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

This 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 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.

Baxcalibur’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Baxcalibur has a Ice Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Ice-Type and Dragon-Type moves.
• As a Ice Tera-Type, it is weak to Fire, Fighting, Rock and Steel type attacks.
• Baxcalibur’s Ability is Thermal Exchange, which raises the user’s Attack stat if hit by a Fire-Type move, and makes it immune to the Burn status effect.
• Baxcalibur’s notable moves include the following:
  • Glaive Rush ~  Ice-Type attack that makes the user more vulnerable the following turn. The opponent’s attacks will not miss and will do double damage.
  • Earthquake ~ Ground-Type attack that hits all opponents.
  • Icicle Crash ~ Ice-Type attack that has a chance to make the opponent flinch.
  • Crunch ~ Dark-Type attack that has a chance to make the opponent flinch.
  • Swords Dance ~ Status move that raises the user’s Attack stat.
• Baxcalibur’s Battle Behaviour
  • Start ~ Uses Swords Dance
  • 95% HP / 95% Time ~ Sets up Tera Energy Shield
  • 80% Time ~ Player Status and Stats Reset
  • 50% Time ~ Baxcalibur Stats and Status Reset
  • 60% HP ~ Player Status and Stats Reset
  • 60% HP ~ Swords Dance
  • 40% HP ~ Player Status and Stats Reset

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Ice, Ground, and Dark 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.

Recommended Pokemon

Orthworm

• Steel typing makes resistant to most of Baxcalibur’s attacks.
• Change its Tera Type to Fighting by giving 50 Fighting Tera Shards to the Treasure Eatery in Medali
• Ability Earth Eater heals its HP after being hit by a Ground-Type attack.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Impish Nature to raise Defense
  • Max out Def with Iron
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Body Press ~ Fighting-Type attack which deals more damage the higher the user’s Defense stat.
    • Max out this move’s PP using PPUp
  • Iron Defense ~ Increases the user’s Defense stat.
  • Mud Slap ~ Ground-Type physical attack that has a chance to lower the opponent’s Accuracy.
  • Protect ~ Blocks attacks from the opponent for 1 turn.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Iron Defense three times to raise your Defense, and the power of Body Press.
  • Use Mud-Slap three times to reduce Baxcalibur’s Accuracy and charge your Tera Orb.
  • Use Protect when Baxcalibur disables your ability.
  • When Baxcalibur clears your stat changes, use Iron Defense three times again to raise your Defense, and the power of Body Press.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged and you are at near full HP, Terastalize into a Fighting Type and use Body Press until Baxcalibur faints.

Archaludon

• Dragon/Steel typing makes resistant to most of Incineroar’s Attacks.
• Change its Tera Type to Fighting by giving 50 Fighting Tera Shards to the Treasure Eatery in Medali
• Ability Stamina boosts its Defense stat each time it is hit.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Impish Nature.
  • Max out HP stat with HPUp
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Body Press ~ Fighting-Type move that does damage based on the user’s Defense stat.
  • Breaking Swipe ~ Dragon-Type move that reduces the opponent’s Attack stat.
  • Iron Defense ~ Status move that sharply raises the user’s Defense stat.
  • Protect ~ Blocks attacks from the opponent for 1 turn.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
• Strategy (Attacker/Support)
  • Use Breaking Swipe three times to reduce Baxcalibur’s attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fighting-Type and use Iron Defense.
  • After your Defense stat is maximized by Stamina and/or Iron Defense, use Body Press until Baxcalibur faints.

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