Get ready to battle some Pokémon you may have had trouble finding! From Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. PST to Sunday, February 18, 2024, at 3:59 p.m. PST, Stonjourner, Eiscue, Armarouge, and Ceruledge will be appearing more frequently in 3- and 5-star Tera Raid Battles.

These normally version-exclusive Pokémon will have various Tera Types and can be encountered in both the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games during this event, so prepare wisely and have fun completing your Paldea Pokédex!

Event Schedule Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. PST to Sunday, February 18, 2024, at 3:59 p.m. PST

Featured Pokémon 3- and 5-star Tera Raid Battles: Stonjourner, Eiscue, Armarouge, and Ceruledge

  • nocturneOP
    2·
    9 months ago

    Empolean is back in Tera Raids until Sunday 11 February 2024 at 23:59 UTC.

    • just some guy@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      9 months ago

      Anyone got a good solo build for empoleon? I’ve tried everything I’ve run across so far. The cost I can get is it down to about half health with a gallade.

      • nocturneOP
        2·
        9 months ago

        Not sure if it works solo, but I am running an Adamant Poliwrath Atk/SpD/HP with Drain Punch, Amnesia, Belly Drum and Fighting Tera for group raids. Unless everyone else in the group is ass we are winning.

        • just some guy@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          9 months ago

          Thanks, I’ll give this build a shot if I can. I’ve got a good polywrath with water absorb but not enough fighting tera shards. Maybe I’ll get lucky and find a few offline dens to get some more shards. Did you use any held items like metronome?

          • nocturneOPEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            I actually used it with water tera type for a while before I realized it should be fighting.

            ETA: Yes, holding metronome. Round 1 I use amnesia, then drain punch (or another fighting move) until Empolean removes effects from us. Once that happens I amnesia again, then belly drum, then tera if I can and drain punch until we win/lose.

            • just some guy@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              9 months ago

              Oh? We’ll if you still pulled it off with a water tera type, I’ll have to give it a shot. Maybe I’ll give it metronome and max out drain punches pp. Hopefully that’ll keep it from annihilating me with it’s grass knot repeatedly again

              • nocturneOPEnglish
                1·
                9 months ago

                With amnesia up grass knot does not do much (as long as it gets skill swapped, or not debuffed).

                • just some guy@sh.itjust.works
                  2·
                  9 months ago

                  Lol this got me further than all the other stategies I tried, but FINALLY, after trying, failing, then modifying my friend’s gallade strategy I got this sucker!

                  I set my fighting tera gallade up with covert cloak instead of shell bell (she’ll bells not very useful when you keep getting frozen.) Skill swapped first turn, sacred sword until I got knocked out. On getting back in the ring I tera’ed and use sacred sword until I’d get to about half health, then I’d drain punch back to full or near full health (usually 2 moves,) go back to sacred sword and repeat until empoleon used 2 moves a turn. Then I just spammed drain punch.