Over the course of this weekend, Pokemon Scarlet And Violet players will be challenging a 7 Star Tera Raid which features a Flying Tera Type Decidueye.

Aside from being the only way to obtain Decidueye in the game currently, 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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Decidueye’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Decidueye has a Flying Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Flying moves in addition to its Grass and Ghost moves.
• As a Flying Tera-Type, it is weak to Rock and Electric type attacks.
• Decidueye’s Ability is Long Reach, which allows it to always hit other Pokemon without making contact, allowing it to avoid activating contact abilities such as Flame Body or Static. This ability will not have much effect on Raid Strategy.
• Decidueye’s notable moves include the following:
  • Brave Bird ~ A powerful Flying-Type Physical attack which does massive damage, but will also hurt the user.
  • Low Kick ~ A Fighting-Type Physical attack which does more damage to heavier targets.
  • Spirit Shackle ~ A powerful Ghost-Type Physical Attack that prevents the foe from switching out.
  • Leaf Blade ~ A powerful Grass-Type Physical Attack with a higher critical hit rate.
  • Air Cutter ~ A powerful Flying-Type Physical Attack which hits all foes.
  • Feather Dance ~ A Flying-Type status move that lowers the opponent’s Attack by 2-stages.
  • Swords Dance ~ A status move that raises the user’s Attack by 2 stages.
• Decidueye’s Battle Behaviour
  • On Turn 2, Decidueye will clear all of your buffs and use Feather Dance to lower your Attack stat.
  • On Turn 4, Decidueye will remove all negative effects from itself and put up its Tera Shield, as well as use Swords Dance to raise its Attack stat.
  • At 50% HP, Decidueye will use Air Cutter to hit the entire Raid Party
  • At less than 50% HP, Decidueye will have an increased chance to hit twice per turn.

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General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Flying, Grass, Ghost, or Fighting moves. Fainting in battle reduces the timer, and if it reaches zero before Decidueye is defeated, everyone will fail the raid battle.
• Avoid using Rock-Type Pokemon. Although Rock is strong against Flying, Decidueye has Grass-Type moves, which are super effective against Rock-Types.
• Avoid using Physical Attacking Pokemon. Decidueye’s Feather Dance will cripple the damage output of Physical Attacking Pokemon such as Iron Hands, making it more difficult to lower its HP.
• 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 Decidueye’s stats
  • Reduce Def or Sp.Def to take it down faster.
  • Reduce Atk to prevent it from fainting your Pokemon.
• Use Pokemon with an Electric Tera-Type to take down its Tera Shield.

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Recommended Pokemon

Bellibolt

• Electric typing makes resistant to most of Decidueye’s 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.Atk 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.
  • Charge Beam ~ Special Electric-Type attack with a chance to raise Bellibolt’s HP
  • Electric Terrain ~ Sets up Electric Terrain, which boosts the power of Bellibolt’s Electric-Type moves.
  • Slack Off ~ Recovers Bellibolt’s HP
  • Chilling Water ~ Does damage and reduces opponent’s Attack stat.
  • Reflect ~ Raises the whole party’s Defense stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Magnet ~ Boosts power of Electric-Type moves.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Reflect to boost the team’s Defense.
  • Use Acid Spray 3 times to reduce Decidueye’s Sp.Def.
  • Use Parabolic Charge to deal damage and recover HP.
  • Use Acid Spray 3 times again to reduce Decidueye’s Sp.Def after it removes its debuffs.
  • Use Electric Terrain to boost your Electric-Type damage
  • Terastalize and use Parabolic Charge repeatedly to defeat Decidueye.

Miraidon

• Dragon/Electric typing makes resistant to most of Decidueye’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 HP with HPUp
• 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.
  • Charge ~ Doubles the power of the next Electric-Type move used.
• Recommended Items:
  • Life Orb ~ Boosts power of all attacks, but reduces HP by a small amount after every attack.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Metal Sound 3 times to reduce Decidueye’s Sp.Def.
  • Use Charge to raise the power of Electro Drift.
  • Use Electro Drift continuously to lower Decidueye’s HP, Terastalize when necessary.

Toxtricity

• Electric/Poison typing makes resistant to most of Decidueye’s attacks.
• Ability Plus/Minus will boost the Sp.Atk of Pokemon with the opposing ability is in the same battle, useful for Multiplayer raids.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Acid Spray ~ Does damage and reduces opponent’s Sp.Def stat.
  • Nuzzle ~ 100% chance to paralyze, even if Decidueye has its Tera Shield up.
  • Charm ~ Reduces opponent’s physical Attack.
  • Thunderbolt ~ Powerful Electric-Type Special Attack
  • Taunt ~ Prevents Decidueye from using its Status changing moves.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP after attacking.
• Strategy (All-Rounder/Support)
  • Use Acid Spray to help reduce Decidueye’s Sp.Def.
  • Use Nuzzle to paralyze Decidueye and prevent it from moving.
  • Use Charm to reduce Decidueye’s physical attack, preventing it from fainting your teammates.
  • Use Taunt to stop Decidueye from using Feather Dance or Swords Dance.
  • Terastalize and use Thunderbolt to help tear down Decidueye’s Tera Shield.

Kilowattrel

• Electric/Flying typing makes resistant to most of Decidueye’s attacks.
• Ability Competitive will boost its Sp.Atk after its stats have been lowered by Decidueye’s Feather Dance.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Feather Dance ~ Reduces opponent’s Attack stat.
  • Charge Beam ~ Special Electric-Type attack with a chance to raise Kilowattrel’s HP
  • Electric Terrain ~ Sets up Electric Terrain, which boosts the power of Kilowattrel’s Electric-Type moves.
  • Thunderbolt ~ Powerful Electric-Type Special Attack
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP after attacking.
• Strategy (All-Rounder/Support)
  • Use Feather to reduce Decidueye’s physical attack, preventing it from fainting your teammates.
  • Use Charge Beam to deal damage and raise your own Sp.Atk.
  • Use Electric Terrain to boost the power of the party’s Electric-Type moves.
  • Terastalize and use Thunderbolt to help tear down Decidueye’s Tera Shield.

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