Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This week, we face off against Skeledirge. This has been a good Pokemon to use in other raids due to its Unaware ability, so now we have to face it. I use Manaphy thanks to it having Skill Swap, which takes its ability away.
Manaphy @ Shell Bell
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Sp Atk / 6 Sp Def
Ability: Hydration
Tera Type: Water
Modest Nature
- Surf
- Calm Mind
- Mud Slap
- Skill Swap
Unfortunately, Skeledirge uses Flame Charge, so it'll end up faster than Manaphy. I first use Skill Swap to take away its Unaware ability, then I spam a few Mud Slaps to lower its accuracy. When a Shadow Ball lowers my Special Defense, I use Calm Mind to bring it back up. With that, I build my Special Attack to +4 after it resets my status, then I keep on spamming a Tera boosted Surf. Even after it resets its own stats, I can tank its hits pretty handily and win.
Doing this raid solo was pretty luck dependent due to Mud Slap making its attacks miss along with having an AI Gardevoir using Life Dew to bring my HP back up when I was pretty low. You might want to have 252 Sp Def and 6 HP for EVs instead.
This week, we face off against Skeledirge. This has been a good Pokemon to use in other raids due to its Unaware ability, so now we have to face it. I use Manaphy thanks to it having Skill Swap, which takes its ability away.
Manaphy @ Shell Bell
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Sp Atk / 6 Sp Def
Ability: Hydration
Tera Type: Water
Modest Nature
- Surf
- Calm Mind
- Mud Slap
- Skill Swap
Unfortunately, Skeledirge uses Flame Charge, so it'll end up faster than Manaphy. I first use Skill Swap to take away its Unaware ability, then I spam a few Mud Slaps to lower its accuracy. When a Shadow Ball lowers my Special Defense, I use Calm Mind to bring it back up. With that, I build my Special Attack to +4 after it resets my status, then I keep on spamming a Tera boosted Surf. Even after it resets its own stats, I can tank its hits pretty handily and win.
Doing this raid solo was pretty luck dependent due to Mud Slap making its attacks miss along with having an AI Gardevoir using Life Dew to bring my HP back up when I was pretty low. You might want to have 252 Sp Def and 6 HP for EVs instead.
