How to prepare for the Chesnaught Raid Event in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

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You know, I gotta hand it to Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. These games ensure I’ll never run out of things to do.

I mean, this Friday only has The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and a beta for Diablo 4 coming out, so I was worried that I might fit some sleep in sometime this weekend. Sure enough, Game Freak had decided to throw its hat into the ring and give us another Tera Raid event for trainers to bash their head against too. I’m sure the residents of Hell and Hyrule will understand that they’ll have to wait another day before I visit.

Timing musings aside, 7-Star Chesnaught will indeed make its appearance in Paldea from May 12 to May 14. Adhering to recent tradition, it will reappear from May 19 to May 21. Unlike previous events, I imagine the rerun weekend will be much more popular. Either way, this Grass/Fighting-Type Pokemon will appear with the Rock Tera Type, which has the potential to be very funny depending on what moves it winds up using.

Let’s look at how we should prepare for this encounter. After all, what else are you going to be doing until Friday?

Given Chesnaught’s stat distribution, it will likely use physical attacks. So far, all 7-Star Tera Raids have given Pokemon attacking moves corresponding with their native typing and their Tera Type. Since Chesnaught only learns physical Rock-Type attacks, we can rule out a strictly special attacker. Its strongest Fighting and Grass-Type attacks are physical as well, though it technically has some strong special attacks in its movepool.

We should also assume based on past Tera Raids that Chesnaught will know its Hidden Ability Bulletproof. While Bulletproof isn’t quite as deadly as some Abilities we’ve contended with, its effect potentially squashes a few