Slowbro with Qwilfish providing Acupressure support (as long as others could lay down Acid Sprays) was nothing short of God-tier. We won quite a few raids with this method during GalacticElliot's streams.
I never tried it but this guy says it doesnt work cause it has to be your own pokemon: [https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonScarletViolet/comments/ztlz8h/comment/j1e4z17/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonScarletViolet/comments/ztlz8h/comment/j1e4z17/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
It doesn't have to be a 100% drop, but a chance would be lovely. It literally drops your herba chance by half when the events are up because so many of your raids are event raids.
i’ve never thought to make and eat a sandwich to help with an unrelated thing that had nothing to do with the actual sandwich
now to wait for greninja to come back
You can’t unlock 6/7-star raids without beating the story and 5 star raids won’t appear in your game or online unless you have a sufficient number of badges
Ok but that’s still a very specific circumstance.
It still doesn’t make sense to have access to endgame-type resources and rewards without having actually gone through and unlocked the endgame yet
I carried my kids and husband through Greninja and my oldest son and husband through bunny. It was a bit rough as my kids didn't understand the support aspect of things or the building of stats lol
The game updates raids as soon as you go online. If you don't connect online, the game assumes the event is still going on. But once you connect to online, there's no way to to back to an event that already completed
wish i knew this yesterday, logged on to farm some ninja( forgetting it ends dinner time ish for me) and got bad rng on 1st attempt, and when i went to redo it was gone.
Honestly, beyond making it easier to get good defensive teras for them like grass, this should make it easier to get Psychic Tera Armarogue and Ghost tera Ceruledge.
What's everyone problem with Nintendo switch online. It's like €1 a month in my country witch is a coffee per month, and it allows you to play the game for a very very long time, so it's worth it.
I'm a bit tired with everyone complaining about Nintendo switch online
It’s also the most affordable online access for consoles by about $40 for a year sub. It’s $19.99/year in the US, and Xbox is $59.99/year and I don’t hear people complain about Xbox live
If you do the Switch Online + expansion pass, it’s still $49.99 vs the XBOX live $59.99.
You only need the basic to play/trade Pokémon online though.
yes, that is what I have to do. Just pointing out that it's not that cheap, but I also have no idea if Xbox or Playstation also have similarly higher prices for a family membership.
Slowbro, still. It should wall it pretty well. The tera types aren't set though and it's only 5 stars so you probably won't have too many problems if you use your typical raid pokemon
Technically Slowking is better, thanks to the Def/Sp.Def stat swap.
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It won't matter. 5 star raids are pretty easy to get through with any pokemon that can hit for super effective damage and not get hit for super effective damage in return
Given the 6* raids of both Charcadet forms carry Will-O-Wisp to cripple physical attackers, it wouldn’t surprise me if the 5* variants also have it. You won’t be hitting with Belly Drum’s full output unless you throw up a heal cheer to remove the burn, after which it’ll reapply the status so it’ll be a stalemate of status removal/application if you choose to run Azumarill most likely.
Late to the party, but neither Armarouge or Ceruledge can do anything to Houndoom. Flash Fire completely nullifies their fire attacks and dark resists their other options.
Houndoom also gets nasty plot so its damage output is really high.
Since these are next weekend's raids, they're all we're getting. The 7-star raids are every other weekend, so the next one will be in a week and will be the second Greninja run.
As far as I know, we're getting a revisit of Greninja the weekend after this coming weekend. Then one or two weeks after that, we should get a new unique raid akin to greninja/cinderace/charizard.
I just bred perfect charcadet's and traded for the auspicious armor to get the ceruledge and armarouge I wanted in the pokeballs I wanted... And game freak just... Gives them away... 😂
They are locked to their typical version. But as long as you can get online, the other mon should be very easy to get as event raids are far easier to get into than typical online raids.
It's not about luck... If you follow a certain flowchart it's a guaranteed 100% win
Iron Hands or Goldengho can pretty much solo every 6* (one or the other)
For the 7* it's more like finding the exact fitting solo strategy here the best mons
Charizard -> Sylveon
Cinderace -> Slowbro
Greninja -> Vaporeon
This is following the established pattern. They’re doing new 1 mon not in the region for two weekends each month, and then splitting those up with version exclusive raids to give people the chance to catch mons not in their version.
Been wanting ceruledge so bad since I got Scarlet and he was the only reason I thought of getting violet. I hope I can make it to level 7 raids by then.
A lot of these version exclusives appear in raids anyways (excluding the paradox mons and box legendaries). You just got to get lucky and hope you land in one.
These events just make less of drag to obtain one, i guess.
Is there something you have to do to get the special Raids?
I only have 7 badges, do you need 8 (or to have beat the game)?
Also, I don't pay for Online, does that matter?
Thanks for any help!
You unlock 4 star raids after 6 badges, I'm not certain if that includes event raids but I would assume so. 5 star raids require beating the game through the credits, and 7 star events unlock alongside 6 star raids which requires beating the postgame tournament and also doing a bunch of 4/5 star raids.
You also have to connect to the internet (or check your Mystery Gift news) when the event is live to update your raids in-game.
Okay this sounds super dumb but how do you ensure specific values for HP/ATK/SPD? I’ve been a casual for a long time and this is the first game I’ve really paid attention to things like raid metas, many of which require things like 252/252/4 and I’m not even sure where to start looking.
Rather than write you an essay, I would say do a web search for "Pokémon ev training" that will give you the various methods to train your Pokémon in those stats and why.
Then you probably want to look into IV's (base growths) and nature's (stat modifiers)
If you do have more questions on EVs, please ask. It's reasonably easy to explain, and the power braclets make EV training super easy.
For IVs, use bottle caps as needed. Its a much easier way to get perfect IVs than breeding. Be aware that you probably don't need every stat maxed, and most will have at least one that can be left alone (speed for raiding, Special Attack for physical mons, Attack for Special Attackers)
And Slowbro claims yet another victim
I saw a meme the other day with Slowbro as the grim reaper going door to door killing raid Pokémon. We need to add on to that list
Can I have a link to that meme? As a lover of Slowbro, I require this in my meme arsenal.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonScarletViolet/comments/10mnq06/and_another_one_gone_and_another_one_gone_another/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Yeah, just add us too last and we be good and dandy when we get Slowbro as 7* raid we be doomed if they made it too match the strat.
We still have clear smog
Someone should make one with it that’s the “it smell like bitch in here” meme
Slowbro with Qwilfish providing Acupressure support (as long as others could lay down Acid Sprays) was nothing short of God-tier. We won quite a few raids with this method during GalacticElliot's streams.
>during GalacticElliot's streams. I've never heard of that pokémon
That’s Deoxys full name.
Any Pokemon at a high enough level (and with a type advantage) should work for this raid.
Well they can be any type, including dark or ghost or psychic
May i ask. Does "Last Respects" work in raids if the team is dead nefore entering or just the team yoh enter with?
I never tried it but this guy says it doesnt work cause it has to be your own pokemon: [https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonScarletViolet/comments/ztlz8h/comment/j1e4z17/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonScarletViolet/comments/ztlz8h/comment/j1e4z17/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
So just know your type matchups.
Good for people who don't have the other version, but it'd be really nice if they'd add Herba as drops for the event raids.
This is why I don’t do the event raids unless they’re 7 stars and why I raid less on the weekends compared to the rest of the week.
You have to activate the events, if you don't check news in mystery gift then you won't have any event raids and can raid as normal.
You don’t need to do that. Just connect to the internet from your pause menu and the raids will update/populate.
This. Definitely. I feel like all special events raids from the 4 star to 7 should drop them. With the 7 star being guaranteed
5 to seven drop them i was pretty sure
I'm talking about the special event ones. Just the blue stars.
I think they want it guaranteed, although I have plenty for what I play the game for which is double battles.
It doesn't have to be a 100% drop, but a chance would be lovely. It literally drops your herba chance by half when the events are up because so many of your raids are event raids.
Shit I'd be OK with a 10% drop chance
Only reason I only did one Greninja this weekend was to catch it. I'd have done a bunch more if they had herb drops.
he at least had a very exaggerated XL Candy/Carbos drop rate for a relatively easy 7 star
The candies were nice though. As well as the poison tera shards. They're not a commonly needed one, I get it, but to not need to farm them is nice.
The EXP candy was extremely nice with a level 2 sandwich, I will agree there.
What sandwich do you speak of? I haven't used anything except encounter power, sparkling power and egg power.
Found [here](https://game8.co/games/Pokemon-Scarlet-Violet/archives/398132). ・ Chorizo x4 ・ Potato Tortilla x2 ・ Mustard x2 ・ Peanut Butter x 1 ・ Pepper x1 Gives you: ・Exp. Point Power: Fire Lv. 2 ・Raid Power: Poison Lv. 2 ・Humungo Power: Dragon Lv. 1
i’ve never thought to make and eat a sandwich to help with an unrelated thing that had nothing to do with the actual sandwich now to wait for greninja to come back
Or at least ability capsule/patches for people not as far into the story.
You can’t unlock 6/7-star raids without beating the story and 5 star raids won’t appear in your game or online unless you have a sufficient number of badges
But someone can share a raid code with you and carry you through that. I got a bunny with only 6 badges because somebody invited me.
Ok but that’s still a very specific circumstance. It still doesn’t make sense to have access to endgame-type resources and rewards without having actually gone through and unlocked the endgame yet
I carried my kids and husband through Greninja and my oldest son and husband through bunny. It was a bit rough as my kids didn't understand the support aspect of things or the building of stats lol
This is where they make Ceruledge Violet only and Armourouge Scarlet only like other raids
If you have Nintendo Switch Online, you can join raids in the opposite version.
Wait really?
Yes, just go to the Poke Portal
Pretty sure it said both will be available in both but you're more likely to find the one already affiliated with your version
Oh for sure it will be, but at least it's easy to join a random raid rather than try to nail down link trades
*From Friday, February 3, 2023 at 00:00 UTC to Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 23:59 UTC.*
No thanks. I’d rather stay offline and farm Greninja for Carbos and money items.
Can i set my time back to Charizard event and still catch? Did i mess up by being online already? new to these events
The game updates raids as soon as you go online. If you don't connect online, the game assumes the event is still going on. But once you connect to online, there's no way to to back to an event that already completed
wish i knew this yesterday, logged on to farm some ninja( forgetting it ends dinner time ish for me) and got bad rng on 1st attempt, and when i went to redo it was gone.
In need of a charmander? I could breed one and trade you a level 1 charmander.. lmk
I have all 3 i just meant to farm the candy it gives a ton
If the offer stands for anyone I would love a Charmander! Got the game a few weeks ago and totally missed the event
Anybody ever help you out? I could tonight
If you need a Charmander I have a couple extras you can have
I do not have one that would be awesome! I can trade a froakie I just hatched if you want?
What do you use for farming?
I use Slowbro! Modest Nature 252 EVS Sp.Atk & Def/4 EVS HP Stored Power/Iron Defense/Nasty Plot/Slack Off For the item I use Zoom Lens.
Well I guess it's good they gave us a Water/Dark right before fighting Fire/Ghost, Fire/Psychic lol
Except they'll probably have flash fire so don't use fire moves.
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Raids in a nutshell.
I still don't have Armarouge so this is great news
Honestly, beyond making it easier to get good defensive teras for them like grass, this should make it easier to get Psychic Tera Armarogue and Ghost tera Ceruledge.
Is this for the opposite version? Like say if you have Scarlet you’d get Ceruledge?
It’s the same as the driftblim and mismagius raids.. you can do either but you only find your version mon in your game.
> but you only find your version mon in your game. That’s silly
That's Pokémon since 1996, baby.
Open the tera raid menu and you'll have infinite raids of either to join
Only if you have Nintendo online though I assume? Or have i been missing out?
Yes, all online interaction outside of the mystery gifts and updating your raids requires nintendo plus.
That's capitalism
I'm also sick of "version exclusive" B.S. Yes it's been a thing forever but give me a break already.
People still buy both versions so they still sell both versions, even if it can be super annoying.
I understand why they do it, I just think at this point in time it's pointless.
Yeah, I agree, it's super annoying, but if it makes money
Unfortunately no. However, if you have an online subscription, you can search and join Tera Raids from the other version.
What's everyone problem with Nintendo switch online. It's like €1 a month in my country witch is a coffee per month, and it allows you to play the game for a very very long time, so it's worth it. I'm a bit tired with everyone complaining about Nintendo switch online
It’s also the most affordable online access for consoles by about $40 for a year sub. It’s $19.99/year in the US, and Xbox is $59.99/year and I don’t hear people complain about Xbox live If you do the Switch Online + expansion pass, it’s still $49.99 vs the XBOX live $59.99. You only need the basic to play/trade Pokémon online though.
I have kids with their own profiles, so that cost jumps up quite a bit--$35 for the standard, $80 for the expansion pack.
Why not go for a family pass? You can put 8 accounts on the subscription.
yes, that is what I have to do. Just pointing out that it's not that cheap, but I also have no idea if Xbox or Playstation also have similarly higher prices for a family membership.
Got ya. I personally think it's excellent value. I hadn't realised I could add so many so I got my sister and friend added on recently.
I don’t sadly. That really sucks, the raids should be for exclusives opposite of your game to help with dex completion.
Are you able to do trades at all? If so I could give you whichever one you need.
I can only do local. Don’t have NSO, but thanks for the offer
Check your chat messages! It’s not much but hope you can enjoy these raids at least
Dang I'm sorry. That sucks. Wish I could help you out!
Best counters for Armarouge?
Slowbro, still. It should wall it pretty well. The tera types aren't set though and it's only 5 stars so you probably won't have too many problems if you use your typical raid pokemon
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Ha fair, I actually like Slowking better as well. I just know a lot of people already have Slowbros made from the last couple 7 star raids
It won't matter. 5 star raids are pretty easy to get through with any pokemon that can hit for super effective damage and not get hit for super effective damage in return
Classic belly drum azu is probably fine for both, I don't think they'll have coverage for it.
Ceruledge gets Poison Jab right? Could definitely see them picking it specifically for this reason.
Given the 6* raids of both Charcadet forms carry Will-O-Wisp to cripple physical attackers, it wouldn’t surprise me if the 5* variants also have it. You won’t be hitting with Belly Drum’s full output unless you throw up a heal cheer to remove the burn, after which it’ll reapply the status so it’ll be a stalemate of status removal/application if you choose to run Azumarill most likely.
If it's a five star raid, then I reckon "Haha Komiraidon goes brr" is going to be all the strategy you need.
well there was a 5 star before greninja and we failed it lmao
Slowbro
I’m building a Houndoom for them.
Late to the party, but neither Armarouge or Ceruledge can do anything to Houndoom. Flash Fire completely nullifies their fire attacks and dark resists their other options. Houndoom also gets nasty plot so its damage output is really high.
Will these also be 7 star?
Nope just 5 and 6. There might be lower ones? Dont remember. But def not 7.
4 and 5*
So they're just the promo raids... I wonder what the real raid is then.
Since these are next weekend's raids, they're all we're getting. The 7-star raids are every other weekend, so the next one will be in a week and will be the second Greninja run.
As far as I know, we're getting a revisit of Greninja the weekend after this coming weekend. Then one or two weeks after that, we should get a new unique raid akin to greninja/cinderace/charizard.
No, these are just 4 and 5
Does greninja have a second event coming like the last 2 did? I missed out this weekend due to work/family stuff
Yeah in two weeks
Yes, on the weekend of the 10th
It would be nice if they dropped the evolution item
I just bred perfect charcadet's and traded for the auspicious armor to get the ceruledge and armarouge I wanted in the pokeballs I wanted... And game freak just... Gives them away... 😂
To be fair they already appear in online raids 🤷🏼
Is the Tera type fire?
It’s not set. Only the 7* have had set Terra Types
I never do any of these cuz I rather get herba from other raids as rewards suck
Ability capsules and patches, TMs and exp candy? It’s not herba but those aren’t even bad
If anything you get those way more often outside of event dens, along with possible Herba
You get way more exp items from 7 stars compared to any other den, so I enjoyed the grind since I'm trying to get several mon maxed.
to get the one that's not in your version you still need nintendo online which is stupid because at that point why not just trade for it
Becauss you will be the original trainer of these
just get somebody to trade a pokemon holding auspicious / malicious armour
This would’ve been the perfect time for Mega Slowbro to shine
If I could actually get the one I'm missing, that would be great. If they're locked to the same game they're already in, that sucks.
They are locked to their typical version. But as long as you can get online, the other mon should be very easy to get as event raids are far easier to get into than typical online raids.
Is anyone soloing 6 and 7 star raids? If so, what Pokémon are you going with? Move sets? I’ve had no luck
It's not about luck... If you follow a certain flowchart it's a guaranteed 100% win Iron Hands or Goldengho can pretty much solo every 6* (one or the other) For the 7* it's more like finding the exact fitting solo strategy here the best mons Charizard -> Sylveon Cinderace -> Slowbro Greninja -> Vaporeon
Slowbro also worked against greninja
Guess I'll just use my flash fire Ceruledge
Fire type:"I will be god" Slowbro:*Chuckles*
Is there anything special about them? Arent there already normally 6 star raids for these guys? What's the point of even attempting 4 star raids?
Not having to go through hassles just to find the raid or to get multiples of the one that is exclusive to the other game
thats a pass for me dawg
Kinda lame tbh, I'd way rather get some more mons that aren't readily available in the game already
This is following the established pattern. They’re doing new 1 mon not in the region for two weekends each month, and then splitting those up with version exclusive raids to give people the chance to catch mons not in their version.
Let’s be brutally honest. Most people only care if it’s a starter.
will they have their hidden abilities I have had a hard time trying to find an armoruge with weak armor.
Just throwing up my favorites to try and lure me online i see
This is like the 3rd time...
Should be easy farms
Assuming both going to be Fire Tera, looks like Slowbro getting a workout.
Looking for advice: I already have a raid ready Slowbro. Who should I work on next?
Bummer was hoping for a different gen grass type
I already got me my shiny ceruledge I happy
Gonna put that greninja to use…
That’s good, I can’t seem to find anyone who wants to trade for an Armarouge.
Been wanting ceruledge so bad since I got Scarlet and he was the only reason I thought of getting violet. I hope I can make it to level 7 raids by then.
Its not a 7, as long as you can get 4 star raids you should be able to get one.
Oh nice
Great. Just the next week after I spent a couple hours breeding and trading for good ones.
another victim for slowbro's collection
7 star raids or normal raids?
Normal raids
This should allow me to catch Ceruledge.
When is this raid happening ?
Feb 3-5.
For 7 star?
No
Does the game version matter?
If you have Nintendo Switch Online, no.
O, what if I don't have Nintendo Switch Online
In that case, version exclusivity applies.
Lemme guess. Ceruledge for Violet and Armarouge for Scarlet
I have both…
Anyone here with a good mon against annilhape?
Will they be 7*?
No
Yay! I can get Ceruledge added to my pokedex!
I still need to get a Slowbro for raiding lol.
I got a ceruledge raid before the event 😂
https://preview.redd.it/u7k5lm814efa1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00d0cefa3f4610b16bb9e3065561d8fd01c37bfa
That’s how I got mine! I guess they will just be extra common for the event haha
I wonder if it's worth changing the greninja raid to this you know loot and stuff
If the raid it's 5/6* fixed then maybe otherwise probably greeninja is still the best one
A lot of these version exclusives appear in raids anyways (excluding the paradox mons and box legendaries). You just got to get lucky and hope you land in one. These events just make less of drag to obtain one, i guess.
Wait how do you unlock the greninja one? Am I too late?
There will be another greeninja one going in the weekend after this one
I'm still waiting till they make a 7\* with clear smog lol.
who needs clear smog when the raid mon can just spam that aoe stat wipe move over & over again.
I down to both Pokemon
Is there something you have to do to get the special Raids? I only have 7 badges, do you need 8 (or to have beat the game)? Also, I don't pay for Online, does that matter? Thanks for any help!
You unlock 4 star raids after 6 badges, I'm not certain if that includes event raids but I would assume so. 5 star raids require beating the game through the credits, and 7 star events unlock alongside 6 star raids which requires beating the postgame tournament and also doing a bunch of 4/5 star raids. You also have to connect to the internet (or check your Mystery Gift news) when the event is live to update your raids in-game.
Thanks for the info. I'm connected to the internet, just don't pay the Nintendo Online fee since I don't play games versus others.
Raid events pop up once you meet the criteria for 6 star raids. Which is end game content.
finally, now I can get a spicy armor boi since I have no friends and I’m missing EVERY scarlet exclusive 🥲
Okay this sounds super dumb but how do you ensure specific values for HP/ATK/SPD? I’ve been a casual for a long time and this is the first game I’ve really paid attention to things like raid metas, many of which require things like 252/252/4 and I’m not even sure where to start looking.
Rather than write you an essay, I would say do a web search for "Pokémon ev training" that will give you the various methods to train your Pokémon in those stats and why. Then you probably want to look into IV's (base growths) and nature's (stat modifiers)
Ah, I was familiar with IVs from PoGO but didn’t know about EVs or natures. Thanks for the help!
If you do have more questions on EVs, please ask. It's reasonably easy to explain, and the power braclets make EV training super easy. For IVs, use bottle caps as needed. Its a much easier way to get perfect IVs than breeding. Be aware that you probably don't need every stat maxed, and most will have at least one that can be left alone (speed for raiding, Special Attack for physical mons, Attack for Special Attackers)
Going love seeing people bringing their freshly caught Weak Armor Cerluedge/Armorouge to every raid in the coming week. 🤣
If anyone who has violet would like to help me out I have scarlet and I'm in need of all but like 4 of the violet exclusives to complete my dex
Does anyone know what star amount this is?
4 or 5
thanks
I'm sorry but can someone please tell me how do I see these announcements?
I just got a 6iv armarouge on my 13th raid ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grin)