Cinderace is the second seven-star Tera Raid occasion goal in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and it’s a bit more durable to take down than Charizard was. Cinderace hits very exhausting and has a wide range of strikes to take advantage of weaknesses.
Cinderace is in raids from Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. EST till Jan. 15 at 6:59 p.m. EST.
Cinderace Tera Raid rewards
Upon defeating Cinderace, you’ll be capable of catch one, however just one. After you seize your first one, you won’t be able to catch any extra, even in case you defeat it once more. You’ll additionally get TM64 (Bulk Up) and a assured Capability Patch to your first victory.
The caught Cinderace has its Hidden Capability, Libero, which modifications its typing to the primary transfer it makes use of as soon as per switch-in. (Libero doesn’t activate if the Pokémon is Terastallized, so that you don’t have to fret about it on this raid.) It additionally comes with the Mightiest Mark, identical to the Charizard from earlier raids. It additionally has full excellent IVs.
Equally to different Tera Raids, you will get different drops, like Exp. Sweet, Tera Shards, Bottle Caps, and treasure gadgets to promote for cash. Serebii.internet has an entire drop desk. Cinderace raids don’t drop Herba Mystica.
Cinderace Tera Raid counter builds
There are two widespread builds you’ll see in Cinderace raids: Espathra and Slowbro. These are profitable builds that do work fairly nicely, permitting gamers to even solo the Cinderace with out utilizing on-line allies. We’ll clarify methods to mimic these builds and the way they work.
Cinderace is degree 100 with a combating Tera Kind. It is aware of Excessive Bounce Kick, Pyro Ball, Acrobatics, Iron Head, and Bulk Up. Bulk Up makes it further harmful, because it’ll energy up its assault a ton earlier than making an attempt to nuke your Pokémon. It’s essential to both decrease its stats again down or to beef up your Pokémon defensively.
You’ll be able to nonetheless use your Azumarill (the one everybody builds with Stomach Drum and Play Tough) towards Cinderace, however your mileage might fluctuate. You want luck and/or a dependable help Pokémon; once we used our Azumarill, we had been unable to Stomach Drum efficiently with out risking fainting. Cinderace hits like a brick and with out correct help, your Azumarill won’t work.
Personally, I don’t suggest utilizing Azumarill. You’re higher off cheesing the raid with the 2 builds we checklist beneath:
Cinderace Tera Raid Slowbro construct
Nature: Modest
Capability: doesn’t matter
Tera Kind: Psychic
EVs: 4 HP/252 Protection/252 Particular Assault
IVs: Maxed HP, Protection, Particular Assault
Held merchandise: Life Orb or Twisted Spoon
Moveset: Saved Energy (TM41), Iron Protection (TM104), and Nasty Plot (TM140)
Along with your degree 100 Slowbro, you’ll be able to one-shot Cinderace — so long as it doesn’t have its protect up. Use Iron Protection twice, Nasty Plot twice, a “Go all out!” cheer as soon as, and wrap up with Saved Energy to defeat the Cinderace.
Saved Energy does extra harm the extra your stats are elevated, so after beefing up your Protection and Particular Assault, you’ll be capable of take out the Cinderace shortly whereas withstanding its assaults.
If Cinderace debuffs your Pokémon, you will have to start out this course of once more, sadly.
We used this Slowbro technique efficiently to win towards Cinderace.
Cinderace Tera Raid Espathra construct
Nature: Modest
Capability: Opportunist
Tera Kind: Psychic
EVs: 252 HP/252 Protection/4 Particular Assault
IVs: Maxed HP, Protection, Particular Assault
Held merchandise: Gentle Clay or Shell Bell
Moveset: Lumina Crash, Replicate (TM74), Feather Dance, Roost (egg transfer)
As a way to efficiently use this construct, you must spam Feather Dance to start with of the struggle to maintain Cinderace’s ever-growing Assault down. If the Cinderace has the protect up, cease utilizing Feather Dance and use Lumina Crash as an alternative, additionally mixing in Roost to heal up. Be sure to additionally Terastallize to make Lumina Crash even stronger. Keep in mind to additionally utilizing therapeutic chants in case your and/or your teammates’ HP is getting too low.
The important thing right here is Opportunist, Espathra’s means, which can match its stat development primarily based on Cinderace. If Cinderace retains utilizing Bulk Up, then Espathra’s Assault and Protection may even rise.
We didn’t take a look at this Espathra construct ourselves, however we had seen it many instances in our raids, which we had been in a position to clear efficiently.
Gamers have discovered success with a handful of different builds, as catalogued on this complete Reddit thread, however the two above builds are ones we are able to affirm have labored.
