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Samurott, the final Hisuian starter has finally arrived inPokemon Scarlet and Violeta couple of weeks ahead of the second DLC coming out. Hisuian Samurott is a Water and Dark-Type that specializes in powerful attacks and critting often, so you’ll want to defeat it quickly before it has the chance to set up and take you and your party out all at once.
Despite its initial intimidation, there are various strategies to easily take on Hisuian Samurott, suitable for both solo encounters and group raids. Seeking comprehensive advice? Keep reading for all the details to defeat it, trainers!
Event Information
This seven-star Tera Raid will run until23:59 UTC on November 26th, and thenreturn from December 1st, 0:00 UTCtoDecember 3rd, 23:59 UTC.
After beating the raid, you will receive the TM for Swords Dance and can catch a Hisuian Samurott with the Mightiest Mark once per save file.
It will have perfect IVs, its hidden ability Sharpness, and be a Water Tera Type. At the time of writing it is unknown if Hisuian Samurott will be available outside of Legends Arceus later.
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Raises Attack by two stages
75
Has a chance of lowering Defense
60
Also lowers the target’s Speed
80
65
Causes Pokemon to be injured when they enter battle
Physical
90
Target’s stat changes aren’t taken into account when calculating damage from this move.
Raises a Pokemon’s critical hit chance.
Sharpness increases the power of Razor Shell, X-Scissor, Ceaseless Edge, and Sacred Sword by 50 percent.
Samurott’s entire strategy ishitting you hard and fast with a high crit chance,which can make luck a large element in this fight, not helped by having type coverage for Electric and Grass-Types, making it hard to get super effective damage.
However, Samurott will reset your stats frequently, butwill only reset its own once, if that.It also has a relatively small shield, being only about a quarter of its HP bar that activates fairly soon.
Finally, while Sacred Sword is intimidating,Samurott only uses it later in the fight and doesn’t use it frequently.The best strategy to take Samurott down is to give it a taste of its own medicine: hit it hard and fast.
Miraidon Solo Method
Miraidon is the easiest Pokemon to solo this raid with given its stats and moveset.
Modest
Metal Sound, Parabolic Charge, Electro Drift
First, use Metal Sound to lower Samurott’s special defense by two stages. Then use Parabolic Charge andTerastalize at the first opportunity.
Continue using Parabolic Charge, as electric terrain should boost your Special Attack andSamurott does not reset its own stats often.You’ll be through the shield before it does so.
Parabolic Charge should keep your health topped up, and the Metronome will make the move stronger every time you use it, while Electro Drift is if you run out of PP or want to use a stronger move.
Miraidon’s strong enough that you should finish this fight with time to spare, but if you’re having difficulty or get a couple of unlucky crits, try doing more Metal Sounds at the beginning of the fight.
Gastrodon Solo Method
If you do not have access to Miraidon, your next best option will be Gastrodon,though this method does require some luck.
Mud-Slap, Tera Blast
Gastrodon’s Storm Drain ability allows it to absorb Water-Type moves and raise its Special Attack. However, Samurott will use other moves that can crit easily.
If you’re in a group battle, one person having Gastrodon will still help as Storm Drain absorbs Water-Type moves used against all allies.
For this method, start by using Mud-Slap until you can Terastalize. This will lower Samurott’s accuracy,making it miss attacks more often.
Once you Terastalize, spam your super-effective Tera Blast until you’re through the shield. The Shell Bell will heal you as you deal damage,allowing you to survive longer.
Tera Electric is better than Tera Grass for this fight as Bulldoze is weaker than X-Scissor and Gastrodon is more likely to survive it.
Since this relies on Samurott missing and Samurott not critting you often,it may take a few tries.If you do faint but have gotten through the shield, bring Earth Power as a back up option to deal damage to Samurott without Tera Blast.
