Best Cinderace Event Tera Raid Builds

Build the best Pokemon for the Cinderace Tera Raid Event in pokemon scarlet and violet. Cinderace has a Fighting Tera Type.

Cinderace is the next 7-star tera raid event in pokemon scarlet and violet! Though Cinderace is a Fire type, it will have the Fighting tera type. This means you’ll want to use a Cinderace Tera Raid Build that’s strong against Fighting types, and/or isn’t weak to Fighting types. You can expect Cinderace to have some strong Fighting type moves and some Fire type moves, and maybe a few surprises. With the Fighting tera type, its Fighting moves will do extra damage as well. Fighting Type moves do x2 damage against Normal, Ice, Bug, Dark, and Steel types. Fighting type Pokemon will take x2 damage from Fairy, Psychic, and Flying types.

If you participated in the Charizard 7-Star Tera Raid event, you’ll likely have used a strong Fairy-type Cinderace Tera Raid Build, such as Azumarill, Flutter Mane or Sylveon. Given that Fairy types also do x2 damage to Fighting types, they will do really well in this Cinderace Tera Raid Event. We wouldn’t be surprised if Cinderace had a Poison or Steel type move up its sleeve to deal with everyone’s OP Charizard Tera Raid Fairy builds.

Azumarill Tera Raid Build

A Water and Fairy type, Azumaril is only weak against Electric Types. Additionally, it’ll only take x0.5 damage from any Fire type moves that Cinderace might pull out.

• Tera: Fairy
• Nature: Adamant
• EV Focus: HP and Attack
• Ability: Huge Power
• Moveset: Belly Drum, Play Rough, Superpower, Liquidation
• Held Item: Attack Weight

The above moveset is focused on reducing attack and damage stats whilst maximizing Azumarill’s damage output. Superpower lowers attack and defense, Play Rough lowers attack and Liquidation gives players a 20% chance of knocking an opponent’s defense down by one stage. Belly Drums kicks up a user’s attack stat up to the maximum amount at the cost of 50% HP, which is a powerhouse move when combined with Azumarill’s moveset. Huge Power ability will also boost Azumarill’s attack stat, with its Adamant nature boosting its attack stat further. Azumarill is also a tanky Pokemon so that’ll help when withstanding Cinderace’s blows.

Flutter Mane Tera Raid Build

Flutter Mane is a Scarlet exclusive Paradox Pokémon found in Area Zero. It is a Ghost and Fairy type, meaning it’ll know some strong Fairy type moves that’ll do well against Cinderace.

• Tera: Fairy
• Nature: Modest
• EV Focus: Special Attack and Special Defense
• Ability: Protosynthesis
• Moveset: Moonblast, Shadow Ball, Calm Mind, Fake Tears
• Held Item: Booster Energy

This build, like the Azumarill one, focuses on using a strong Fairy move and buffing it with raised Sp. Attack and debuffing the opponent. Protosynthesis and Booster Energy are a strong combo because the ability reads: if Harsh Sunlight is active or if it’s holding Booster Energy, the Pokemon’s highest stat is boosted by 30% if the stat is Attack, Defense, Special Attack, or Special Defense or 50% if the stat is Speed. The Modest nature is the most ideal nature because it increases Special Attack, and your focus for the Flutter Mane tera build is to max out your Sp. Attack for Moonblast. Moonblast is a special Fairy move that inflicts a ton of damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target’s Special Attack. It has an accuracy of 100% and has a base power of 90. Flutter Mane learns this move at level 84. Fake Tears is a great move to pair with Moonblast because it harshly lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages, allowing your Flutter Mane to do a ton more damage! You can find TM Fake Tears just southeast of Cortondo. To make the TM, you’ll need 400 LP to craft, x3 Bonsly Tears and x3 Teddiursa Claws. Flutter Mane’s main weakness is that it’ll likely get knocked out quite quickly against any strong attack moves, as it doesn’t have a ton of HP.

Sylveon Tera Raid Build

Introduced in generation six, Sylveon is one of the finer examples of a Fairy type Pokémon. It’s also one of the best Cinderace Event Pokémon builds thanks to its effectiveness against Fairy types:

• Tera: Fairy
• Nature: Modest
• EV Focus: HP and Sp. Atk
• Ability: Pixilate
• Moveset: Hyper Voice, Misty Terrain, Shadow Ball, Fake Tears
• Held Item: Metronome

Sylveon is a powerful Fairy-type attacker. Its ability Pixelate turns Normal-type moves into Fairy type and gives an extra 20% damage boost to boot. This gives Last Resort a powerful boost against Charizard for those in a tight spot who want to turn the tables before a KO. Its Adamant nature boosts attack and will make attacks such as Play Rough more powerful whilst knocking down the event Charizard’s attack stat by one step. Moonblast is a powerful special attack that also has a 30% chance of reducing Event Charizard’s Special Attack stat down by one step. Dazzling Gleam really shines in doubles battles as it hits all opponents at once, but nonetheless, it’s a great move to pair up with Sylveon’s Fairy Tera Typing.