Should you run the Ditto Raid Event in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet?

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Pokemon Scarlet & Violet seem to have set a trend with recent Tera Raid events. We still have our powerful 7-Star foes like Samurott, which is live again for those who missed it last week. But overlapping those reruns are deliberately easy encounters that let you farm a valuable resource. This week, the valuable resource in question happens to be… Ditto?

Sure, Ditto is a change of pace from a bunch of Tera Shards, but this event is still notable. Any Ditto caught during this event is guaranteed to have at least five perfect Individual Values (IVs). It’s kind of hard to explain IVs for those unfamiliar with them, but in short, all six of a Pokemon’s core stats have an IV associated with them. For all intents and purposes, the higher the IV value, the better the stats. Since Ditto will have the highest possible value in five of its stats, it’s feasible to obtain a Ditto with every attribute perfected if that sixth stat comes with a good dice roll. We’ll talk more about this later.

This event will last until April 9th, but it is worth your time this weekend? Let’s look at the details.

The optimal strategy for defeating Ditto is honestly hilarious. At the start of the encounter, Ditto will trigger its Imposter Hidden Ability and transform into your party leader’s Pokemon. In a multiplayer room, this will always be the host. As such, there’s no way to plan a battle strategy around every possible Pokemon Ditto could transform into. However, armed with this knowledge, you can game this fight hard enough to last a single turn.

If you’re the host, simply bring a low level Pokemon like Magikarp. This will goad Ditto into transforming into your weak monster, letting your allies take it down without breaking a sweat. Anyone with a