Over the course of this weekend, Pokemon Scarlet And Violet players will be challenging a 7 Star Tera Raid which features a Grass Tera Type Hisuian Decidueye with the Mightiest Mark.
Aside from being the only way to obtain Hisuian Decidueye in the game without the use of Pokemon HOME or trading, the 7 Star Tera Raid gives out a great deal of useful rewards such as Vitamins, Rare Candies, and Ability Patches. 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.
Hisuian Decidueye’s Ability and Moves
- The Tera Raid Hisuian Decidueye has a Grass Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Grass and Fighting moves.
- As a Grass Tera-Type, it is weak to Fire, Flying, Bug, Ice and Poison type attacks.
- Hisuian Decidueye’s Ability is Scrappy, which allows it to hit Ghost Types with it’s Fighting-Type moves, as well as make it immune to the attack lowering effect of Intimidate. Players will need to be careful when using Ghost Type Pokemon for the Raid, as well as find other ways to lower Hisuian Decidueye’s attack stat aside from Intimidate.
- Decidueye’s notable moves include the following:
- Brave Bird ~ A powerful Flying-Type Physical attack which does massive damage, but will also hurt the user.
- Triple Arrows ~ A Fighting-Type Physical attack which could lower the opponent’s defense, land a critical hit, or make the opponent flinch.
- Shadow Claw ~ A powerful Ghost-Type Physical Attack that has a high critical hit rate.
- Leaf Blade~ A powerful Grass-Type Physical Attack that has a high critical hit rate.
- Leaf Storm~ A powerful Grass-Type Special Attack that will lower the user’s Special Attack stat afterwards.
- Bulk Up ~ A status move that raises the user’s Attack and Defense by 1 stage each.
- Grassy Terrain ~ A status move that sets up Grassy Terrain, which heals all Pokemon on the field after every turn, as well as raises the power of Grass-Type attacks.
- Swords Dance ~ A status move that raises the user’s Attack by 2 stages.
- Decidueye’s Battle Behaviour
- 95% Time Remaining ~ Decidueye will clear all your buffs and use Bulk Up to raise its Attack and Defense.
- 80% HP Remaining ~ Decidueye will clear all negative effects from itself.
- 80% Time Remaining / 60% HP Remaining ~ Decidueye will set up its Tera Shield, and use Swords Dance to raise its Attack stat.
- 60% Time Remaining ~ Decidueye will use Grassy Terrain, followed by Leaf Storm.
General Recommendations
- Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Flying, Grass, Ghost, or Fighting moves. Fainting in battle reduces the timer, and if it reaches zero before Decidueye is defeated, everyone will fail the raid battle.
- Avoid using Ice-Type Pokemon. Although Ice is strong against Grass, Decidueye has Fighting-Type moves, which are super effective against Rock-Types.
- 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.
- Heal Up! ~ Heals HP and cures Status conditions.
- Use moves which reduce Decidueye’s stats
- Reduce Def or Sp.Def to take it down faster.
- Reduce Atk to prevent it from fainting your Pokemon.
- Use Pokemon with a Fire, Flying, Bug, Poison Tera-Type to take down its Tera Shield.
Recommended Pokemon
Skeledirge
- Fire/Ghost typing makes resistant to most of Decidueye’s attacks.
- Ability Unaware ignores the effects of Decidueye’s stat changes, eliminating the effects of the Pokemon’s stat boosting moves.
- Recommended Stat Spread
- Modest Nature
- Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
- Max out Defense with Iron
- Max out the PP of Torch Song with PPUp
- Recommended Moves:
- Torch Song ~ Special Fire-Type attack which also boosts Skeledirge’s Sp.Atk stat
- Slack Off ~ Recovers Skeledirge’s HP
- Will-O-Wisp ~ Burns the opponent, reducing their Attack stat and dealing damage to them every turn
- Sunny Day ~ Sets up Sunny Weather, boosting the power of Fire-Type moves.
- Recommended Items:
- Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP while attacking
- Strategy (Main Attacker)
- Use Will-O-Wisp to burn Decidueye and reduce it’s attack stat.
- Use Sunny Day to boost the power of your Fire-Type moves.
- Use Torch Song continuously to deal damage while boosting your own Sp.Attack
- When you Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize to a Fire-Type and continue using Torch Song until Decidueye faints.
Ceruledge
- Fire/Ghost typing makes resistant to most of Decidueye’s attacks.
- Ability Flash Fire makes Ceruledge immune to Fire-Type moves, which will boost the power of its Fire-Type moves instead. Will not have much effect in this Raid battle.
- Recommended Stat Spread
- Adamant Nature.
- Max out Atk with Protein
- Max out Defense with Iron
- Recommended Moves:
- Bitter Blade ~ Physical Fire-Type attack which also recovers Ceruledge’s HP.
- Clear Smog~ Poison-Type attack which resets the opponent’s stats.
- Will-O-Wisp ~ Burns the opponent, reducing their Attack stat and dealing damage to them every turn
- Swords Dance ~ A status move that raises the user’s Attack by 2 stages. OR Bulk Up ~ A status move that raises the user’s Attack and Defense by 1 stage each.
- Recommended Items:
- Covert Cloak ~ Eliminates the secondary effects of the opponent’s moves, which will prevent Ceruledge from being affected by the effects of Triple Arrows.
- Strategy (Main Attacker)
- Use Will-O-Wisp to burn Decidueye and reduce it’s attack stat.
- Use Clear Smog after Decidueye uses Swords Dance or Bulk Up to reset its stats.
- Use Swords Dance or Bulk Up three times to boost your Ceruledge’s stats.
- Use Bitter Blade to deal damage and heal HP.
- When you Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize to a Fire-Type and continue using Bitter Blade until Decidueye faints.
Iron Moth
- Fire/Poison typing makes resistant to most of Decidueye’s attacks.
- Ability Quark Drive will boost its highest stat in Electric Terrain.
- Recommended Stat Spread
- Modest Nature.
- Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
- Max out Defense with Iron
- Recommended Moves:
- Acid Spray ~ Does damage and reduces opponent’s Sp.Def stat.
- Fiery Dance ~ Special Fire-Type attack which also boosts Iron Moth’s Sp.Atk stat
- Lunge ~ Powerful Bug-Type move that reduces opponent’s physical Attack.
- Morning Sun ~ Recovers Iron Moth’s HP
- Recommended Items:
- Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP after attacking.
- Strategy (All-Rounder/Support)
- Use Acid Spray to help reduce Decidueye’s Sp.Def.
- Use Lunge to cancel out the effects of Decidueye’s Attack boosts.
- Use Morning Sun to recover HP.
- When you Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize to help tear down Decidueye’s Tera Shield with Fiery Dance.
Clodsire
- Poison/Ground typing makes resistant to most of Decidueye’s attacks.
- Ability Unaware ignores the effects of Decidueye’s stat changes, eliminating the effects of the Pokemon’s stat boosting moves.
- Recommended Stat Spread
- Bold Nature.
- Max out Def with Iron
- Max out HP with HPUp
- Recommended Moves:
- Acid Spray ~ Does damage and reduces opponent’s Sp.Def stat.
- Sludge Bomb ~ Powerful Poison Type Special move
- Stockpile ~ Increases Clodsire’s Defense.
- Recover ~ Recovers Clodsire’s HP
- Recommended Items:
- Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP after attacking.
- Leftovers ~ Recovers HP every turn.
- Strategy (Support)
- Use Acid Spray to help reduce Decidueye’s Sp.Def.
- Use Stockpile to boost your defense and improve your survivability.
- Use Recover to heal HP.
- When you Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize to help tear down Decidueye’s Tera Shield with Sludge Bomb.
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