Best Pokémon for Hisuian Samurott Tera Raid: How to beat the Hisuian Samurott seven-star Tera Raid event

Miraidon – Level 100

• Nature – Bold
• Ability – Hadron Engine
• Item – Big Root
• Tera type – Electric
• Move set – Calm Mind, Parabolic Charge, Electro Drift, Charge

Water is only weak to Grass- and Electric-type attacks, but luckily Samurott only uses Bulldoze on turn one, and doesn’t use Ground moves after this. This means we can freely use Miraidon here, which has a number of great ways to boost its Electric-type attacks. Its ability, Hadron Engine, and the move Charge both help to boost Electric-type attacks, and Electro Drift is super powerful against weak enemies like Samurott. Parabolic Charge will recover health while also dealing Electric damage. We added Calm Mind to further boost its special attack but it likely won’t be needed.

Clodsire – Level 100

• Nature – Impish
• Ability – Water Absorb
• Item – Leftovers
• Tera type – Poison
• Move set – Mud-Slap, Chilling Water, Helping Hand, Acid Spray

Clodsire won’t be able to hit very hard, but it does come with the perfect moveset for this raid. Most of Samurott’s attacks aren’t 100% accurate, and so you can help out your teammates with Mud-Slap making them more likely to miss than hit. Chilling Water will drop Samurott’s monstrous attack even through the barrier, and if paired with a great special attacker like Miraidon, Acid Spray will help to drop its special defenses. Helping Hand will double its teammates' attack, and Water Absorb stops it from being hit with Razor Shell.

Alolan Ninetales – Level 100

• Nature – Bold
• Ability – Snow Warning
• Item – Light Clay
• Tera type – Ice
• Move set – Aurora Veil, Charm, Freeze Dry, Nasty Plot

Snow Warning will automatically boost Ninetales defense as soon as it enters battle, and Aurora Veil will protect Ninetales and its teammates. Despite being an Ice-type move, Freeze Dry will deal super-effective damage on the Water-type Samurott, while Nasty Plot improves Ninetales’ damage output. The final move we added here, Charm, will harshly drop Samurott’s attack to help keep everyone healthy.

Iron Hands – Level 100

• Nature – Impish
• Ability – Quark Drive
• Item – Big Root
• Tera type – Electric Terrain
• Move set – Drain Punch, Belly Drum, Electric Terrain, Thunder Punch

Iron Hands is a staple of raids, and Hisuian Samurott is another perfect target for the future Hariyama. It has a monstrous HP and Defense stat, and resists two of Samurotts main attacks, Water- and Dark-type. While Iron Hands isn’t that strong, the boost it gains from Belly Drum makes it very powerful, and it can use Drain Punch to get its health back. Thunder Punch will be the stronger form of attack here, as it’s super effective against Water.