’s 7-star Pikachu Tera Raid has been officially announced by Nintendo. The high-leveled activity will feature a Water Tera-type Pikachu, allowing players to battle it and, in case they are successful, capture one copy of it. The event period is between February 24 and February 27. Unlike the 7-star raids before it, this exclusive Water Tera -type Pikachu may be limited to only one period, as opposed to the regular two separate runs for this type of activity.
7-star Tera Raids have constantly been added to the Nintendo Switch games since December 2022, a little time after their release. Most recently, players faced a 7-star Greninja in . Until now, the standard was only popular starter’s evolutions, but with the 7-star Pikachu arriving to ’s Tera Raids, this is bound to change and open up many new possibilities moving forward.
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As pointed out by on Twitter, the 7-star Pikachu featured in the limited-time Tera Raid event will have a Water Tera type. In Tera Raids, the opponent’s Tera type overrides its normal typing, possibly significantly changing its weaknesses and resistances.
Therefore, a Water TTera-typePikachu in ’s Tera Raid event, which would normally be weak against Ground-type moves, will now be hit normally by them. Additionally, the creature will get hit by super-effective moves when they are of either Electric- or Grass-types.
The 7-star Pikachu Tera Raid will likely have a small trick that may deceive unsuspecting players. One of Pikachu’s two possible Abilities is called Lightning Rod. This Hidden Ability attracts Electric-type moves and makes the user immune, and boosts its Special Attack stat whenever an Electric-type attacks it. So
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