Decidueye’s seven-star trial tests fate itself as you choreograph stealth, timing, and quake of shadows to seize the ultimate Tera power.
Decidueye with the flying Tera Type and Mightiest Mark is only in raids from March 16 at 8 p.m. EDT until March 19 at 7:59 p.m EDT and March 23 at 8 p.m. EDT until March 26 at 7:59 p.m. EDT.
Decidueye Tera Raid rewards
Defeating Decidueye in the 7-star Tera Raid grants players a range of valuable rewards, including plenty of Exp. Candies, rare materials, and high-value treasures like Bottle Caps and Tera Shards. Catching Decidueye itself is limited to one per save file, but repeat victories still provide useful loot for training other Pokémon. Players can also collect items such as Ability Capsules or valuable sellables, making repeated raids worthwhile even after capturing the featured Pokémon.
Upon defeating Decidueye, you’ll be able to catch one, but only one. After you capture your first one, you will not be able to catch any more, even if you defeat it again. You’ll also get TM164 (Brave Bird) and a guaranteed Ability Patch for your first victory.
The caught Decidueye has its Hidden Ability, Long Reach, allowing it to hit your Pokémon with physical attacks without activating any contact-based effects. It also comes with the Mightiest Mark, just like the Pokémon from earlier seven-star raids. It also has complete perfect IVs.
Similarly to other Tera Raids, you can get other drops, like Exp. Candy, Tera Shards, Bottle Caps, and treasure items to sell for money. Serebii.net has a complete drop table. Decidueye raids do not drop Herba Mystica.
Decidueye Tera Raid best counters
Strong counters for the Decidueye 7-star Tera Raid focus on resisting its Grass and Flying attacks while exploiting its weaknesses after Terastallization. Pokémon such as Corviknight, Bellibolt, and Iron Hands perform well thanks to their solid defenses, healing options, and powerful Electric or Flying moves. Corviknight can shrug off Leaf Blade and Spirit Shackle, Bellibolt punishes Decidueye with boosted Electric attacks through its ability, and Iron Hands brings durability with Drain Punch recovery. Coordinated support from teammates using Reflect or Heal Cheer can further improve survival and damage output.
As of this writing, there is one definitive set-up that players are using frequently: a powered up Miraidon with some support Bellibolts, courtesy of Reddit.
Decidueye is at level 100 with a flying Tera Type. It knows Spirit Shackle, Brave Bird, Low Kick, and Leaf Blade, along with Feather Dance, Swords Dance, and Air Cutter. It does not do any notable guaranteed set-up, but you will want to watch out for all those buffs and debuffs throughout the battle.
Remember that your Pokémon should be at least level 100 when bringing them into seven-star raids. You may be able to get away with not perfectly EV or IV training them, but it’s recommended that you do for easy knockouts.
As usual with these raids, there are quite a few strategies going around to use, but below we talk about the strategy we personally used and can give our thumbs up to. (Though, honestly, Miraidon does seem to be the way to clear this raid easily.)
Decidueye Miraidon Tera Raid build
- Nature: Modest
- Ability: Hadron Engine
- Tera Type: Electric
- EVs: 252 HP/252 Special Attack/4 Defense
- IVs: Maxed HP, Defense, Special Defense, Special Attack
- Held item: Magnet
- Moveset: Charge, Electro Drift, Parabolic Charge, Metal Sound
Provided that you have other supports, Miraidon should be able to sweep Decidueye in two turns. Simply use Charge on the first turn and Electro Drift on the second turn. If you were buffed and Decidueye was debuffed properly, it should get knocked out immediately.
If you don’t have the Bellibolt supports below, it will just take multiple hits to take out Decidueye. Keep yourself healed with chants to avoid lowering the time gauge.
Being honest, you do not have to explicitly do this Miraidon/Bellibolt strategy to be successful. In our first run of this event, we brought a Bellibolt to support a Miraidon; even without the specific strategy, the Miraidon was able to knock out Decidueye in two turns, since the damage was staggered perfectly to avoid allowing Decidueye to put up a shield.
In other runs, we had three Miraidon allies, powering up with Charge and attacking with Electro Drift, and we were able to wipe out the Decidueye in only a few turns. Try to avoid spamming Electro Drift repeatedly and remember to buff and debuff, and you should be fine.
Decidueye Bellibolt Tera Raid build
- Nature: Bold
- Ability: Static
- Tera Type: Electric
- EVs: 252 HP/252 Defense/4 Special Defense
- IVs: Maxed HP, Defense, Special Defense, Special Attack
- Held item: Focus Sash
- Moveset: Acid Spray (TM13), Chilling Water (TM22), Reflect (TM74), Electric Terrain
If you are running with the above Miraidon, all you have to do is make sure to Acid Spray Decidueye on the first turn and then use an attack-boosting cheer on the second turn. The Focus Sash will ensure that you will not die in one turn and Miraidon will get to work its one-hit K.O. magic.
Best Pokémon to solo 7-star Decidueye raid
Miraidon stands out as the top choice for soloing the 7-star Decidueye Tera Raid due to its Electric typing exploiting the boss’s Flying Tera weakness. Ceruledge offers a strong alternative Fire-type solo option against Grass moves.
Miraidon Setup
Use a Modest nature Miraidon with Electric Tera Type, Throat Spray item, 252 HP/252 Sp. Atk EVs, Hadron Engine ability, and moves like Electro Drift, Charge, Metal Sound, and Parabolic Charge. Start with Charge for power boost and Electric Terrain, then Metal Sound to drop Sp. Def; follow with cheers and Electro Drift for one-shots after Terastallization.
Ceruledge Setup
Equip Adamant Ceruledge (Flash Fire ability) with Fire Tera, Metronome item, 252 HP/252 Atk EVs, and moves including Bitter Blade, Clear Smog, Will-O-Wisp, and Bulk Up. Burn with Will-O-Wisp first, set up Bulk Up, reset stats if needed with Clear Smog, then spam Bitter Blade to heal and chip away steadily.
Key Tips
Time attacks around Decidueye’s buff-clear on turn 2 and shield phase; Electric or Fire counters handle Leaf Blade and Brave Bird best. These builds succeed solo in 3-5 turns without relying on multiplayer supports like Perrserker or Fake Tears.
Detailed Miraidon EV build and moveset for solo Decidueye raid
Miraidon excels at soloing the 7-star Decidueye Tera Raid (Flying Tera Type) thanks to its Electric moves exploiting the weakness while resisting Grass and Flying attacks.
Optimal Build
Use a level 100 Miraidon with Modest nature (+Sp. Atk, -Atk), Electric Tera Type, and Hadron Engine ability.
| Stat | EV Spread |
|---|---|
| HP | |
| Sp. Atk | |
| Def | 4 |
Held item: Throat Spray or Life Orb (boosts Electric damage post-hit). Hyper-train IVs to 31 in HP, Sp. Atk, and Def for consistency.
Moveset
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Charge (sets Electric Terrain, doubles next Electric move power)
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Metal Sound (lowers boss Sp. Def by 2 stages)
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Electro Drift (high-power STAB Electric nuke)
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Parabolic Charge (heals 50% damage dealt, backup for sustain)
Solo Strategy
Turn 1: Charge (terrain up, power boost lingers despite boss buff-clear).
Turn 2: Metal Sound (debuff Sp. Def; Throat Spray activates for +Sp. Atk if held). Cheer “All Out!” if needed.
Turn 3+: Electro Drift after Terastallizing (OHKO potential with setup); repeat Metal Sound if miss, Parabolic Charge for shield phase. Finishes in 3-5 turns reliably.
