5-Star Tera Dragon Shiny Rayquaza Raid (Dec 20- Jan 5) & More

S.A.C. Martin said:
Hold up, when were these 14 shiny releases?!
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Serebii also has a list of Rayquaza event distributions in the past too but Bulbapedia's was easier to take a single screenshot of. Yeah a lot of the events are just the same one but for different regions but even with that, the number of non-shiny Ray distributions can be counted on one hand compared to shiny (3 non-shiny versus the near 10 shiny has even with the redundant ones axed).

EDIT: Got beaten to it rip
 
S.A.C. Martin said:
Hold up, when were these 14 shiny releases?!
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  1. There was a Pokémon Conquest tie-in event in Japan in 2012.
  2. The Korean Spring Carnival Rayquaza in May 2015.
  3. There was a serial code distribution shiny Rayquaza in Singapore in 2015.
  4. There was a different serial code distribution in Hong Kong.
  5. There was the Gallileo Rayquaza in North America, Europe, and Australia (which was a Wi-Fi distribution in NA but a serial code elsewhere).
  6. There was the Japanese World Hobby Fair 15 Rayquaza, they also reran this one at a specific Pokémon Center later.
  7. There was a Corocoro distribution in 2015.
  8. And there was a different one at a different Pokémon Center for its opening.
I don't know where R_N got 14, even if you count the Gallileo as three and the World Hobby Fair one twice it's still only 11. And only 12 distributions total.
 
AztecCroc said:
  1. There was a Pokémon Conquest tie-in event in Japan in 2012.
  2. The Korean Spring Carnival Rayquaza in May 2015.
  3. There was a serial code distribution shiny Rayquaza in Singapore in 2015.
  4. There was a different serial code distribution in Hong Kong.
  5. There was the Gallileo Rayquaza in North America, Europe, and Australia (which was a Wi-Fi distribution in NA but a serial code elsewhere).
  6. There was the Japanese World Hobby Fair 15 Rayquaza, they also reran this one at a specific Pokémon Center later.
  7. There was a Corocoro distribution in 2015.
  8. And there was a different one at a different Pokémon Center for its opening.
I don't know where R_N got 14, even if you count the Gallileo as three and the World Hobby Fair one twice it's still only 11. And only 12 distributions total.
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If you count the list on bulbapedia -which correct I did double up on the runs in different regions since this was an at a glance counting rather than full differentiation on which of these are distinct- it lists 13 of them.

  1. Nobunaga's Rayquaza
  2. World Hobby Fair 2015
  3. CoroCoro
  4. Pokemon Spring Carnival
  5. Singapore Summer (Japan)
  6. Singapore Summer (America)
  7. Galileo (PAL)
  8. Galileo (America)
  9. Nintendo Hong Kong (Japan)
  10. Nintendo Hong Kong (America)
  11. Nintendo Hong Kong (Taiwan)
  12. Pokemon Center Hiroshima
  13. Pokemon Center Skytree

Then #14 is the December event raid.
 
R_N said:
If you count the list on bulbapedia -which correct I did double up on the runs in different regions since this was an at a glance counting rather than full differentiation on which of these are distinct- it lists 13 of them.

  1. Nobunaga's Rayquaza
  2. World Hobby Fair 2015
  3. CoroCoro
  4. Pokemon Spring Carnival
  5. Singapore Summer (Japan)
  6. Singapore Summer (America)
  7. Galileo (PAL)
  8. Galileo (America)
  9. Nintendo Hong Kong (Japan)
  10. Nintendo Hong Kong (America)
  11. Nintendo Hong Kong (Taiwan)
  12. Pokemon Center Hiroshima
  13. Pokemon Center Skytree

Then #14 is the December event raid.
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You've still got double ups though? You've got the Galileo twice (there's no difference between the two aside from when and how they were distributed, the Rayquazas were exactly the same and you couldn't redeem one if you had already redeemed the other), the Singapore one twice (literally the same event, the "American" one only exists via using a serial code from the Singapore one on an American game), and the Hong Kong one three times (same as the Singapore one, not actually different events the code could just be used on American and Japanese region games).

The Hong Kong/Singapore ones do that because those regions got the English and Japanese version of the games as Chinese wasn't added as a language option until Sun&Moon.
 
AztecCroc said:
You've still got double ups though? You've got the Galileo twice (there's no difference between the two aside from when and how they were distributed, the Rayquazas were exactly the same and you couldn't redeem one if you had already redeemed the other), the Singapore one twice (literally the same event, the "American" one only exists via using a serial code from the Singapore one on an American game), and the Hong Kong one three times (same as the Singapore one, not actually different events the code could just be used on American and Japanese region games).

The Hong Kong/Singapore ones do that because those regions got the English and Japanese version of the games as Chinese wasn't added as a language option until Sun&Moon.
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I literally acknowledged that I doubled up on them in the post you're quoting.
 
I’m pleased to report attaining my:

-Shiny Misty Mark Wooper (Careful!)
-Shiny Absent Minded Mark Wooper (Impish!)

Like just pulling the two best natures was super cool even if I’ll never evolve them. Lovelies <3

Unfortunately I didn’t find any Jumbo or Teensy ones despite using those powers the whole time but…

I mean the ease you can get Shiny Jumbo and Teensy mark raids from Twitch xD
 
When it comes to the Mass Outbreak events, what I look forward to most is seeing the weather marks that are newly possible for the Pokémon lines featured in the event. Unless I am overlooking something, the latest Mass Outbreak for Girafarig now makes it possible for it and Farigiraf to bear a Snowy mark or Blizzard mark since Girafarig can spawn in the Polar Biome while the event is active.

This is unlike the prior Tintatink and classic Wooper Mass Outbreak events, which did not give their lines a new possible weather mark. Technically, I believe that the Snowy and Blizzard marks were newly possible for Tinkatink alone, but Tinkatuff has always been able to spawn in some ruins near Glaseado Mountain where the snow and blizzard weather conditions can occur. As far as Wooper is concerned, while Kitakami did newly provide the Misty mark to several Pokémon, this isn't the case for classic Wooper and Quagsire since they are already able to spawn bearing the mark in Sword/Shield.

If you are aiming for any marked Girafarig, an easy way to initiate battle with a back strike is to open the menu as it runs towards you, closing the menu once it stops on your character and turns to run away, and then chase after it and striking with your Pokémon. Its species catch rate is rather low, so this method is optimal in order to use False Swipe on the free turn before throwing a Poké Ball.
 
are there easy Misty Mark spots for Wooper normally? I feel like this would be an annoying one usually— glad I got it in this event.
 
Chou Toshio said:
are there easy Misty Mark spots for Wooper normally? I feel like this would be an annoying one usually— glad I got it in this event.
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I don't believe there's any good spot to hunt Wooper for Misty Mark, but that didn't spot for getting a shiny Wooper with the mark prior to this event. I think I simply used Encounter Power Ground and flew around until I spotted it.

Speaking of shiny/mark hunting here are my spoils from this event:
Tintatink: Cloudy (Quirky), Ferocious (Mild)
Wooper: Uncommon #1 (Naive), Uncommon #2 + Jumbo (Impish), another Misty (Gentle), Absent-Minded (Naugthy)
Girafarig: Uncommon #1 (Relaxed), Uncommon #2 (Naughty), Intellectual #1 (Bashful), Intellectual #2 (Calm), Snowy (Calm)
 
I'm trying to think of what Pokemon could potentially counter Rayquaza, but I'm kind of drawing a blank. Steel types are resistant to both Dragon and Flying, but Rayquaza learns Earthquaka and fire moves. Ideally fairy may be the best option since they'll be immune to the boosted Dragon moves, but if Rayquaza is gonna spam Dragon Dance then that will spell disaster unless you have at least 2 Intimidate CPUs. Malamar can stop that, but assuming Ray will only be going for scripted Dragon Ascents (let's face it, they are not gonna make a raid boss spam a move that drops the defenses) you'll have to hold off on Skill Swap, otherwise you'll end up dealing with boosted defenses.

Really, so far the only saving grace is that he's only 5 stars.
 
It depends a lot on what the moveset ends up being tbh. Rayquaza's movepool is quite wide, and amongst other things there's also Dragon Dance.

If it doesn't end up having Flamethrower, I would assume either the steel birds or steel levitators are likely the play.
And honestly, probably even if it does, unstabbed Flamethrower is going to hit way less hard than 120+ BP stabs (potentially backed by dragon dance).

Bonus: since it has Cloud Nine, it can't even use sun to boost it.
 
Unaware Clefable might be good as support, but probably won't be able to deal significant enough damage to solo.

Galar Weezing has Levitate and Clear Smog, so maybe another support option.

I'm expecting to see Zacian a lot in online battles, so might just try to see if I can keep them alive...
 
The 5-star Blisseys are running at the same time unannounced and I just got tricked by a dragon Blissey. Thanks Rayquaza.

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My OHKO didn't work out because it wasn't 20x HP and this was a messy run with 2 deaths that I just started spamming Play Rough after, but it's whatever for a first attempt. I didn't even get the faint message because I hit myself in confusion on the final turn.

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Good, no D Dance spam. Also, while he does go for a turn 0 Dragon Ascent he doesn't immediately reset his debuffs, so make sure to make the most of those defense drops. Also with his flying STAB being Hurricane Mud Slap will work wonders.

Now the question is, besides Arceus of course, who will be a good counter? I think I'll try Sylveon, but I'll need to reset for Intimidaters.

:SV/Sylveon:
Shell Bell / Covert Cloak
Pixelate
Tera Fairy
252 Def / 252 SpA / 6 HP
Timid Nature

Hyper Voice
Draining Kiss
Mud Slap
Calm Mind

Lvl 75 0 SpA Tera Dragon Rayquaza Hurricane vs. 6 HP / 0 SpD Sylveon: 78-93 (23.4 - 28%) -- 83.1% chance to 4HKO
Lvl 75 0+ Atk Tera Dragon Rayquaza Earthquake vs. 6 HP / 252 Def Sylveon: 67-79 (20.1 - 23.7%) -- guaranteed 5HKO
Lvl 75 0+ Atk Tera Dragon Rayquaza Extreme Speed vs. 6 HP / 252 Def Sylveon: 54-64 (16.2 - 19.2%) -- possible 6HKO

Timid makes Sylveon faster by 1 point. Also, Ray's Naughty nature means you won't have to really worry about losing some damage that Modest would give. I'll try it out.
 
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If it wasn't for the low special defense, I'd be tempted to just try Orthworm again. Resists everything & absorbs earthquakes...but it'd just spam Hurricane or Dragon Pulse and that seems annoying.
 
Oh my Arceus, my Sylveon destroyed him. I didn't even have any Intimidaters. The only reason I chose not to reset was because I wanted to see how far Sylveon could get without Intimidate, but I had nothing to worry about at all. She never even got to half health (Though, to be fair, he targeted one of my allies for Dragon Ascent rather than Sylveon. For all I know it could've done a lot of damage) This was way easier than Dialga and Palkia, neither of which were a challenge either.
 
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R_N said:
If it wasn't for the low special defense, I'd be tempted to just try Orthworm again. Resists everything & absorbs earthquakes...but it'd just spam Hurricane or Dragon Pulse and that seems annoying.
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As a 5 star it seems to have pretty random/inconsistent move choices so I think you would get away with it. It's pretty similar to Dialga/Palkia in that aspect as well as its scripted action timing. I will say Hurricane confusion is annoying though.

A potential Azumarill OHKO seems tight with 35x HP and the shield going up at 80% HP to work with, so I'll move on for now and see if there's anything else I want to do with this raid on the weekend. There's Azurill but I also want a cleaner Azumarill run for myself. I was running Wide Lens assuming I could OHKO, so I imagine Shell Bell Azumarill can about do the same thing, though I feel like you could also probably spam nothing but Play Rough and eventually win even without great AI.
 
doipy hooves said:
I was running Wide Lens assuming I could OHKO, so I imagine Shell Bell Azumarill can about do the same thing, though I feel like you could also probably spam nothing but Play Rough and eventually win even without great AI.
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Well I died once and lost tera because of 4-turn confusion and taking 2 hits in a row on the last 2 turns, and missing a Play Rough when it wore off, and also missing 2 Play Roughs on the second life, but otherwise that's Rayquaza soloed with only Play Rough and no manual cheers/Intimidate AI. It might be paralyzed but I'm not going to try pushing for any worse AI because it doesn't really change the strategy of pressing A.

EDIT: I also got hit by T0 Dragon Ascent on that run and it didn't even really make a difference because base Play Rough against -1 Rayquaza heals around 100 HP.
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I'd like to combine the successful Sylveon and the successful A button pressing into one set:

:sv/sylveon:
Sylveon @ Metronome
Ability: Cute Charm
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 196 Def / 252 SpA / 60 Spe
Modest Nature
- Draining Kiss

That's it. That's all you need. Metronome and Tera Fairy ramp your damage up enough that you might as well just keep pressing A.

Rayquaza actually has pretty similar damage output to a bunch of the 7* raids, and it does the usual raid actions at pretty inconvenient times. It's just squishy enough that you can ignore the raid actions and spam an attack over and over with a level 100 Pokemon and you'll probably make it across the finish line just fine.
 
something really interested I noticed about this den on serebii is that after you beat it once (you obviously cant catch it again) but it has boosted herba mystica odds, near the same odds as something like a six star amoonguss or six star blissey. definitely going to be grinding this lol
 
Now what are they gonna do after this is done? Are we gonna get repeats of past 7 stars like they did with Charizard (though, to be fair, that was for Pokemon Day)? Then again, we are getting Legends Z-A next year so they might be more focused on that. Then again again, it's not like we actually know when it's coming out. For all we know it could release more than half way into the year.
 
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