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The second Kanto starter raid announced on Pokemon Day has just made its way toPokemon Scarlet and Violet. This time, Blastoise is making an appearance with a Steel tera-type. Blastoise isn’t as hard as Venusaur, with an ability that doesn’t give it a large advantage.
Players looking to solo can beat it with Pokemon easily found in the base game, no Pokemon Home or DLC required. Even if you don’t want this special Blastoise with a unique mark, it’s still worth taking on this raid a couple of times for the good Herba Mystica drop rates, making it great for farming.
Event Information
The Blastoise raid will run until 11:59 UTC on Tuesday, Jul 25, 2025.Players can catch it onceand will receive a Blastoise with the Mightiest Mark and its hidden ability, Rain Dish and the TM for Hydro Pump.
Each type ofHerba Mysticahas a three percent drop rateupon successfully beating the raid.
Blastoise’s Kit
Blastoise focuses on boosting its physical defense, and willpretty much always have its defense maxed out, especially if you are playing solo.
80
Ten percent chance to lower the opponent’s Sp. Defense
110
No secondary effects
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Summons rain for five turns
This move cannot miss
Status
Lowers user’s Defense and Sp. Defense while raising Attack and Sp. Attack
Blastoise attacks four times per turn, once for each trainer. However, you don’t see which moves it uses on turns that are not yours, so Blastoise can max out its defense in the span of one turnwithout the game telling you.
Because of this, it’s not worth lowering physical defense if you’re playing solo. Furthermore, Blastoise will immediately activate its shield, so you can’t lower its stats with non-damaging moves.
While Blastoise will use Rain Dance when you’ve gone through half its HP, its ability Rain Dish isn’t all that useful as it does not heal it enough to matter.
The Best Pokemon To Solo Blastoise
Gastrodon is a special attacker with good bulk. Before starting the battle, make sure you’veHyper Trainedit to give it the best stats possible, then use the following build:
252 Sp. Atk/252 Sp. Def/4 HP
Modest
Use Skitter Smackthree times until you may terastallize.This will lower Blastoise’s Special Attack and mean you’re barely taking any damage by the time you Terastalize into a Ground-Type.
Warning: Skitter Smack has an accuracy of 90, so you may get unlucky and miss, but it shouldn’t ruin your attempt.
Once you’ve terastalized, start using Earth Power. You’ll quickly break through the shield and heal back any damage Blastoise does.
Use a PP Up or PP Max on Earth Power.
Once you break through the shield, Blastoise will use Shell Smash, lowering its Defense and Special Defense while raising its Attack and Special Attack. From this point on,focus primarily on using Earth Power,regardless of what Blastoise does.
The only times you should deviate from this is to use Recover if your health reaches the yellow during the second half of the fight or you run out of Earth Power PP, in which case switch to Surf.
Several aspects can make this strategy work better or worse. For example,if Blastoise uses Hydro Pump, it will strengthen your Special Attackand you won’t take damage.
Meanwhile,Earth Power and Flash Cannon both have a low chance of dropping the target’s Special Defense, which can help or hurt you depending on who gets hit with it.
Despite this, overall, this strategy is very consistent and easy to implement.
