Cinderace is the second seven-star Tera Raid occasion goal in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and it’s a bit tougher to take down than Charizard was. Cinderace hits very laborious and has quite a lot of strikes to use 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 have the ability to catch one, however just one. After you seize your first one, you will be unable to catch any extra, even in case you defeat it once more. You’ll additionally get TM64 (Bulk Up) and a assured Means Patch in your first victory.
The caught Cinderace has its Hidden Means, Libero, which adjustments 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, similar 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 objects to promote for cash. Serebii.web has a whole 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 properly, permitting gamers to even solo the Cinderace with out utilizing on-line allies. We’ll clarify the right way to mimic these builds and the way they work.
Cinderace is stage 100 with a preventing Tera Kind. It is aware of Excessive Bounce Kick, Pyro Ball, Acrobatics, Iron Head, and Bulk Up. Bulk Up makes it additional 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 can nonetheless use your Azumarill (the one everybody builds with Stomach Drum and Play Tough) in opposition to Cinderace, however your mileage might differ. You want luck and/or a dependable help Pokémon; once we used our Azumarill, we have been unable to Stomach Drum efficiently with out risking fainting. Cinderace hits like a brick and with out correct help, your Azumarill is not going to work.
Personally, I don’t suggest utilizing Azumarill. You’re higher off cheesing the raid with the 2 builds we record beneath:
Cinderace Tera Raid Slowbro construct
- Nature: Modest
- Means: 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 stage 100 Slowbro, you possibly can one-shot Cinderace — so long as it doesn’t have its defend 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 have the ability to take out the Cinderace rapidly whereas withstanding its assaults.
If Cinderace debuffs your Pokémon, you’ll need to begin this course of once more, sadly.
We used this Slowbro technique efficiently to win in opposition to Cinderace.
Cinderace Tera Raid Espathra construct
- Nature: Modest
- Means: Opportunist
- Tera Kind: Psychic
- EVs: 252 HP/252 Protection/4 Particular Assault
- IVs: Maxed HP, Protection, Particular Assault
- Held merchandise: Mild Clay or Shell Bell
- Moveset: Lumina Crash, Mirror (TM74), Feather Dance, Roost (egg transfer)
As a way to efficiently use this construct, it’s essential to spam Feather Dance at first of the struggle to maintain Cinderace’s ever-growing Assault down. If the Cinderace has the defend up, cease utilizing Feather Dance and use Lumina Crash as an alternative, additionally mixing in Roost to heal up. Ensure that 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 have been capable of 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.
