Tera Raid Barraskewda Counters

Tera Raid Barraskewda 4-star Poison guide with the best counters, builds, and strategies.

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Barraskewda
Barrakiefa • Hastacuda • カマスジョー • 꼬치조 • 戽斗尖梭

Water

Poison

Tera Raid Pokémon

Possible Attacks
Power Category
Liquidation
85
Crunch
80
Aqua Jet
40
Focus Energy
0
Rain Dance
0
Possible Abilities Possible Abilities
Ability Ability Description Description Possible Possible
Swift Swim
 Boosts the Pokémon's Speed in rain. Yes
Propeller Tail

(Hidden Ability)		 Ignores moves and abilities that draw in moves. Yes
Stats Stats
LVL Level HP HP ATT Attack DEF Defense SP. ATT Sp. Attack SP. DEF Sp. Defense SPD Speed
45 61 123 60 60 50 136

Best Counter Pokémon

Pokémon Types RES/
IMMU/
WKNS Resis./
Immun./
Weakns.		 (SP.)
ATT		 DEF Counter RSLT Result
Gastrodon Gastrodon Counters
Poison
Storm Drain
R
I
W
 92
Δ 42
Sp.Att.		 68
Δ -55
Defense 		Counters

Poison
Great (3)
Poliwrath Poliwrath
Water Absorb
DLC 1
R
I
W
 95
Δ 35
Attack		 95
Δ -28
Defense 		Great (3)
Clodsire Clodsire Counters
Poison
Water Absorb
R
I
W
 75
Δ 15
Attack		 60
Δ -63
Defense 		Counters

Poison
Great (3)
Quagsire Quagsire Counters
Poison
Water Absorb
R
I
W
 85
Δ 25
Attack		 85
Δ -38
Defense 		Counters

Poison
Great (3)
Cacturne Cacturne
Water Absorb
R
I
W
 115
Δ 65
Sp.Att.		 60
Δ -63
Defense 		Great (3)
Toxicroak Toxicroak
Dry Skin
R
I
W
 106
Δ 46
Attack		 65
Δ -58
Defense 		Great (3)
Koraidon Koraidon
R
I
W
 135
Δ 75
Attack		 115
Δ -8
Defense 		Great (2)
Palkia Palkia
Home
R
I
W
 150
Δ 100
Sp.Att.		 100
Δ -23
Defense 		Great (2)
Palkia (Origin) Palkia (Origin)
Home
R
I
W
 150
Δ 100
Sp.Att.		 100
Δ -23
Defense 		Great (2)
Hydrapple Hydrapple
DLC 2
R
I
W
 120
Δ 70
Sp.Att.		 110
Δ -13
Defense 		Great (2)
Volcanion Volcanion
Water Absorb
Home
R
I
W
 130
Δ 80
Sp.Att.		 120
Δ -3
Defense 		Great (2)
Brute Bonnet Brute Bonnet
R
I
W
 127
Δ 67
Attack		 99
Δ -24
Defense 		Great (2)
Urshifu Urshifu
Home
R
I
W
 130
Δ 70
Attack		 100
Δ -23
Defense 		Great (2)
Urshifu (Rapid Strike) Urshifu (Rapid Strike)
Home
R
I
W
 130
Δ 70
Attack		 100
Δ -23
Defense 		Great (2)
Zarude Zarude
Home
R
I
W
 120
Δ 60
Attack		 105
Δ -18
Defense 		Great (2)
Walking Wake Walking Wake
R
I
W
 125
Δ 75
Sp.Att.		 91
Δ -32
Defense 		Great (2)
Hydreigon Hydreigon
R
I
W
 125
Δ 75
Sp.Att.		 90
Δ -33
Defense 		Great (2)
Chesnaught Chesnaught
Home
R
I
W
 107
Δ 47
Attack		 122
Δ -1
Defense 		Great (2)
Chesnaught Chesnaught
R
I
W
 107
Δ 47
Attack		 122
Δ -1
Defense 		Great (2)
Roaring Moon Roaring Moon
R
I
W
 139
Δ 79
Attack		 71
Δ -52
Defense 		Great (2)

Δ 10
*Δ (delta) means e.g. the difference between your PKMNs STAT and the Raid Pokemons counter STAT (e.g. your ATT vs enemies DEF). A higher Δ is better.

Best Counter Abilities

Ability Description Good against
Dry Skin
 Reduces HP if it is hot. Water restores HP.
Liquidation
Aqua Jet
Storm Drain
 Draws in all Water-type moves to up Sp. Attack.
Liquidation
Aqua Jet
Water Absorb
 Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move.
Liquidation
Aqua Jet
Psychic Surge
 The Pokémon creates a Psychic Terrain when it enters a battle.
Aqua Jet
Good as Gold
 Gives immunity to status moves.
Rain Dance

Best Counter Types

Type RESI Resistances IMMU Immunities WKNS Weaknesses COUNTR Counter TOT Total RSLT Result
Dark
Dark
1 Good
Dragon
Dragon
1 Good
Water
Water
1 Good
Electric
Electric
0 Neutral
Fairy
Fairy
0 Neutral
Fighting
Fighting
0 Neutral
Flying
Flying
0 Neutral
Grass
Grass
0 Neutral
Ice
Ice
0 Neutral
Normal
Normal
0 Neutral
Steel
Steel
0 Neutral
Bug
Bug
-1 Bad
Poison
Poison
-1 Bad
Ground
Ground
Counters
Poison
 -2 Poor
Psychic
Psychic
Counters
Poison
 -2 Poor
Fire
Fire
-3 Poor
Ghost
Ghost
-3 Poor
Rock
Rock
-3 Poor

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What are Tera Raids?

Tera Raid Battles are cooperative multiplayer battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet where up to 4 players team up to battle and catch a Terastallized wild Pokémon. These powerful Pokémon have shifted to a different Tera Type, changing their strengths and weaknesses dramatically from their standard typing.

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