Over the course of this weekend, Pokemon Scarlet And Violet players will be challenging their first ever 7 Star Tera Raid, which features a Dragon Tera Type Charizard.

Aside from being the only way to obtain Charizard in the game currently, the 7 Star Tera Raid gives out a great deal of useful rewards such as Comet Shards, 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.

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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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Charizard’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Charizard has a Dragon Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Dragon moves in addition to its Fire and Flying moves.
• As a Dragon Tera-Type, it is only weak to Dragon, Ice, and Fairy type attacks.
• Charizard’s Ability is Solar Power, which boosts its Special Attack stat in Sunny weather, while also slowly draining its HP.
• Charizard will always open the raid by using Overheat, a powerful Fire-Type move which deals heavy damage but lowers its Special Attack by two stages.
• After using Overheat, Charizard will immediately cleanse itself of all negative status conditions, returning its Special Attack to full strength.
• Charizard’s other notable moves include the following:
  • Dragon Pulse ~ A standard Dragon-type special attack
  • Fire Blast ~ A standard Fire-type special attack
  • Hurricane ~ A Flying-type attack that can cause Confusion, but has lower accuracy.
  • Focus Blast ~ A Fighting-type attack that is powerful but has low accuracy
  • Sunny Day ~ A status move that brings Sunny weather, activating Charizard’s ability
  • Tera Blast ~ A powerful special attack that takes on the Dragon-type
  • Inferno ~ A Fire-type attack that causes a Burn status condition, lowering the target’s physical attack and causing them damage over time.
• When Charizard reaches half-health, it will put up a Tera Raid shield which makes it more resistant to attacks from non-Terastalized Pokemon, it may also heal back some HP.
• When Charizard’s Tera Raid shield is broken, it may heal back some HP and use Sunny Day, activating its ability.

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General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Dragon, Fire, or Flying moves. Fainting in battle reduces the timer, and if it reaches zero before Charizard is defeated, everyone will fail the raid battle.
• Avoid using Koraidon. Its ability Orichalcum Pulse sets up Sunny weather, which will activate Charizard’s ability and enable it to hit even harder.
• Avoid using Rain Dance to remove Sunny weather. Rainy weather makes Hurricane’s hit rate 100%, which will allow Charizard to confuse your Pokemon more easily, preventing them from attacking well.
• 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 Charizard’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 Fairy Tera-Type to take down its Tera Shield.

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Recommended Pokemon

Azumarill ~ Powerful Physical Attacker

• Water/Fairy typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Charizard’s attacks.
• Ability Huge Power doubles its attacking stats, allowing it to nuke Charizard down if properly set up.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature
  • Max out Attack with Protein
  • Max out Sp.Def with Zinc
• Recommended Moves:
  • Misty Terrain ~ Protects the team from status conditions and reduces the power of enemy Dragon-type attacks.
  • Belly Drum ~ Maxmizes attack stat while cutting Azumarill’s HP
  • Play Rough ~ Powerful physical Fairy-type attack, main source of damage
  • Light Screen ~ Protects the team from special attacks.
  • Helping Hand ~ Increases the power of an ally’s next move by 50%, useful in multiplayer.
• Recommended Items:
  • Sitrus Berry ~ Heals Azumarill after HP is cut by Belly Drum
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals Azumarill whenever it lands an attack
  • Covert Cloak ~ Protects Azumarill from additional effects of moves, such as Hurricane’s confusion.
  • Wide Lens ~ Increases accuracy, which will prevent Play Rough from missing.
• Azumarill is capable of soloing the Raid when equipped with Shell Bell.
  • Use Misty Terrain on the first turn to block status conditions.
  • Use Belly Drum, then attack repeatedly with Play Rough. Use “Heal Up” cheer to recover HP if necessary.

Sylveon ~ Powerful Special Attacker

• Fairy typing makes it immune to Charizard’s Dragon-type moves.
• Hidden Ability Pixilate turns all of its Normal-type moves into Fairy type moves, including the powerful Hyper Beam.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Fake Tears ~ Reduces Charizard’s Sp.Def, allowing Sylveon’s moves to do more damage.
  • Calm Mind ~ Boosts Sylveon’s Sp.Atk and Sp.Def.
  • Hyper Beam ~ Main damage move if Ability is Pixilate.
  • Draining Kiss ~ Deals Fairy-type damage while also healing Sylveon’s HP. Recommended to Max its PP using PPUp.
  • Helping Hand ~ Increases the power of an ally’s next move by 50%, useful in multiplayer.
• Recommended Items:
  • Metronome ~ Increases the power of moves used many times in a row.
  • Covert Cloak ~ Protects Sylveon from additional effects of moves, such as Hurricane’s confusion.
• Sylveon is capable of soloing the raid with Metronome and Draining Kiss.
  • Use Calm Mind to boost stats.
  • Use Fake Tears 3 times to drop Charizard’s Sp.Def to the lowest level possible.
  • Repeatedly use Draining Kiss until Charizard is defeated.
• A team of Sylveons can defeat Charizard with one hit if set up correctly, details here.

Grimmsnarl ~ Good Support Pokemon

• Dark/Fairy typing makes it immune to Charizard’s Dragon-type moves.
• Ability Prankster makes all of its status moves go first, allowing it to serve as a powerful support Pokemon.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Careful Nature
  • Max out HP with HPUp
  • Max out Sp.Def with Zinc
• Recommended Moves:
  • Light Screen ~ Protects the team from special attacks.
  • Fake Tears ~ Reduces Charizard’s Sp.Def
  • Taunt ~ Prevents Charizard from using status moves, such as Sunny Day
  • Spirit Break ~ Damages Charizard and lowers its Sp.Atk, preventing it from doing as much damage.
• Recommended Items:
  • Light Clay ~ Increases duration of Light Screen.
  • Covert Cloak ~ Protects Grimmsnarl from additional effects of moves, such as Hurricane’s confusion.

Dachsbun ~ Good All-Rounder Pokemon

• Fairy typing makes it immune to Charizard’s Dragon-type moves.
• Ability Well-Baked Body makes it immune to Charizard’s Fire-type attacks, combined with the Fairy-typing this means Dachsbun can only be hit by Charizard’s Hurricane and no other moves.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature
  • Max out Atk with Protein
  • Max out HP with HPUp, or Speed with Carbos
• Recommended Moves:
  • Play Rough ~ Powerful physical Fairy-type attack, main source of damage
  • Howl ~ Raises the Attack stat of self and all allied Pokemon
  • Snarl ~ Reduces Charizard’s Sp.Atk
  • Helping Hand ~ Increases the power of an ally’s move by 50%, useful in multiplayer.
• Recommended Items:
  • Wide Lens ~ Increases accuracy, which will prevent Play Rough from missing.
  • Covert Cloak ~ Protects Dachsbun from additional effects of moves, such as Hurricane’s confusion.
  • Ability Shield ~ Prevents Charizard from nullifying Dachsbun’s ability

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