How to beat the 7-Star Decidueye Tera Raid in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet have gone a bit wild with Tera Raids this past month. As much of a surprise as Walking Wake and Iron Leaves were, the absolute insanity of 7-Star Pikachu threw the raiding community for a loop. For better or for worse, we’re back to business as usual with a showdown against the final evolution of a previous game’s starter. Thankfully, it isn’t nearly as hard as the thunder mouse.
Like other 7-Star events, Decidueye will always carry the Flying Tera Type, and its strategy will remain consistent. While you can only catch Decidueye once, you can continue to farm the fight for loot like Ability Patches and Bottle Caps. It appears the Tera Shard gains from the Pikachu fight are the new norm from now on too, which thankfully alleviates the insane grind for the items by a tiny bit.
If you are playing in a well-coordinated party, Decidueye is one of the quickest and easiest 7-Star fights to clear in the game yet. However, if even one party member isn’t on the same page, you’re going to have a bad time going into the shield phase. Let’s fly into the details.
Though Decidueye technically has the stats for a mixed moveset, it is strictly a physical attacker. Turn by turn, Decidueye can hit you with either Spirit Shackle, Brave Bird, Low Kick, and Leaf Blade. In other words, it will hit you with Ghost, Flying, Fighting, and Grass-Type attacks. The owl technically gets a STAB bonus to all but the Fighting-Type attack, but keep in mind that Low Kick’s power is based on your Pokemon’s weight. Decidueye may opt to hit you with Low Kick over the other options because of this.
Right after the first turn, Decidueye will immediately clear your party of any stat changes. This effectively means you shouldn’t begin the
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