How to beat Celebi EX & Serperior expert solo challenge in Pokemon TCG Pocket

Struggling to conquer the Celebi EX & Serperior expert solo challenge? These tips and tricks will help you overcome this tough opponent.

Feel the power of Mythical Island! The latest update to Pokemon TCG Pocket brings a slew of exciting new solo challenges.

Each challenge is a unique opportunity to experience and master the incredible abilities of the game’s newest cards.

The new Celebi EX & Serperior solo challenge deck is a high-risk, high-reward gamble, relying heavily on coin flips to determine its fate. This all-Grass-type deck is a thrilling test of luck and strategy.

If luck hasn’t been on your side whilst tackling this deck, here are some tips and tricks to help balance the scales in your favor.

How to beat Celebi EX & Serperior expert solo challenge

The Celebi EX & Serperior deck is heavily reliant on luck and strategy. Its Pokemon boast substantial health pools, making them both durable and threatening opponents.

Celebi EX & Serperior decklist

The cards featured in this expert solo challenge deck include:

• Celebi EX 2
• Snivy x 2
• Servine x 2
• Serperior x 2
• Exeggcute x 2
• Exeggutor EX x 2
• Erika x 2
• Professor’s Research x 2
• Poke Ball x 2
• Potion x 1
• X Speed x 1

How the Celebi EX & Serperior deck works and how to beat it

This Grass-type deck, centered around Celebi EX and Serperior, can feel like a complete utter gamble at times. Celebi and Exeggutor rely on getting lucky with coin flips to deal significant damage.

With Serperior’s ability, this deck can quickly snowball out of control if left unchecked.

The Jungle Totem Ability doubles the power of all Grass Energy attached to Grass-type Pokemon, regardless of whether Serperior is active or on the bench.

With that in mind, here are several tips to beat this deck:

• Leverage the power of Fire-type Pokemon to counter the Grass-type Pokemon in this solo challenge. The 20 extra damage per attack will help to cut through their big health pools.
• If possible, try to knock out Snivy or Servine early before they can fully evolve. Preventing Jungle Totem from activating is the key to beating this deck.
• If this deck leads with Exeggcute, take advantage of its tiny 50 hit points for an easy KO. Giovanni is your man for this.
• At times, you’ll just have to pray that luck is on your side when Celebi and Exeggutor are attacking.

There are two ways to approach this deck. One method is to sniff out and remove Serperior from the equation all together. Alternatively, you can try to outpace this deck and cripple Celebi and Exeggutor before Jungle Totem kicks in.

If you own Sabrina, utilize this Supporter card to target and eliminate key Pokemon. This strategic move can significantly disrupt the tempo for this particular deck, especially with how reliant this deck is with the Jungle Totem Ability.

In the case that the snake is untouchable, you’ll need to turn up the heat and threaten the main attackers instead. To do so, you’ll need a deck that features cheap Fire-types to lead with, and have some heavy hitters in the back ready to blow either Celebi or Exeggutor up when they appear.

Some good cheap lead options include Ponyta, Heatmor, and Salandit. While your leads hold the fort, consider building Ninetales, Arcanine, Flareon, or Charizard on the bench to land the finishing blows.

If you need some extra help putting a solid Fire-type deck together, check out some of these Fire-type decklists!

Celebi EX & Serperior battle tasks and rewards

After defeating this solo challenge for the first time and acquiring the first-time reward, make sure to complete the listed battle tasks to earn additional Shop Tickets!

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