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

Quaquaval’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Quaquaval has a Water Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Water-Type, and Fighting-Type moves.
• As a Water Tera-Type, it is weak to Grass and Electric type attacks.
• Quaquaval’s Ability is Moxie, which raises its attack every time it K O’s an opponent.
• Quaquaval’s notable moves include the following:
  • Aqua Step ~ Water-type attack that raises the user’s Speed.
  • Brick Break ~ Fighting-type attack that erases the effects of barrier moves like Reflect and Light Screen.
  • Brave Bird ~ Flying-type attack that also damages the user.
  • Ice Spinner ~ Ice-type attack that clears away Terrain.
  • Bulk Up ~ Status move that raises the user’s Attack and Defense stats.
  • Rain Dance ~ Sets up Rainy weather, which boosts the power of Water-type moves.
• Quaquaval’s Battle Behaviour
  • Start ~ Uses Bulk Up
  • 85% Time ~ Resets Player Status and Stat Changes
  • 75% HP / 80% Time ~ Sets up Tera Energy Shield
  • 75% Time ~ Quaquaval Status and Stats Reset, uses Rain Dance
  • 45% HP ~ Quaquaval Status and Stats Reset
  • 40% HP ~ Uses Bulk Up

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Water, Fighting, Flying, and Ice 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.
• Playing online multiplayer Raids is recommended as CPU Pokemon are often weaker and get KO’d easily, which will boost Quaquaval’s attack very high due to Moxie.

Recommended Pokemon

Elektross

• Electric typing makes it resistant to most of Quaquaval’s moves.
• Ability Levitate makes it immune to Ground-Type moves.
• Recommended Tera-Type: Electric
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature to raise Sp.Atk
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Gastro Acid ~ Disables the effects of the opponent’s Ability.
  • Acid Spray ~ Poison-Type attack that does damage while also reducing the opponent’s Sp.Defense
  • Discharge ~ Electric-Type attack that damages all other Pokemon.
  • Sunny Day ~ Sets up Sunny weather, which cancels out Rainy weather
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Gastro Acid immediately to disable Quaquaval’s ability for the entire battle.
  • Use Acid Spray three times to reduce Quaquaval’s Sp.Defense.
  • Once the Tera Orb is charged, ensure your Elektross is at near full HP before Terastalizing to a to am Electric-Type, then use Discharge repeatedly until Quaquaval faints. Switch to Acid Spray when Quaquaval resets its own stat changes.

Victreebel

• Grass/Poison typing makes resistant to most of Quaquaval’s attacks.
• Ability Chlorophyll boosts its Speed in Sunny Weather.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature to raise Sp.Atk
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Required Moves:
  • Gastro Acid ~ Disables the effects of the opponent’s Ability.
  • Acid Spray ~ Poison-Type attack that does damage while also reducing the opponent’s Sp.Defense
  • Giga Drain ~ Grass-Type attack that deals damage and heals the user.
  • Strength Sap ~ Grass-Type attack that heals the user by an amount based on the opponent’s Attack stat, then reduces it by one stage.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Gastro Acid immediately to disable Quaquaval’s ability for the entire battle.
  • Use Acid Spray three times to reduce Quaquaval’s Sp.Defense.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Grass-Type and use Giga Drain until Quaquaval faints.

Bellibolt

• Electric typing makes resistant to most of Quaquaval’s attacks.
• Ability Electromorphosis boosts the power of its Electric-Type moves after being hit.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature to raise Sp.Atk
  • Max out Sp.Atk with Calcium
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Parabolic Charge ~ Electric-Type attack which also recovers Bellibolt’s HP.
  • Acid Spray ~ Poison-Type attack that does damage while also reducing the opponent’s Sp.Defense
  • Chilling Water ~ Water-Type attack that does damage while also reducing the opponent’s Attack.
  • Reflect ~ Raises the whole party’s Defense stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Metronome ~ Boosts power of attacks that are used repeatedly.
• Strategy (All Rounder)
  • Use Reflect to defend the team against Quaquaval’s attacks.
  • Use Chilling Water to reduce Quaquaval’s attack stat.
  • Use Acid Spray to reduce Quaquaval’s Sp.Defense if there are no other Acid Spray users on the team.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into an Electric-Type and use Parabolic Charge until Quaquaval faints.

Miraidon

• Dragon/Electric typing makes resistant to most of Quaquaval’s moves
• Ability Hadron Engine sets up Electric Terrain, which boosts the power of Electric-Type attacks an prevents all Pokemon on the field from sleeping.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Parabolic Charge ~ Special Electric-Type attack which also recovers Miraidon’s HP.
  • Electro Drift ~ Powerful Special Electric-Type attack which does more damage if its Super Effective.
  • Metal Sound ~ Reduces opponent’s Sp.Def.
  • Reflect ~ Raises the whole party’s Defense stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Metronome ~ Boosts power of attacks that are used repeatedly.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Metal Sound 3 times to reduce Quaquaval’s  Sp.Def.
  • Use Parabolic Charge to deal damage and recover HP.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into an Electric-Type and use Electro Drift until Quaquaval faints.

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