Pokemon #16-Serperior

Serperior is a Pokemon that was intoduced in Geneation 5(Black,White).It is number 003 in the Unova Pokedex and number 497 in the National Pokedex.It is said that it can stop its opponent's movements with just a glare and that it takes in solar energy and boosts internally.
Serperior is described by many as the best starter of Generation 5,and that's definetely true.Serperior is a pure Grass-type,with decent stats,a kinda poor movepool and two abilities.Serperior comes with 75/95/95 on the defensive side and 75/75/113 on the offensive side.We can easily tell that the stats aren't shared properly.I mean a fast defensive Pokemon?But,Serperior is still awesome.The two abilities that it gets are Overgrow,which boosts the power of the Grass-type moves by 50% when the user's HP are below 1/3rd and Contrary from the Dream World,which raises the stats when lowering moves are used and lowers the stats when boosting moves are used.So,if you couldn't tell the thing that makes Serperior better than the other starters is this Dream World ability.Anyway,let's see some possible sets.

Contrerior
-Substitute
-Hidden Power Fire
-Leaf Storm
-Leech Seed
Item:Life Orb/Leftovers
Ability:Contrary
EVs,Nature:
252 Speed,252 Special Attack,4 HP
Timid(+Speed,-Attack)

It's sad that Serperior doesn't get any other Special Attacking moves.This set is very common and is very effective.Predict a switch,set up a Substitute and hit hard with your boosted moves.Hidden Power Fire is there to hit some Grass Types which like to come in and wall Serperior.Leaf Storm is the main attraction on this set,hitting hard with STAB and boosting your Special Attack by two stages thanks to Contrary.Leech Seed is there to let you recover off the damage of the Substitute or Life Orb.

Coil
-Coil
-Leaf Blade
-Leech Seed
-Substitute
Item:Leftovers
Ability:Overgrow
EVs,Nature:
252 Special Defense,252 HP,4 Speed
Careful(+Sp.Def,-Sp.Att)

This is a very easy to wall set,but Serperior lacks good moves,so you can at least try this.Coil boosts your Attack,Defense and Accuracy,which is very cool when your behind a Substitute.Leaf Blade is your only move and after a few Coils it can hit hard even Pokemon which resist it.Leech Seed is always nice to have,getting health back and forcing your opponent to switch Pokemon.

Counters
Victini is amazing,completely walling Serperior and being able to one or two HKO with a Fire-type move.Chandelure resists its STAB and doesn't take damage from Hidden Power Fire and can easily OHKO with Fire Blast.So,generaly Fire-types are amazing against Serperior.Hydreigon can easily take hits and OHKO with STAB Draco Meteor or Fire Blast/Flamethrower.

Cool Info:Serperior,along with Samurott,are the only fully evolved starters that cannot learn Earthquake.

Have a nice day.
P.S.I rushed this review,so it might have some problems.Leave a comment if you find any.