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

Dondozo ’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Dondozo has a WaterTera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Water-Type moves than normal.
• As a Water Tera-Type, it is weak to Grass and Electric type attacks.
• Dondozo’s Ability is Unaware, which allows it to ignore the opponent’s stat boosts when it is being attacked.
• Dondozo’s notable moves include the following:
  • Wave Crash ~ Water-Type physical attack that also damages the user.
  • Order Up ~ Dragon-Type physical attack that has different effects if the user has consumed a Tatsugiri, these additional effects do not come into play for this raid battle.
  • Earthquake ~ Ground-Type physical attack that damages all opponents.
  • Avalanche ~ Ice-Type physical attack that deals double damage if the opponent has damaged the user in the same turn.
  • Yawn ~ Makes the opponent drowsy, causing them to fall asleep in the next turn.
  • Curse ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Attack, Special Attack, Defense, and Special Defense stats, but lowers the user’s speed.
• Dondozo’s Battle Behaviour
  • 95% Time Remaining ~ Dondozo uses Yawn.
  • 90% Time Remaining ~ Dondozo reduces the player’s Tera Orb charge.
  • 70% Time Remaining OR 70% HP Remaining ~ Dondozo puts up its Tera Shield
  • 70% Time Remaining ~ Dondozo resets the player Pokemon’s stat changes and disables their abilities for one turn.
  • 70% HP Remaining ~ Dondozo resets its own stats and clears its status effects.
  • 75% Time Remaining OR 70% HP Remaining~ Dondozo sets up its Tera Shield.
  • 50% HP Remaining ~ Dondozo uses Curse
  • 30% HP Remaining ~ Dondozo uses Wave Crash.

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Water, Dragon, Ice, or Ground 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

Bellibolt

• Electric typing is neutral or resistant to Dondozo’s moves, except for Earthquake.
• 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 stat with Calcium
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
• 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 us Electric Terrain for 5 turns. This field effect boosts the power of Electric-Type moves and prevents the user from sleeping.
  • Reflect ~ Raises the whole party’s Defense stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Metronome ~ Boosts power of attacks that are used repeatedly.
• Strategy (All Rounder)
  • Use Electric Terrain one the first turn, which will prevent you and your allies from being put to sleep by Dondozo’s Yawn.
  • Use Reflect to boost the team’s Defense.
  • Use Acid Spray to reduce Dondozo’s Sp.Defense.
  • Use Parabolic Charge to deal damage and recover HP.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into an Electric-Type and use Parabolic Charge until Dondozo faints.

Victreebel

• Grass/Poison typing makes resistant to most of Dondozo’s moves
• Ability Chlorophyll boosts its Speed in Sunny Weather.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
• Required Moves:
  • Strength Sap ~ Grass-Type attack that heals the user and reduces the opponent’s Attack stat by one stage.
  • Gastro Acid ~ Poison-Type attack that removes the effects of the opponent’s
  • Acid Spray~ Deals damage while reducing the opponent’s Sp.Defense, allowing Victreebel’s damaging moves to hit harder.
  • Giga Drain ~ Grass-Type attack that deals damage and heals Victreebel’s HP.
• Recommended Items:
  • Metronome ~ Boosts power of attacks that are used repeatedly.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Gastro Acid to remove the effects of Dondozo’s Unaware, allowing allies to deal more damage.
  • Use Acid Spray three times to lower Dondozo’s Sp.Defense.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Grass-Type and use Strength Sap to deal damage and reduce Dondozo’s Attack stat, switch to Giga Drain after your PP runs out.

Miraidon

• Dragon/Electric typing makes resistant to most of Dondozo’s moves
• Ability Hadron Engine sets up Electric Terrain, which boosts the power of Electric-Type attacks an prevents all Pokemon on the field from sleeping.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
• 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.
  • Reflect ~ Raises the whole party’s Defense stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Metronome ~ Boosts power of attacks that are used repeatedly.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Metal Sound 3 times to reduce Dondozo’s  Sp.Def.
  • Use Parabolic Charge to deal damage and recover HP.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into an Electric-Type and use Electro Drift until Dondozo faints.

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