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 Incineroar with the Mightiest Mark.
Aside from being the one of the few ways to obtain Incineroar 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.
Incineroar ’s Ability and Moves
- The Tera Raid Incineroar has a DarkTera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Dark-Type and Fire-Type moves.
- As a Dark Tera-Type, it is weak to Bug, Fighting and Fairy type attacks.
- Incineroar’s Ability is Intimidate, which lowers the opponent’s Attack stat by one stage at the start of the battle.
- Incineroar’s notable moves include the following:
- Flare Blitz ~ Fire-Type physical move that damages the user
- Darkest Lariat ~ Dark-Type physical move that ignores the opponent’s stat changes.
- Bulk Up ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Attack and Defense stats.
- Iron Head ~ Steel-Type physical attack that has a chance to make the opponent flinch.
- Snarl ~ Dark-Type special attack that reduces the opponent’s Sp.Attack stat.
- Taunt ~ Status move that prevents the opponent from using non-damaging moves for three turns.
- Earthquake ~ Ground-Type physical attack that hits all opponents.
- Incineroar’s Battle Behaviour
- 99% Time Remaining ~ Incineroar users Snarl
- 95% Time Remaining ~ Incineroar uses Taunt
- 90% Time Remaining ~ Incinceroar clears the opponents’ stat changes and disables their abilities for one turn.
- 70% HP Remaining ~ Incineroar reduces the player’s Tera Orb charge
- 60% Time Remaining OR 65% HP Remaining~Incineroar sets up its Tera Shield.
- 55% Time Remaining ~ Incineroar clears its own negative stat changes and status effects.
- 50% HP Remaining ~ Incineroar uses Earthquake
General Recommendations
- Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Fire, Dark, Steel, or Ground 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
Dondozo
- Water typing makes resistant to most of Incineroar’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 Incineroar’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 Incineroar’s attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
- When Incineroar 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 Incineroar faints.
Hisuian Goodra
- Dragon/Steel typing makes resistant to most of Incineroar’s Attacks.
- Change its Tera Type to Fighting by giving 50 Fighting Tera Shards to the Treasure Eatery in Medali
- Ability Shell Armor prevents critical hits.
- 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.
- Shelter / Acid Armor ~ Status move that sharply raises the user’s Defense stat.
- Chilling Water ~ Water-Type special move that reduces the opponent’s Attack stat by one stage.
- Life Dew ~ Status move that heals all the Pokemon on the player’s side.
- Recommended Items:
- Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
- Strategy (Attacker/Support)
- Use Chilling Water three times to reduce Incineroar’s attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
- Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fighting-Type and use Shelter or Acid Armor three times to boost your Defense stat.
- After your Defense stat is maximized by Curse, use Body Press until Incineroar faints.
- Use Life Dew to heal your allies if needed.
Archaludon
- Dragon/Steel typing makes resistant to most of Incineroar’s Attacks.
- Change its Tera Type to Fighting by giving 50 Fighting Tera Shards to the Treasure Eatery in Medali
- Ability Stamina boosts its Defense stat each time it is hit.
- 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.
- Breaking Swipe ~ Dragon-Type move that reduces the opponent’s Attack stat.
- Iron Defense ~ Status move that sharply raises the user’s Defense stat.
- Reflect~ Status move that sets up a shield which reduces the damage taken by physical attacks for 3 turns.
- Recommended Items:
- Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
- Strategy (Attacker/Support)
- Use Breaking Swipe three times to reduce Incineroar’s attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
- Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fighting-Type and use Reflect or Iron Defense.
- After your Defense stat is maximized by Stamina and/or Iron Defense, use Body Press until Incineroar faints.
Dachsbun
- Fairy typing makes resistant to most of Incineroar’s attacks.
- Change its Tera Type to Fighting by giving 50 Fighting Tera Shards to the Treasure Eatery in Medali
- Ability Well-Baked-Body makes Dachsbun immune to Fire-Type attacks, which will instead boost it’s Defense.
- Recommended Stat Spread
- Impish Nature
- Max out HP with HPUp
- Max out Defense with Iron
- Required Moves:
- Body Press ~ Fighting-Type attack which does damage based on Dachsbun’s Defense stat.
- Charm ~ Status move that sharply lowers the opponent’s Attack stat.
- Mud Shot ~ Deals damage while reducing Incineroar’s accuracy, causing its moves to miss.
- Protect ~ Status move that prevents the user from being hit by the opponent’s move for one turn.
- Recommended Items:
- Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP while attacking
- Strategy (Support)
- Use Charm to reduce Incineroar’s Attack stat.
- Use Mud Shot to reduce Incineroar’s accuracy.
- Use Protect when Incineroar disables your ability.
- After your Tera orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fighting Type and use Body Press.
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