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

Aside from being the one of the few ways to obtain Torterra without Pokemon HOME or trading, the 7 Star Tera Raid gives out a great deal of useful rewards such as Vitamins, Rare Candies, Ability Patches, and most notably, Herba Mystica. 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.

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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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Torterra’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Torterra has a Ground Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Grass-Type, and Ground-Type moves.
• As a Ground Tera-Type, it is weak to Grass, Water, and Ice type attacks.
• Torterra’s Ability is Shell Armor, which negates critical hits.
• Torterra’s notable moves include the following:
  • Earthquake ~ Ground-type physical move that hits all opponents
  • Wood Hammer ~ Grass-type physical move that also damages the user.
  • Earth Power ~ Ground-type special move that has a chance to lower the opponent’s Sp.Def stat.
  • Smack Down ~ Rock-type move that knocks flying or levitating Pokemon to the ground, allowing Ground-Type attacks to hit them.
  • Shell Smash ~ Status move that reduces the user’s defensive stats, but sharply boosts their attack stats.
• Torterra’s Battle Behaviour
  • Start of Battle ~ Torterra uses Shell Smash, then clears its own negative stat changes and status effects.
  • 80% Time Remaining  ~ Torterra clears the opponents’ stat changes and disables their abilities for one turn
  • 75% Time Remaining  OR 75% HP Remaining~ Torterra sets up its Tera Shield
  • 70% Time Remaining ~ Torterra clears its own negative stat changes and status effects, then uses Shell Smash.
  • 35% HP Remaining ~ Torterra uses Earthquake.

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Grass, Ground and Rock moves. Fainting in battle reduces the timer, and if it reaches zero before the raid boss 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.
  • Hang Tough! ~ Boosts Defensive stats.
  • Heal Up! ~ Heals HP and cures Status conditions.

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Recommended Pokemon

Appletun

• Grass/Dragon typing makes resistant to most of Torterra’s attacks.
• Ability Thick Fat halves the damage taken from Fire and Ice moves.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Apple Acid ~ Grass-Type Special Attack which reduces the opponent’s Sp.Def stat.
  • Giga Drain ~ Grass-Type attack that deals damage and heals the user’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. Also reduces damage dealt by Earthquake.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP while attacking
• Strategy (Attacker/Support)
  • Use Reflect to raise the party’s defense and protect them from Torterra’s high damage moves.
  • Use Grassy Terrain to boost the power of Grass-Type moves and reduce the damage dealt by Earthquake.
  • Use Apple Accid three or more times to reduce Torterra’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 Torterra faints.

Serperior

• Grass typing makes resistant to most of Torterra’s attacks.
• Ability Contrary reverses the effects of status changing moves.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Leaf Storm ~ Grass-Type Special Attack that reduces the user’s Sp.Attack stat. Due to Serperior’s ability, this move will raise it instead.
  • Giga Drain ~ Grass-Type attack that deals damage and restores the user’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. Also reduces damage dealt by Earthquake.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP while attacking
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Reflect to raise the party’s defense and protect them from Torterra’s high damage moves.
  • Use Grassy Terrain to boost the power of Grass-Type moves and reduce the damage dealt by Earthquake.
  • Use Giga Drain to heal your HP and charge your Tera Orb.
  • After Torterra resets your stats, terastalize into a Grass-Type and user Leaf Storm to boost your stats and deal damage. Once your Sp.Attack is maxed out, switch to Giga Drain.

Brute Bonnet

• Grass/Dark typing is neutral or resistant to all of Torterra’s moves.
• Ability Protosynthesis boosts its strongest stat in sunny weather.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Bold Nature
  • Max out HP with HPUp
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Giga Drain ~ Grass-Type attack that deals damage and restores the user’s HP.
  • Pollen Puff ~  Bug-Type special move that damages opponents, but heals allies if used on them.
  • Clear Smog  ~ Poison-Type special move that deals damage and clears the opponent’s stat changes.
  • Taunt ~ Dark-Type status move that stops the opponent from using status moves.
• Recommended Items:
  • Big Root ~ Improves the effectiveness of Drain moves.
• Strategy (Support)
  • Use Clear Smog to reset Torterra’s stat changes.
  • Use Pollen Puff to heal your allies or to damage Torterra.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Grass-Type and use Giga Drain to help reduce Torterra’s HP.
  • After Torterra uses Shell Smash again, use Clear Smog to clear its status boosts.

Haunter

• Ghost/Poison typing makes resistant to most of Torterra’s Attacks.
• Change its Tera Type to Grass by giving 50 Grass Tera Shards to the Treasure Eatery in Medali
• Ability Levitate makes it immune to Ground-Type attacks. Due to flawed battle AI, Torterra will not be able to use the Smack Down + Earthquake strategy effectively, meaning that Haunter will be essentially immune to Torterra’s most powerful attack.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Giga Drain ~ Grass-Type attack that deals damage and restores the user’s HP.
  • Clear Smog  ~ Poison-Type special move that deals damage and clears the opponent’s stat changes.
  • Acid Spray  ~ Poison-Type special move that deals damage and reduces the opponent’s Sp.Def stat.
  • Nasty Plot ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Sp.Attack stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Evolite ~ Doubles the defensive stats of Pokemon that are not fully evolved.
• Strategy (Solo Attacker)
  • Use Clear Smog to reset Torterra’s stat changes.
  • Use Acid Spray to deal damage and reduce Torterra’s Sp.Def stat.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fighting-Type and use Curse six times.
  • After Torterra resets your stats, terastalize into a Grass-Type and use Nasty Plot three times to boost your Attack stat.
  • Once your Attack stat is maxed out, switch to Giga Drain and use it continuously until Torterra faints.

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