Blaziken 7-Star Tera Raid: Best Counters in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
7-Star Blaziken Tera Raid Guide Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, Best Counters
- The Blaziken 7 Star Tera Raid starts on Friday, January 12th, and ends on Sunday, January 14th. Its second weekend will occur from Friday, January 19th til Sunday, January 21st.
- Blaziken will have a flying tera-type and bear the Mightiest Mark title.
- Some of the best counters for flying-type 7-Star Blaziken Tera raids include Miraidon, Bellibolt, and Iron Hands.
The next major Tera Raid hitting Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is the fire and fighting-type Blaziken. It comes with the Mightiest Mark title and players can also earn increased rewards from defeating it, though they can only capture it one time. The Blaziken 7-Star Tera Raids begins Friday, January 12th, and ends on Sunday, January 14th. Its second weekend will occur from Friday, January 19th til Sunday, January 21st.
Unlock the High-Level Raids
If you haven’t battled in the 7-Star Tera Raids, this is what is going to take you the most time. To unlock access you need to have finished the core story of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, which shouldn’t be an issue at this point. You’ll be asked to go around and battle all the gyms again, then participate in the Ace Tournament. All of that shouldn’t give you too much difficulty, so all that’s left is to participate in ten Tera Raids of 4 and 5-star difficulty.
When you’ve participated in enough of them, you should see 7-Star Tera Raids start to pop up on your map but only when you are connected online.
Capturing Blaziken
Start by finding the raid den for Blaziken, it’ll be a dark, black flashing flying icon on your map. Blaziken will always be a flying tera-type for these raids, so that’s going to help determine the best counter to take them down.
The 7-Star Raids are very tough, so it’s recommended you go in with a group of actual players and don’t just fill up your team with NPC players. But, if you think the Pokémon you have is up to the challenge, people have soloed 7-Star Raids in the past.
Rewards for Blaziken
What kinds of rewards do you get for taking down Blaziken? You’ll be able to add Blaziken to your Pokémon collection and this one comes with the Mightiest Mark, so they’ll appear on the battlefield as Blaziken the Unrivaled. Since this is a 7-Star Raid, your Blaziken will also boast a perfect spread of 6 Best IVs.
You’ll also get the best chance at Herba Mystica, Ability Patches, and Capsules, a large amount of Tera Shards, and plenty of items to sell for Poke Dollars. Plus, the best chances at Bottle Caps and Golden Bottle Caps for hyper training.
Blaziken’s Set-Up
Blaziken's likely move set is going to include Brave Bird, Flare Blitz, Swords Dance, and Reversal. They’ll also have access to Feather Dance, Sunny Day, and Aerial Ace. Blaziken is very quick and has a very high attack stat, so be ready for some heavy damage unless you bring along Pokémon who are resistant to Blaziken’s move types.
The Best Counters for Blaziken
Blaziken has a lot of great counters taking into account their flying typing, and most players will have the best one by default if they have Pokémon Violet or traded one of their duplicate cover Legendary Pokémon for the other.
Miraidon
Here are all the basic details you need to know at a glance to get your Miraidon prepared.
- Tera Type: Electric
- Nature: Modest (Special Attack Up, Attack Down)
- EV Spread: HP 4, Special Attack 252, Special Defense 252
- Ability: Hadron Engine
- Held Item: Metronome
- Move set:
- Parabolic Charge
- Reflect
- Metal Sound
- Electric Terrain
Miraidon has a natural resistance to both fire and flying-type moves, which is going to serve you very well again Blaziken. Miraidon also has built-in healing with Parabolic Charge which will be your main move to chip away at Blaziken’s HP.
Boost your damage with Electric Terrain and Metal Sound and keep Reflect up for even more defense. Then use Parabolic Charge as many times in a row as you can for even more damage.
Iron Hands
Here are all the basic details you need to know at a glance to get your Iron Hands prepared.
- Tera Type: Electric
- Nature: Adamant (Attack Up, Special Attack Down)
- EV Spread: HP 252, Attack 252, Defense 4
- Ability: Quark Drive
- Held Item: Shell Bell
- Move set:
- Sword Dance
- Electric Terrain
- Supercell Slam
- Thunder Punch
Just like with Miraidon players will start by buffing their Iron Hands with Swords Dance and Electric Terrain. Both Thunder Punch and Supercell Slam are great moves, but Supercell Slam is newer and a bit risky but deals a lot more damage.
The Shell Bell will help offset some of Blaziken’s damage with a little bit of healing each turn.
Bellibolt
Here are all the basic details you need to know at a glance to get your Bellibolt prepared.
- Tera Type: Electric
- Nature: Modest (Special Attack Up, Attack Down)
- EV Spread: HP 4, Special Attack 252, Defense 252
- Ability: Electromorphosis
- Held Item: Metronome
- Move set:
- Parabolic Charge
- Electric Terrain
- Chilling Water
- Acid Spray
Bellibolt is a less powerful version of Miraidon and is best for players in Pokémon Scarlet who weren’t able to grab one of the Violet Legendary Pokémon. Parabolic Charge will keep you healed up as long as you keep dealing damage and you can further boost it with Electric Terrain and repeated usage thanks to Metronome.
You can also lower Blaziken’s damage by using Chilling Water every few turns.
