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

Garchomp’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Garchomp has a Ground Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Ground-Type and Dragon-Type moves.
• As a Ground Tera-Type, it is weak to Grass, Water and Ice type attacks.
• Garchomp’s Ability is Rough Skin, which damages opponents that use attacks which make contact with it.
• Garchomp’s notable moves include the following:
  • Earthquake ~ Ground-Type attack that hits all opponents.
  • Liquidation ~ Water-Type attack that has a chance to lower the opponent’s Defense stat.
  • Thunder Fang ~ Electric-Type attack that has a chance to paralyze the opponent.
  • Poison Jab ~ Poison-Type attack that has a chance to poison the opponent.
  • Fire Fang ~ Fire-Type attack that has a chance to burn the opponent.
  • Swords Dance ~ Boosts the user’s Attack stat.
  • Breaking Swipe ~ Dragon-Type attack that has a chance to lower the opponent’s Attack stat.
• Garchomp’s Battle Behaviour
  • Start ~ Uses Breaking Swipe
  • 95% HP / 90% Time ~ Sets up Tera Energy Shield
  • 75% Time ~ Garchomp Stats and Status Reset, Uses Swords Dance
  • 55% Time ~ Uses Swords Dance
  • 60% HP ~ Player Stats and Status Reset, disables player Pokemon ability for 1 turn.
  • 40% HP ~ Garchomp Stats and Status Reset

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Ground, Dragon, Water, Poison, Electric, and Fire 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

Sinistcha

• Grass/Ghost typing resists most of Garchomp’s moves.
• Ability Heatproof reduces damage done from Fire-Type moves and the Burn status effect.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Matcha Gotcha ~ Grass-Type special attack that has a chance to burn the opponent and heals the user.
  • Reflect~ Sets up a shield that reduces damage done by physical moves.
  • Strength Sap ~ Heals the user and reduces the opponent’s Attack stat.
  • Nasty Plot ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Sp.Attack stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Covert Cloak ~ Prevents Pokemon from being affected by status effects.
• Strategy (Attacker/Support)
  • Use Nasty Plot one or two times to boost your Sp.Attack.
  • Use Matcha Gotcha to deal damage and potentially Burn Garchomp, reducing its Attack power.
  • When Garchomp boosts its Attack, use Strength Sap to recover and nullify Garchomp’s tat boost.
  • After your Tera orb is charged, Terastalize into a Grass Type and continue to use Matcha Gotcha until Garchomp faints.

Slowbro

• Water/Psychic typing makes it resistant to most of Garchomp’s attacks.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Surf ~ Water-Type special attack that damages all Pokemon on the field.
  • Slack Off ~ Heals the user.
  • Nasty Plot ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Sp.Attack stat.
  • Chilling Water ~ Water-Type special attack that does damage and reduces opponent’s Attack stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Nasty Plot one or two times to boost your Sp.Attack.
  • Use Chilling Water to lower Garchomp’s Attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
  • After your Tera orb is charged, Terastalize into a Water Type and use Surf until Garchomp faints.

Orthworm

• Steel typing makes resistant to most of Garchomp’s attacks.
• Change its Tera Type to Fighting by giving 50 Fighting Tera Shards to the Treasure Eatery in Medali
• Ability Earth Eater heals its HP after being hit by a Ground-Type attack.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Bold Nature to raise Defense
  • Max out Def with Iron
  • Max out HP with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Body Press ~ Fighting-Type attack which deals more damage the higher the user’s Defense stat.
    • Max out this move’s PP using PPUp
  • Iron Defense ~ Increases the user’s Defense stat.
  • Mud Slap ~ Ground-Type physical attack that has a chance to lower the opponent’s Accuracy.
  • Protect ~ Blocks attacks from the opponent for 1 turn.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Iron Defense at least two times to raise your Defense, and the power of Body Press.
  • Use Mud-Slap three times to reduce Garchomp’s Accuracy and charge your Tera Orb.
  • Use Protect when Garchomp disables your ability.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged and you are at near full HP, Terastalize into a Fighting Type and use Body Press until Garchomp faints.

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