Medicham Best Tera Raid Build

The best Medicham Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has the Pure Power ability while holding Bright Powder. Read on to learn what the best Medicham Tera Raid Build is and how to use it.

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Best Medicham Tera Raid Build

Tera Raid Support: Skill Swap Medicham

Best Medicham Tera Builds
Skill Swap Duo Support	Physical Fighting Reversal	Skill Swap Full Team Support

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Medicham	Tera Type			Nature
				Impish (↑Def, ↓Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Def: 252		Spe: 4
Ability	Moveset
Pure Power	・ Skill Swap ・ Force Palm ・ Reflect ・ Recover
Held Item
Bright Powder

Summary

This Medicham build is best used in duo teams with any physical attacker or a Body Press user. Despite calculating the Pokemon's Defense stat in its damage, Pure Power doubles the effective damage of Body Press when used.

Corviknight is a great partner for Medicham since it boasts a high Defense stat and benefits greatly from the extra boost to their Body Press once Medicham uses Skill Swap to pass its Ability to them.

Other physical attackers that are great partners for Medicham for the Raid Boss's 7-Star Raid and can benefit from Pure Power include Tinkaton, Lucario, and Decidueye.

Best Tera Type

Fighting Tera Type is best for this build to give it STAB on its Fighting-type moves. An Impish Nature is necessary to give it as much physical bulk to withstand the Raid Boss's attacks.

EV Spread Explanation

Max out Medicham's HP and Def EVs to give it as much physical bulk as possible, while adding the remaining EVs into Speed.

For this build, giving it a Bright Powder lowers the Raid Boss's accuracy when targeting Medicham by 10% which is useful against moves with shaky accuracy like Rock Slide and Stone Edge.

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the battle by using Reflect to double Medicham and its teammate's Defense for 5 turns. Next, use Force Palm three times to build up Tera Orb charge and potentially paralyze the Raid Boss. Take note that even if Medicham faints, it will still retain its Tera Orb charge.

Once Medicham's partner has enough boosts, use Skill Swap to pass Pure Power. Next, re-apply Reflect on the field and use Recover to heal damage. When the Raid Boss nullifies the effects of Abilities, use Skill Swap again to pass Pure Power to your partner.

Finally, terastallize into a Fighting-type and use boosted Force Palm to help your partner break the Raid Boss's shield and finish off the battle, while also using Recover to heal damage.

Effective Counter Against Ice, Normal, Rock, Dark, and Steel Tera Raids

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

This Fighting Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Ice, Normal, Rock, Dark and Steel Tera Raids.

If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Flying, Ghost, or Fairy-type outside of Terastallization, perhaps use a different build as Medicham will be weak to these Types.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Physical Fighting Reversal Medicham

Best Medicham Tera Builds
Skill Swap Duo Support	Physical Fighting Reversal	Skill Swap Full Team Support

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Medicham	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Pure Power	・ Drain Punch ・ Bulk Up ・ Recover ・ Reversal
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Medicham can function as an effective counter for fast Rock Tera Pokemon due to its key resistances. Keep in mind that since Medicham lacks a notable boosting move, it can't solo higher level raids but is a great choice to bring in a raid with other players.

The best Ability for Medicham is Pure Power which doubles its effective Attack stat.

Best Tera Type

Fighting Tera Type is best for this build to give it STAB on its Fighting-type moves. An Adamant Nature is necessary so that it deals as much damage as possible with full EV investment.

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense to help with survivability. Max out your HP and Atk EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Defense. Give it a Shell Bell so that Medicham restores HP when dealing damage.

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the battle by using Drain Punch three times to deal damage and build up Tera Orb Charge. Take note that even if Medicham faints, it will still retain its Tera Orb Charge.

Once the Raid Boss resets all stat changes, use Bulk Up three times to raise Medicham's Attack and Defense by three stages, using Recover to heal off damage during the Raid Boss's shield phase.

Once you have enough charge and boosts, terastallize into a a Fighting-type and use boosted Reversal to damage the Raid Boss's shield. This move deals more damage the lower Medicham's health is. If Medicham's health is more than 33%, use boosted Drain Punch instead.

Effective Counter Against Ice, Normal, Rock, Dark, and Steel Tera Raids

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

This Fighting Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Ice, Normal, Rock, Dark and Steel Tera Raids.

If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Flying, Ghost, or Fairy-type outside of Terastallization, perhaps use a different build as Medicham will be weak to these Types.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Skill Swap Support Raid Build

Best Medicham Tera Builds
Skill Swap Duo Support	Physical Fighting Reversal	Skill Swap Full Team Support

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Medicham	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Sp.Def: 252		Spe: 4
Ability	Moveset
Pure Power	・ Skill Swap
Held Item
Focus Sash

Summary

This one-shot strategy is credited to Nommable123 from Reddit.

This is a dedicated Medicham build for an OHKO team strategy. Medicham is meant to pass its Ability Pure Power to Paldean Tauros for it to be able to deal as much damage as possible even after getting a +6 Attack boost.

Medicham will be holding a Focus Sash for this build in order to survive getting one-shot.

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards HP and Special Defense. Max out your 252 HP and Special Defense EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Speed.

Tera Raid Strategy

Pure Power Tauros Counter Strategy for Tera Raids
Turns	Sun + PowerSpot Focus Sash	Anger Point Activation Focus Sash	Physical Attacker Choice Band	Skill Swap User Focus Sash
#1	Sunny Day	Flower Trick (Paldean Tauros)	Flare Blitz	Skill Swap

At the start of the raid, Stonjourner uses Sunny Day for Paldean Tauros, with Meowscarada using Flower Trick on Paldean Tauros to trigger its Anger Point.

Medicham will then use Skill Swap to give Pure Power to the +6 Attack Tauros, who then uses Choice Banded Flare Blitz in Sun to KO the raid Pokemon.

How to Make Best Medicham Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Medicham Tera Raid Build
Catch Medicham at South Province (Area Six) Use Adamant Mint to change its Nature. EV Train Medicham's Stats Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give Medicham a Held Item.

Catch Medicham at South Province (Area Six)

You can catch a Medicham with a Fighting Tera Type at South Province (Area Six).

Make sure to bring a Pokemon that has False Swipe and can inflict a status effect to make it easier to catch.

Best Pokemon for Catching

Use Tera Shards to Change Tera Type

If the Medicham build you are following requires it to have a different Tera type, you will need to have 50 Tera Shards of the type you need, and bring it to Medali to have your Pokemon's Tera Type changed.

How to Change Tera Type

Use Adamant Mint to Change Its Nature

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

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

EV Train Medicham's Stats

EV train Medicham according to the build's EV spread using Vitamins or the traditional way with Power Items and battling Pokemon with the right EV yield.

Physical Medicham

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 Protein (for Atk), 26 HP Up (for HP), and 1 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 Bracer (For Attack EVs)	28 in Total (To get 24 Attack EVs)	・Shinx ・Growlithe ・Yungoos ・Nymble Location: South Province (Area 3)
Power Belt (For Defense EVs)	1 in Total (To get 4 Defense EVs)	・Tarountula Location: South of Lost Platos

Duo Support Medicham

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 HP Up (for HP), 26 Iron for (Def), and 1 Carbos (for Speed). 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 Belt (For Defense EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Defense EVs)	・Tarountula Location: South of Lost Platos
Power Anklet (For Speed EVs)	1 in Total (To get 4 Speed EVs)	・Rookidee Location: South Province (Area 3)

Team Support Medicham

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 HP Up (for HP), 26 Zinc for (Sp. Def), and 1 Carbos (for Speed). 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 Band (For Special Defense EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Special Defense EVs)	・Hoppip ・Swablu Location: South Province (Area 1)
Power Anklet (For Speed EVs)	1 in Total (To get 4 Speed EVs)	・Rookidee Location: South Province (Area 3)

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 Medicham a Held Item

Learn how to find the recommended held item and price from the table below!

Item Name	Location	Price
Bright Powder	Cascarrafa Delibird Presents	₽30,000
Focus Sash	Mesagoza Delibird Presents	₽50,000
Shell Bell	Levincia Delibird Presents	₽20,000

Delibird Presents Locations and All Items

Medicham Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Moves Through Level Up

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

Level	Move	Type
17	Force Palm
47	Recover

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

How to Relearn Moves

Get Other Moves From TMs

The table below includes all the moves Medicham learns from TMs needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.

TM / Move Name	How to Get Materials
TM064 Bulk Up	At the top of the winding hill northeast of Cortondo in South Province (Area Two). Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Makuhita Sweat x3 ・Axew Scales x3
TM073 Drain Punch	Located on the second level of the watch tower south of Artazon. Required League Points: 8000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Mankey Fur x3 ・Croagunk Poison x5 ・Crabrawler Shell x3
TM074 Reflect	Inside the scaffolding on the northern side of East Province (Area Three). Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Drowzee Fur x3 ・Flittle Down x3
TM098 Skill Swap	Behind the Pokemon Center in front of the entrance to Alfornada. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Girafarig Fur x3 ・Flittle Down x3
TM134 Reversal	Found on top of the terrain near the river of East Province Area Two. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Mankey Fur x3 ・Heracross Claw x3 ・Falinks Sweat x3

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