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

Aside from being the one of the few ways to obtain Blastoise without Pokemon HOME or trading, the 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 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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Blastoise’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Blastoise has a Steel Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Steel moves in addition to its Water moves.
• As a Steel Tera-Type, it is weak to Fire, Fighting, and Ground type attacks.
• Blastoise’s Ability is Rain Dish, which recovers its HP slightly in rainy weather
• Blastoise’s notable moves include the following:
  • Hydro Pump ~ Water-type special attack
  • Flash Cannon ~ Steel-type special attack with a chance to lower opponent’s Sp.Def stat
  • Aura Sphere ~ Fighting-type special attack that never misses
  • Iron Defense ~ Status-move that raises Def stat by two stages
  • Withdraw ~ Status-move that raises Def stat by one stage
  • Shell Smash ~ Status-move that raises Atk and Sp.Atk stats by two stages, but drops Def and Sp.Def stats by one stage
  • Rain Dance ~ Status-move that sets up rainy weather
• Blastoise’s Battle Behaviour
  • 99% HP Remaining OR 98% Time Remaining ~ Blastoise Sets Up Tera Shield.
  • 99% Time Remaining ~ Blastoise uses Withdraw.
  • 75% HP Remaining ~ Blastoise uses Shell Smash.
  • 75% Time Remining ~ Blastoise resets own status and stat debuffs.
  • 60% Time Remining ~ Blastoise resets the player’s stats and disables their Pokemon’s ability for one turn.
  • 50% HP Remining ~ Blastoise resets own status and stat debuffs.
  • 49% HP Remaining ~ Blastoise uses Rain Dance.

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Steel, Water, and Fighting 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.

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Recommended Pokemon

Poliwrath

• Water/Fighting typing makes resistant to most of Blastoise’s Attacks.
• Ability Water Absorb makes it immune to Water-Type moves, which will heal it instead.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature.
  • Max out Atk stat with Protein
  • Max out Sp.Def stat with Zinc
• Recommended Moves:
  • Drain Punch ~ Fighting-Type physical move which drains the opponent’s HP.
  • Belly Drum ~ Status move that maxes out the user’s attack, but also halves the user’s HP.
  • Taunt ~ Status move that prevents the opponent from using their own Status moves.
  • Haze ~ Status move that resets the stats of all Pokemon on the field.
• Recommended Items:
  • Scope Lens ~ Boosts Critical-Hit rate.
• Strategy (Solo Attacker)
  • Use Haze to clear Blastoise’s buffs
  • Use Belly Drum to max out your Attack stat
  • Use Drain Punch 3 times to charge your Tera Orb, then terastalize and continue using Drain Punch until Blastoise’s Tera Shield is down.
  • Use Taunt to stop Blastoise from boosting its Defense with Iron Defense.
  • Continue using Drain Punch until Blastoise faints.

Gallade

• Psychic/Fighting typing is resists most of Blastoise’s moves.
• Ability Sharpness boosts the power of cutting moves, such as Sacred Sword.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature.
  • Max out Atk stat with Protein
  • Max out Sp.Def stat with Zinc
• Recommended Moves:
  • Sacred Sword ~ Fighting-Type physical move that ignores opponent’s stat changes.
  • Mystical Fire ~ Fire-Type special move that reduces the opponent’s Sp.Atk stat.
  • Swords Dance ~ Status-move that boosts the user’s Atk stat by two stages.
  • Light Screen ~ Status-move that sets up a shield which reduces the power of the opponent’s Special moves.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Swords Dance three times to boost your physical attack.
  • Use Mystical Fire three times to charge your Tera orb while also reducing Blastoise’s Sp.Atk stat.
  • Terastalize into a Fighting-Type, and start using Sacred Sword to reduce Blastoise’s HP.
  • After Blastoise resets your stats, use Light Screen, to protect yourself.
  • Use Swords dance 1 or 2 times to get your damage back up.
  • Use Sacred Sword continuously until Blastoise faints.

Vaporeon

• Water typing is resistant to most of Blastoise’s moves.
• Using Vaporeon effectively requires it to have a Fire Tera-Type, which can be obtained by giving 50 Fire-Type Tera Shards to the cook at the diner in Medali City (Larry’s Gym).
• Ability Water Absorb makes it immune to Water-Type moves, which will heal it instead.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Sp.Def stat with Zinc
• Recommended Moves:
  • Sunny Day ~ Status move which sets up Sunny weather for five turns.
  • Weather Ball ~ Special Attack which changes type depending on the weather
  • Calm Mind ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Sp.Atk and Sp.Def stats by one stage.
  • Tera Blast ~ Special Attack that does damage based on the user’s highest attacking stat, and changes type to match the user’s Tera Type.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Calm Mind three times to boost your attacking stats and defensive stats.
  • Use Sunny Day to set up Sunny Weather.
  • Use Weather Ball to deal super-effective damage to Blastoise, as it would have become a Fire-Type move in Sunny weather.
  • Once your Tera orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fire-Type and continue to use Weather Ball to deal damage to Blastoise.
  • After Blastoise resets your stats, use Calm Mind 2 or 3 times to charge up your attacking and defensive stats again.
  • Continue to use Weather Ball until Blastoise faints, switch to Tera Blast if you run out of PP.

Gastrodon

• Water/Ground typing is neutral or resistant to all of Blastoise’s moves.
• Ability Storm Drain makes it immune to Water-Type moves, which boost its Sp.Atk stat instead.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Sp.Def stat with Zinc
• Recommended Moves:
  • Earth Power ~ Ground-type Special attack with a chance to lower the opponent’s Sp.Def
  • Mud Slap ~ Ground-type Special attack with a chance to lower the opponent’s Accuracy
  • Recover ~ Status move that recovers the user’s HP when used
  • Skitter Smack ~ Bug-type Physical attack that lowers the opponent’s Sp.Atk stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Support)
  • Use Skitter Smack three times to charge your Tera orb and reduce Blastoise’s Sp.Atk stat.
  • Terastalize into a Ground-type, and start using Earth Power to deal damage and break Blastoise’s Tera Shield
  • After Blastoise’s Tera Shield is down, switch to Mud-Slap to reduce its move accuracy.
  • Once accuracy has been lowered sufficiently, switch back to Earth Power until Blastoise faints.

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