Best Pokémon for Torterra Tera Raid: How to beat the Torterra seven-star Tera Raid event

The best counters for the upcoming Torterra Tera Raid in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

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The next Pokémon Scarlet & Violet seven-star raid features the Generation 4 Grass-/Ground-type starter Torterra. If you want to catch your own powerful Pokémon, here’s everything you need to know.

Contents

1. When does the Torterra raid start?
2. Seven-star Tera Raid Torterra stats, moves, and ability – Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
3. Best counters for Torterra – Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

When does the Torterra raid start?

Like most seven-star raids, Torterra will be available for two weekends. You will have six days to take part in the raid and you can finish it once per day. You can only catch Torterra once, but you can claim the rewards every time.

Here’s when the seven-star Torterra raids will take place:

• Friday, November 15, 2024, until Sunday, November 17, 2024
• Friday, November 22, 2024, until Sunday, November 24, 2024

Seven-star Tera Raid Torterra stats, moves, and ability – Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

Torterra has the ability Shell Armor, so it isn’t affected by critical hits. This is important only if it ever gets a defensive boost. Otherwise, consistent damage should be enough to take it down. It has a high attack stat, but it isn’t too strong and will only be troublesome if it boosts.

Here’s Torterra’s ability, Tera type and move set:

The Mightiest Torterra – Level 100 

• Nature – Brave
• Ability – Shell Armor
• Item – None 
• Tera type – Ground
• Move set – Shell Smash, Wood Hammer, Earthquake, Earth Power, Smack Down

Best counters for Torterra – Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

Torterra’s base form is Grass-/Ground-type, meaning that the best counters will be Grass-types. Here’s the best Pokémon we recommend against Torterra.

Teal Mask Ogerpon

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Charm can work to mitigate damage at the start of the battle, before you boost your own attack with Swords Dance. Ivy Cudgel is the stronger attacking move, but Horn Leech will allow you to have consistent healing. Here’s what we recommend:

Teal Mask Ogerpon – Level 100 

• Nature – Impish
• Ability – Defiant / Embody Aspect
• Item – Shell Bell
• Tera type – Grass
• Move set – Swords Dance, Horn Leech, Ivy Cudgel, Charm

Sinistcha

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Hospitality will give a little healing to your team if Sinistcha is knocked out, but hopefully you won’t use it. Instead, you will want to negate damage with Reflect and Strength Sap, and the latter will also heal you. Nasty Plot will build up your offenses while you deal damage, heal up, and potentially burn Torterra with Matcha Gotcha. Here’s the set we recommend:

Sinistcha – Level 100 

• Nature – Bold
• Ability – Hospitality
• Item – Shell Bell
• Tera type – Grass
• Move set – Nasty Plot, Matcha Gotcha, Strength Sap, Reflect

Alolan Exeggutor

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Breaking Swipe reduces Torterra’s damage output, and Alolan Exeggutor really thrives in the sun. Once Sunny Day is set up, Harvest will activate every turn giving Exeggutor unlimited recovery with Sitrus Berry. The sun also doubles the offensive boosts from Growth, and allows Solar Beam to go off in one turn. Here’s what we recommend:

Alolan Exeggutor – Level 100 

• Nature – Bold
• Ability – Harvest
• Item – Sitrus Berry
• Tera type – Grass
• Move set – Sunny Day, Growth, Solar Beam, Breaking Swipe

Orthworm

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Orthworm is a great pick for this raid, thanks to its total immunity to Ground-type moves with its Earth Eater ability, which also heals the earthworm when hit. It's also resistant to all of Torterra's moves. You'll want to start the raid off by getting in a few Mud-Slaps, then start spamming Iron Defense to boost your defense. When maxed out, you can go all out with Body Press, which scales based on defense rather than attack, throwing in a few Bulldozes as needed to offset the speed boost Torterra gets from Shell Smash. Orthworm makes the raid doable solo with the right supporters, but the more worms you can get together the better.

Orthworm – Level 100

• Nature – Relaxed
• Ability – Earth Eater
• Item – Shell Bell
• Tera type – Fighting
• Move set – Iron Defense, Body Press, Mud-Slap, Bulldoze