Meganium Best Tera Raid Build

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

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Best Meganium Tera Raid Build

Best Meganium Tera Builds
Support Healer Build	Physical Attacker Build

Defensive Screen Support Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Meganium	Tera Type			Nature
	or			Calm (↑Sp.Def, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 4		Def: 252		Sp. Def: 252
Ability	Moveset
Leaf Guard	・ Light Screen / Reflect ・ Energy Ball ・ Heal Pulse ・ Helping Hand / Safeguard
Held Item
Light Clay

Summary

Amazing Bulk ang great movepool makes it an amazing defensive utility option. Energy Ball lets it attack and shred Sp. Def Can increase allies' damage thanks to Helping Hand

The best ability for Meganium in Tera Raid Battles is Leaf Guard. This allows Meganium to not worry about Status Effects while under harsh sunlight.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Meganium with a Fairy or Steel Tera Type while it doesn't matter what Tera Type your Meganium is as it will be mostly a support, getting Steel or Fairy are amazing types defensively. As a Defensive Wall, a Calm nature would be best.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

This build aims to make Meganium as tanky as possible against special attacks. Max out your Def and Special Defense EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into HP. Give it Light Clay to extend the duration of your screens.

Tera Raid Strategy

Meganium Tera Raid Situational Strategies
Buffer	Help out your allies with Helping Hand so they can dish out more damage!
Screen Setter	Help the team's overall bulk by setting up a priority Light Screen.
Debuffer	Attack with Energy Ball for a chance to shred the Raid Boss' HP.
Healer	Use Heal Pulse to heal allies who are low on HP. You can also use Safeguard to prevent any status conditions on allies.

This build is specifically tailored for random Tera Raid matchups online. Use both Light Screen and Reflect at the start of the battle to make your team less susceptible to damage.

This build focuses on using Heal Pulse to heal up any ally if their HP is running low. You also have the option of running Safeguard for those raid bosses that like to spam status conditions, or Helping Hand to support your allies to do more damage.

Alternative Moves

Meganium is a Pokemon whose entire kit revolves around supporting ally Pokemon. Here's some moves we could recommend that could help in certain types of raids.

Move	Case
Sunny Day	Reduce damage form Water type attacks and support other Grass type attackers on the field
Fake Tears	More potent at lowering the Raid Boss' Sp. Def but cannot be used when shields are up.
Charm	Lower the attack of the Raid Boss. Can work in place of Reflect but cannot be used once shields are up.
Grassy Terrain	Lessen Earthquake damage and support other Grass type attackers on the field.
Mud-Slap	Use this to let everyone score some free hits on the Raid Boss by making it miss its attacks.

Effective Counter Against Water, Ground and Rock Type Tera Raids

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

This Meganium Tera Raid Build is an effective support against Water, Ground and Rock Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss has a different Tera Type which Meganium is weak against, consider using a different build.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Physical Grass Tera Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Meganium	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓SpA)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Leaf Guard	・ Petal Blizzard ・ Swords Dance ・ Grassy Terrain ・ Reflect / Light Screen
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Use Reflect / Light Screen to reduce the Raid Boss' attacks. Boost Meganium's Attack with Swords Dance. Use Petal Blizzard to deal damage to the Raid Boss.

Meganium's attack can be further boosted with Swords Dance, maximizing the damage of Meganium's Petal Blizzard

Place a Grassy Terrain to boost its Attack by an additional 30% while also healing HP to increase survivability.

Best Tera Type, Nature, and Held Item

This build recommends Meganium to have a Grass Tera Type to maximize the damage dealt by Petal Blizzard from a double STAB.

As a Physical Attacker, an Adamant nature is the recommended nature. If Meganium happens to have a different nature, you can use an Adamant Mint to change its nature.

Let Meganium hold a Shell Bell to restore health when it deals damage, increasing its survivability against raid bosses.

Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense to increase survivability while dealing the maximum damage possible. EV Train to max out Meganium's Attack and HP, while adding the remaining EVs into Defense.

Tera Raid Strategy

Meganium Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Counter Strategy
Turn 1 (Optional)	Use Reflect / Lightscreen to decrease the damage dealt to you.
Turns 2~4	Use Swords Dance to increase Meganium's Attack.
Turn 5	Use Grassy Terrain to make use of its effect of increasing the attack of Grass-type moves.
Turns 6~8	Use Petal Blizzard to build Tera Orb charge, terastallizing when possible
Turns 9+	Terastallize and keep using Petal Blizzard until you beat the raid boss. Feel free to set up any buffs or debuffs you may have lost.

Start the raid battle with Swords Dance and use it three times to boost Meganium's Attack stat. You can place a Reflect or Lightscreen to decrease the damage dealt to you by the raid boss by 50%.

Place a Grassy Terrain to increase Meganium's damage potential.

After setting everything up, use Petal Blizzard to deal damage and build its Tera Orb Charge. Terastallize to double the STAB for Petal Blizzard and continue using it until the Raid Boss is defeated.

Sample Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Iron Boulder
7675 HP (-6 Sp. Def, Max HP x25)	Petal Blizzard (+6 Atk, Grassy Terrain, Grass Tera) 1,548 ~ 1,824 (20.3 ~ 24%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

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

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

This Meganium Grass 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 Meganium will be weak to these types as a Grass-type attacker.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

How to Make Best Meganium Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Meganium Tera Raid Build
Catch Chikorita at Coastal Biome Use Mints to change its nature. Use an Ability Patch to Change Its Ability. EV Train Meganium Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give Meganium a Held Item.

Catch Chikorita at Coastal Biome

You can catch a Chikorita with a Grass Tera Type at the Coastal Biome.

In order to get Chikorita 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

Chikorita in Other Pokemon Games
SV	BDSP

Alternatively, you can transfer any member of the Meganium 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

Use Tera Shards to Change Tera Type

If the Meganium 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 Mints to Change Its Nature

Item Name	Location	Price
Calm Mint	Chansey Supply	₽20,000
Adamant Mint	Chansey Supply	₽20,000

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

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 Meganium its Hidden Ability.

Ability Patch Location and How to Get

EV Train Meganium

EV train Meganium 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.

Physical Attacker Build

If you have the money for it, you can just use 26 Protein, 26 Iron, and 1 HP Up.

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 4 Defense EVs)	・Tarountula Location: South of Lost Platos

Support Build

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 1 HP Up, 26 Iron, and 26 Zinc . 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 4 HP EVs)	・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper Location: South of Los Platos
Power Belt (For Defense EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Defense EVs)	・Tarountula Location: South of Los Platos
Power Band (For Special Defense EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 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 Meganium a Held Item

You can also give your Meganium 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
Light Clay	Cascarrafa Delibird Presents	₽20,000
Shell Bell	Levincia Delibird Presents	₽20,000

Delibird Presents Locations and All Items

Meganium Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Moves Through Level Up

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

Level	Move	Type
1	Petal Blizzard
18	Reflect
40	Light Screen
54	Safeguard

You can have Meganium 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 Meganium 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
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
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
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
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
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

List of TMs and Locations

Give Meganium Heal Pulse from Hatenna as an Egg Move

1	Catch a Hatenna that is atleast Level 25, then make them remember the move Heal Pulse.
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 Meganium and Hatenna. There should only be two Pokemon in your party.
4	Delete one of Meganium's move, then let it hold the Mirror Herb.
5	Have a picnic with Meganium and Hatenna. Wait for a few minutes, then pack up. Check Meganium's summary to see that it now has Heal Pulse!

How to Learn and Transfer Egg Moves

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Tera Raid Counters Per Tera Type

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Ground	Poison	Flying	Psychic	Bug	Rock
Ghost	Dragon	Dark	Steel	Fairy	Normal

Best Counters For Raids Per Tera Type