Pokémon announces the next major in-game event where you can grab a powerful ‘mon for free
POKÉMON holds events every month that will let people grab tournament-ready powerful ‘mons.
This weekend is the first Grand Challenge of the season, which everyone can enter for some amazing in-game rewards.
However, you’ll need a team of powerful Pokémon if you want to take part, and the latest event will let you grab one perfect for a battle-ready team.
The Pokémon Company has revealed that the next seven-star Tera raid will be a Grass Tera type Serperior.
Serperior can be particularly dangerous as it comes with the ability Contrary, which will allow it to boost its stats while using powerful attacks.
In competitive play in particular, Serperior will use Leaf Storm, a powerful Grass-type attack that will double its power for the next attack.
Not only that but with the Grass Tera type, Serperior will have extra power behind its Leaf Storm and other Grass-type moves.
Serperior will be available in raids over two weekends, with the first set being available from Friday, September 20, 2024, until Sunday, September 22, 2024.
As the Grand Challenge also takes place over these dates, it’s possible to grab the Serperior and have it ready for the tournament.
The second weekend it’s available is from Friday, September 27, 2024, until Sunday, September 29, 2024.
There are a number of counters to the Serperior fight, including using Fire- and/or Poison-type Pokémon, as Serperior doesn’t have great coverage moves.
Players will want to find some way to neutralise Serperior’s Contrary ability by using tactics like Neutralising Gas, Gastro Acid, or Skill Swap.
If you can remove its ability, then Leaf Storm will drop its attack rather than raising it, making it much easier to deal with.
Something like Weezing, with the Neutralising Gas ability, is a perfect support partner for raids like this, and it can fire back with super effective Sludge Bombs.
The raid will be available once per day per game save, and you can take it on as many times as you want by playing online.
However, while you can receive the rewards multiple times, you’ll only be able to catch Serperior the Unrivalled once.
Even without the Serperior, it’s worth entering the Grand Challenge, as you will be able to pick up plenty of LP, which can be used to build other battle-ready ‘mons.
If you want to read more about Pokémon, check out the latest Dynamax raids in Pokémon Go.
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