How to beat 7-star Blaziken Tera Raid: Best counters in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

Get ready to face a fiery chicken with some wings, as Pokemon Scarlet & Violet’s next big Tera Raid event introduces Mighty Blaziken with the Flying-type Tera-type.

It’s time for the first big Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Tera Raid event of the year, as Game Freak and The Pokemon Company have announced the next challenge against Blaziken, with the Flying Tera-Type.

The dual Fire/Fighting-type Pokemon, Blaziken was introduced in Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire as the evolved form of Torchic and Combusken. Be sure to get your team ready, as this chick is ready to kick, and Blaziken is going to be a tough foe to beat.

Contents

• When will Blaziken appear in Tera Raids?
• Blaziken Moveset and type
• Best Blaziken counters
• Can Blaziken be shiny?

When will Blaziken appear in Tera Raids?

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet will host the Blaziken Tera Raid event from January 12-14, 2024, and then the following weekend from January 19-21, 2024.

So you’ll have two different opportunities to tackle this tricky fight, just in case you need a little more preparation time to gather those counters.

Blaziken Moveset and type

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Don’t go easy on this one, as Blaziken is a tough Pokemon to beat normally, let alone with the added boost of the Tera Raid. Blaziken is a dual Fire/Fighting-type Pokemon, and will have the Flying Tera-type in raids.

This means Blaziken will have access to STAB on many powerful moves like Blaze Kick, Double Kick, and Aerial Ace.

Full details are not available yet on Blaziken’s moveset and build, but traditionally Pokemon featured in 7-Star Tera Raid battles have had their Hidden Ability.

In this case, that would give Blaziken the ability ‘Speed Boost‘ which increases the Pokemon’s speed by one stage at the end of each turn. Alongside moves that hit multiple times, expect to get hit, a lot. Bring Pokemon with high physical defense, and if they can resist Fire or Fighting type, even better.

We will share the full moveset when it becomes publically available, so come back for more information soon.

Best Blaziken counters

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It’s important to consider that while Blaziken is Fire/Fighting-type, you are countering the Flying Tera-type. So, Electric-type Pokemon are your friends.

Yes, you can use Rock-type or Ice-type moves to get a super effective hit on Flying-type, but both of those are weak to Fighting, and Blaziken has STAB on its Fighting-type moves.

So, while we will share a thorough list of counters when Blaziken’s full moveset is known, for now here are a few preliminary choices that should work well:

Pokemon	Item	Nature	Ability	Moves	Tera
Miraidon	Metronome	Modest	Hadron Engine	Parabolic Charge, Metal Sound, Electro Drift, Reflect	Electric
Slowbro	Shell Bell	Bold	Oblivious	Calm Mind, Iron Defense, Psych Up, Stored Power	Psychic
Wash Rotom	Shell Bell	Modest	Levitate	Thunderbolt, Will-O-Wisp, Nasty Plot, Reflect	Electric
Iron Hands	Shell Bell	Adamant	Quark Drive	Belly Drum, Thunder Punch, Supercell Slam, Electric Terrain	Electric
Thundurus	Shell Bell	Modest	Defiant	Thunder, Nasty Plot, Taunt, Rain Dance	Electric

Can Blaziken be shiny?

Sadly, Pokemon that appear as part of 7-Star Tera Raid events are ordinarily Shiny-locked, meaning that there is no chance of encountering a Shiny.

While this is not completely assured yet, we expect this to be the case based on other Tera Raids of the same power.

If you’re heading back to Paldea to grab a Blaziken, be sure to check out more of our Pokemon Scarlet & Violet guides:

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