How to solo Steel Metagross 7-star Tera Raid in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Trainers who wish to solo Steel Metagross 7-star Tera Raids in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are in luck, as the feat is achievable. These battles will take place in two phases: first, from midnight UTC on May 9, 2025, until 11:59 pm UTC on May 11, and then from midnight UTC on May 16 until 11:59 pm UTC on May 18.

Two creatures — Fire Tera Skeledirge and Ground Tera Quagsire — are best suited to deal with Steel Tera Metagross raids on their own. This article covers the strategies involved in soloing Steel Metagross 7-star Tera Raids in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

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Best counters and strategy to solo Steel Metagross 7-star Tera Raid in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

1) Fire Tera Skeledirge

Skeledirge can solo Steel Metagross 7-star Tera Raid in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Image via TPC/Youtube@Osirus)

Build:

• Tera type: Fire
• Ability: Unaware
• Held Item: Shell Bell
• Nature: Modest
• EV Spread: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
• Moveset: Protect, Curse, Torch Song, and Sunny Day

Strategy:

• You need Arboliva as your partnering Pokemon so that it can help mitigate Earthquake damage.
• Keep using Torch Song until you unlock Terastalization.
• After this, set up Sunny Day to boost the power of Fire-type moves.
• Then keep using Torch Song.
• Once Metagross's shield breaks and the raid timer hits 70%, your stat boosts and ability get nullified. During this turn, use Protect.
• After this, use Curse for a couple of rounds.
• Keep using Torch Song until Metagross faints.

2) Ground Tera Quagsire

Quagsire can solo Steel Metagross 7-star Tera Raid in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Image via TPC/Youtube@Osirus)

Build:

• Tera type: Ground
• Ability: Unaware
• Held Item: Covert Cloak
• Nature: Adamant
• EV Spread: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def
• Moveset: Protect, Recover, Curse, and Earthquake

Strategy:

• You don't need any specific partners for this raid.
• For the first three turns, use Curse to boost your Attack and Defense stats by three stages.
• Use Recover to gain back HP.
• Start hitting Metagross with Earthquakes.
• Once your Terastallization counter is over, use the feature.
• Make sure to keep using Recover to stay healthy.
• After Metagross disables your ability and resets your stats at 70% raid timer, use Protect to save yourself from getting knocked out from the subsequent Earthquake.
• Next, use six rounds of Curse to max out your Attack, weaving in with Recover to stay alive.
• Use Earthquake till you finish off Metagross.

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Here's the list of the last few 7-star raid bosses in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet:

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