Can you OHKO Normal Dragonite 7-star Tera Raids in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's latest 7-star Tera Raid event features a Normal Tera Type Dragonite. The raid will be available beginning on August 23, 2024, at 00:00 UTC until September 1 at 23:59 UTC. As with many other 7-star Tera Raid bosses, you may wonder if it's possible to one-hit KO this Dragonite raid boss. Fortunately, at least one strategy has indicated that an OHKO win is possible.

This strategy will require the right team of Pokemon controlled by a full group of trainers in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and every raid party member will have to be trained and outfitted in a certain way to ensure that the strategy successfully lands a one-hit KO as expected.

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How to one-hit KO Normal Dragonite in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet raids

This Pokemon Scarlet and Violet OHKO build centers around the beloved Iron Hands (Image via The Pokemon Company)

To OHKO Normal Dragonite in these 7-star Tera Raids, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players will want to look to the dependable Electric/Fighting-type Iron Hands. While this strategy will require two turns to set up, it will still successfully defeat Normal Dragonite 7-star raids in a single strike.

Below, you can find the recommended team loadout for this OHKO strategy. Keep in mind that all participants should have maximum IV stats heading into the raid as well:

Pokemon	Ability	EV Training Spread	Nature	Held Item	Moveset	Tera Type
Iron Hands	Quark Drive	252 HP, 252 Atk, 4 Def	Adamant	Choice Band	Close Combat and any three other moves	Fighting
Alcremie	Sweet Veil	252 HP, 252 Def, 4 Sp. Def	Bold	Covert Cloak	Decorate, Helping Hand, and any three other moves	Fairy
Umbreon	Synchronize	252 HP, 252 Spd, 4 Def	Bold	Wide Lens	Taunt, Screech, and any two other moves	Dark
Umbreon	Synchronize	252 HP, 252 Spd, 4 Def	Bold	Zoom Lens	Taunt, Screech, and any two other moves	Dark

Once you have this Pokemon Scarlet and Violet team assembled with players who know their roles, you can complete the OHKO strategy against Normal Dragonite 7-star Tera Raids with the following steps:

1. On Turn 1, allow the Wide Lens-carrying Umbreon to move first and attack with Taunt. The Zoom Lens-carrying Umbreon should then follow up with Screech, and the Alcremie should use Decorate on Iron Hands to increase its Attack and Special Attack stats by two stages each. Iron Hands should then follow with an Attack Cheer (Go All Out!) to further multiply the Attack and Special Attack stats of Iron Hands (and its team) by 1.5x.
2. On Turn 2, both of the Umbreon should use Screech again to sharply reduce Dragonite's Defense stat, and Alcremie should follow by using Helping Hand on Iron Hands to increase its total damage by 50% for the turn. Lastly, Iron Hands should attack Dragonite with Close Combat.

If performed correctly, this strategy should supercharge Iron Hands' Close Combat attack while Dragonite's Defense stat is severely reduced, allowing for the attack to deal approximately 114-134.1% of Dragonite's maximum health in a single blow, which should be more than enough to defeat this boss and catch it, or at least collect its many rewards including Herba Mystica.