Best Pokemon for Tera Raids | Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)

Tera Raid Battles can be a great source of treasure and other resources for preparing competitive Pokemon. Read on for our recommendations for the best Pokemon to use for Tera Raid Battles in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)!

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Best Pokemon For Tera Raids

	Physical	Special	Support

Best Physical Attackers

Pokemon	Best Moves/How to Use
Iron Hands	・ Close Combat ・ Belly Drum ・ Drain Punch ・ Ice Punch ・Use Belly Drum to raise Iron Hand's Attack by 6 stages. ・Drain Punch allows you to heal while attacking. ▶︎ Best Iron Hands Build for Tera Raids
Koraidon	・Collision Course ・Drain Punch ・Screech ・Fire Fang ・High Attack Stat to complement high damage movepool. ・Overall great base stats ・Screech can be used to lower the Tera Pokemon's Defense. ▶︎ Best Koraidon Build for Tera Raids
Azumarill	・ Belly Drum ・ Play Rough ・ Liquidation ・ Helping Hand ・Use Belly Drum to raise Azumarill's Attack by 6 stages. ・Give it a Shell Bell for a recovery option. ・Use Helping Hand to support allies. ▶︎ Best Azumarill Build for Tera Raids
Ceruledge	・ Bitter Blade ・ Phantom Force ・ Shadow Claw ・ Swords Dance ・Use Bitter Blade, Phantom Force and Shadow Claw as your damage dealers. ・Give Leftovers for a recovery option. ▶︎ Best Ceruledge Build for Tera Raids
Annihilape	・ Rage Fist ・ Close Combat ・ Bulk Up ・ Drain Punch ・Use Bulk Up to boost Attack and Defense. ・Combo Metronome with Rage Fist to deal more damage the more you use it and the more you get hit. ・Can recover lost health with Drain Punch. ▶︎ Best Annihilape Build for Tera Raids
Kingambit	・ Kowtow Cleave ・ Iron Head ・ Swords Dance ・ Sucker Punch ・Use Swords Dance to boost Attack by 2 stages and follow up with Iron Head to give 30% chance of making the opponent flinch. ・Use Sucker Punch damage the opponent when it tries to damage Kingambit. ・Finish it off with Kowtow Cleave because it will not miss. ▶︎ Best Kingambit Build for Tera Raids
Perrserker	・Iron Head ・Screech ・Taunt ・Helping Hand ・Steely Spirit will strengthen Perrserker and its allies' Steel-type attacks. Four Perrserkers can be a deadly team. ・Use Screech to reduce the Tera Pokemon's defenses. ・Use Taunt to stop the Pokemon from increasing its stats. ・Use Helping Hand to support allies. ▶︎Best Perrserker Build for Tera Raids
Iron Valiant	・Drain Punch ・Spirit Break ・Liquidation ・Swords Dance ・Set up Swords Dance on turn 1 to raise your Attack stat. ・Use Drain Punch to recover health. ▶︎Best Iron Valiant Build for Tera Raids
Iron Thorns	・ Screech ・ Swords Dance ・ Stone Edge ・ Dragon Claw ・Use Swords Dance to raise Iron Thorns' Attack by 2 stages. ・Give it a Booster Energy to further boost its offense. ・Use Screech to lower enemy defenses. ▶︎ Best Iron Thorns Build for Tera Raids
Mimikyu	・ Swords Dance ・ Play Rough ・ Shadow Claw ・ Misty Terrain ・Boost Attack with Swords Dance ・Use Play Rough as main weapon ・Set up Misty Terrain to prevent your team from getting afflicted with status conditions ▶︎ Best Mimikyu Build for Tera Raids
Ting-Lu	・ Earthquake ・ Throat Chop ・ Stone Edge ・ Heavy Slam ・Use Leftovers to recover HP. ・Hit opponents with Earthquake when terrastalized for the additional damage. ▶︎ Best Ting-Lu Build for Tera Raids
Baxcalibur	・ Outrage ・ Glaive Rush ・ Icicle Crash ・ Crunch ・Use Outrage and Glaive Rush as main moves ・Recover health with Shell Bell ・Aim to Terastallize with Dragon Tera Type ▶︎ Best Baxcalibur Build for Tera Raids
Cinderace	・ Swords Dance ・ Pyro Ball ・ Tera Blast ・Low Sweep ・Use Swords Dance to boost its Attack. ・Use Pyro Ball and Electric-type Tera Blast to damage the Tera Raid boss. ▶︎ Best Cinderace Build for Tera Raids
Greninja	・ Swords Dance ・ Liquidation ・ Rain Dance ・Taunt ・Use Swords Dance to boost its Attack. ・Use Liquidation to damage the Tera Raid boss. ▶︎ Best Greninja Build for Tera Raids
Krookodile	・ Scary Face ・ Earthquake ・ Bulk Up ・ Power Trip ・With the right partners and strategy, Krookodile can even OHKO 7-Star Greninja on turn two with Earthquake. ▶︎Best Krookodile Build for Tera Raids
Tinkaton	・ Swords Dance ・ Play Rough ・ Gigaton Hammer ・ Helping Hand ・Use Swords Dance on the first turn to raise its attack by 2 stages. ・Pummel down enemies with Play Rough and Gigaton Hammer. ・Use Helping Hand to support allies. ▶︎ Best Tinkaton Build for Tera Raids
Meowscarada	・ Flower Trick ・ Giga Drain ・ Leaf Storm ・ Grassy Terrain ・Use Grassy Terrain to boost your Grass-type attacks and heal your allies. ・Deal massive damage with Flower Trick and Leaf Storm. ・Giga Drain can help keep Meowscarada healthy while dealng damage. ▶︎ Best Meowscarada Build for Tera Raids
Quaquaval	・ Ice Spinner ・ Close Combat ・ Swords Dance ・ Liquidation ・Use Liquidation against Pokemon weak to Water and to lower the opponent's Defense. ・Use Close Combat to damage Steel, Rock, Ice, and Dark-type Pokemon. ▶︎ Best Quaquaval Build for Tera Raids
Tyranitar	・ Dragon Dance ・ Crunch ・ Stone Edge ・ Earthquake ・Use Dragon Dance to raise your Attack Stat. ・Use Crunch or Stone Edge to damage your enemies. ▶︎ Best Tyranitar Build for Tera Raids
Salamence	・ Roost ・ Giga Impact ・ Outrage ・ Earthquake ・Use Roost to stay healthy throughout the battle. ・Use Giga Impact, Outrage, and Earthquake to damage your enemies. ▶︎ Best Salamence Build for Tera Raids
Garchomp	・ Swords Dance ・ Iron Head ・ Outrage ・ Earthquake ・Use Swords Dance and Outrage for Attack Boost. ・Use Earthquake and Iron Head to damage your enemies. ▶︎ Best Garchomp Build For Tera Raids

All Physical Attackers listed above should have an Adamant Nature.

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Best Special Attackers

Pokemon	Best Moves/How to Use
Miraidon	・ Electro Drift ・ Metal Sound ・ Dragon Pulse ・ Power Gem ・High Special Attack Stat to complement high damage movepool. ・Overal great base stats ・Metal Sound can be used to lower the Tera Pokemon's Special Defense. ▶︎Best Miraidon Build for Tera Raids
Flutter Mane	・ Moonblast ・ Shadow Ball ・ Mystical Fire ・ Fake Tears ・Utilize the combo of Protosynthesis and Booster Energy ・Use Moonblast as your primary move ▶︎ Best Flutter Mane Build for Tera Raids
Gholdengo	・ Metal Sound ・ Shadow Ball ・ Make It Rain ・ Thunderbolt ・Metal Sound can be used to lower the Tera Pokemon's Special Defense. ・Use Make It Rain as your primary move ▶︎ Best Gholdengo Build for Tera Raids
Slowbro	・ Iron Defense ・ Nasty Plot ・ Stored Power ・ Slack Off ・Boost Special Attack and Stored Power's Base Power with Nasty Plot. ・Can add to its bulk with +2 Defense boosts from Iron Defense, which also adds to Stored Power's Base Power. ・Can recover lost HP with Slack Off. ・Can solo and OHKO 6 and 7 Star Raid Bosses after boosts have been applied with Stored Power. ▶︎ Best Slowbro Build for Tera Raids
Armarouge	・ Stored Power ・ Psychic ・ Armor Cannon ・ Tera Blast ・With the right partners and strategy, Armarouge can even OHKO 7-Star Greninja on turn one with Stored Power. ▶︎Best Armarouge Build for Tera Raids
Sylveon	・Moonblast ・Draining Kiss ・Yawn ・Helping Hand ・Use Moonblast as your main attacking move. ・Use Metronome to boost attacks. ・Use Draining Kiss to recover health. ▶︎ Best Sylveon Build for Tera Raids
Skeledirge	・ Torch Song ・ Shadow Ball ・ Yawn ・ Slack Off ・Use Yawn on Turn 1 to cripple the opposing enemy. ・Boost Sp. Atk using Torch Song and Throat Spray. ・Use Slack Off when low on HP. ▶︎Best Skeledirge Build for Tera Raids
Espathra	・ Lumina Crash ・ Roost ・ Dazzling Gleam ・ Shadow Ball ・Use Metal Sound on Turn 1 to lower the enemy's Special Defense. ・Use Lumina Crash to damage and lower the raid Pokemon's Special Defense by two stages. ・Use Roost when low on HP. ▶︎Best Espathra Build for Tera Raids
Iron Moth	・ Metal Sound / Acid Spray ・ Fiery Dance ・ Morning Sun ・ Sludge Wave ・Use Metal Sound on Turn 1 to lower the enemy's Special Defense. ・Use Fiery Dance to attack and increase chances of boosting Special Attack. ・Use Morning Sun when low on HP. ▶︎Best Iron Moth Build for Tera Raids
Clawitzer	・ Water Pulse ・ Aura Sphere ・ Dark Pulse ・ Sludge Bomb ・Aura Sphere will be your main damge dealer, further boosted by a Modest Nature, and the Mega Launcher Ability. ・Sludge Bomb is useful against Fairy Types, as well as causing status. ▶︎Best Clawitzer Build for Tera Raids
Chi-Yu	・ Dark Pulse ・Nasty Plot ・ Taunt ・Flamethrower ・Use Nasty Plot to increase Sp.Atk for 2 stages. ・Use Dark Pulse give have 20% chance for the opponent to flinch ・Use Taunt to limit opponent's abiilty to use moves that do damages for 3 turns and Flamethrower for damages. ▶︎Best Chi-Yu Build for Tera Raids
Magnezone	・ Steel Beam ・ Metal Sound ・ Thunderbolt ・Flash Cannon ・Pairing Magnezone with Perrserker further strengthens Flash Cannon's base damage. ・Metal Sound can be used to lower the Tera Pokemon's Special Defense. ▶︎Best Magnezone Build for Tera Raids
Sandy Shocks	・ Metal Sound ・Flash Cannon ・ Earth Power ・Thunderbolt ・Use Metal Sound to lower the Tera Pokemon's Special Defense. ・Use Earth Power to damage and increase the chances of lowering the opponent's Special Defense. ▶︎Best Sandy Shocks Build for Tera Raids
Lucario	・ Aura Sphere ・ Dragon Pulse ・ Meteor Mash ・ Calm Mind ・Set up Calm Mind on turn 1. ・Hit opponents with Super-Effective moves. ▶︎ Best Lucario Build for Tera Raids
Hydreigon	・ Nasty Plot ・ Dragon Pulse ・ Dark Pulse ・ Thunder Wave ・Set up Nasty Plot on turn 1. ・Hit opponents with Super-Effective moves. ▶︎ Best Hydreigon Build for Tera Raids
Gyarados	・Rain Dance ・Hurricane ・Taunt ・Chilling Water ・Use Rain Dance to guarantee Hurricane to hit. ・Intimidate will weaken raid Pokemon relying on physical attacks. ▶︎ Best Gyarados Build for Tera Raids
Charizard	・ Sunny Day ・ Flamethrower ・ Dragon Pulse ・ Solar Beam ・Set up Sunny Day on turn 1. ・Hit opponents with Super-Effective moves. ・Terastallize to reduce Charizard's weaknesses. ▶︎Best Charizard Build for Tera Raids
Farigiraf	・ Nasty Plot ・ Twin Beam ・ Hyper Voice ・ Confuse Ray ・Boost with Nasty Plot on Turn 1. ・Hit opponents with Super-Effective moves. ・Terastallize to further boost the power of Twin Beam. ▶︎Best Farigiraf Build for Tera Raids
Dragapult	・ Dragon Pulse ・ Shadow Ball ・ Light Screen ・ Will-O-Wisp ・Use either Light Scren or Will-O-Wisp on Turn 1. ・Hit opponents with Super-Effective moves. ・Terastallize to further boost the power of Dragon Pulse or Shadow Ball. ▶︎Dragapult Best Tera Raid Build

We recommend giving all of your Special Attackers a Modest Nature.

Best Support Pokemon

Pokemon	Best Moves/ how to Use
Grimmsnarl	・ Light Screen ・ Reflect ・ Taunt ・ Play Rough ・Use Taunt on Turn 1 to prevent Status Moves. ・Reflect and Light Screen will help mitigate damage ・Cheer to Heal Up the team. ・Won't be able to use Taunt on Dark-types. ▶︎ Best Grimmsnarl Build for Tera Raids
Gardevoir	・ Reflect ・ Light Screen ・ Life Dew ・ Helping Hand ・Mitigate damage taken from the opposing Pokemon by setting up Reflect and Light Screen. ・Use Life Dew when your allies' health are low and Helping Hand to boost their attack. ▶︎ Best Gardevoir Build for Tera Raids
Hatterene	・ Dazzling Gleam ・ Psychic ・ Aromatic Mist ・ Heal Pulse ・Remove status efects with Aromatic Mist ・Hatterene's high Sp. Attack and powerful Psychic and Fairy moves give it a great offensive presence. ▶︎ Best Hatterene Build for Tera Raids
Umbreon	・ Screech ・ Helping Hand ・ Yawn ・ Skill Swap ・The combination of Screech and Skill Swap will allow you to remove abilities such as Clear Body, making able to lower the enemy Pokemon's stats. ▶︎ Best Umbreon Build for Tera Raids
Murkrow	・ Haze ・ Screech ・ Taunt ・ Tailwind ・Prankster allows it to use its Support moves first ▶︎ Best Murkrow Build for Tera Raids
Chansey	・ Life Dew ・ Helping Hand ・ Tera Blast ・ Skill Swap ・While holding Eviolite, Chansey can be pretty bulky. ・Using Life Dew helps everyone to survive. ・Use Tera Blast to charge Tera Orb. ・In niche situations, it could also help disable the opponents Ability by Skill Swapping Natural Cure onto it. ▶︎ Best Chansey Build for Tera Raids
Florges	・Helping Hand ・Light Screen ・Pollen Puff ・Safeguard ・Protect allies from damage and status moves by setting up Light Screen and Safeguard ・Heal allies with Pollen Puff and boost their attacks with Helping Hand. ▶︎ Best Florges Build for Tera Raids
Corviknight	・Screech ・Fake Tears ・Fly ・Roost ・Lower enemies' Def and Sp. Def with Screech and Fake Tears to enable your allies cause greater damage. ▶︎ Best Corviknight Build for Tera Raids
Gengar	・Clear Smog ・Will-O-Wisp ・Psychic ・Sludge Bomb ・Remove stat boosts with Clear Smog ・Inflict statuses with Will-O-Wisp or Sludge Bomb ▶︎ Best Gengar Build for Tera Raids
Dachsbun	・ Misty Terrain ・ Charm ・ Helping Hand ・ Play Rough ・Use Misty Terrain to protect against Status Effects. ・Use Charm and Helping Hand to debuff enemy attack power and buff the attack power of allies. ▶︎ Best Dachsbun Build for Tera Raids
Scream Tail	・ Noble Roar ・ Play Rough ・ Wish ・ Helping Hand ・Buff allies with Noble Roar and Helping Hand. ・Attack while debuffing enemies with Play Rough. ・Wish allows you to keep your allies healthy, even if Scream Tail is knocked out after using it. ▶︎ Best Scream Tail Build for Tera Raids
Oranguru	・ Foul Play ・ Psychic ・ Taunt ・ Reflect ・Intended to be used in one-shot strategies for Stored Power users. ▶︎ Best Oranguru Build for Tera Raids
Glalie	・ Frost Breath ・ Helping Hand ・ Taunt ・ Fake Tears ・Intended to be used in one-shot strategies with Krookodile. ▶︎ Best Glalie Build for Tera Raids

Support Pokemon will not be focused on attacking, so a Bold or Impish nature to boost Defense, or a Calm or Careful nature to boost Special Defense.

Best Team for Tera Raid Battles

Iron Hands Party (Best Choice)

Party Lineup
Iron Hands	Koraidon	Miraidon	Umbreon
Main Weaknesses

Iron Hand's Belly Drum and Drain Punch moveset will let it deal massive damage with little effort. Umbreon can lower the opponent's defenses, while Koraidon and Miraidon's impressive stats, in combination with moves such as Screech and Metal Sound can take an offensive or suport roles depending on the situation. We recommend making Iron Hands hold an item that improves its Attack

How to Use

Use this battle strategy to set up Iron Hands quickly and safely. Light Screen and Reflect will help lessen any damage Iron Hands receives while it is vulnerable after a Belly Drum. Make sure to use Umbreon's Skill Swap to deal with enemies that have the Clear Body Ability or any other powerful Abilities.

Three Perrserkers and a Magnezone

Perrserker ×3 Held Item: Wide Lens	Magnezone Held Item: Choice Specs
Main Weaknesses

Perrserker's Steely Spirit will strengthen Magnezone's Steel Beam allowing it to inflict massive damage with little set up. Make sure to make Magnezone hold the Choice Specs item to improve Steel Beam's damage output.

How to Use

Using 4 Perrserkers is Also Effective

Perrserker can serve as a helpful Pokemon during Tera Raid Battles without the help of Magnezone. Just be sure that all Perrserkers have the Steely Spirit Hidden Ability, or they'll be dead weight!

Tips of Clearing Tera Raid Battles

Use Your Highest Leveled Pokemon

Remember to bring your strongest Pokemon to Raids. Damaging the Raid Boss as much as possible is the main objective, so fast and strong Attackers are valuable. Using your fastest and strongest Pokemon will help you beat these Raids!

Master Type Matchups

Pokemon Type Matchup Chart
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Your Pokemon's typing matters the most when challenging raids. Be sure to choose Pokemon who can resist the Raid Pokemon's attacks, who can also hit it for super-effective damage.
To this end, Pokemon selection is key!

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Equip Damage Boosting Items

Choice Band

Choice Specs

Life Orb

Examples of Damage Boosting Items

An effective way to boost your Pokemon's offense is by equipping them with items that boost their damage. Choice Band and Choice Specs are especially powerful in Tera Raids because you will be repeatedly using the same move.

Choose Pokemon That Deal Massive Damage in One Turn

Tera Raid Pokemon have defenses that allow them take a large of damage. As such we recommend using Pokemon can inflict a large amount of damage in one turn or, if possible use move that provide powerful buffs or debuffs.

Invite Others To Raid Battles

6 Star Tera Raid Battles are fairly difficult to win when playing alone, so we recommend inviting other to join you when possible. Feel free to use our message board to find partners for online battling.

Maximize the Potential of Your Pokemon

Raising your Pokemon to level 100 as well taking part in Hyper Training will allow you maximize your Pokemon's battling potential. this will not only help you in Tera Raid Battles, but also completing the main story as well, so put in the extra effort to train and breed the best Pokemon.

When EV training Pokemon for Raid Battles, since Speed is not as important, placing stats into HP and Attack/ Special Attack is recommended.

How to Train and Breed Pokemon

Make Use of Cheers

Make sure to make use of Cheers during Tera Raid Battle to increase the Attack, Defense, and heal your Pokemon. Do note that cheering will take up one of your attack turns and you can only use 3 cheers for each Tera Raid Battle.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Related Guides

Tera Raid Guides

Tera Raid Battle Mechanics Explained

Tera Raid Level Guides

How to Increase Tera Raid Star Level

Tera Raid Boss Guides

5 and 6-Star Tera Raid Boss Guides

Tera Raid Boss Guides
6☆ Blissey	6☆ Ditto	6☆ Dragonite

Tera Raid Builds

Best Pokemon for Tera Raid Battles

Physical Attackers
Iron Hands	Koraidon	Azumarill
Ceruledge	Annihilape	Kingambit
Perrserker	Iron Valiant	Iron Thorns
Mimikyu	Ting-Lu	Baxcalibur
Tinkaton	Meowscarada	Quaquaval
Tyranitar	Salamence	Garchomp
Cinderace	Clodsire	Quagsire
Toxicroak	Greninja	Ursaring
Gallade	Krookodile
Special Attackers
Miraidon	Flutter Mane	Gholdengo
Sylveon	Skeledirge	Espathra
Iron Moth	Clawitzer	Chi-yu
Magnezone	Sandy Shocks	Lucario
Charizard	Armarouge	Farigiraf
Bellibolt	Hydreigon	Dragapult
Gyarados	Vaporeon	Gastrodon
Raichu	Klefki	Slowbro
Houndoom
Utility / Support
Grimmsnarl	Gardevoir	Hatterene
Umbreon	Chansey	Florges
Corviknight	Dachsbun	Scream Tail
Toxapex	Gengar	Qwilfish
Oranguru	Murkrow	Glalie