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

Venusaur will be featured as a 7-Star Tera Raid Boss in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet alongside Blastoise and Charizard to celebrate the anniversary of the franchise. Here’s all you need to know about Venusaur to properly counter it in the game.

Pokemon Day 2024 came bearing good news for Scarlet & Violet fans, as a special event is coming to celebrate the franchise’s anniversary.

For a week at a time, each one of the starters’ third stages will be the protagonist of the 7-Star Tera Raid battles. They will have a particular Tera Type – Venusaur will be a Ground-Tera Type – and the Mightiest Mark as a recognition of how hard to beat they are.

It’s worth noting that even though you can fight them multiple times, you’ll only be allowed to catch one of each, and you need to complete the game‘s main storyline first in order to unlock these special battles.

To help you out during this tough Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Raid battle, here’s everything you need to know about Ground-Tera Type Venusaur, including its counters.

Contents

• When will Venusaur appear in Tera Raids?
• Venusaur moveset & type
• Best Chesnaught build to counter Venusaur
• Best Appletun build to counter Venusaur
• Best Calyrex (Ice Rider) build to counter Venusaur
• Best Frosmoth build to counter Venusaur

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When will Venusaur appear in Tera Raids?

Ground-Tera Type Venusaur will be the first to appear in the 7-Star Tera Raid battles. Players will have the chance to battle this big guy from Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at 4:00 PM PST until Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at 3:59 PM PST, and it will be followed by Steel-Tera Type Blastoise.

Keep in mind that once this special event is over, the only way to obtain a Ground-Tera Type Venusaur will be if this particular Raid event returns in the future, as it happened with Dragon-Tera Type Charizard.

Venusaur moveset & type

Venusaur will take on the Ground Tera Type for the 7-Star Raid, which will make it weak against Ice, Water, and Grass-type moves.

Some of the moves Venusaur can use during the battle include Earth Power, Amnesia, and Sludge Bomb, though due to the battle status, it can use up to four extra moves, such as Sunny Day and Petal Blizzard.

POKEMON	LEVEL	MOVES	ABILITY	NATURE	TERA TYPE
	100	– Amnesia – Petal Blizzard – Growth – Sunny Day – Sludge Bomb – Giga Drain – Earth Power	Chlorophyll	Modest	Ground

Best Chesnaught build to counter Venusaur

As a dual Grass/Fighting creature, Chesnaught can target Ground-Tera Type Venusaur weakness to Grass, plus thanks to its resistance to both Ground and Grass-type attacks, it has a pretty full coverage against the mighty Pokemon.

Plus, thanks to its Bulletproof ability, it can be immune to both Sludge Bomb and Acid Spray attacks, and if Venusaur happens to disable your ability, it can use Spiky Shield.

POKEMON	LEVEL	MOVES	ABILITY	NATURE	TERA TYPE	HELD ITEM
	100	– Swords Dance – Spiky Shield – Seed Bomb – Taunt	Bulletproof	Adamant	Grass	Ability Shield

Best Appletun build to counter Venusaur

As Chesnaught, Appletun is resistant to both Ground and Grass-type attacks, so no matter what move Ground-Tera Type Vanusaur uses during the Raid, it will be covered.

To protect itself from the Poison-type attacks the enemy might use, Appletun can turn to Light Screen and then use Apple Acid to lower Venusaur’s Sp. Def and deal damage at the same time.

POKEMON	LEVEL	MOVES	ABILITY	NATURE	TERA TYPE	HELD ITEM
	100	– Light Screen – Rain Dance – Apple Acid – Grassy Terrain	Thick Fat	Modest	Dragon	Shell Bell

Best Calyrex (Ice Rider) build to counter Venusaur

To target Ground-Tera Type Venusaur’s Ice weakness, we can take a properly prepared Calyrex (Ice Rider) to the Raid battle, plus its dual Psychic/Ice-type has no vulnerabilities against Venusaur’s moveset.

More so, this strong physical attacker has great stats and can remove the Sunny weather, setting up Snow instead.

POKEMON	LEVEL	MOVES	ABILITY	NATURE	TERA TYPE	HELD ITEM
	100	– Light Screen – Swords Dance – Snowscape – Avalanche	As One	Adamant	Ice	Shell Bell

Best Frosmoth build to counter Venusaur

The final option you can take to your encounter with Venusaur is Frosmoth, a dual Ice/Bug-type Pokemon that has no weaknesses against the Tera Raid Boss, and additionally is resistant to both Ground and Grass-moves.

Unlike the other more physical or special solo options, Frosmoth is a team player and works as a support, thanks to its very useful moveset. With Struggle Bug, it can lower Venusaur’s Sp. Atk, can use Helping Hand to increase the allies’ damage, and finally, its ability Ice Scales halves the damage from special moves.

POKEMON	LEVEL	MOVES	ABILITY	NATURE	TERA TYPE	HELD ITEM
	100	– Struggle Bug – Helping Hand – Snowscape – Giga Drain	Ice Scales	Calm	Ghost	Light Clay

That’s everything you need to know about the 7-Star Tera Raid encounter against Venusaur in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. For more game content, check our other guides below:

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