The Greatest Approach To Get Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Solely Decidueye

First, there was Charizard, then there was Cinderace and Greninja. Now Decidueye is the most recent seven-star tera raid in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This limited-time occasion gives you an opportunity to catch the Alolan grass-type starter, who’s in any other case not accessible within the video games at the moment. Whereas there are nonetheless some facets of the raid we don’t know, Recreation Freak has revealed sufficient info that there’s some affordable preparation we will make forward of the occasion. Let’s run down some attainable methods to defeat and catch Decidueye the Unmatched earlier than it goes away eternally.

When is the Decidueye tera raid?

The Decidueye raid will start subsequent Friday, March 17, at 7 p.m. Japanese time and might be accessible till Sunday, March 19 at 6:59 p.m. ET. Then it should go into the vault till the next week on March 24 at 7 p.m. ET and at last conclude on March 26 at 6:59 p.m. ET.

What ought to I anticipate when going through Decidueye?

As is the case with any seven-star raid, Decidueye might be at stage 100, and any Pokémon you carry to battle it needs to be, as properly. Whereas the owl archer has a base typing of grass and ghost, its tera sort might be flying. This implies its inherent weaknesses and resistances might be that of a flying-type Pokémon, slightly than its pure grass/ghost. Regardless of this, its moveset will probably nonetheless be primarily based round these base sorts, so it’s necessary to contemplate what Pokémon you possibly can carry that can each be capable to deal harm to a flying-type Pokémon, and resist the harm output of an enemy who operates primarily with grass and ghost assaults.

An instance of what to not do is carry a Pokémon that may weaken flying Pokémon however can be prone to a well-placed Leaf Blade or Spirit Shackle, just like the rock-type Sudowoodo or the ice/ghost-type Froslass. These two Pokémon would have rock and ice assaults to weaken Decidueye, however would themselves be weakened by the assaults it should inevitably have. So even if you happen to don’t find yourself operating the Pokémon mentioned on this information, it’s necessary to be cognizant of how one can juggle hanging at Decidueye’s tera sort weaknesses whereas not opening your self as much as getting bulldozed by its assaults.

Who’re one of the best Pokémon to battle Decidueye?

We don’t know particularly what strikes Decidueye could have when the raid is dwell, however on condition that the owl archer’s discovered talents are nearly solely bodily assaults over particular assaults, it’s greatest to carry a Pokémon that has excessive bodily protection, and actually top-of-the-line picks appears to be Pokémon Violet mascot Miraidon. Its electrical/dragon typing makes it immune to Decidueye’s grass strikes, and with a good base 100 protection stat, it’s primed to robust out just about any grass assault. This may even prolong to Decidueye’s flying tera sort, as its electrical typing will make it immune to flying assaults. The tera sort will enhance the power of those strikes (which Decidueye can be taught a good bit of), however Miraidon is well-equipped to deal with these assaults.

On prime of this, Miraidon can enhance the facility of your staff’s electrical strikes via its Hadron Engine means. This mechanically creates an electrical terrain on the battlefield, which makes electrical assaults more practical. If you wish to give your self each benefit attainable, give Miraidon an electrical tera sort of its personal to strengthen electrical assaults even additional. Decidueye has a lot decrease bodily protection than particular, and there aren’t many choices for bodily assaults. Miraidon can be taught Wild Cost through the use of TM147, however given simply how far more highly effective its particular assault stat (135 base factors) is in comparison with its bodily assault stat (85 base factors), you’re in all probability higher off utilizing particular assaults anyway. Hadron Engine and an electrical tera sort will greater than make up for Decidueye’s excessive particular protection.

How do I get Miraidon if I’ve Scarlet?

As I discussed earlier than, Miraidon is Violet’s mascot, thus, is unique to that model of the sport. Whereas there are different choices accessible that we’ll get to, if in case you have Scarlet and wish to run a Miraidon for the raid, the one method you are able to do that’s by buying and selling with somebody who has Violet. Nevertheless, it’s not as easy of a course of as you would possibly assume. Violet has two Miraidon in whole, and just one is tradable. The primary is the one the participant receives originally of the sport that acts as their mount. When you get this foolish little motorbike man early on, it will possibly’t be utilized in battle till the top of the sport when it will get all its energy again. So whereas a Violet participant can use this Miraidon within the raid, it will possibly’t be traded since you’d be lacking a mount to discover its open world.

The Miraidon that may be traded between video games is the one which acts as the sport’s ultimate boss. You’ll must defeat it to complete the sport, however then you definitely’ll must go discover it once more within the depths of Space Zero. The quickest approach to discover it’s to go to the doorway of the Paldean crater and teleport to Analysis Station No. 4. Go away the lab and fly down instantly off the cliff in entrance of you. The second Miraidon might be ready on the finish of a walkway main as much as one of many large tera crystals on the backside of Space Zero. Will probably be at stage 72, and will be battled a number of instances if you happen to by accident defeat it. However that is the Miraidon that might be transferable between video games and will be given to a struggling Scarlet participant who desires to defeat Decidueye.

That appears like a variety of work. Who else can tackle Decidueye?

In the event you don’t wish to work with a Pokémon as restricted in availability as Miraidon, a couple of monsters can moderately battle Decidueye. Electrical remains to be the best way to go when it comes to typing, however contemplating the resistances you’ll should be cognizant of, Magnezone can also be a superb choose for its electrical/metal typing. This makes it immune to flying and grass assaults, and its electrical strikes will profit from a Miraidon’s Hadron Engine if you happen to’ve obtained a buddy utilizing one within the raid.

In the event you’re much less involved with retaining an electric-based theme going, there are a couple of choices for an ice-based offensive. Baxcalibur is a dragon/ice sort, which makes it immune to Decidueye’s grass assaults, however not any flying or ghost strikes it may need in its arsenal. It has respectable protection to resist its bodily assaults, and a few excessive bodily assault stats to bolster ice-type strikes like Icicle Crash to deal good harm to Decidueye’s flying tera sort. Nevertheless, Baxcalibur’s signature transfer Glaive Rush is definitely its strongest possibility on this, with a base 120 energy on prime of the Pokémon’s distinctive bodily power.

The difficulty is, Glaive Rush has a big draw back, in that after it hits, any assaults that hit Baxcalibur between it and your subsequent flip will do double harm and can hit no matter any evasion or accuracy checks. So the trade-off right here is you’ll get a strong assault out, however Baxcalibur might be fairly susceptible till it will get to assault once more. A safer construct is to concentrate on utilizing stat-boosting talents like Swords Dance to extend your assault stat and use Icicle Crash as an alternative. However if you happen to can strategically time your therapeutic cheers to maintain it alive, Baxcalibur can pack a punch.

Can I get a Hisuian Decidueye from this raid?

The Decidueye raid solely consists of a normal Decidueye, slightly than the Hisuian regional variant launched in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. The grass/combating model of Decidueye isn’t accessible in Scarlet and Violet but, and certain received’t be till Recreation Freak integrates Pokémon Residence performance, which can can help you commerce between totally different Pokémon video games and Scarlet and Violet. In the event you breed a Rowlet utilizing the Decidueye from this raid, it won’t evolve right into a Hisuian Decidueye, as Pokémon solely evolve into their regional variants when in that particular area. So there’s no approach to get Hisuian Decidueye in Scarlet and Violet proper now.

Reminder: You may solely catch one Decidueye

As is the case with all seven-star raids, you possibly can solely catch one Decidueye via the tera raid occasion. You may participate within the battle to assist your mates as many instances as you want, however you’ll solely be capable to catch one for your self. The Decidueye can also be shiny locked, so if you need a shiny Decidueye in Scarlet and Violet, you’ll have to take action via breeding. Simply throw Decidueye and a Ditto collectively throughout a picnic and look forward to the eggs to indicate up. Then you possibly can have as many Decidueye as you want.