And when you do get a Timid Contrary Serperior you basically want to team it up with stuff that beats Talonflame, bulky Grass types (especially Mega Venusaur), Mega Altaria, Unaware Clefable, and Heatran, Scizor+Ferrothorn, or Mega Charizard Y depending on its Hidden Power type, etc. Stuff to remove its checks and counters really. It's also good to have teammates that appreciate what Serp does for them/the team in return (checking offensive Water types, killing Mega Slowbro and Hippowdon, etc).