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

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Best Swampert Tera Raid Build

Best Swampert Tera Builds
Water Tera Build	Ground Tera Build

Water Tera Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Swampert	Tera Type			Nature
	or			Adamant (↑Atk, ↓SpA)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Torrent	・ Liquidation ・ Curse / Bulk Up ・ Mud-Slap ・ Screech
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Lower the enemy's Defense with Screech. Use Curse to boost Swampert's Attack and Defense. Use Mud-Slap to charge the Tera Orb while lowering the Accuracy of the enemy. Deal damage with Liquidation with a chance to lower the enemy's Defense.

Use Screech to lower the enemy's Defense and follow it up with Curse to boost Swampert's Attack and Defense.

Use Mud-Slap for the Tera Orb charge while also lowering your opponent's Accuracy. Terrastalize and switch to using Liquidation to deal the most damage with a chance to lower the raid boss' Defense, which is helpful when the enemy resets any debuffs it has.

Best Tera Type, Nature, and Held Item

This build recommends Swampert to have a Water Tera Type to maximize the damage dealt by Liquidation from a double STAB.

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

Let Swampert 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 Swampert's Attack and HP, while adding the remaining EVs into Speed.

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the raid battle with Screech and use it two times to lower the raid boss' Defense stat by four stages. Use Curse three times to boost Swampert's Attack and Defense stats.

Use Mud-Slap three times to deal damage while also charging up the Tera Orb for terrastalizing, while also lowering the enemy's Accuracy for a chance to dodge attacks, increasing survivability. Terrastalize and switch to Liquidation for the double STAB and deal the most damage with a chance to lower the raid boss' Defense.

Sample Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Swampert
7675 HP (-4 Def, Max HP x25)	Liquidation (+3 Atk, Water Tera) 1714-2018 (22.5 - 26.5%)

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 Swampert Dragon Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Fire, Ground, and Rock Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Water, Grass, or Dragon Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Swampert will be weak to these types as a Water-type attacker.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Ground Tera Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Swampert	Tera Type			Nature
	or			Adamant (↑Atk, ↓SpA)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Torrent	・ Earthquake ・ Curse / Bulk Up ・ Mud-Slap ・ Screech
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Lower the enemy's Defense with Screech. Use Curse to boost Swampert's Attack and Defense. Use Mud-Slap to charge the Tera Orb while lowering the Accuracy of the enemy. Deal damage with Earthquake and defeat the raid boss.

Use Screech to lower the enemy's Defense and follow it up with Curse to boost Swampert's Attack and Defense.

Use Mud-Slap for the Tera Orb charge while also lowering your opponent's Accuracy. Terrastalize and switch to using Earthquake to deal the most damage.

Best Tera Type, Nature, and Held Item

This build recommends Swampert to have a Ground Tera Type to maximize the damage dealt by Mud-Slap and Earthquake from a double STAB.

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

Let Swampert 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 Swampert's Attack and HP, while adding the remaining EVs into Speed.

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the raid battle with Screech and use it two times to lower the raid boss' Defense stat by four stages. Use Curse three times to boost Swampert's Attack and Defense stats.

Use Mud-Slap three times to deal damage while also charging up the Tera Orb for terrastalizing, while also lowering the enemy's Accuracy for a chance to dodge attacks, increasing survivability. Terrastalize and switch to Earthquake for the double STAB and deal the most damage.

Sample Damage Calculations

Super Effective Damage Dealt by Swampert
7675 HP (-4 Def, Rock Tera, Max HP x25)	Earthquake (+3 Atk, Ground Tera) 4032-4748 (53 - 62.4%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Effective Counter Against Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, and Steel Type Tera Raids

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

This Swampert Dragon Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, and Steel Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Grass or Bug Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Swampert will be weak to these types as a Water-type attacker.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

How to Make Best Swampert Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Swampert Tera Raid Build
Catch Mudkip at Coastal Biome Use Swampert Mint to change its nature. EV Train Swampert Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give Swampert a Held Item.

Catch Mudkip at Coastal Biome

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

In order to get Mudkip 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

Mudkip in Other Pokemon Games
SV	SWSH	BDSP

Alternatively, you can transfer any member of the Swampert 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 Swampert 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

EV Train Swampert

EV train Swampert 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 Builds

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 HP Up (for HP), 26 Protein (for Atk), and an 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 4 Defense EVs)	・Tarountula Location: South of Lost Platos

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 Swampert a Held Item

You can also give your Swampert 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

Swampert Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Moves Through Level Up

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

Level	Move	Type
49	Screech

You can have Swampert 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 Swampert 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
TM064 Bulk Up	At the top of the winding hill northeast of Cortondo in South Province (Area Two). Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Makuhita Sweat x3 ・Axew 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: ・Arrokuda Scales x5 ・Wiglett Sand x3 ・Buizel Fur x3
TM149 Earthquake	Rewarded by the Battle League Rep at the Pokemon Center after defeating 5 Trainers in Asado Desert. Required League Points: 12000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Phanpy Nail x5 ・Diglett Dirt x3 ・Barboach Slime x3
TM224 Curse	Readily available in the Terarium TM Machine Required League Points: 400 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Golett Shard x4 ・Nacli Salt x2

List of TMs and Locations

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5☆ Walking Wake	5☆ Iron Leaves	7☆ Inteleon	7☆ Decidueye
7☆ Samurott	7☆ Typhlosion

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