Guide: Tips To Complete Pokemon Scarlet/Violet’s 7 Star Fairy Type Delphox Tera Raid

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

Aside from being the only way to obtain Delphox without Pokemon HOME, 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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Delphox’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Delphox has a Fairy Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Fairy moves in addition to its Fire and Psychic moves.
• As a Fairy Tera-Type, it is weak to Poison and Steel type attacks.
• Delphox’s Ability is Magician, which does not have any effect during Tera Raid battles.
• Delphox’s notable moves include the following:
  • Dazzling Gleam ~ Powerful Fairy-Type Special Attack that hits all opponents.
  • Fire Blast ~Powerful Fire-Type Special Attack.
  • Psychic ~ Powerful Psychic-Type Special Attack
  • Will-O-Wisp ~ Fire-Type move which inflicts burn, dealing damage every turn and lowering the burned Pokemon’s Attack stat.
  • Magic Room ~ Disables the effect of Held Items
  • Nasty Plot ~ Dark-Type move which sharply raises Delphox’s Special Attack.
• Delphox’s Battle Behaviour
  • At the stat of the battle, Delphox will use Dazzling Gleam, dealing Fairy-Type damage to the entire Raid team.
  • In the middle of the battle, Delphox will use Magic Room to disable the Raid team’s held items, and Nasty Plot to raise its own Special Attack to deal massive damage.

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General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Fire, Psychic, and Fairy 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.
  • Heal Up! ~ Heals HP and cures Status conditions.
• Use moves which reduce Delphox’s stats
  • Reduce Def or Sp.Def to take it down faster.
  • Reduce Atk or Sp.Atk to prevent it from fainting your Pokemon.

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Recommended Pokemon

Armarouge

• Fire/Psychic typing makes it resistant to all of Delphox’s moves.
• Ability Flash Fire makes it immune to Delphox’s Fire moves, causing them to boost the power of Armarouge’s own Fire moves instead.
• Recommended Tera-Type: Steel
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature to raise Sp.Atk
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Flash Cannon ~ Powerful Special Steel-Type attack
  • Acid Spray ~ Poison-Type attack that does damage while also reducing Delphox’s Sp.Defense
  • Calm Mind ~ Status move that raises Armarouge’s Sp.Atk and Sp.Defense.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Start by using Acid Spray three times to reduce Delphox’s Sp.Defense.
  • Once the Tera Orb is charged, ensure your Armarouge is at near full HP before Terastalizing to a to a Steel Type, since it’s ability is Flash Fire, it will be immune to Delphox’s Fire-Type attacks and be resistant to all of its other moves.
  • Use Flash Cannon repeatedly until Delphox faints.

Ceruledge

• Fire/Ghost typing makes it to most of Delphox’s moves.
• Ability Flash Fire makes it immune to Delphox’s Fire moves, causing them to boost the power of Ceruledge’s own Fire moves instead.
• Recommended Tera-Type: Steel
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature to raise Sp.Atk
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out HP with HPUp.
• Recommended Moves:
  • Iron Head~ Powerful Physical Steel-Type attack that has a chance to make the opponent flinch.
  • Bitter Blade ~ Powerful Physical Fire-Type attack that can recover HP.
  • Swords Dance ~ Status move which sharply raises Ceruledge’s Attack stat.
  • Clear Smog ~ Posion-Type attack that removes Delphox’s buffs.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Attacker)
  • Start by using Swords Dance three times to max out Ceruledge’s Attack
  • Use Iron Head and Bitter Blade to deal damage to Delphox.
  • Once the Tera Orb is charged, ensure your Ceruledge is at near full HP before Terastalizing to a to a Steel Type, since it’s ability is Flash Fire, it will be immune to Delphox’s Fire-Type attacks and be resistant to all of its other moves.
  • Use Iron Head and/or Bitter Blade repeatedly until Delphox faints.

Heatran (Requires Pokemon HOME)

• Fire/Steel typing is resistant to all of Delphox’s moves.
• Ability Flash Fire makes it immune to Delphox’s Fire moves, causing them to boost the power of Heatran’s own Fire moves instead.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature to raise Sp.Atk
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out HP with HPUp.
• Recommended Moves:
  • Flash Cannon ~ Powerful Special Steel-Type attack
  • Metal Sound ~ Status move that reduces the opponent’s Sp.Defense
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
  • Metronome ~ Increases the power of moves that are used repeatedly.
• Strategy (Attacker)
  • Start by using Metal Sound three times to reduce Delphox’s Sp.Defense.
  • Use Flash Cannon repeatedly to reduce Delphox’s HP.
  • Once the Tera Orb is charged, ensure your Heatran is at near full HP before Terastalizing to a to a Steel Type, since it’s ability is Flash Fire, it will be immune to Delphox’s Fire-Type attacks and be resistant to all of its other moves.
  • Continue using Flash Cannon until Delphox faints.

Bellibolt

• Electric typing is neutral to all of Delphox’s moves.
• 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.
  • Electric Terrain ~ Sets up Electric Terrain, which boosts the power of Bellibolt’s Electric-Type moves.
  • Slack Off ~ Recovers Bellibolt’s HP
  • 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 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 Delphox’s Sp.Def.
  • Use Electric Terrain to boost your Electric-Type damage
  • Terastalize and use Parabolic Charge repeatedly to defeat Delphox.

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