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"Greninja" IconGreninja is arguably one of the most popular starter Pokémon of all time, so it’s no suprise a Greninja Tera Raid event is coming to the shores of Paldea from generation six’s Kalos region. Trainers need to know all about the Greninja Tera Raid event moves, stats and drops, as us usual we’ve got them covered.

Greninja Tera Raid Event - Stats

Greninja The Unrivaled is the 3rd seven-star Tera Raid event since the launch of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Let’s kicks things off with what we know and some general stats about the Water Water/DarkDark type starter from Pokémon X and Y:

Event Stats:

Greninja the Unrivaled is the hardest 7-Star Tera Raid Event Pokémon yet!

The following is currently based on official information collected from The Greninja News announcement in-game alongside statistics from the previous mainline game:

Stat Value / Information
Type Water Water and Dark Dark
Tera Type Poison Poison
Raid Type 7-Star Tera Raid
Catch Rate Once per game save
Breedable? Yes
Shiny Chance Locked (No Shiny Available)
Ability Protean (Changes typing to last used move)

Base Stats:

(1 of 3) Caught Greninja Stats Screen (1/3)

Here are the caught stats for Greninja the Unrivaled as seen above. JUst to make clear, these stats are from its level 100 form as seen in-game:

Stat Value / Information
HP 285
Attack 226
Defense 170
Sp. Atk 242
Sp. Def 195
Speed 252

Greninja Tera Raid Type Effectiveness and Weakness

Greninja the Unrivaled is going to be very effective against multiple types of Pokémon due to it’s Dark/WaterWater standard typing and Poison Poison Tera Typing. This means many Tera Raid builds trainers are currently relying on won’t cut it. Check out the below for our type chart and what we can expect in the Greninja Tera Raid specifically:

Our Pokémon Scarlet and Violet type match up chart

First, let’s get into each of Greninjas typings and their effectiveness and weaknesses. This way we can really understand what kind of Pokémon will be effective against Greninja The Unrivaled:

"Greninja" IconGreninja Typing Weaknesses
Dark Dark Bug Bug, Fairy Fairy and Fighting Fighting
Poison Poison GroundGround and Psychic Psychic
Water Water Electric Electric and Grass Grass
"Greninja" IconGreninja Typing Effectiveness
Dark Dark Ghost Ghost and Psychic Psychic
Poison Poison Fairy Fairy and Grass Grass
Water Water Fire Fire, Ground Ground and Rock Rock

Greninja Tera Raid Event - Moveset

There’s a good spread here in terms of coverage, but not nessesarily anything that will suprise trainers. Double team will be the opening move, with a trainer Pokémon statistic reset at the end of turn four. Here are the Greninja Tera Raid event moveset trainers can expect:

Move Type
Double Team Normal Normal
"Gunk Shot" iconGunk Shot Poison Poison
"Hydro Pump" iconHydro Pump
"Ice Beam" iconIce Beam Ice Ice
Night Slash Dark Dark
"Toxic Spikes" iconToxic Spikes Poison Poison

Greninja Tera Raid Event Drops

We can expect to see the same level of drops found in previous 7-Star Tera Raids with a couple of key differences in Geninja Tera Raid Event drops. Chances of "Sassy Mint" iconSassy Mints and guaranteed "Carbos" iconCarbos are a couple of changes, with the same chance of getting XL candies alongside guaranteed XL and L candies. Here’s everything trainers can expect for Greninja Tera Raid Drops:

Guaranteed Drops Amount
"Exp. Candy L" iconExp. Candy L 6
"Exp. Candy XL" iconExp. Candy XL 4
"Carbos" iconCarbos 5
"Poison Tera Shard" iconPoison Tera Shard 10
"Poison Tera Shard" iconPoison Tera Shard 5 (For Host)
"Toxic Spikes" iconToxic Spikes (TM 091) Once per game save
"Ability Patch" iconAbility Patch Once per game save
Bonus Drops Amount / Chance
"Exp. Candy L" iconExp. Candy L 3 15% Chance
"Exp. Candy L" iconExp. Candy L 5 15% Chance
"Rare Candy" iconRare Candy 2 10% Chance
"Carbos" iconCarbos 5 5%
"Exp. Candy XL" iconExp. Candy XL 2 5% Chance
"Star Piece" iconStar Piece 2 10% Chance
"Comet Shard" iconComet Shard 1 2% Chance
"Nugget" iconNugget 2 5% Chance
"Sassy Mint" iconSassy Mint 1 3% Chance
"PP Up" iconPP Up 1 5%
"Bottle Cap" iconBottle Cap 1 4%
"Ability Capsule" iconAbility Capsule 1 2% Chance
"Ability Patch" iconAbility Patch 1 1% Chance

Best Greninja Tera Raid Strategy

Psychic Tera Typing is preferred to boost the effects of Stored Power, but a Water Tera Typing will negate the damage of Hydro Pump. So it’s not the end of the world!

"Slowbro" IconSlowbro is going to be our main Pokémon for this event for a couple of reasons. It can take advantage of stat boosts by using "Stored Power" iconStored Power at the end of a battle and trainers will most likely have one ready already. We’ve got screens of what kind of build players will need above, but here’s a quick run down:

Build Feature Info
Moveset "Nasty Plot" iconNasty Plot, "Stored Power" iconStored Power, "Iron Defense" iconIron Defense and Slack Off
Level 100
Stat Focus Special Attack and Defense
Tera Type Psychic Psychic (Water Water if not)
Held Item "Shell Bell" iconShell Bell

So how do trainers use this Best Greninja Tera Raid build to win out? See the below screenshots for a turn-by-turn walkthrough on how to defeat Greninja the Unrivaled.

(1 of 5) The first four turns stat boosts will be cleared by Greninja, but we still need to kill time. Use Iron Defense during turns one and two.

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Nintendo, Pokemon Company International
  • Platforms,
    Switch
  • Genre
    RPG
  • Guide Release
    17 November 2022
  • Last Updated
    3 January 2024
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