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Carted out a big, mean Tera: Normal Dragonite for this raid. Some of the main things:
Defeated it with a Tera: Fighting Avalugg. Snuck in some early Body Presses. Set up more Iron Defenses after the buff clear. (Forgot to set Hail. Would have helped a ton.) Dealt only pretty good damage, which is kind of worrying for other Pokemon.
Demanded some luck to not get obliterated by Hurricane, Thunder, or Draco Meteor. Barely weathered the physical attacks, for that matter. Almost fainted in that awkward period after the buff clear. Fell to 24 hitpoints once, which was the exact healing amount from Arboliva's Grassy Terrain. Needed to Heal Cheer into two Recovers to get back into the fight. Dropped from full to ~23 hitpoints on a +6 critical Extreme Speed too.
Tried it with Malamar. Missed the kill by one turn (probably). Discovered the trap against Contrary Skill Swapping: Scale Shot. Ramped up its Defense to +6. Devised a workaround: Toxapex's Merciless. Stole that after getting to +6 Attack / +6 Defense with Contrary. Got the Poison status from Toxapex spamming Poison Jab (once the rain goes down). Unfortunately dealt too little damage with just Tera: Psychic Psycho Cuts. Bets on it being possible, though. Missed the opportunity to Topsy-Turvy Dragonite's Defense buffs once the shield broke. May be able to do better with Stellar Tera + Tera Blast or something too.
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Other ideas:
- Nature: Brave (+Attack / -Speed)
- Ability: Inner Focus (Prevents Intimidate)
- Main moves: Extreme Speed, Scale Shot, Earthquake, and Dragon Dance
- Other moves: Rain Dance + Hurricane at the start, Thunder a little later, and Draco Meteor near the end.
- Clears your buffs once. Cleans its own debuffs about 3-4 turns later (possibly earlier, depending on whatever thresholds are on them).
- x35 hitpoint multiplier.
Defeated it with a Tera: Fighting Avalugg. Snuck in some early Body Presses. Set up more Iron Defenses after the buff clear. (Forgot to set Hail. Would have helped a ton.) Dealt only pretty good damage, which is kind of worrying for other Pokemon.
Demanded some luck to not get obliterated by Hurricane, Thunder, or Draco Meteor. Barely weathered the physical attacks, for that matter. Almost fainted in that awkward period after the buff clear. Fell to 24 hitpoints once, which was the exact healing amount from Arboliva's Grassy Terrain. Needed to Heal Cheer into two Recovers to get back into the fight. Dropped from full to ~23 hitpoints on a +6 critical Extreme Speed too.
Tried it with Malamar. Missed the kill by one turn (probably). Discovered the trap against Contrary Skill Swapping: Scale Shot. Ramped up its Defense to +6. Devised a workaround: Toxapex's Merciless. Stole that after getting to +6 Attack / +6 Defense with Contrary. Got the Poison status from Toxapex spamming Poison Jab (once the rain goes down). Unfortunately dealt too little damage with just Tera: Psychic Psycho Cuts. Bets on it being possible, though. Missed the opportunity to Topsy-Turvy Dragonite's Defense buffs once the shield broke. May be able to do better with Stellar Tera + Tera Blast or something too.
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Other ideas:
- Mimikyu or Flutter Mane with Stellar Tera and an Air Balloon. Completely negates all of Dragonite's main attacks. Just re-enter the raid until you do not get targeted for Hurricane or Thunder. Sounds like an easy win if you make it past those. Happens pretty early.
- Clefable with Unaware and Psych Up. Steal all those buffs. Drain Punch your way to victory. Might be able to get it done with a Mimimize, Substitute, and Calm Mind set too.
