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

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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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Tyranitar’s Ability and Moves

• The Tera Raid Tyranitar has a Ghost Tera-Type, meaning that it does more damage with its Rock-Type, Dark-Type and Ghost-Type moves.
• As a Ghost Tera-Type, it is weak to Ghost and Dark type attacks.
• Tyranitar’s Ability is Sand Stream, which sets us a sandstorm for five turns, boosting the Sp.Defense of Rock-Type Pokemon and damaging all Pokemon every turn except for Rock-Types, Ground-Types, and Steel-Types
• Tyranitar’s notable moves include the following:
  • Stone Edge ~ Rock-Type attack with high critical hit chance
  • Shadow Claw ~ Ghost-Type attack with high critical hit chance
  • Crunch ~ Dark-Type attack that may make the opponent flinch, cancelling out their move
  • Earthquake ~ Ground-Type attack that hits all other Pokemon on the field
  • Focus Energy ~ Raises the user’s critical hit chance
  • Dragon Dance ~ Raises the user’s Attack and Speed stats
• Tyranitar’s Battle Behaviour
  • Start ~ Uses Focus Energy
  • 85% Time ~ Resets Player Status and Stat Changes
  • 80% HP / 80% Time ~ Sets up Tera Energy Shield
  • 79% Time ~ Tyranitar Status and Stats Reset
  • 75% HP ~ Uses Dragon Dance
  • 65% HP ~ Uses Dragon Dance
  • 40% HP ~ Tyranitar Status and Stats Reset

General Recommendations

• Avoid using Pokemon with a weakness to Rock, Ghost, Dark, 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.

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Recommended Pokemon

Krookodile

• Dark/Ground typing makes it resistant to most of Tyranitar’s moves.
• Ability Anger Point maxes out its own Attack if hit by a Critical Hit
• Recommended Tera-Type: Dark
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature to raise Atk
  • Max out Atk with Protein
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Crunch ~ Dark-Type attack that may make the opponent flinch, cancelling out their move
  • Breaking Swipe ~ Dragon-Type attack that lowers the opponent’s Attack stat
  • Power Trip ~ Dark-Type attack that deals more damage the more stat boosts the user has
  • Scorching Sands ~ Ground-Type attack with a chance to burn the opponent.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Breaking Swipe to lower Tyranitar’s Attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
  • When Tyranitar deals a critical hit against Krookodile, it should be able to survive and have its Attack stat maxed out.
  • Once the Tera Orb is charged, ensure your Krookodile is at or near full HP before Terastalizing into a Dark-Type.
    • Use Power Trip when your Attack stat is maxed out from the Critical Hits
    • Use Breaking Swipe after Tyranitar resets its own stat changes

Crawdaunt

• Water/Dark typing makes resistant to most of Tyranitar’s attacks.
• Ability Shell Armor blocks critical hits.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature to raise Atk
  • Max out Atk with Protein
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Required Moves:
  • Crunch ~ Dark-Type attack that may make the opponent flinch, cancelling out their move
  • Chilling Water ~ Water-Type attack that lowers the opponent’s Attack stat
  • Iron Defense ~ Boosts the user’s Defense Stat
  • Swords Dance ~ Boosts the user’s Attack stat
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (Main Attacker)
  • Use Chilling Water to lower Tyranitar’s Attack stat and charge your Tera Orb.
  • Once the Tera Orb is charged, ensure your Crawdaunt is at or near full HP before Terastalizing into a Dark-Type.
    • Use Iron Defense 2 times after Tyranitar clears your stats, to improve your survivability
    • Use Swords Dance 3 times to max out your Attack stat
    • Use Crunch until Tyranitar faints

Scrafty

• Dark/Fighting typing makes resistant to most of Tyranitar’s attacks.
• Ability Intimidate lowers the opponent’s Attack stat every time it is sent out
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Adamant Nature to raise Atk
  • Max out Atk with Protein
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Crunch ~ Dark-Type attack that may make the opponent flinch, cancelling out their move
  • Sunny Day ~ Status move that sets up Sunny weather, cancelling out the Sandstorm
  • Coaching ~ Status move that raises the Attack and Defense stats of all allied Pokemon
  • Taunt ~ Status move that prevents the opponent from using non-attacking moves for five turns.
• Recommended Items:
  • Shell Bell ~ Recovers HP when attacking.
• Strategy (All Rounder)
  • Use Sunny Day to remove Sandstorm weather
  • Use Coaching to boost the stats of your team.
  • Before Tyranitar sets up its Tera Shield, you can try to use Taunt to stop it from using Dragon Dance later.
  • Once your Tera Orb is charged, Terastalize into a Dark-Type and use Crunch until Tyranitar faints.

Umbreon

• Dark typing is neutral to all of Tyranitar’s moves.
• Ability Synchronize passes status effects on this Pokemon to the opponent.
• Recommended Stat Spread
  • Impish Nature
  • Max out HP stat with HPUp
  • Max out Def with Iron
• Recommended Moves:
  • Reflect ~ Sets up a barrier that reduces damage taken from Physical Moves.
  • Sunny Day ~ Status move that sets up Sunny Weather, cancelling out Sandstorm
  • Screech ~ Status move that reduces the opponent’s Defense stat.
  • Mud Slap ~ Ground-type attack that reduces the opponent’s accuracy
• Recommended Items:
  • Light Clay ~ Increases the number of turns barrier moves last from 5 to 8 turns.
• Strategy (Support)
  • Use Sunny Day to override the Sandstorm
  • Use Reflect to put up a barrier to protect the team from Physical moves.
  • Before Tyranitar sets up its Tera Shield, use Screech to reduce its Defense stat so your allies can do more damange.
  • After Tyranitar sets up its Tera Shield, use Mud Slap to lower Tyranitar’s accuracy and make its moves miss more often.
    • Avoid doing this if there is a Krookodile on your team, as they need to be hit with Critical Hits to deal more damage

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