If you don't count (Gary's) Eevee in Pokémon Yellow, Serperior is the last starter Pokémon to make an appearance in my list of favorite Pokémon. In fact, the only ones are Empoleon, Samurott, Pikachu and now Serperior. And there's a reason that Serperior is my absolute favorite: it's because of its design. It is fierce, elegant, kingly and hazardous all in one. I love how its grass skin ends in a collar with its head sticking out of it, and its design makes it look like it's the emperor of the snakes, or something. Besides, its venomous red eyes are as paralyzing as a thousand thunder shocks. Yeah, this guy looks like it has a whole lot of attitude, and I love that about Serperior. What does bother me a little, though, is that it's not really a good starter Pokémon to use in the video games. In fact, with the exception of Torterra, not any grass starter is that good a Pokémon to use in-game (or in contests, for that matter). It's not the worse, that honor is still Venusaur and Meganium's, but it's also not really a strong Pokémon. Besides, with Serperior's grass-type also comes too many weaknesses, with five weaknesses in total. Skilled trainers are actually capable of using Serperior throughout the game, though. It learns the move Coil at level 38, which raises its attack, defense and accuracy. Serperior has some quite good defenses and damn good speed, so it is capable of spamming a couple of Coils and then attack. Definitely keep Leaf Blade and Coil around, with Return and either Aerial Ace or Dragon Tail as backups. Unfortunately, that's it for attacking moves to benefit from its raising attack stat. Coil won't raise its special attack, so you really shouldn't teach it special-based moves; even though Giga Drains heals its HP (you can also use a potion) and SolarBeam and Leaf Storm are strong moves. A pumped-up Leaf Blade does way more damage and Leaf Storm lowers its special attack afterwards, making its already mediocre special attack even more terrible. But it's a cool Pokémon, of that you can be sure.
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