Iron Crown Best Tera Raid Build

The best Iron Crown Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has the Quark Drive ability, and the Shell Bell held item. Read on to learn what the best Iron Crown Tera Raid Build is and how to use it.

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Best Iron Crown Tera Raid Build

Steel Tera Build

Best Iron Crown Tera Builds
Steel Tera Build	Psychic Tera Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Iron Crown	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp.Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 4		Sp. Atk: 252		Sp. Def: 252
Ability	Moveset
Quark Drive	・ Tachyon Cutter ・ Electric Terrain ・ Calm Mind ・ Metal Sound
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Use Metal Sound to lower the Raid Boss' Special Defense. Boost Iron Crown's damage output and special defense with Calm Mind and Quark Drive. Use Tachyon Cutter with its 100 BP to deal damage to Raid Boss.

Quark Drive, Iron Crown's ability, allows it to boost its stats when Electric Terrain is on field.

Its damage output and defenses can further be boosted with Calm Mind. Pair this with Metal Sound to lower the Raid Boss' Special Defense and you'll have a hard hitting Steel Tera Type when it uses Tachyon Cutter.

Make it hold a Shell Bell so it can heal when it attacks.

Best Tera Type, Nature, and Held Item

The Best Tera Type for Iron Crown is the Steel Tera Type. This increases the damage it can deal against Steel Weak raid bosses.

As a special attacker, a Modest nature would be best for Iron Crown. If your Iron Crown happens to have a different nature, you can use a Modest Mint to change its nature to Modest.

Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards a Special Defensive Special Attacker. Max out your Sp. Atk and Sp. Def. EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into HP.

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the raid battle by using Calm Mind three times to boost Iron Crown's Sp. Atk and Sp. Def.

Afterwards, use Metal Sound three times to lower the Raid Boss' Sp. Def by 6 stages, making it more vulnerable to your attacks.

Now that you're done setting up everything, it's time to dish out attacks. Use Tachyon Cutter to deal damage and build Tera Orb Charge. Thanks to your Shell Bell, you'll be able to recover some of your HP when you attack as well!

Once you have enough Tera Orb charge, terastallize and continue using Tachyon Cutter until the Raid Boss goes down.

Sample Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Iron Crown
7590 HP (-6 Sp. Def, Max HP x50)	Flash Cannon (Quark Drive Sp Atk, Steel Tera) 2,876 ~ 3,384 (37.8 ~ 44.5%)
	Tachyon Cutter (Quark Drive Sp Atk, Steel Tera) 3,592 ~ 4,232 (47.3 ~ 55.7%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Effective Counter Against Ice, Rock, and Fairy Type Tera Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)	None

This Iron Crown Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Ice, Rock, and Fairy Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fire, Ground, or Dark Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Iron Crown will be weak to these Types as a Steel Type attacker.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Psychic Tera Build

Best Iron Crown Tera Builds
Steel Tera Build	Psychic Tera Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Iron Crown	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp.Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Sp. Atk: 252		Spd 4
Ability	Moveset
Quark Drive	・ Stored Power ・ Calm Mind ・ Metal Sound ・ Electric Terrain
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Boost Iron Crown's damage output and special defense with Calm Mind. Use Metal Sound to lower the Raid Boss' Special Defense. Use Stored Power with boosted stats to deal damage to Raid Boss.

With Iron Crown's Quark Drive, we can still benifit with its 30% Sp. Atk Boost with Electric Terrain and still have space left to have it hold a Shell Bell for more survivability.

Its damage output and defenses can further be boosted with Calm Mind. Pair this with Metal Sound to lower the Raid Boss' Special Defense and you'll have a hard hitting Psychic Tera Type when it uses Stored Power.

Best Tera Type, Nature, and Held Item

The Best Tera Type for Iron Crown is the Psychic Tera Type. This increases the damage it can deal against Psychic Weak raid bosses.

As a special attacker, a Modest nature would be best for Iron Crown. If your Iron Crown happens to have a different nature, you can use a Modest Mint to change its nature to Modest.

Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the raid battle by using Calm Mind three times to boost Iron Crown's Sp. Atk and Sp. Def.

Afterwards, use Metal Sound three times to lower the Raid Boss' Sp. Def by 6 stages, making it more vulnerable to your attacks.

Now that you're done setting up everything, it's time to dish out attacks. Use Stored Power to deal damage and build Tera Orb Charge. Thanks to your Shell Bell, you'll be able to recover some of your HP when you attack as well!

Once you have enough Tera Orb charge, terastallize and continue using Stored Power until the Raid Boss goes down.

Sample Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Iron Crown
7675 HP (-6 Sp. Def, Max HP x25)	Stored Power (Quark Drive Sp Atk, Psychic Tera) 27464 ~ 32312 (361.3 ~ 425.1%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Effective Counter Against Fighting and Poison Type Tera Raids

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

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

How to Make Best Iron Crown Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Iron Crown Tera Raid Build
Catch Iron Crown in Area Zero. Use a Modest Mint to change its nature. EV Train Iron Crown Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give Iron Crown a Shell Bell.

Catch Iron Crown in Area Zero

You can catch an Iron Crown with a Steel Tera Type at Area Zero.

You can follow these steps to reach Iron Crown in Area Zero:

1. Finish the Bloodmoon Ursaluna Quest in Kitakami
2. Register 200 Pokemon on the Blueberry Pokedex
3. Talk to Perrin at the Savanna Rest Area 1.
4. Head to Area Zero.
5. From the main entrance of Area Zero just before the first Research Station, follow the road downhill until you reach a relatively large open space with fences.
6. Ignore the fences and jump down the cliff.
7. Glide slowly and carefully, then look behind you to find an opening on the cliff's face.
8. Iron Crown should be a level down just below the open space where you once were.
9. Approach it, then press A to attempt to catch it.

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

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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

EV Train Iron Crown

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

Vitamins can be bought at any Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 to fully train a Pokemon. Meanwhile, Mochi can be obtained through the Ogre Oustin' Minigame.

EV Train Using Vitamins

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 Calcium (for Sp. Atk), 26 HP Up (for HP), and 1 Zinc (for Sp. Def), or 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.

EV Train Using Power Items

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 Lens (For Special Attack EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Special Attack EVs)	・Psyduck ・Toxel ・Hatenna Location: South Province (Area 4)
Power Band (For Special Defense EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Special Defense EVs)	・Hoppip ・Swablu Location: South Province (Area 1)
Power Weight (For HP EVs)	1 in Total (To get 4 HP EVs)	・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper 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.

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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.

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Give Iron Crown a Shell Bell

Finally, give your Iron Crown a Shell Bell to help it recover HP when facing off against various Raid Pokemon.

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

Item Name	Location	Price
Shell Bell	Levincia Delibird Presents	₽20,000

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Iron Crown Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Moves Through Level Up

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

Level	Move	Type
56	Tachyon Cutter

You can have Iron Crown 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 Iron Crown 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
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
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
TM129 Calm Mind	Next to a pond on a sunken area found in South Province Area Three, west of Mesagoza. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Stantler Hair x3 ・Indeedee Fur x3
TM223 Metal Sound	Readily available in the Terarium TM Machine Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Magnemite Screw x2 ・Elekid Fur x2

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