability. With this, you can Terastallize by the time you max out your Sp. Atk stat.

You can further your damage output thanks to Grassy Terrain and heal yourself up with Giga Drain.

Sample Damage Calculations

Neutral Damage Dealt by Serperior
(Water Tera, 128 Sp. Def) 7600 HP (Max HP x25)	Leaf Storm(+6 Sp. Atk, Grassy Terrain, Grass Tera) 2,468 ~ 2,904 (32.4 ~ 38.2%)
	Giga Drain(+6 Sp. Atk, Grassy Terrain, Grass Tera) 1,432 ~ 1,688 (18.8 ~ 22.2%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Alternative Moves

Serperior is a Pokemon has other amazing moves at its disposal. Here's some moves we could recommend that could help in certain types of raids.

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

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

This Serperior 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 Serperior will be weak to these Types as a Grass Type attacker.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

How to Make Best Serperior Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Serperior Tera Raid Build
Catch Snivy at Savanna Biome Use Modest Mint to change its nature. Use an Ability Patch to Change Its Ability. EV Train Serperior Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give Serperior a Held Item.

Catch Snivy at Savanna Biome

You can catch a Snivy with a Grass Tera Type at the Savanna Biome.

In order to get Snivy in the Terarium, you need to complete Terry's Boost biodiversity in the Savanna 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 Serperior line into Scarlet and Violet via Pokemon HOME! The last game this line was available was in Pokemon Sun and Moon so you might need to use Pokemon Bank.

How to Transfer Pokemon from Pokemon HOME

Use Tera Shards to Change Tera Type

If the Serperior 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 Modest Mint to Change Its Nature

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

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

Ability Patch Location and How to Get

EV Train Serperior

EV train Serperior 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.

Special Attacker Build

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 HP Up (for HP), 26 Calcium (for Sp.Atk), and 1 Iron (for Def) or 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 Lens (For Special Attack EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Special Attack EVs)	・Psyduck ・Toxel ・Hatenna Location: South Province (Area 4)
Power Belt (For Defense EVs)	1 in Total (To get remaining 4 Defense EVs)	・Tarountula Location: South of Lost Platos
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 Serperior a Held Item

You can also give your Serperior 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
Miracle Seed	Mesagoza Delibird Presents	₽3,000
Shell Bell	Levincia Delibird Presents	₽20,000
Big Root	Cascarrafa Delibird Presents	₽10,000
Covert Cloak	Levincia Delibird Presents	₽20,000
Clear Amulet	Mesagoza Delibird Presents	₽30,000

Delibird Presents Locations and All Items

Serperior Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Moves Through Level Up

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

Level	Move	Type
44	Giga Drain
50	Gastro Acid
56	Leaf Storm

You can have Serperior 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 Serperior 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
TM049 Sunny Day	Can be found along the road from the northwest exit of Cortondo. Follow the road west out of the town until you head up the cliffside. You will see the TM near a rock on the cliff overlooking Cortondo. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Litleo Tuft x3 ・Sunkern Leaf x3 ・Torkoal Coal x3
TM074 Reflect	Inside the scaffolding on the northern side of East Province (Area Three). Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Drowzee Fur x3 ・Flittle Down x3
TM075 Light Screen	Found to the east of Artazon on rocky terrain. Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Magnemite Screw x3 ・Voltorb Sparks x3
TM119 Energy Ball	Available for Crafting through TM Machine after defeating Team Star's Fighting Crew Required League Points: 10000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Deerling Hair x5 ・Tandemaus Fur x3 ・Bramblin Twig x3
TM137 Grassy Terrain	Found near the tree southwest of Mesagoza in South Province Area Two. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Sunkern Leaf x3 ・Flabébé Pollen x3 ・Fomantis Leaf x3
TM168 Solar Beam	Found before the mouth of the river going east between West Province (Area Two) and Casseroya Lake, at the lake's riverside. Required League Points: 12000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Tropius Leaf x3 ・Foongus Spores x3 ・Bounsweet Sweat x5
TM222 Breaking Swipe	Readily available in the Terarium TM Machine Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Axew Scales x2 ・Cyclizar Scales x1 ・Duraludon Tarnish x3

List of TMs and Locations

Give Serperior Glare from Dunsparce as an Egg Move

1	Catch a Dunsparce, then make them remember the move Glare.
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 Serperior and Dunsparce. There should only be two Pokemon in your party.
4	Delete one of Serperior's move, then let it hold the Mirror Herb.
5	Have a picnic with Serperior and Dunsparce. Wait for a few minutes, then pack up. Check Serperior's summary to see that it now has Glare!

How to Learn and Transfer Egg Moves

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Related Guides

Tera Raid Guides

Tera Raid Battle Mechanics Explained

Tera Raid Level Guides

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