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

Metagross’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Metagross has a Steel Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Steel-Type and Psychic-Type moves.
• As a Steel Tera-Type, it is weak to Fire, Fighting and Ground type attacks.
• Metagross’s Ability is Clear Body, which makes it immune to stat changes.
• Metagross’s notable moves include the following:
  • Meteor Mash ~ Steel-Type attack that has a chance to raise the user’s Attack stat.
  • Zen Headbutt ~ Psychic-Type attack that has a chance to make the opponent flinch.
  • Earthquake ~ Ground-Type attack that hits all opponents.
  • Thunder Punch ~ Electric-Type attack that has a chance to paralyze the opponent.
  • Hone Claws ~ Increases the user’s Attack stat
  • Iron Defense ~ Increases the user’s Defense stat
  • Light Screen ~ Halves damage done by the opponent’s Special Attacks.
• Metagross’s Battle Behaviour
  • Start ~ Tera Energy Shield and Hone Claws
  • 89% Time ~ Uses Iron Defense
  • 79% Time ~ Uses Iron Defense
  • 70% Time ~ Player Status and Stats Reset
  • 60% Time ~ Metagross Stats and Status Reset
  • 40% HP ~ Uses Light Screen

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Fire, Fighting and 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

Skeledirge

• Fire/Ghost typing makes resistant to most of Metagross’s moves.
• Ability Unaware allows it to ignore all of Metagross’s stat changes.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Torch Song ~ Fire-Type special move that boosts the user’s Sp.Attack stat by one stage.
    • Max out this move’s PP using PPUp
  • Sunny Day ~ Sets up Sunny Day, which boosts the power of Fire-Type moves.
  • Slack Off ~ Status move that heals the user’s HP by 50%.
  • Protect ~ Status move that prevents the user from being hit by the opponent’s move for one turn.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Solo Attacker)
  • Use Torch Song to charge your Tera Orb and boost your special attack stat.
  • Use Defense Cheer to protect yourself and your party.
  • When Metagross clears your stats and disables your ability, use Protect.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fire-Type and use Torch Song or Flamethrower until Metagross faints.
  • Use Slack Off to recover HP if needed.

Forretress

• Bug/Steel typing makes resistant to most of Metagross’s attacks.
• Change its Tera Type to Fighting by giving 50 Fighting Tera Shards to the Treasure Eatery in Medali
• Ability Sturdy prevents it from fainting from a single hit 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.
  • Reflect~ Halves damage done by the opponent’s physical Attacks.
  • Sunny Day ~ Sets up Sunny Day, which boosts the power of Fire-Type moves.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (All Rounder)
  • Use Reflect to protect your team from Metagross’s attacks.
  • Use Iron Defense at least two times to raise your Defense, and the power of Body Press.
  • If your Tera Orb is charged and you are at near full HP, Terastalize into a Fighting Type and use Body Press until Metagross faints.
  • Use Sunny Day to support your team if playing multiplayer and there is a Skeledirge.

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