Over the course of this weekend, Pokemon Scarlet And Violet players will be challenging a 7 Star Tera Raid which features a Dragon Tera Type Sceptile with the Mightiest Mark.

Aside from being the one of the few ways to obtain Sceptile 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.

Sceptile ’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Sceptile has a Dragon Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Dragon-Type moves in addition to its Grass-Type moves.
• As a Dragon Tera-Type, it is weak to Dragon, Ice and Fairy type attacks.
• Sceptile’s Ability is Unburden, which boosts the user’s speed when it is not holding an item.
• Sceptile’s notable moves include the following:
  • Leaf Blade ~ Grass-Type physical move with a high critical hit rate.
  • Breaking Swipe ~ Dragon-Type physical attack that reduces the opponent’s Attack stat.
  • Dragon Dance ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Attack and Speed stats.
  • Thunder Punch ~ Electric-Type physical attack.
  • Leaf Storm ~ Grass-Type special attack that sharply reduces the user’s Sp.Attack stat.
  • Earthquake ~ Ground-Type physical attack that hits all opponents.
• Sceptile’s Battle Behaviour
  • 99% Time Remaining ~ Sceptile uses Leaf Storm.
  • 85% Time Remaining ~ Sceptile resets the player’s stats and disables their Pokemon’s ability for one turn.
  • 80% Time Remaining ~ Sceptile reduces the player’s Tera Orb charge.
  • 85% HP Remaining ~ Sceptile uses Breaking Swipe
  • 75% Time Remaining OR 70% HP Remaining~ Sceptile sets up its Tera Shield.
  • 65% Time Remaining ~ Sceptile rests its own stats and status effects.
  • 30% HP Remaining ~ Sceptile uses Earthquake

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Grass, Dragon, Electric, 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

Skeledirge

• Fire/Ghost typing makes resistant to most of Sceptile’s Attacks.
• Change its Tera Type to Fairy by giving 50 Fairy Tera Shards to the Treasure Eatery in Medali
• Ability Unaware allows it to ignore all of Sceptile’s status changes, allowing it to do full damage despite the Raid Pokemon’s various barriers and stat boosts.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Torch Song ~ Fire-Type special move that boosts the user’s Sp.Attack stat by one stage.
  • Alluring Voice ~ Fairy-Type special move that has confuses the opponent if it raised its stats the previous turn.
  • 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 ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
• Strategy (Solo Attacker)
  • Use Torch Song to charge your Tera Orb and boost your special attack stat.
  • When Sceptile clears your stats and disables your ability, use Protect.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fairy-Type and use Alluring Voice until Sceptile faints.

Magearna

• Steel/Fairy typing makes resistant to most of Sceptile’s Attacks.
• Ability Soul Heart boosts its Special Attack stat every time a surrounding Pokemon faints.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Draining Kiss ~Fairy-Type special attack that heals the user.
  • Dazzling Gleam ~Fairy-Type special attack.
  • Iron Defense~ Status move that boosts the user’s Defense stat.
  • Reflect ~ Status move that sets up a shield that reduce the damage done by the opponent’s physical moves.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
• Strategy (Solo Attacker)
  • Magearna works best in solo raids, where it can take advantage of the constantly fainting CPU Pokemon to boost its Special Attack stat.
  • Use Reflect to protect yourself from Sceptile’s attacks.
  • Use Draining Kiss to charge your Tera Orb and heal HP.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Fairy-Type and use Dazzling Gleam until Sceptile faints.

Azumarill

• Water/Fairy typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Sceptile’s attacks.
• Ability Sap Sipper makes it immune to Grass-Type attacks, which will boost the user’s Attack stat instead.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature
  • Max out Attack with Protein
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Belly Drum ~ Status move that maximizes the user’s Attack stat but also reduces HP by half.
  • Play Rough ~ Fairy-Type physical attack.
  • Mud-Slap ~ Ground-Type physical attack that has a chance of lowering the opponent’s accuracy.
  • Chilling Water ~ Water-Type special attack that reduces the opponent’s attack stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals Azumarill whenever it lands an attack
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Mud-Slap to charge your Tera-Orb while reducing Sceptile’s Attack stat.
  • When Sceptile resets your stats, use Mud-Slap one more time, then use Belly Drum.
  • After using Belly Drum, Terastalize into a Fairy Type and use Play Rough until Sceptile faints.

Alolan Ninetales

• Ice/Fairy typing makes it immune or resistant to most of Sceptile’s attacks.
• Ability Snow Warning sets up Snowy weather, raising the Sp.Defense stat of Ice-Type Pokemon and allows the use of Aurora Veil immediately.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out Def stat with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Aurora Veil ~ Status move that sets up a barrier which reduces the power of the opponent’s attacking moves.
  • Nasty Plot ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Sp.Attack stat.
  • Ice Beam ~ Ice-Type special attack.
  • Snowscape ~ Status move that sets up snowy weather.
• Recommended Items:
  • Icy Rock ~ Extends the length of Snowy Weather from 3 to 5 turns.
• Strategy (Support)
  • Use Aurora Veil to protect yourself and your teammates.
  • Use Ice Beam to charge your Tera orb and deal damage.
  • When Sceptile clears your buffs, use Nasty Plot to boost your Sp.Attack stat.
  • Terastalize into an Ice Type, and use Ice Beam until Sceptile faints.
  • Use Snowscape then Aurora Veil after every five turns to keep your shield up.

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