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

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

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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.

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Swampert’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Swampert has a Poison Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Poison-Type moves in addition to its Water-Type and Ground-Type moves.
• As a Poison Tera-Type, it is weak to Ground and Psychic type attacks.
• Swampert’s Ability is Damp, which prevents opponents from using self-destruct moves.
• Swampert’s notable moves include the following:
  • Earthquake ~Ground-Type physical attack that hits all opponents.
  • Hydro Pump ~ Water-Type special attack.
  • Sludge Wave ~ Poison-Type special attack that hits all opponents, has a chance to inflict poison.
  • Liquidation ~ Water-Type physical attack with a chance to lower the opponent’s defense.
  • Muddy Water ~ Water-Type special attack that hits all opponents with a chance to lower their accuracy.
  • Yawn ~ Status move that makes the opponent drowsy, causing them to fall asleep in the next turn.
• Swampert’s Battle Behaviour
  • 99% Time Remaining ~ Swampert uses Muddy Water.
  • 90% Time Remaining ~ Swampert reduces your Tera Orb charge.
  • 80% Time Remaining ~ Swampert resets the player’s stats and disables their Pokemon’s ability for one turn.
  • 80% Time Remaining OR 85% HP Remaining ~ Swampert sets up its Tera Shield.
  • 75% HP Remaining ~ Swampert resets own status and stat debuffs.
  • 60% Time Remining ~ Swampert uses Yawn.
  • 40% HP Remining ~ Swampert uses Muddy Water.

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Water, Ground, and Poison 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. Use this cheer when Swampert puts your Pokemon to sleep using Yawn.

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Recommended Pokemon

Espathra

• Psychic typing makes resistant to most of Swampert’s Attacks.
• Ability Speed Boost raises its Speed every turn, which can help to charge up Stored Power.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out HP stat with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Lumina Crash ~ Psychic-Type special attack that lowers the opponent’s Sp.Defense stat.
  • Calm Mind ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Sp.Attack and Sp.Defense stat.
  • Reflect ~ Status move that reduces the damage done by physical attacks.
  • Stored Power ~ Psychic-Type special attack that does more damage based on the amount of stat boosts the user has accumulated.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
• Strategy (Solo Attacker / Support)
  • Use Reflect to protect yourself from Swampert’s powerful physical attacks.
  • Use Lumina Crash to lower Swampert’s Sp.Defense stat, deal damage, and charge your Tera Orb.
  • After Swampert clears your stat buffs, start using Calm Mind to boost your Sp.Attack, SpDefense, and the power of Stored Power.
  • After you have used Calm Mind 4 to 5 times, Terastalize into a Psychic Type and use Stored Power to lower Swampert’s HP.
  • When Swampert resets its stats, switch to Lumina Crash.

Slowbro

• Water/Psychic typing makes resistant to most of Swampert’s attacks.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out HP stat with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Stored Power ~ Psychic-Type special attack that does more damage based on the amount of stat boosts the user has accumulated.
  • Calm Mind ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Sp.Attack and Sp.Defense stat.
  • Iron Defense ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Defense stat.
  • Chilling Water ~ Water-Type special attack that does damage and reduces opponent’s Attack stat.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • User Chilling Water to lower Swampert’s Attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
  • After Swampert clears your stat buffs, start using Calm Mind to boost your Sp.Attack, SpDefense, and the power of Stored Power.
  • After you have used Calm Mind 4 to 5 times, Terastalize into a Psychic Type and use Stored Power to lower Swampert’s HP.

Vaporeon

• Water typing makes resistant to most of Swampert’s attacks.
• Using Vaporeon effectively requires it to have a Psychic Tera-Type, which can be obtained by giving 50 Psychic-Type Tera Shards to the cook at the diner in Medali City (Larry’s Gym).
• Ability Water Absorb allows it to recover HP when hit by Water-Type attacks.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out HP stat with HPUp
• Required Moves:
  • Stored Power~ Powerful special Psychic Type attack which gains more power the more Vaporeon’s stats are boosted.
  • Chilling Water ~ Water-Type Special Attack which reduces opponent’s Attack stat.
  • Calm Mind ~ Boosts Vaporeon’s Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
  • Acid Armor ~ Sharply Boosts Vaporeon’s Sp.Def
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • User Chilling Water to lower Swampert’s Attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
  • After Swampert clears your stat buffs, start using Calm Mind to boost your Sp.Attack, SpDefense, and the power of Stored Power.
  • After you have used Calm Mind 4 to 5 times, Terastalize into a Psychic Type and use Stored Power to lower Swampert’s HP.

Latios

• Water/Dragon typing makes resistant to most of Swampert’s attacks.
• Ability Levitate makes it immune to Ground-Type attacks.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Modest Nature.
  • Max out Sp.Atk stat with Calcium
  • Max out HP stat with HPUp
• Recommended Moves:
  • Luster Purge ~ Psychic-Type special attack that has a chance to lower the opponent’s Sp.Defense stat.
  • Stored Power ~ Psychic-Type special attack that does more damage based on the amount of stat boosts the user has accumulated.
  • Calm Mind ~ Status move that boosts the user’s Sp.Attack and Sp.Defense stat.
  • Reflect ~ Status move that reduces the damage done by physical attacks.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Heals HP after dealing damage.
  • Soul Dew ~ Boosts the power of Psychic and Dragon type moves.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Reflect to protect yourself from Swampert’s powerful physical attacks.
  • Use Luster Purge to lower Swampert’s Sp.Defense stat, deal damage, and charge your Tera Orb.
  • After Swampert clears your stat buffs, start using Calm Mind to boost your Sp.Attack, SpDefense, and the power of Stored Power.
  • After you have used Calm Mind 4 to 5 times, Terastalize into a Psychic Type and use Stored Power to lower Swampert’s HP.

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