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

Dragapult’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Dragapult has a Dragon Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Dragon-Type, and Ghost-Type moves.
• As a Dragon Tera-Type, it is weak to Dragon, and Fairy type attacks.
• Dragapult’s Ability is Cursed Body, which has a chance of disabling moves that are used on it.
• Dragapult’s notable moves include the following:
  • Dragon Darts ~ Dragon-type physical attack that hits twice
  • Shadow Ball ~ Ghost-type special attack
  • Acrobatics ~ Flying-type physical attack that deals more damage if the user is not holding an item
  • Flamethrower ~ Fire-type special attack that has a chance to burn the opponent
  • Dragon Dance ~ Dragon-type status move that raises the user’s speed and attack stats
  • Breaking Swipe ~ Dark-type physical attack that has a chance to lower the opponent’s attack stat
• Dragapult’s Battle Behaviour
  • Start ~ Uses Dragon Dance
  • 92% Time / 92% HP ~ Sets up Tera Energy Shield
  • 86% Time ~ Player Status and Stats Reset
  • 83% Time ~ Uses Breaking Swipe
  • 55% HP ~ Player Status and Stats Reset
  • 43% Time ~Dragapult Stats and Status Reset
  • 40% Time ~ Uses Dragon Dance

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Dragon, Ghost, Flying, Fire, 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

Azumarill

• Water/Fairy typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Dragapult’s attacks.
• Ability Huge Power  doubles its attacking stats.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature
  • Max out Attack with Protein
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Belly Drum ~ Status move that maximizes the user’s Attack stat but also reduces HP by half.
  • Play Rough ~ Fairy-Type physical attack.
  • Mud-Slap ~ Ground-Type physical attack that has a chance of lowering the opponent’s accuracy.
  • Chilling Water ~ Water-Type special attack that reduces the opponent’s attack stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals the user whenever it lands an attack
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Chilling Water to charge your Tera-Orb while reducing Dragapult’s Attack stat.
  • When Dragapult resets your stats, use Belly Drum to max out your Attack stat.
  • After using Belly Drum, Terastalize into a Fairy Type and use Play Rough until Kommo-o faints.

Dachsbun

• Fairy typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Dragapult’s attacks.
• Ability Well-Baked Body makes it immune to Fire-type attacks.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature
  • Max out Atk with Protein
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Play Rough ~ Powerful physical Fairy-type attack, main source of damage
  • Howl ~ Raises the Attack stat of self and all allied Pokemon
  • Snarl ~ Reduces opponent’s Sp.Atk
  • Helping Hand ~ Increases the power of an ally’s move by 50%, useful in multiplayer.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals the user whenever it lands an attack
• Strategy (All-Rounder)
  • Use Snarl to charge your Tera-Orb while reducing Dragapult’s Special Attack stat.
  • User Howl to raise the Attack stat of your allies.
  • When your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fairy Type and use Play Rough until Dragapult faints.

Grimmsnarl

• Dark/Fairy typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Dragapult’s attacks.
• Ability Prankster makes all of its status moves go first, allowing it to serve as a powerful support Pokemon.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature
  • Max out Atk with Protein
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Light Screen ~ Status move that protects the team from special attacks.
  • Reflect ~ Status move that protects the team from physical attacks.
  • Spirit Break ~ Fairy-Type physical attack that has a chance of lowering the opponent’s Sp.Attack stat
  • Draining Kiss ~ Fairy-Type physical attack that drains the opponent’s HP.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals the user whenever it lands an attack
• Strategy (All-Rounder)
  • Use Light Screen and Reflect to protect your team from Dragapult’s attacks.
  • Use Spirit Break to charge your Tera-Orb while reducing Dragapult’s Special Attack stat.
  • When your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fairy Type and use Draining Kiss until Dragapult faints.

Clefable

• Fairy typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Dragapult’s attacks.
• Ability Unaware ignores Dragapult’s stat changes
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature to raise Sp.Atk
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Required Moves:
  • Light Screen ~ Status move that protects the team from special attacks.
  • Reflect ~ Status move that protects the team from physical attacks.
  • Moonblast~ Fairy-Type special attack that has a chance to lower the opponent’s Special Attack stat.
  • Life Dew ~ Status move that heals all allies.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Support)
  • Use Light Screen and Reflect to protect your team from Dragapult’s attacks.
  • Use Life Dew to heal your allies.
  • Use Moonblast to charge your Tera-Orb while reducing Dragapult’s Special Attack stat.
  • When your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fairy Type and use Draining Kiss until Dragapult faints.

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