Over the course of this weekend, Pokemon Scarlet And Violet players will be challenging a 7 Star Tera Raid which features a Water Tera Type Hisuian Samurott with the Mightiest Mark.

Aside from being the only way to obtain Hisuian Samurott  in the game without the use of Pokemon HOME or trading, the 7 Star Tera Raid gives out a great deal of useful rewards such as Vitamins, Rare Candies, and Ability Patches. This makes being able to complete the raid consistently extremely useful. Below you will find some quick tips and tricks for beating this Raid Battle, as discovered and shared by many members of the Pokemon community.

How To Unlock 7-Star Raids

In order to even participate in this raid battle, players will need to progress far enough in the game to qualify for 7-Star raids. This essentially means meeting the following requirements:

• Have completed the story and seen the end credits
• Have completed all Gym Rematches and the Academy Ace Tournament
• Have completed 10 or more raids rated 4* and above.

Once you have completed these steps, the 7-Star Raid will appear both in your overworld as well as on the Tera Raid board.

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Hisuian Samurott ’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Hisuian Samurott has a Water Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Water and Dark moves.
• As a Water Tera-Type, it is weak to Grass and Electric type attacks.
• Hisuian Samurott ’s Ability is Sharpness, which boosts the power of all moves that involve cutting, which is the majority of the Raid Pokemon’s moveset.
• Samurott ’s notable moves include the following:
  • Razor Shell ~ A Water-Type physical attack that has a chance to lower the opponent Pokemon’s Defense stat.
  • Ceaseless Edge ~ A Dark-Type physical attack which sets down a layer of spikes, hurting Pokemon that switch into battle.
  • X-Scissor ~ A Bug-Type physical attack with a high critical hit rate.
  • Sacred Sword~ A powerful Fighting-Type physical attack.
  • Bulldoze~  A Ground-Type physical attack that hits all Pokemon
  • Focus Energy ~ A status move that raises Samurott’s critical hit rate.
  • Swords Dance ~ A status move that sharply raises Samurott’s physical attack stat.
• Samurott ‘s Battle Behaviour
  • 99% Time Remaining ~ Samurott will use Swords Dance to sharply raise it’s attack stat, followed by Bulldoze do deal damage to all opponents.
  • 99% HP Remaining ~ Samurott will use Bulldoze do deal damage to all opponents.
  • 87% Time Remaining ~Samurott  will clear all of your buffs
  • 87% Time Remaining / 80% HP Remaining ~ Samurott will set up its Tera Shield
  • 65% HP Remaining ~ Samurott  will clear all of your buffs
  • 50% HP Remaining ~ Samurott will use Focus Energy to raise its critical hit rate
  • 50% Time Remaining ~ Samurott will reset its stats and clear itself of all status conditions.

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General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Water, Dark, Bug, Fighting, or Ground moves. Fainting in battle reduces the timer, and if it reaches zero before Samurott is defeated, everyone will fail the raid battle.
• Use Level 100 Pokemon to maximize your chance of successfully completing the raid.
• Use Vitamins to maximize your Pokemon’s key stats to increase your chance of successfully completing the Raid.
• Use Cheers when necessary
  • Go For It! ~ Boosts Attacking stats.
  • Heal Up! ~ Heals HP and cures Status conditions.
• Use moves which reduce Samurott ’s stats
  • Reduce Def or Sp.Def to take it down faster.
  • Reduce Sp.Atk to prevent it from fainting your Pokemon.
• Use Pokemon with a Grass or Electric Tera-Type to take down its Tera Shield.

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Recommended Pokemon

Victreebel

• Grass/Poison typing makes resistant to most of Samurott’s attacks.
• Ability Chlorophyll boosts its Speed in Sunny Weather, allowing it to potentially outspeed Samurott to move first when this weather is active.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Bold Nature
  • Max out Defense with Iron
  • Add 132 Special Attack points with 13 Calcium and 2 Genius Feathers
  • Add 124 Speed points with 12 Carbos and 4 Swift Feather
• Required Moves:
  • Clear Smog ~ Poison-Type attack that clears all of Samurott’s stat buffs.
  • Gastro Acid ~ Poison-Type attack that removes the effects of Samurott’s ability.
  • Acid Spray~ Deals damage while reducing Samurott’s Sp.Defense, allowing Victreebel’s damaging moves to hit harder.
  • Giga Drain ~ Grass-Type attack that deals damage and heals Victreebel’s HP.
• Recommended Items:
  • Covert Cloak ~ Protects Victreebel from the additional effects of Samurott’s moves, such as the stat drops from Razor Shell and Bulldoze.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Clear Smog to wipe out the Attack boost from Swords Dance.
  • Use Gastro Acid to remove the effects of Samurott’s Sharpness ability, reducing its damage output.
  • Use Acid Spray three times to lower Samurott’s Sp.Defense.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Grass-Type and use Giga Drain until Samurott faints.

Appletun

• Grass/Dragon typing makes resistant to most of Samurott’s attacks.
• Ability Thick Fat halves the damage taken from Fire and Ice moves.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Bold Nature
  • Max out Defense with Iron
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Apple Acid ~ Powerful Grass-Type Special Attack which reduces Samurott’s Sp.Defense, allowing Appletun’s damaging moves to hit harder.
  • Giga Drain ~ Grass-Type attack that deals damage and heals Appletun’s HP.
  • Reflect ~ Boosts the defensive stats of the whole party.
  • Grassy Terrain ~ Raises the power of all Grass-Type moves while also recovering all Pokemon’s HP slightly every turn.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP while attacking
• Strategy (Attacker/Support)
  • Use Reflect to raise the party’s defense and protect them from Samurott’s high damage moves.
  • Use Grassy Terrain to boost the power of Grass-Type moves
  • Use Apple Accid three or more times to reduce Samurott’s Sp.Defense, damage it, and charge your Tera Orb.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Grass-Type and continue to use Apple Acid until Samurott faints.

Bellibolt

• Electric typing makes resistant to Samurott’s Water-Type attacks.
• Ability Electromorphosis boosts the power of its Electric-Type moves after being hit.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Quiet Nature to raise Sp.Atk and lower Speed, which will ensure Electromorphosis will always activate before it attacks.
  • Max out Sp.Attack with Calcium
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Parabolic Charge ~ Special Electric-Type attack which also recovers Bellibolt’s HP.
  • Acid Spray ~ Does damage and reduces opponent’s Sp.Def stat.
  • Chilling Water ~ Does damage and reduces the opponent’s Attack stat.
  • Reflect ~ Raises the whole party’s Defense stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Magnet ~ Boosts power of Electric-Type moves.
• Strategy (Attacker/Support)
  • Use Reflect to boost the team’s Defense.
  • Use Acid Spray to reduce Samurott’s Sp.Def
  • Use Chilling Water to reduce Samurott’s Attack, improving team survivability.
  • Use Parabolic Charge to deal damage and recover HP.

Miraidon

• Dragon/Electric typing makes resistant to most of Samurott’s attacks.
• Ability Hadron Engine sets up Electric Terrain, which boosts the power of Electric-Type attacks.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Parabolic Charge ~ Special Electric-Type attack which also recovers Miraidon’s HP.
  • Electro Drift ~ Powerful Special Electric-Type attack which does more damage if its Super Effective.
  • Metal Sound ~ Reduces opponent’s Sp.Def.
  • Reflect ~ Raises the whole party’s Defense stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Metronome ~ Boosts power of attacks that are used repeatedly.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Metal Sound 3 times to reduce Samurott’s  Sp.Def.
  • Use Parabolic Charge to deal damage and recover HP.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into an Electric-Type and use Electro Drift until Samurott faints.

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