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AJ's Serperior (Japanese: アジェイのジャローダ Ajiei's Jalorda) is the very first Pokémon that AJ ever owned.
New Era[]
Unova[]
Serperior, as a Snivy, was given to rookie Trainer AJ at Professor Juniper's laboratory in Nuvema Town. Moments later, AJ and Snivy battled against Ryder and his Incineroar. AJ starts the battle by ordering his Snivy to use Tackle which strikes Incineroar square on its chest, but Incineroar seems unfazed by the attack. AJ continues the assault with Leaf Tornado, but Incineroar easily bats the attack away with its hands. AJ changes his tactics and commands Snivy to use Growth to increase its attack power, and orders three more Growths, before commanding a Vine Whip, but Incineroar grabs the vines and pulls Snivy towards him, who gets sent flying towards Incineroar, who uses Throat Chop, defeating Snivy with a single hit. AJ recalls Snivy and thanks him for the effort, and admits that Ryder was truly on a different level, but vows to become stronger and the two shake hands before AJ leaves for the nearest Pokémon Center.
Shortly afterwards, Snivy evolved into Servine, and the two battled against Ryder once again at the Battle Club in Luxuria Town, where Sevine faced off against Ryder's Snivy. Snivy uses Vine Whip, but Servine dodges them completely. She then attempts to use Leaf Blade, but misses and Servine follows up with a Leaf Tornado. The tornado, once again, draws her into the vortex then slams her onto the ground. Ryder asks Snivy to use Vine Whip, and Servine, once again, dodges it easily like it had before. Next, while Servine is distracted by her Vine Whip, Ryder tells Snivy to use Attract. Snivy fires the attack, and luckily, as Servine is male, he becomes infatuated with Snivy, and he is thus unable to attack. Eventually with a series of Vine Whips and a well-aimed Leaf Blade, Servine succumbs to Snivy's attacks and fainted, leaving AJ with three Pokémon.
Servine and Snivy battled in a rematch while Ryder was en route towards Nimbasa City. The battle begins with Servine using Leaf Tornado where Ryder counters it by having his Snivy use Leaf Storm. The two attacks collide and AJ immediately orders his Servine to use Cut. Ryder orders his Snivy to dodge and then use Attract. AJ counters the hearts of the Attract attack by once again using Leaf Tornado, causing all of the hearts of the attack to vanish and render the Attract attack useless. AJ explains that he won't fall for the same strategy again and that he learned from his mistake last time. He then orders his Servine to once again use Cut. Ryder orders his Snivy to Leaf Blade. Snivy's Leaf Blade overpowers Servine's Cut and Servine gets sent flying, before Snivy finishes it off with Leaf Storm, which gives Ryder the first win.
When AJ registered to participate in the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup, Servine was revealed to have evolved into Serperior, and was used throughout the entire tournament. During AJ's first round match-up, Serperior battled against Dino's Darmanitan. Serperior uses Leer to lower Darmanitan's defense and uses a match-winning Leaf Blade. When the smoke clears, Darmanitan is no longer able to battle and AJ is victorious.
In the next round, AJ's Serperior faces off against Manning's Heatmor and wins despite the type advantage with Sunny Day followed by Solar Beam. In the semi-finals, AJ and Serperior battle against Angus and his Simisage. Serperior uses Leer and Solar Beam, and despite sustaining damage, Simisage endures the attack. Angus has Simisage use Low Sweep and Shadow Claw, but Serperior dodges both attacks, and Serperior easily defeats Simisage with Frenzy Plant. Alder comments that AJ battled well, but power isn't everything. AJ glares back at the Champion, thinking to prove him wrong.
In the finals, AJ and Serperior battled against Ryder and Emolga. To start, Ryder commands Emolga to use Discharge, which Serperior dodges. Ryder then commands Emolga to use Hidden Power, which Serperior again dodges. Everyone appears remarked by Serperior's lightning speed.
AJ commands Serperior to use Solar Beam, but Emolga steals Serperior's thunder and dodges. AJ then has Serperior use Dragon Tail, which just barely hits Emolga. However, Emolga fires back with another Discharge, but Serperior dodges, making Emolga follow up with Hidden Power and Attract, but both get dodged by Serperior. Serperior uses Leer, and Emolga dodges, only to make Serperior use another Dragon Tail, which Emolga also dodges. Emolga uses another Discharge but Serperior dodges again. Despite her exhaustion from her many dodged attacks, Emolga uses yet another Hidden Power, which as expected, is dodged by Serperior. Serperior uses Leer and Ryder again commands Emolga to dodge by flying up in the air. With Emolga in a vulnerable position, AJ knows this is his chance to strike, so he commands Serperior to use Solar Beam, which lands and hurls Emolga onto the ground.
Emolga gets up, and Ryder tells him that she needs to stay strong if she wants to beat Serperior. With Emolga back in battling position, Ryder decides to unleash Emolga's new attack: Air Slash and Emolga gets commanded to unleash multiple Air Slashes at once. However, Serperior moves so fast that he fades into thin air and dodges the surrounding Air Slash attacks, and is subsequently commanded by his Trainer to use Frenzy Plant. The move lands and knocks Emolga out, making AJ the winner and Ryder the runner-up of the Junior Cup.
Ryder recalls Emolga and falls beside himself since he lost to AJ yet again. After this, Alder gives AJ the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup Trophy for winning, and explains that their battle will begin immediately. Finally experiencing the moment he has been waiting for since the start of the tournament, he rants about how he will easily beat Alder and become the champion. As Alder and AJ enter the battlefield, Alder sends out Bouffalant, and AJ chooses Serperior again. With everyone watching, AJ commands Serperior to use Solar Beam. Alder tells Bouffalant to rush toward Serperior, but Solar Beam is dispelled upon striking Bouffalant. AJ states that Bouffalant's Ability is Sap Sipper, and Ryder wonders why he used aGrass-move when he knew it would not work on Bouffalant. Alder confirms the Ability and states that Grass-type attacks increase attack power instead of doing damage. Alder goes on to say that Bouffalant is unstoppable at this point, but AJ claims he will prove him wrong and that he is more powerful than Alder. Alder tells him to take his best shot to prove it.
Frustrated, AJ orders Dragon Tail, which hits Bouffalant's afro, but it is once again unfazed. Alder tells AJ to show him what else he has got. Serperior uses Leer to lower Bouffalant's defense, then jumps into the air and attacks with Dragon Tail. In his mind, AJ states that his strategy was to purposely activate Sap Sipper so that Alder and Bouffalant would let their guard down. Though Serperior is airborne, Dragon Tail strategically hits Bouffalant's unprotected underside, knocking it away. However, Bouffalant lands on its feet, surprisingly unscathed by the attacks. Alder commends the power, speed, and strategy AJ used, but notes that though they would take out a normal Pokémon, AJ is fighting a champion. Alder orders Head Charge and Bouffalant charges forward. AJ desperately tells Serperior to dodge, but Serperior is struck and knocked out, giving Alder the win.
Alder congratulates his Bouffalant as it happily licks his face. AJ approaches Alder to ask what he did wrong for Alder to beat him so easily, and the champion replies that he had not done anything. Alder asks a confused AJ if he has any respect for him at all, and that he needs to think about what he has learned. Alder then asks him if he cares for Serperior. AJ is surprised, but before he can respond, Alder tells him that Serperior obviously cares very much for him and that he needs to feel that bond. AJ replies that he does, and Alder responds that that is probably where his strength lies.
Serperior was chosen as AJ's final remaining Pokémon during his battle against Ryder at the finals of the Vertress Conference, facing off against Ryder's Incineroar. Incineroar starts out with Flamethrower, but Serperior dodges. Incineroar then uses Flare Blitz, but gracefully slides around Flare Blitz to dodge. Serperior then uses back-to-back Leers to decrease Incineroar's defense, and subsequently follows up with Dragon Tail, which connects with Incineroar and causes serious damage. As Incineroar slowly gets back to his feet, AJ quickly commands Wrap and Serperior squeezes Incineroar, who cries out in pain. As Serperior continues to squeeze him, Ryder commands Flamethrower, but Incineroar is unable to as Serperior is squeezing him too tight for him to unleash any attacks. AJ then commands Serperior to toss Incineroar aside and finish him off with Frenzy Plant, and Incineroar gets knocked out by the powerful Grass-type attack, therefore Serperior finally gains his first victory over Incineroar.
Ryder recalls Incineroar and thanks him for the effort, and immediately chooses Pignite as his fifth Pokémon. Serperior starts off with another Leer, which hits and decreases Pignite's defense. AJ then commands Dragon Tail, but Pignite manages to catch Serperior's tail just in time and unleashes a point-blank Flamethrower, sending Serperior flying back. However, Serperior quickly recovers and uses another Leer, and Pignite's defense continues to decrease. Pignite then fires off numerous Fire Pledge and Heat Crash attacks, but Serperior successfully manages to dodge them all, and subsequently defeats Pignite with a single Frenzy Plant attack.
With Ryder down to his last Pokémon, Ryder chooses Dragonite and Dragonite lets out a roar upon being called. AJ remarks he knew that Dragonite would be his final choice; the moment that Incineroar was brought earlier, was the moment AJ realized that Dragonite would be his final choice, as Dragonite was pratically the strongest Pokémon in his team besides Incineroar. Starting the battle, Dragonite strikes first with Thunder Punch. Wanting to wrap the battle up as fast as possible, Ryder has Dragonite use two additional Thunder Punches. Serperior looks like it is almost beaten, so Ryder orders Dragonite to go in close with another Thunder Punch, but Serperior manages to slide away. Jumping up, Serperior comes in from above with Dragon Tail, throwing Dragonite across the stage. AJ has Serperior follow up with Frenzy Plant. At the same time, Dragonite lets off an Ice Beam. The attacks collide in midair and explode, throwing both trainer's Pokémon away. Both Pokémon are able to get up, but Serperior looks like he is struggling more.
Both Pokémon run toward each other. Serperior attempts to land a Dragon Tail, but Dragonite jumps over Serperior and dodges the attack. Not wanting to give up, Serperior follows and grabs Dragonite, tossing Dragonite high into the air with its tail. Dragonite somersaults in the air and lands lightly on his feet. Following up, Dragonite hits Serperior with a powerful Flamethrower and goes in close to hit with a Thunder Punch. Serperior gets sent flying back, as Ryder orders Dragonite to end it all with Dragon Rush. As Dragonite flies up and rains down with the attack, AJ commands Serperior to use Frenzy Plant to counter. Just as Serperior prepares to unleash the attack, it suddenly stops and AJ gasps in shock as he notices that Serperior has become paralyzed by Dragonite's Thunder Punch. As Serperior opens its eyes after suffering from paralysis, it looks up just to see Dragonite inches away from its face, as Dragon Rush connects with full force, causing a series of explosions, that even Ryder and AJ are caught in the middle. The audience gasps as they all stand up from their seats as the announcer roars in concern, as both Ryder and AJ are within the smokescreen caused by the explosions.
After an apparent neverending amount of time, the smoke finally settles, and both Trainers are alright, as they are staring down at the field without blinking an eye, and when the smoke clears off completely, the crowd sees that Serperior is lying down, knocked out, while Dragonite stands triumphantly over the Regal Pokémon, as the referee declares Serperior unable to battle, and declares Dragonite as the winner, and Ryder as the victor of not only the match, but of the Vertress Conference.
Roadtrip[]
When AJ was investigating the Relic Castle after hearing rumors of a mysterious, powerful, Pokémon being spotted, AJ called out Serperior to save Ryder from falling into one of the ruins's traps by catching him with Vine Whip and pulling him into safety.
Later, Serperior was AJ's first choice during a Raid Battle against a giant Kommo-o. Serperior joined forces with Kacey's Emboar and Tyrone's Sawk to attack Kommo-o with a combination of Iron Tail, Smog, and Karate Chop, respectively, but Kommo-o easily brushes off the attacks. Kommo-o then fires off a powerful Boomburst which knocks out both Serperior and Sawk.
World Tournament[]
During the first round match-up of the Pokémon World Tournament, AJ selected Serperior to battle against Lazuli's Electivire. Electivire immediately takes a big hit from Serperior's Iron Tail and lands on the ground hard. Lazuli encourages Electivire to get up, and he slowly does, but falls right back into the same position after taking a blow from Serperior's Vine Whip. AJ then orders Serperior to use another Iron Tail, but at the last second, Electivire manages to grab his tail and refuses to let go despite Serperior's attempts to break himself free. Lazuli then orders Electivire to his tails into the field and unleash his Thunder attack, and with his tail stuck on the ground, electricity gets dispersed across the entire field, gaining further power and causing severe damage to Serperior despite his Grass-type advantage. As Serperior continues to cry out in pain, an explosion occurs due to the overloading power conducted from Thunder, and as the smoke clears, Serperior is laid down, unable to continue, and Electivire wins the battle.
Birthday Trip[]
When AJ participated in the Wishing Bell Festival, Serperior was his Pokémon of choice to assist him during the later stages of the tournament. When all the participates are required to get into a tub in the lake, and make their way to the goal with the help of their Pokémon, AJ had Serperior repeatedly fire off Energy Balls behind the tub to create waves to push it foward, and they ultimately finish in second place. Miles then explains that the next contest is the imitation competition where the competitors must use wigs and costumes to dress up and disguise themselves as the well-known person they are given within ten minutes. AJ and Serperior must dress up as Clay and Excadrill. Everyone has no trouble finding the wigs and costumes that they need to dress up. In their disguises, AJ and Serperior closely resemble to Clay and Excadrill, so Miles lets them pass on to the next contest.
Miles explains that the next contest is a race through a forest that is full of different trials, with Pokémon that are ready to attack invaders and that only three competitors may move on to the next contest. A Lampent attacks everyone with Inferno. A female Frillish then attacks Ricky with Hydro Pump after coming out of a lake, but Elgyem uses Psybeam to deflect the attack. Chandelure attacks AJ with Inferno to knock him off of a swinging vine. AJ tries to run away but Chandelure uses Confuse Ray to confuse him. AJ thinks that he won the race and begins to celebrate, while Serperior watches on dumbfounded, but nonetheless attacks Chandelure with Iron Tail, but Chandelure dodges. Ricky arrives at the goal in first place, and Ryder arrives at the same time for second place. They look over to see that AJ is still celebrating a win while surrounded by Chandelure, a few Patrat, and a few Watchog when he really failed to make it to the next contest.
Personality and Characteristics[]
Serperior is quite confident and self-righteous, as seen when AJ chose him over the other starter Pokémon. He has retained this trait after evolving. Serperior's most notable trait as it further evolved is his overwhelming speed, having swept through the entire Junior Cup without being touched once. Also, Serperior has very little trouble dealing with opponents who have a type-advantage, a further testament to his strength, seen as when Serperior defeated Ryder's Incineroar and Pignite in quick fashion.
True to his species norm, Serperior holds his head high pretentiously while fighting and tends to stay elegant at all times. He does not take most opponents seriously, unless said opponent is particularly powerful, as seen when he was up against Alder's Bouffalant, showing signs of shock when his Dragon Tail didn't phaze his opponent. More signs of his species norm were seen after Serperior was defeated when it was bowing his head to Alder when the Champion talked to him and stroked his chin.
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