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serperior
#497

Serperior

Regal Pokémon

Grass

It only gives its all against strong opponents who are not fazed by the glare from Serperior’s noble eyes.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 75
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 75
Sp. Def 95
Speed 113
Total 528

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

servine Servine Lv. 17
serperior Serperior Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Regal Pokémon
Height 3.3 m
Weight 63.0 kg
Base Exp 238
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground ,Plant

Sprites

serperior Front Front
serperior Back Back
serperior Front Shiny Front Shiny
serperior Back Shiny Back Shiny
serperior Official Art Official Art
serperior Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Stallbreaker
Moves
Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Fire / Knock Off
Taunt / Knock Off
Item
Rocky Helmet / Lum Berry
Ability
Contrary
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 208
SpA 48
Spe 252
Utility Attacker
Moves
Glare / Leech Seed
Substitute / Knock Off / Synthesis
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Contrary
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 56
SpA 200
Spe 252
Dual Screens
Item
Light Clay
Ability
Contrary
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Bulky Serperior
Moves
Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Fire
Item
Chesto Berry
Ability
Contrary
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 200
Def 44
SpA 12
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Serperior slithers across the battlefield as one of the most dangerous threats in the metagame thanks to its solid Speed stat, amazing ability in Contrary, decent typing, and wide range of utility moves, such as Glare, Taunt, Knock Off, Leech Seed, Reflect, and Light Screen. Its Speed allows it to get the jump on Pokemon like Keldeo, Latias, and Mega Metagross. With a Contrary-boosted Leaf Storm, Serperior serves as a fantastic cleaner and threatens key metagame staples like Excadrill, Clefable, Landorus-T, and Rotom-W. Contrary also allows Serperior to punish Defog, letting it take on Pokemon that it should have no business staying in against, such as Magma Storm Heatran. However, Serperior has no reliable coverage options outside of Hidden Power. Speaking of which, it has to choose between Hidden Power Fire or Hidden Power Rock, forcing it to pick between losing to Steel-types like Mega Scizor and Ferrothorn or Fire-types like Volcarona and Mega Charizard Y. Serperior also can't fit all of its utility options into one set. Its Special Attack stat is below average at best, forcing it to rely on boosting with Leaf Storm to threaten the opposing team, in which the low PP can be exploited by Pressure users like Zapdos. Additionally, Serperior is outpaced by Pokemon like Tornadus-T, Weavile, Mega Lopunny, and Mega Alakazam, and its typing leaves it vulnerable to U-turn and common attacking types like Ice, Fire, and Flying.

Most Used Moves

Glare
75.1%
Taunt
35.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
32.1%
Lum Berry
10.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc