Over the course of this weekend, Pokemon Scarlet And Violet players will be challenging a 7 Star Tera Raid which features an Electric Tera Type Emboar with the Mightiest Mark.
Aside from being the one of the few ways to obtain Emboar 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.
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.
Emboar’s Ability and Moves
- The Tera Raid Emboar has an Electric Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Electric-Type moves in addition to its Fire-Type and Fighting-Type moves.
- As an Electric Tera-Type, it is weak to Ground type attacks.
- Emboars Ability is Reckless, which boosts the power of all moves that damage the user.
- Emboar’s notable moves include the following:
- Flare Blitz ~Fire-Type physical attack that also hurts the user.
- Drain Punch ~ Fighting-Type physical attack that restores the user’s HP.
- Wild Charge ~ Electric-Type physical attack that also hurts the user.
- Head Smash ~ Rock-Type physical attack that also hurts the user.
- Heat Crash ~ Fire-Type physical attack that deals more damage the heavier the user is than its opponent.
- Bulk Up ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Attack and Defense stats.
- Emboar’s Battle Behaviour
- 90% Time Remaining ~ Emboar resets the player’s stats and disables their Pokemon’s ability for one turn.
- 80% Time Remaining OR 90% HP Remaining ~ Emboar sets up its Tera Shield
- 80% Time Remaining OR 55% HP Remaining~ Emboar resets own status and stat debuffs.
- 40% HP Remaining ~ Emboar uses Bulk Up two times.
- 30% HP Remaining ~ Emboar uses Heat Crash.
General Recommendations
- Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Fire, Fighting, Electric or Rock 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
Swampert
- Water/Ground typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Emboar’s attacks.
- Recommended Stat Spread
- Adamant Nature
- Max out Attack stat with Protein
- Max out Defense stat with Iron.
- Recommended Moves:
- Bulk Up ~Status move that boosts the user’s Attack and Defense stats
- Earthquake ~ Ground-Type physical attack that damages all other Pokemon. Max out its PP with PPUp.
- Screech ~ Status move that lowers the opponent’s Defense stat.
- Mud Slap ~ Ground-Type physical attack that reduces the opponent’s accuracy.
- Recommended Items:
- Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
- Strategy (Solo Attacker)
- Use Mud-Slap to charge your Tera Orb and reduce Emboar’s accuracy.
- After Emboar clears your stat changes, start using Bulk Up to boost your Attack stat and Defense stat.
- Once you have accumulated enough buffs, Terastalize into a Ground-Type and user Earthquake until Emboar faints.
- If you manage to get Emboar’s Tera Shield down, you can use Screech to once or twice to reduce its Defenses.
Mudsdale
- Ground typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Emboar’s attacks.
- Ability Stamina boosts its Defense stat every time it is hit with a move, which will steadily increase its survivability against Emboar as all of Emboar’s moves are physical attacks.
- Recommended Stat Spread
- Adamant Nature
- Max out Attack stat with Protein
- Max out Defense stat with Iron.
- Recommended Moves:
- High Horsepower ~Ground-Type physical attack.
- Stomping Tantrum ~ Ground-Type physical attack that deals double damage if the previous move missed.
- Curse ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Attack and Defense stats, but also lowers the user’s Speed.
- Sandstorm ~ Status move that sets up a Sandstorm, damaging all Pokemon every turn and
- Recommended Items:
- Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
- Strategy (Main Attacker)
- Start using High Horsepower to damage Emboar, if the move misses, switch to Stomping Tantrum to deal double damage.
- Continue this pattern until your Tera Orb is charged, than Terastalize into a Ground-Type and continue the same pattern.
- Stamina will ensure that Mudsdale does not faint during the battle.
Rhyperior
- Rock/Ground typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Emboar’s attacks.
- Ability Lightning Rod attracts all Electric-Type moves, which allows Rhyperior to protect teammates from Emboar’s Wild Charge.
- Recommended Stat Spread
- Adamant Nature
- Max out Attack stat with Protein
- Max out Defense stat with Iron.
- Required Moves:
- Swords Dance~ Status move that boosts the user’s physical attack stat.
- High Horsepower ~Ground-Type physical attack.
- Stomping Tantrum ~ Ground-Type physical attack that deals double damage if the previous move missed.
- Breaking Swipe ~ Dark-Type physical attack that reduces the opponent’s Attack stat.
- Recommended Items:
- Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
- Strategy (Main Attacker)
- Use Breaking Swipe to reduce Emboar’s attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
- After Emboar clears your stat buffs, use Swords Dance up to three time to boost your Attack stat.
- Once done, Terastalize into a Ground-type.
- Start using High Horsepower to damage Emboar, if the move misses, switch to Stomping Tantrum to deal double damage.
Annihilape
- Ghost/Fighting typing makes it immune to Drain Punch and takes neutral damage form all other moves.
- Ability Defiant boosts its Attack stat if its own stats are lowered
- Recommended Stat Spread
- Adamant Natur
- Max out Atk with Protein
- Max out HP with HPUp
- Recommended Moves:
- Rage Fist ~Ghost-Type physical attack that does more damage the more times Annihilape is hit, this effect continues to stack even after Annihilape faints and revives.
- Drain Punch ~ Fighting-Type physical attack that also recovers Annihilape’s HP.
- Bulk Up ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Attack and Defense stats
- Screech ~ Status move that lowers the opponent’s Defense stat.
- Recommended Items:
- Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
- Strategy (Solo Attacker)
- Use Drain Punch to charge your Tera Orb.
- Allow yourself to faint if needed, as this will help to charge up Rage Fist.
- After Emboar clears your stat changes, start using Bulk Up to boost your Attack stat and Defense stat.
- Once done, Terastalize into a Ghost-Type and start spamming Rage Fist.
- By now, Rage Fist would have been empowered enough to deal good damage until Emboar is defeated.
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