Armarouge Best Tera Raid Build

The best Armarouge Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has Fairy Tera Type with the Ability Flash Fire and the move Tera Blast. Read on to learn what's the best Armarouge Tera Raid Build for Tera Raids.

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Best Armarouge Tera Raid Build

Acid Spray Fire Tera Build

Best Armarouge Tera Builds
Acid Spray Fire Tera Build
Steel Tera Fairy Counter	Armarouge One-Shot Build
Solo Stored Power Armarouge	Flash Fire Calm Mind Attacker

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Armarouge	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp. Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 4		Sp. Atk: 252		Def: 252
Ability	Moveset
Flash Fire	・ Lava Plume ・ Acid Spray ・ Clear Smog ・ Reflect
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Amazing Defense stat coupled with its access to Reflect. Lava Plume has a 30% chance to burn making it an amazing counter for the Raid Boss. Can remove buffs from the Raid Boss using Clear Smog.

The best ability for Armarouge in Tera Raid Battles is Flash Fire. This ability is easier to obtain as its Hidden Ability, Weak Armor, will be dangerous to run in this Raid.

Thanks to it Psychic and Fire typing, Armarouge is an amazing choice for this raid thanks to its high Sp. Atk and access to the move Acid Spray. Combined with Clear Smog, you can easily pivot into a support role while still doing decent damage with Lava Plume.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Armarouge with a Fire Tera Type to make its Fire-type moves more powerful. As a Special Attacker, a Modest nature would work best for this Pokemon.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards increasing the Pokemon's Defense and Sp.Atk stats. Max out these EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into HP. Equip the Pokemon with Shell Bell to regain HP when using damaging moves.

Tera Raid Strategy

Armarouge Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Counter Strategy
Turn 1	Use Reflect to lower the Raid Boss' damage output.
Decidueye Buffs Itself	Use Clear Smog to remove the Raid Boss' buffs.
Turns 2~4	Use Acid Spray to shred the opponent's Sp. Def.
Turns 5+	Use Lava Plume to attack. Terastallize when you are able to.

Start the battle by using Reflect to lower the Raid Boss's damage output. Follow it up with Clear Smog so you can clear any buffs it might have raised.

You can then shred the Raid Boss' Sp. Def using Acid Spray while also building up Tera Orb charges in the process.

Once you have enough Tera Orb charges, Terastallize and use Lava Plume. Thanks to its raised chance to Burn, this will further lower Hisuian decidueye's damage output.

Sample Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Armarouge
9510 HP (-6 Sp. Def, Max HP x30)	Lava Plume (Fire Tera) 1,564 ~ 1,844 (16.4 ~ 19.3%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Best Armarouge Build for Fairy Counter

Best Armarouge Tera Builds
Acid Spray Fire Tera Build
Steel Tera Fairy Counter	Armarouge One-Shot Build
Solo Stored Power Armarouge	Flash Fire Calm Mind Attacker

Video Guide

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Armarouge	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp.Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Sp.Atk: 252		Sp.Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Flash Fire	・ Acid Spray ・ Flash Cannon ・ Light Screen / Mystical Fire ・ Calm Mind
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Armarouge stands out among other choices due to it being immune to Fire-type moves due to its ability, Flash Fire, making it an amazing pick for this Tera Raid! With access to Acid Spray and Flash Cannon, it can dish out a good amount of damage due to its amazing Special Attack stat while also resisting anything the Raid Boss can throw at it.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Armarouge with a Steel Tera Type to make Flash Cannon more powerful. This also helps with resisting Psychic and Fairy type moves while still being immune to Fire-Type moves due to Flash Fire. As a special attacker, a Modest nature would be best.

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards increasing the Pokemon's HP and Sp.Atk stats. Max out these EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Special Defense. Equip the Pokemon with Shell Bell to regain HP when using damaging moves.

Tera Raid Strategy

Armarouge Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Counter Strategy
Turns 1~3	Use Acid Spray to shred the Tera Raid boss' Sp.Def and to build your Tera Orb charge.
Optional	Use Calm Mind raise your Sp. Atk and Sp. Def. You can also use Use the cheer Heal Up! to heal up any damage sustained.
Turns 4~5	The Raid Boss will most likely take Tera Orb charges away from you, so just attack with Flash Cannon until you build them back up again.
Turns 6~8	Terastallize and keep using Flash Cannon to whittle the Tera Raid Boss' HP.
Turn 9+	Keep using Flash Cannon to finish the raid.

Start the raid by using Acid Spray a three times to reduce the opponent's special defense and build Tera Orb charges. It will then take Tera Orb charges from you so just hit it with Flash Cannon until you get your Tera Orb charges.

You can also use Calm Mind to buff your Sp. Atk and Sp. Def. Try not to get too greedy as the opponent may reset stats. Once it uses Nasty Plot, set up a Light Screen or use Mystical Fire to make sure you can take the Raid Boss's moves.

Armarouge's main attacking move for this will be Flash Cannon, use this move to also heal yourself with your Shell Bell. After terastallizing keep using Flash Cannon until you win.

Key Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Armarouge
8730 HP (-6 Def, Max HP x30)	Flash Cannon (+2 Sp. Atk, Steel Tera) 1826 ~ 2150 (20.9 ~ 24.6%)

12~14 Turns to Beat 7-Star Raid Boss

Using this strategy it should take approximately 12~14 turns to take out 7-Star Raid Bosses. More turns may be required, depending on when the Raid Boss will put up its shield and reset stat changes.

Armarouge One-Shot Build

Best Armarouge Tera Builds
Acid Spray Fire Tera Build
Steel Tera Fairy Counter	Armarouge One-Shot Build
Solo Stored Power Armarouge	Flash Fire Calm Mind Attacker

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Armarouge	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Sp.Atk: 252		Sp.Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Weak Armor	・ Stored Power
Held Item
Weakness Policy

This strategy is from 101Leafy, and consists of utility Pokemon powering up an Armarouge with stat boosts to deal massive damage with Stored Power.

Armarouge One-Shot Strategy 101Leafy
Choice Specs Holder	Weakness Policy Holder	Petaya Berry Holder	Special Attacker

Summary

This build seeks to synergize Armarouge with Florges, Mimikyu, and Oranguru to set it up and one-shot the raid boss. The strategy revolves around giving Armarouge several stat boosts and deal massive damage with Stored Power after the setup.

Letting Armarouge have Weak Armor will help it get more stat boosts when it is attacked by Mimikyu and Oranguru.

EV Spread Explanation: Bulky Offense

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards a bulky offense to help with survivability and with dealing as much damage as possible. Max out your HP and Special Attack EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Special Defense. Having Armarouge hold Weakness Policy help it raise its Special Attack stat when it is hit by a Dark-type move by its allies.

Tera Raid Strategy

Tera Raid One-Shot Strategy
#1	Oranguru attacks Armarouge with Foul Play, activating Weak Armor and its Weakness Policy.
#2	Florges' Symbiosis will activate, and transfer a second Weakness Policy to Armarouge. Have Florges use Helping Hand on Armarouge.
#3	Mimikyu uses Fling to force Armarouge to consume a Petaya Berry, use its second Weakness Policy, and activate Weak Armor again.
#4	Oranguru's Symbiosis will activate and give Armarouge Choice Specs.
#5	Have Armarouge use Stored Power to one-shot the Raid boss.

As the Armarouge user, all you have to do is receive stat boosts from your allies and wait for the set up to be finished. Once everything is set, use Stored Power to eliminate the opponent under a single turn.

Damage Breakdown

Armarouge's Total Damage Output
Boost	Percentage
STAB	+50%
Super Effective Damage	+200%
Choice Specs	+50%
+5 Sp. Atk	+250%
Helping Hand	+50%
Total	600%

Stored Power's Base Damage Breakdown
Source	Stat Boost
Weakness Policy	+ 2 Atk, +2 Sp. Atk
Weak Armor	+2 Speed
Petaya Berry (Fling from Mimikyu)	+1 Sp. Atk
Weakness Policy (Symbiosis from Florges)	+2 Atk, +2 Sp. Atk
Weak Armor	+2 Speed
Total	280 Base Power (+4 Atk, +5 Sp. Atk, +4 Speed)

Solo Stored Power Armarouge

Best Armarouge Tera Builds
Acid Spray Fire Tera Build
Steel Tera Fairy Counter	Armarouge One-Shot Build
Solo Stored Power Armarouge	Flash Fire Calm Mind Attacker

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Armarouge	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Sp.Atk: 252		Sp.Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Weak Armor	・ Calm Mind ・ Stored Power ・ Psychic Terrain ・ Acid Spray
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best ability for Armarouge is Weak Armor. When hit with a physical move, it increases its speed by 2 stages, which works well with Stored Power.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting an Armarouge with a Psychic Tera Type to further increase the damage of Stored Power. As a Special Attacker, a Modest nature would work best for this Pokemon.

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards increasing the Pokemon's HP and Attack. Max out these EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Defense. Equip the Pokemon with Leftovers to regain your HP in between turns.

Effective Counter Against Fighting and Poison Type Tera Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)

This Armarouge Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Fighting and Poison Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Dark, Ghost, Psychic or Steel Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Armarouge will be weak to these Types as a Psychic Type attacker.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Tera Raid Strategy

Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Strategy
Turns 1~3	Use Acid Spray three times to reduce the raid Pokemon's Sp. Def by 6 stages, while building your tera charge.
Turn 4~6	Use Calm Mind to boost your Sp. Atk and Sp. Def by 3 stages.
Turns 7	Use Psychic Terrain to increase Stored Power's Damage.
Turns 8+	Terastallize and use stat boosted, Psychic Terrain boosted, STAB Stored Power to deal massive damage against the energy shield. Use Psychic Terrain again as needed

Start the battle by using Acid Spray to bring the raid Pokemon's Sp. Def to its lowest possible value, allowing your teammates to deal good damage while you set up. Doing so also allows you to gain tera charge, since Acid Spray is a damage dealing move. Afterwards, use Calm Mind to increase your Sp. Atk and Sp. Defense, which will also boost Stored Power's base damage. Lastly, finish your setup by using Psychic Terrain to receive an additional 30% damage boost to Stored Power.

When against raid Pokemon that use Physical moves, you can opt to use Calm Mind only once or twice, since you will enjoy the Speed stat boosts from Weak Armor, which should be enough to increase the damage of Stored Power. With Stored Power's high damage output from the multiple stat boosts, the healing from Shell Bell should be enough to ensure your survival.

Best used for 6 and 7-Star Raids

Stored Power users are often great counters to powerful 6 and 7-Star Raid Bosses. Armarouge in particular has been a great counter to both 7-Star Cinderace and 7-Star Greninja in the past.
How to Solo and One-Shot 6-Star Tera Raids

Flash Fire Calm Mind Attacker

Best Armarouge Tera Builds
Acid Spray Fire Tera Build
Steel Tera Fairy Counter	Armarouge One-Shot Build
Solo Stored Power Armarouge	Flash Fire Calm Mind Attacker

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Armarouge	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp.Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Def 4		Sp.Atk 252
Ability	Moveset
Flash Fire	・ Calm Mind ・ Psychic ・ Armor Cannon ・ Will-O-Wisp
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best ability for Armarouge in Tera Raid Battles is Flash Fire. This Ability gives it immunity to Fire-type moves while also boosting the power of its own Fire-type moves by 50%.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting an Armarouge with a Fire Tera Type to further boost thhe power of its Fire-type STAB. Since it's a Special Attacker, a Modest nature is best to boost its offenses.

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards a bulky offense to help with survivability and dealing as much damage as possible. Max out your HP and Special Attack EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Defense. Shell Bell allows it to recover some HP while still attacking.

Tera Raid Strategy

Turn-by-Turn Raid Strategy
Turn 1	Use Calm Mind to boost your offense and special bulk.
Optional	Use Will-O-Wisp when facing a physical attacker to halve their attack. (Only use Will-O-Wisp while the Tera Shields are down, otherwise it will have no effect!)
Turns 2~4	Use Psychic to deal STAB super-effective damage, or Armor Cannon if you have been hit by a Fire-type move for large neutral damage.
Turns 4+	Terastallize into a Fire-type and use boosted Armor Cannon.

Start the Tera Raid battle with Calm Mind to boost Armarouge's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage, and then use Psychic. If you're facing a physical attacker, use Will-O-Wisp to cut their Attack in half.

Once you have enough charge to terastallize, focus on using Armor Cannon to deal increased damage.

How to Make Best Armarouge Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Armarouge Tera Raid Build
Catch a Charcadet in West Province Area One Use a Modest Mint to change its nature. Change its Tera Type to Fairy. EV Train HP and Special Attack. Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give it a Shell Bell.

Catch a Charcadet in West Province Area One

Charcadet may spawn in a certain area within West Province (Area One) as shown in the map above. This is one of the areas where you can find this Pokemon during the early game.

Best Pokemon for Catching

Use a Modest Mint to Change its Nature

If it has a different nature, you can use a Modest Mint to change its nature to Modest.

The easiest way to get this is by buying it from the Chansey Supply shop at Mesagoza for ₽20,000.

How to Change a Pokemon's Nature

Change its Tera Type to Fairy

Wild Charcadets will always have a Fire Tera type. To change it, you'll need to collect 50 Psychic Tera Shards and change its Tera typing in the Treasure Eatery at Medali Town.

Keep in mind that you'll need to defeat Gym Leader Larry to change Tera types at the Treasure Eatery.

How to Change Tera Type

EV Train HP and Special Attack

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 HP Up (for HP), 26 Calcium (for Sp.Atk), and1 Iron (for Def). All of these items can be bought at a Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 in total.

Alternatively, you can use Power Items that you can buy at a Delibird Presents shop for ₽10,000 each. Have your Pokemon hold the respective Power Item while defeating the Pokemon listed below.

Held Item	Number of Pokemon to Defeat	Defeat Any of These Pokemon
Power Weight (For HP EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 HP EVs)	・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper Location: South of Los Platos
Power Lens (For Special Attack EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Special Attack EVs)	・Psyduck ・Toxel ・Hatenna Location: South Province (Area 4)
Power Belt (For Defense EVs)	1 in Total (To get remaining 4 Defense EVs)	・Tarountula Location: South of Los Platos

How to EV Train Fast

Hyper Train at Montenevera

After EV training it, head to Montenevera and talk to the man with an Abomasnow near the Pokemon Center. He will hyper train your Pokemon using Bottle Caps.

A Bottle Cap can be bought at the Delibird Presents shops for ₽20,000 after getting 6 Gym Badges. 1 Bottle Cap is needed for each stat that will be maxed out.

Hyper Training: How to Increase IVs

Level Up to 100

Next, level it up to 100 to maximize its stats. The easiest way to do this is by farming Exp candies from Tera Raid Battles.

How to Level Up Fast: EXP Farming Guide

Give It a Shell Bell

Lastly, give it a Shell Bell to give it a recovery option as it deals out heavy hits. This item can be bought from the Delibird Presents shop for ₽20,000.

Give It a Weakness Policy

Lastly, give it a Weakness Policy, which will be activate during the setup of the raid.

Weakness Policy can be bought at Mesagoza's Delibird Presents branch for ₽50,000 and is available after finishing the game.

Weakness Policy Location and How to Get

Armarouge Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Moves Through Level Up

The table below includes all the moves Armarouge learns through level up needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.

Level	Move	Type
Base	Mystical Fire
16	Will-O-Wisp
37	Calm Mind
62	Armor Cannon

You can have it remember the move by going to the "Moves and Stats" menu and pressing A.

How to Relearn Moves

Get Moves from TMs

You can get needed for our recommended builds from TMs. Check out the table below to see where you can get the TMs and the materials needed to craft them.

TM / Move Name	How to Get Materials
TM041 Stored Power	In a corner west of Los Platos in South Province (Area One) Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Ralts Dust x3 ・Gothita Eyelash x3
TM013 Acid Spray	Near a cliff side north of the South Province (Area Two) Pokemon Center. Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Wooper Slime x3 ・Toxel Sparks x3
TM075 Light Screen	Found to the east of Artazon on rocky terrain. Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Magnemite Screw x3 ・Voltorb Sparks x3
TM093 Flash Cannon	On top of the elevated cliffs southwest of the South Province (Area Three) Pokemon Center. Required League Points: 8000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Klefki Key x3 ・Varoom Fume x3 ・Tinkatink Hair x3
TM120 Psychic	Rewarded for clearing the Alfornada Gym. Required League Points: 10000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Ralts Dust x3 ・Indeedee Fur x3 ・Rellor Mud x5
TM138 Psychic Terrain	Found under a large tree near a Pokemon Center, at a riverbank between East Provinces Area One and Area Two. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Slowpoke Claw x3 ・Drowzee Fur x3 ・Indeedee Fur x3
TM171 Tera Blast	Receive from Geeta after clearing the fifth gym. Required League Points: 8000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Glimmet Crystal x8

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