How to best counter Walking Wake and Iron Leaves in Tera Raid battles in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?

Both Walking Wake and Iron Leaves are 5-star Tera Raid battles in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. The former is only available in Scarlet, whereas the latter is exclusive to Violet. This guide will let trainers know how to easily beat these two new pocket monsters. You can only catch Walking Wake and Iron Leaves once. Trainers can still battle them multiple times for their rewards.

They can drop valuable items, such as:

• Rare Candy
• Big Pearl
• PP Up
• Ability Capsule

This guide will include the moves these two Pocket Monsters can use and some ways to counter them. Trainers have until May 14, 2023, to catch these two Pokemon.

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How to counter the Walking Wake Tera Raid battle in Pokemon Scarlet?

A screenshot of the Tera Raid battle against Walking Wake (Image via Game Freak)

This is what Walking Wake uses against you in Pokemon Scarlet:

• Hydro Steam
• Dragon Pulse
• Noble Roar
• Flamethrower
• Sunny Day

It will have a Water Tera Type and the Protosynthesis ability.

Since it's a 5-star Tera Raid, it will only be Level 75. That means you don't have to rely on super-effective moves to defeat it, should you own something Level 100. Here is a build involving the popular Annihilape that is regularly used in other Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Tera Raid battles:

• Ability: Defiant
• Nature: Adamant
• EVs: 252 Attack / 252 HP / 4 Sp. Def
• Moves: Rage Fist + Drain Punch + Bulk Up + Screech
• Tera-Type: Ghost
• Item: Shell Bell

The strategy is simple: use Bulk Up to raise Annihilape's Attack, and then utilize three Screeches to reduce Walking Wake's Defence to -6. Defiant will give Annihilape a net +3 Attack after it gets hit by Noble Roar, which means it won't have to use many Bulk Ups to max out its Attack.

Annihilape will get hit several times by Walking Wake, which will raise the attacking power of Rage Fist. Alternatively, use Drain Punch to heal Annihilape if necessary.

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How to counter the Iron Leaves Tera Raid battle in Pokemon Violet?

Only available in Violet (Image via Game Freak)

This is what Iron Leaves uses against you in Pokemon Violet:

• Psyblade
• Leaf Blade
• Megahorn
• Swords Dance
• Electric Terrain

It will have a Psychic Tera Type and the Quark Drive ability. Kingambit is an example of something that can defeat Iron Leaves easily. Here is a good build for that task:

• Ability: Defiant
• Nature: Adamant
• EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 Def
• Moves: Swords Dance + X-Scissor + Kowtow Cleave + Poison Jab
• Tera-Type: Dark
• Held Item: Electric Seed

Kingambit's Dark and Steel-type combination spells wonder in the battle against Iron Leaves. It is not affected by Psyblade and will resist Leaf Blade. Trainers are advised to use Swords Dance to give Kingambit's attack stat a boost and then follow it with Kowtow Cleave.

Other popular Steel-types like Kingambit should suffice to clear this 5-star Tera Raid battle, such as Gholdengo and Scizor. Most skilled trainers should have no issue getting Walking Wake or Iron Leaves in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, although they must complete these Tera Raid battles by May 14, 2023.