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

Aside from being the only way to obtain Chesnaught 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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Chesnaught’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Chesnaught has a Rock Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Rock moves in addition to its Grass and Fighting moves.
• As a Rock Tera-Type, it is weak to Water, Fighting, Grass, and Steel type attacks.
• Chesnaught’s Ability is Bulletproof, which protects it from ball and bomb type moves such as Seed Bomb and Acid Spray.
• Chesnaught’s notable moves include the following:
  • Stone Edge ~ Powerful Rock-Type Physical Attack with a higher critical hit rate.
  • Wood Hammer ~Powerful Grass-Type Physical Attack that does some damage to its user.
  • Hammer Arm ~ Powerful Fighting-Type Physical Attack that lowers the user’s speed.
  • Earthquake ~ Powerful Ground-Type Physical Attack that hits all foes.
  • Iron Defense ~ Sharply raises the user’s Defense stat
  • Bulk Up ~ Raises the user’s Attack and Defense stats
  • Curse ~ Raises the user’s Attack and Defense stats, lowers user’s speed.
• Chesnaught’s Battle Behaviour
  • At the stat of the battle, Chesnaught will use Iron Defense, sharply raising its own Defense stat, making physical attacks less effective
  • In the middle of the battle, Chesnaught will use Bulk Up to raise its Attack and Defense stats.
  • Towards the end of the battle, Chesnaught will use Curse, similarly to raise its Attack and Defense stats.

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General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Rock, Grass, and Fighting moves. Fainting in battle reduces the timer, and if it reaches zero before Chesnaught 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 Chesnaught’s stats
  • Reduce Def or Sp.Def to take it down faster.
  • Reduce Atk or Sp.Atk to prevent it from fainting your Pokemon.
• Use Special Attackers to get around Chesnaught’s defense boosts.

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Recommended Pokemon

Annihilape

• Ghost/Fighting typing makes it immune to Hammer Arm and resistant to all of Chesnaught’s other moves.
• Ability Defiant boosts its Attack stat if its own stats are lowered
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature to raise Atk
  • Max out Atk with Protein
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Rage Fist ~ Powerful Physical Ghost-Type attack that does more damage the more times Annihilape is hit, this effect continues to stack even after Annihilape faints and revives.
  • Drain Punch ~ Powerful Physical Fighting-Type attack that also recovers Annihilape’s HP.
  • Bulk Up ~ Status move which raises Annihilape’s Attack and Defense.
  • Screech ~ Reduces the opponent’s Defense stat by two stages.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Solo Attacker)
  • Start by using Screech once or twice to lower Chesnaught’s defense.
  • Use Drain Punch to deal super-effective damage to Chesnaught  while also recovering your HP.
  • Once the Tera Orb is charged, ensure your Annihilape is at near full HP before Terastalizing.
  • By now, Rage Fist would have been empowered enough to deal good damage until Chesnaught is defeated.

Gholdengo

• Steel/Ghost typing is resistant to all of Chesnaught’s moves
• Ability Good As Gold protects it from Status moves.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature to raise Sp.Atk
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out HP with HPUp.
• Recommended Moves:
  • Make It Rain ~ Powerful Special Steel-Type attack that also sharply lowers Gholdengo’s Sp.Attack stat.
  • Flash Cannon ~ Powerful Special Steel-Type attack
  • Nasty Plot ~ Status move which sharply raises Gholdengo’s Sp.Attack stat.
  • Recover ~ Status move that recovers Gholdengo’s HP.
  • Reflect ~ Status move that raises the whole team’s Defense.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Attacker)
  • Start by using Nasty Plot three times to max out Gholdengo’s Sp.Attack
  • Use Make It Rain to deal super-effective damage to Chesnaught
  • Once the Tera Orb is charged, ensure your Gholdengo is at near full HP before Terastalizing. Steel-Type is preferred.
  • Continue to use Make It Rain until Chesnaught is defeated.
  • It may be useful to run Flash Cannon as a secondary source of damage in as Make It Rain has low PP
  • Having multiplayer teammates who use Perrserker may be beneficial as well.

Appletun

• Grass/Dragon typing is resistant to most of Chesnaught’s moves.
• Ability Ripen doubles the effects of berries.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature to raise Sp.Atk
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out HP with HPUp.
• Recommended Moves:
  • Apple Acid ~ Powerful Special Grass-Type attack that also lowers the opponent’s Sp.Defense.
  • Recover ~ Status move that recovers Appletun’s HP.
  • Grassy Terrain ~ Sets up Grassy Terrain, which heals the HP of all Pokemon on the field and boosts the power of Grass Type attacks.
  • Iron Defense~ Status move which sharply raises the user’s Defense stat.’
  • Recycle ~ Allows user to recover a berry that has already been used up.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
  • Sitrus Berry ~ Heals Appletun when HP is low.
• Strategy (All-Rounder)
  • Start by setting up Grassy Terrain to boost the power of Grass-Type moves.
  • Use Apple Acid repeatedly to damage Chesnaught while also lowering its Sp.Defense.
  • Use Recover or Recycle to heal where needed.
  • Once the Tera Orb is charged, ensure your Appletun is at near full HP before Terastalizing. Grass type would be preferred.
  • Continue using Apple Acid until Chesnaught faints.

Lurantis

• Grass typing is resistant or neutral to most of Chesnaught’s moves.
• Ability Contrary reverses the effects of Stat changes, which is devastating when paired with Leaf Storm.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature to raise Sp.Atk
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out HP with HPUp.
• Recommended Moves:
  • Leaf Storm~ Powerful Special Grass-Type attack that also lowers the user’s Sp.Attack. However, due to Lurantis’ ability Contrary, it will sharply raise its Sp.Attack instead.
  • Giga Drain ~ Powerful Special Grass-Type attack that also recovers the user’s HP.
  • Grassy Terrain ~ Sets up Grassy Terrain, which heals the HP of all Pokemon on the field and boosts the power of Grass Type attacks.
  • Synthesis ~ Status move that recovers Lurantis’ HP.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Attacker)
  • Start by setting up Grassy Terrain to boost the power of Grass-Type moves.
  • Use Leaf Storm three times to damage Chesnaught and max out Lurantis’ Sp.Attack
  • Switch to Giga Drain to save PP on Leaf Storm and heal Lurantis’ HP.
  • Once the Tera Orb is charged, ensure your Lurantis is at near full HP before Terastalizing. Grass type would be preferred.
  • Switch back to Leaf Storm when Chesnaught clears your buffs, then start using Giga Drain again until Chesnaught faints.

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