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

Aside from being the one of the few ways to obtain Feraligatr 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.

Feraligatr’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Feraligatr has a Dark Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Water-Type, and Dark-Type moves.
• As a Dark Tera-Type, it is weak to Fighting, Bug, and Fairy type attacks.
• Feraligatr’s Ability is Sheer Force, which removes the additional effects of moves, but boosts their power in exchange.
• Feraligatr’s notable moves include the following:
  • Crunch ~ Dark-type physical move that has a chance to make the opponent flinch
  • Liquidation ~ Water-type physical move that has a chance to lower the opponent’s defense stat
  • Ice Punch ~ Ice-type physical move
  • Psychic Fangs ~ Psychic-type physical move
  • Dragon Dance ~ Status-move that boosts the user’s Attack and Speed stats by one stage each
  • Swords Dance ~ Status-move that sharply boosts the user’s Attack stat
  • Earthquake ~ Ground-type physical move that hits all opponents
• Feraligatr’s Battle Behaviour
  • 99% Time Remaining ~ Feraligatr uses Swords Dance
  • 95% Time Remaining ~ Feraligatr drains your Tera orb charge
  • 80% Time Remaining  ~ Feraligatr clears the opponents’ stat changes and disables their abilities for one turn
  • 75% Time Remaining  OR 75% HP Remaining~ Feraligatr sets up its Tera Shield
  • 70% Time Remaining ~ Feraligatr uses Earthquake
  • 65% HP Remaining ~ Feraligatr clears its own negative stat changes and status effects.
  • 50% HP Remaining ~ Feraligatr uses Dragon Dance

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Dark, Water, Ice, and Psychic 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

Kommo-o

• Dragon/Fighting typing makes resistant to most of Feraligatr’s Attacks.
• Ability Bulletproof makes it immune to bomb and bullet-like moves
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Impish Nature.
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
  • Max out Sp.Def stat with Zinc
• Recommended Moves:
  • Body Press ~ Fighting-Type move that does damage based on the user’s Defense stat. Max out its PP with PPUp.
  • Iron Defense ~ Status move that sharply raises the user’s Defense stat.
  • Screech ~ Reduces the opponent’s Defense stat by two stages.
  • Breaking Swipe ~ Dark-Type move that reduces the opponent’s Attack stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
• Strategy (Solo Attacker)
  • Use Breaking Swipe to reduce Feraligatr’s attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
  • After Feraligatr  wipes your stat buffs, use Iron Defense three times to max out your Defense stat.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fighting-Type and use Body Press until Feraligatr faints.

Azumarill

• Water/Fairy typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Feraligatr’s attacks.
• Ability Huger Power makes it immune to doubles its attacking stats.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature
  • Max out Attack with Protein
  • Max out Def with Iron
• 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 Feraligatr’s Attack stat.
  • When Feraligatr 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 Feraligatr faints.

Scizor

• Bug/Steel typing is neutral or resistant to all of Feraligatr’s moves.
• Ability Technician boosts the power of weaker moves
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature
  • Max out Attack with Protein
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Lunge ~ Bug-Type physical move that also reduces the opponent’s Attack stat.
  • Bug Bite ~  Bug-Type physical move that consumes the opponent’s berries.
  • Swords Dance  ~ Status move that sharply raises the user’s Attack stat.
  • Sunny Day ~ Sets up Sunny weather, which reduces the power of Water-Type moves.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals the user whenever it lands an attack
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Lunge to deal damage and reduce Feraligatr’s attack stat.
  • When Feraligatr resets your stats, use Swords Dance three times to max out your Attack stat.
  • Once your Tera orb is charged, Terastalize into a Bug type and keep using your attacks until Feraligatr faints.

Dondozo

• Water typing makes resistant to most of Feraligatr’s Attacks.
• Change its Tera Type to Fighting by giving 50 Fighting Tera Shards to the Treasure Eatery in Medali
• Ability Unaware allows it to ignore all of Feraligatr’s status changes, allowing it to do full damage despite the Raid Pokemon’s various barriers and stat boosts.
• 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.
  • Chilling Water ~ Water-Type special move that reduces the opponent’s Attack stat by one stage.
  • Curse ~ Status move that reduces the user’s Speed, but raises their Attack and Defense stats.
  • Protect ~ Status move that prevents the user from being hit by the opponent’s move for one turn.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
• Strategy (Solo Attacker)
  • Use Chilling Water three times to reduce Feraligatr’s attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
  • When Feraligatr clears your stats and disables your ability, use Protect.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fighting-Type and use Curse six times.
  • After your Defense stat is maximized by Curse, use Body Press until Feraligatr faints.

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