How to solo Ground Garchomp 7-star Tera Raid in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Pokemon Trainers looking to solo Ground Garchomp 7-star Tera Raids in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet can actually defeat this pseudo-Legendary from Sinnoh. These Raid battles will take place from Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. PDT to Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 4:59 p.m. PDT. The Raid Battles will return to the game on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. PDT and go on till Sunday, June 1, 2025, at 4:59 p.m. PDT.

There are three creatures — Sinistcha, Venusaur, and Victreebel, all using Grass Tera — who are best suited to solo Ground Garchomp 7-star Tera Raids. This article will act as a guide for those looking to solo Ground Garchomp 7-star Tera Raids in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

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Best counters and strategy to solo Ground Garchomp 7-star Tera Raid in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Sinistcha can solo Ground Garchomp 7-star Tera Raid in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Image via TPC/Youtube@Osirus)

1) Grass Tera Sinistcha

Build:

• Tera type: Grass
• Ability: Heatproof/Hospitality
• Held Item: Covert Cloak
• Nature: Modest (+ Special Attack, - Attack)
• EV Spread: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA
• Moveset: Matcha Gotcha, Nasty Plot, Reflect, and Strength Sap

Strategy

• Make sure you have Arboliva as your partnering Pokemon so that it can help mitigate Earthquake damage.
• Having an ally with the ability Intimidate to lower Garchomp's attack will be useful, as it only has physical moves.
• Use Matcha Gotcha until you unlock Terastallization due to its high burn chance, which will cut Garchomp's attack.
• Once you've burned Garchomp, use Strength Sap to further lower its Attack while keeping Sinistcha healthy.
• Alternate between the two moves to heal and attack Garchomp.
• Once Garchomp's shield breaks and the raid timer hits 70%, your stat boosts and ability get nullified. During this turn, use Reflect to further lower damage.
• After this, use Nasty Plot for a couple of rounds.
• Keep using Matcha Gotcha until Garchomp faints.

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2) Grass Tera Venusaur

Build:

• Tera type: Grass
• Ability: Chlorophyll
• Held Item: Shell Bell
• Nature: Modest (+ Special Attack, - Attack)
• EV Spread: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpDef
• Moveset: Acid Spray, Giga Drain, Reflect, and Sunny Day

Strategy:

• Make sure you have Arboliva as your partnering Pokemon so that it can help mitigate Earthquake damage. This is especially necessary as Venusaur does not resist Earthquake until it Terastallizes.
• Having an ally with the ability Intimidate to lower Garchomp's attack will be useful, as it only has physical moves.
• Keep using Giga Drain until you unlock Terastalization to keep Venusaur healthy.
• After this, set up Sunny Day to increase Venusaur's speed drastically using its ability, Chlorophyll.
• Then keep using Giga Drain and Acid Spray alternatively, the latter dropping Garchomp's Special Defense immensely so that Venusaur can deal more damage with Giga Drain.
• Once Garchomp's shield breaks and the raid timer hits 70%, your stat boosts and ability get nullified. During this turn, use Reflect to further lower Garchomp's damage output.
• Keep using Giga Drain until Garchomp faints.

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3) Grass Tera Victreebel

Build:

• Tera type: Grass
• Ability: Chlorophyll
• Held Item: Shell Bell
• Nature: Modest (+ Special Attack, - Attack)
• EV Spread: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpDef
• Moveset: Acid Spray, Giga Drain, Strength Sap, and Sunny Day

Strategy:

• Make sure you have Arboliva as your partnering Pokemon so that it can help mitigate Earthquake damage. This is especially necessary as Victreebel does not resist Earthquake until it Terastallizes.
• Having an ally with the ability Intimidate to lower Garchomp's attack will be useful, as it only has physical moves.
• Keep using Giga Drain and Strength Sap until you unlock Terastalization to keep Victreebel healthy.
• After this, set up Sunny Day to increase Victreebel's speed using its ability, Chlorophyll.
• Then keep using Giga Drain, Strength Sap, and Acid Spray as per the situation.
• Once Garchomp's shield breaks and the raid timer hits 70%, your stat boosts and ability get nullified.
• After this, use Strength Sap for a couple of rounds.
• Keep using Giga Drain until Garchomp faints.

Thanks to their ability to tank Garchomp's hits (albeit after Terastallizing to pure Grass-types in case of Venusaur and Victreebel), while keeping themselves healthy and constantly debuffing the Mach Pokemon, these Pocket Monsters are the best choices to solo Ground Garchomp 7-star Tera Raids.

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Here's a list of some of the previous 7-star Raid Bosses from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

• Steel Metagross
• Flying Salamence
• Ghost Tyranitar
• Water Quaquaval
• Fire Skeledirge
• Shiny Rayquaza