How to OHKO Dondozo 7-star Tera Raid in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's latest 7-star Tera Raid battle features a Terastallized Water-type Dondozo. Because of its bulkiness, you may be wondering if it's possible to defeat this raid boss with a one-hit KO (OHKO) to quickly defeat it and farm its valuable drops. Fortunately, an OHKO strategy exists, though you'll need a turn of setup first and the right counter team to succeed.

The team in question will involve a full team of max-level and max-IV stat Pokemon with the right moves, held items, abilities, and more. However, with this strategy, you can OHKO Dondozo's 7-star Tera Raids in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet and easily repeat the raid again and again for its quality rewards.

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How to one-hit KO Water Dondozo in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet raids

Miraidon will be the key to this OHKO strategy in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Image via The Pokemon Company)

To OHKO Dondozo 7-star Tera Raids in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, you'll need a team that is capable of boosting Miraidon's firepower and weakening Dondozo's defenses before landing the fatal blow via Miraidon's attack Electro Drift.

Below, you can find the required team to accomplish this OHKO Tera Raid strategy:

Pokemon	Ability	EV Training Spread	Nature	Held Item	Moveset	Tera Type
Miraidon	Hadron Engine	252 Sp. Atk 252 Def 4 HP	Modest	Choice Specs	Electro Drift and any three other moves	Electric
Umbreon	Synchronize	252 HP 252 Def 4 Sp. Def	Bold	Covert Cloak	Helping Hand, Fake Tears, and any two other moves	Any
Hisuian Qwilfish	Intimidate	252 HP 252 Def 4 Sp. Def	Bold	Eviolite	Acid Spray and any three other moves	Any
Hisuian Qwilfish	Intimidate	252 HP 252 Def 4 Sp. Def	Bold	Eviolite	Acid Spray and any three other moves	Any

Once you have your Pokemon Scarlet and Violet team assembled and the players to use it, follow the steps below to secure the OHKO win in Dondozo's 7-star Tera Raids:

1. On Turn 1, have Miraidon use an Attack Cheer ("Go all out!") while Umbreon uses Fake Tears as the two Hisuian Qwilfish players use Acid Spray.
2. On Turn 2, have both Hisuian Qwilfish use Acid Spray once more, and then Umbreon should use Helping Hand on Miraidon. Lastly, Miraidon can use Electro Drift and one-hit KO Dondozo for an easy raid completion.

By combining Choice Specs, the Attack Cheer, Miraidon's Hadron Engine, Helping Hand, and the Sp. Def reductions from Acid Spray, this OHKO strategy will provide Miraidon with the ability to deal approximately 13,812 - 16,250 damage to Dondozo. This is good enough to deal roughly 104% to 122.8% of the raid boss' HP in a single strike, ensuring you can OHKO Dondozo 7-star Tera Raids easily.

Since this strategy only takes two turns, Dondozo doesn't have the time to set up its Tera Energy shield to protect itself, leaving it wide open for a devastating Electro Drift attack that will topple its high HP. Afterward, all that's left is to collect its Herba Mystica and the myriad of rewards that 7-star raid bosses are well-known for as many times as you'd like since this OHKO strategy finishes the fight fast.