COUNTER Incineroar Herba Mystica Raid - Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

[@andrewp6387]

I saw a clever teammate bring a Malmar to it with Contrary. Then he used a move to swap abilities with Incineroar, so every time it used Bulk Up, it lowered it own stats

[@FireFarmer123]

Not very reliable. Malamar will just get effectively two shotted by darkest lariat since it will ignore the defense boost from superpower Edit: I am not saying malamar does not work. It is inherently more risky than clefable and clashes with clefable's strategy. Would you rather get in a car that has an 85% chance if breaking down on the way to your destination or a car that has a 98% chance? If you told me the 85% chance was "not very reliable" and I said "no I've used this car 5-6 times now and its worked everytime" you can see the fallacy more clearly.

[@andrewp6387]

@FireFarmer123 I didn't say ALL teammates use it. It supported my Emboar, another teammates Azumarill

[@josecolon5750]

@@FireFarmer123 you won't be using a superpower set on that malamar it's going to be max def max hp support set.

[@LucasFleming-lq2ry]

That's a common thing for me. Usually used for Defiant pokemon like King Gambit and Annihilape. I also prefer to bring it for Dondozo raids just in case it have unaware. Unaware 6 Star Dozo raids are ALWAYS trouble.

[@FireFarmer123]

@@josecolon5750 +1 0 Atk Tera Dark Incineroar Darkest Lariat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Malamar: 162-192 (43 - 51%) -- 5.9% chance to 2HKO You give it a +1 from its own intimidate and then spend the rest of the battle dodging the crit. Not as reliable as clefable.

[@Ryuji777x]

gamefreak really needs to make the battle texts more streamlined. instead of sitting there and it saying each individual pokemon's attack fell, it should the WHOLE PARTY'S attack fell. that way it's faster and less boring. one of my major nitpicks that was also in Sw/Sh. Other games dont have this issue.

[@Nick-82]

I REALLY love in raids when they use a move that lowers stats of all 4 pokemon and you have to sit there watching the timer going down without being able to do anything. As well as the terrastilization animation.....

[@KingRumar]

Right? You get penalized for everything time-based in a turn-based battle system and absolutely everything under the sun keeps you from doing anything (even outright canceling your turn) as we are powerless to watch the time run down. This level of “challenge” is exploiting something that doesn’t work and has been long since proven to not work. It’ll be like your “challenge” is to beat a very hard boss while your brother keeps snatching your controller away from you. No, you don’t have any measures to keep him from snatching it whenever he wants and you must still win!

[@ninjagodude3115]

For some reason I can't access it

[@Zvoosh25]

They knew for a fact you would bring belly drum or defiant to this battle

[@LexGuevarra]

Malamar (Mental Herb/Shell Bell) - Superpower - Skill Swap - Taunt - Tera Blast

[@DivineDEC]

This works consistently?

[@darkmask5933]

@@DivineDEC Problem is if you have Intimidates on your team, it'll raise Incineroar's Attack, but it worked for me.

[@gray-pogo2916]

Funny thing is that I was just about to mention this build. I used a similar build against the 7 star sceptile raid

[@nickdejager8873]

Fighting Funny het?

[@isaelsky21]

This is the one right here. Max HP, Max Attack, rest in Defense and Fighting Tera.

[@marcbryanmorgia9605]

"Ble ble ble ble" got me 😂

[@lulabelle5452]

I loved the "what kinda hat is that?" 😂 Then the "oh there's another mudsdale & Autin with his Arcanine". Lol the fact that he had an NPC named Austin on that team was too funny! 😂😂

[@StanleySophana]

Gonna be naming Incineroar Wolfe Glick after beating the raid

[@thefonzpart]

Your Incineroar wasn’t genned though

[@markellefultzeatingasugarc9327]

@@thefonzpart smartest v*rlisify stan

[@generic_fox43]

Someone needs to @ wolfey and tell him that

[@thefonzpart]

@@markellefultzeatingasugarc9327 Not a fan, he sucks just as much as Wolfe You people get mad, but the creator of PKhex was the one tweeting about a bunch instances lol

[@thefonzpart]

@@generic_fox43 You say that as if he doesn’t know lol. I’m sure it’d be a huge shocker to him

[@robertoramos9330]

Sylveon: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@Rebel_riot151]

The one of the few times where I wish we had the option to turn off the animations so we could save more time on the timer 😭

[@GravityFaiz]

I used an Annihilape (changed its nature with an Impish mint) and maximized its HP and Defense. Its moveset is Drain Punch, Taunt, Focus Energy, and Bulk Up. It’s also holding a Razor Claw. Took me a couple tries to finally beat it as Incineroar’s definitely harder than Dragonite, but nowhere near as much as with the Dondozo raid.

[@gonperalo]

Nice vid! Will share here my build for Galarian Zapdos: - Ability: Defiant - Object: Shell Bell - Teratype: Fight - EV spread: 252 Attack / 252 HP / 6 Speed - IV: Max everything unless SpA - Nature: Adamant (Max Att / Low SpAtt) - Moveset: Thunderous Kick / Taunt / Bulk Up / whatever If everything goes fine, after Incineroar's Intimidate + Snarl + Taunt, you'll be on +3 attack (restart in case you get taunted) From then on, just taunt it (you will be faster) and combine bulk up + thunderous kick wisely. Hope this helps! Good luck on your raids!

[@BlkZard]

Thanks for sharing this! I got it on the second try with your build.

[@supergluehotty]

Focus energy might be nice. Just to help with crit chances.

[@axs4385]

I like to farm raids online and run these Support Builds. Both have been very consistent. Clefable Held Item: Mental Herb Ability: Unaware Nature: Bold or Impish EVs: 252 HP, 252 DEF, 4 SP DEF - Reflect - Psych Up - Life Dew - Heal Pulse Malamar Held Item: Mental Herb Ability: Contrary Nature: Bold or Impish EVs: 252 HP, 252 DEF, 4 SP DEF - Skill Swap - Psych Up - Swagger - Reflect

[@alexandergilliland3723]

0:26 Just did it with SkillSwap Contary Malamar. Even crit and burned me after using skill swap, so I didn't need to waste time trying to faint

[@roninwarriorsfan]

I solo'd this with Dondozo! Hyper trained: yes ability: unaware held item: shell bell evs: 252 atk/def, 4 hp tera: fairy (can go fighting if desired) moves: Curse, Tera Blast, Liquidation, Avalanche (can be changed for something else) strategy: Liquidation until tera orb is ready terastal turn: curse alternate between tera blast/curse until Incineroar is beaten

[@vivaviva3617]

With that Iron Head it has, Fighting is better than Fairy here

[@roninwarriorsfan]

@@vivaviva3617 with unaware & damage calcs, Dondozo won't care about Iron Head, and i never saw Iron head in the raid once. i know it has it, i just never saw it

[@Pemberries199]

@roninwarriorsfan what nature is it? I'm trying to use it ATM, just kept getting dl spammed and dying.

[@roninwarriorsfan]

@@Pemberries199 well mine's bashful, but i used an Adamant Mint on it

[@ConfusedRaccoon]

A reason to use something I'd otherwise never use. Thanks.

[@PKMTrainerClips]

Incineroar is a crazy good Pokémon, so long as it has intimidate. Nice build as always

[@darkmask5933]

Fighting-type Malamar with Skill Swap Contrary is good, I was able to beat him first try with it, but then you're gonna wanna not have Intimidaters on your team.

[@TheAntiburglar]

THE SUMMONS HAS BEEN ISSUED! OUR GENERAL CALLS! TO THE WAAAAAR ROOOOOOM!

[@epictomato3850]

malamar support with mental herb works really good.

[@towelnedved3149]

Kommo-O beats it much easier than this. Iron Defense/Body Press/Taunt/Breaking Swipe. Taunt to delay bulk ups. Breaking Swipe to charge tera and make incin weak. Iron defense to boost damage and def. Then body press until you win. Max hp/max def with lefties

[@TitusWang375]

War never changes, and neither does the war room.

[@EPS5000]

I completely forgot this was happening, thanks. I’ll pop the game in now.

[@Nekosage]

That Incineroar was set up to prank Belly Drum.

[@AlexDayz]

GG to whoever over at GameFreak immediately went “nope” to all belly drummers. Definitely made this raid way more enjoyable and interesting

[@Bowser14456]

Used Conkeldurr, Fighting Tera with Scope Lens. Thanks to @pkmncast for the build. Had a team with Annhilape, G. Zapdos and shiny Azumarill. Flare Blitz did hurt tho. Never died tho.

[@もちの花]

I've been trying this whole time. You are a life saver Mr. AustinJohnPlays

[@kreteooo]

Bellibolt with electromorphosis is OP as a teammate against him. If you're lucky paralyzis will give you free hits on him. Also remember to use Psych Up before any Calm Minds

[@Mr.Micdino]

I beated incineroar with koraidon Tera- fighting Item- metronome Moves- drain puch, taunt, bulk up Strategy: Turn 1- taunt Turn 2- bulk up till turn 5 Turn 5- taunt Turn 6- bulk up till turn 9 Turn 9- drain punch till tera And drain punch till end (U need a intimidater or it will be hard)

[@thefirespecialist9007]

Austin John: Let's Belly Drum. Incineroar: *NOPE* Wolfe, somewhere: 😏

[@PeterGriffin11]

I used a Zamazenta with Iron Defense, Body Press, Rest and Sleep Talk. For those that do not have a Zamazenta you could also use a Falinks with the Defiant ability and give it Iron Defense, Body Press, Rest and Sleep Talk.

[@felixma9192]

dies to darkest lariat

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@felixma9192 I never died to darkest lariat but it may be because one of my teammates was a Malamar with contrary and skill swap so the Incineroar couldn’t use Bulk Up.

[@thomasquirk8797]

​@@PeterGriffin11that would definitely be the reason since support malamar completely neutralizes incin in like 3 different ways as long as the team has any decent attackers

[@500werewolf]

The first turn definitely feels like experiencing a competitive Incineroar.

[@PokeLexgnzlz]

That Psych Up was a quite smart choice. I used Protect instead, for the turn in which Unaware is disabled, and lived to regret it... As Incineroar can 3HKO Clefable with Flare Blitz, even if it's Attack boosts are being ignored. Will not happen if Clefable copies the Defense boosts, also the move will get rid of the Sp. Attack drop caused by Snarl. Still, Calm Mind should still be used after Psych Up, for the Sp. Attack/Defense boosts will be reset when copying Incineroar's stat modifiers.

[@RemLasher77]

I chose the Moon Ball for Incineroar because Pokémon Sun & Moon.

[@yosh9192]

Plus, Incineroar’s signature Z-Move is called Malicious Moonsault

[@Yuokei]

I just want to say thank you Austin for the videos, I been watching you since I was in middle school trying to learn how to find certain things and now I’m 23 years old still watching your videos videos haha ❤

[@aceofaces0007]

I found an option that is much faster at defeating Incineroar: Soundproof Kommo-o w/ Lansat Berry (boosts crit ratio in a pinch). Adamant nature, Max EVs in ATK and DEF. Moves: Close Combat, Belly Drum, Screech, Taunt. (Tera Typing doesn't matter because it'll be over before then, and its current typing of Dragon/Fighting helps it resist both of Incineroar's STAB moves) So long as you don't get hit with Taunt, you can KO Incineroar in just 5 turns regardless of the NPCs around you. 1. Taunt (So he can't use Bulk Up) 2. Screech (lower DEF by 2 stages) 3. Belly Drum (max your ATK, and cut your HP so that when you get hit with an attack, Kommo-o will eat the berry and raise its critical hit ratio, either this turn, or after turn 4) 4. All out cheer (boost ATK further) 5. Close Combat FTW (with a crit, this should KO Incineroar before its shields ever go up)

[@RinzeqGaming]

I've never seen something more inconsistent in my life.

[@justinrodriguez5957]

Incineroar really took offense to Austin's intro. Yeesh.

[@MrEar888]

Thank you so much I’ve been looking for like 3 hours

[@saswatadms]

Solo’ed with Malamar first try. Max ATK Max DEF Rest in HP Shell Bell with Contrary Tera Fighting Use Skill Swap as your first move. Try fainting, till then use some random move to charge your tera. After fainting get back Contrary. Tera and spam Superpower till +6, then proceed to spam Tera Blast.

[@doubleohnine]

can you go back to showing us the moveset and such BEFORE the battle and the order of moves?

[@Apex_Pred_]

Incineroar:💪🏿🦁 Malamar and Lurantis:👊🏿🤡

[@dtell3424]

I was able to solo this by having a malar with 252 attack and defense, use skill swap with contrary turn 1 if it doesn't taunt you, let malamar faint to regain contrary, spam super power holding a shell bell, and then when you have enough attack and defense tera into stellar type and spam tera blast

[@Toolieo1983Au]

Sorry Austin John, but this didn't work for me, spent over an hour and a half trying it this way. Saw a reel showing Iron Hands using Focus Energy, Iron Defence, Belly Drum then Drain Punch, until the win. Worked 1st time Great video as usual though.

[@MousaThe14]

Okay, so a Modest Unaware Clefable with max HP and Sp. Attack with Reflect, Draining Kiss, Moonblast, and Calm Mind can ALSO work! It was in my box from a previous event raid and I was able to do it on my second try with, you just might have an early faint. I don’t have a clear strategy, you just kind of have to cycle through regaining health, Calm Minding at least 3 times, and Moon Blasting. Especially Moon Blasting towards the end because it was kind of cutting it close due to my one faint but at that point you won’t have to worry about using Draining Kiss anymore.

[@yorkefollower4040]

I love how you go in blind at first. thanks for the fun approach you take into all your videos. everyone else takes things way to seriously, and are overly critical.

[@seanakima50515e]

So i can give up on that greyed out part of the map 😂😂😂😂

[@KingRumar]

It’s amazing how not only did GameFreak make a gimmick that fights the battle system itself, but the fact they made an online multiplayer gimmick make you NOT want to play with others and prefer the company of NPCs. 🤦🏻

[@ryanmuffitt3490]

I can confirm that the Clefable set is very effective. Thanks as always Austin!!

[@mercurymalafox8879]

The Clefable strat 100% worked! Thank you sir, this was my first successful 7 star raid 😁

[@supermannygamer2003]

Anniahlape: Hold my beer

[@sparrowflyaway]

Thanks for this! I already had a Clefable from the Sceptile raids, only took a little tweaking to get this build going and I got the Incineroar second try.

[@Martina.Hradilova]

Thanks for the upload

[@DTW11]

Use Malamar with Contrary. Worked for me every time. Moveset: skill swap, tera blast, reflect, superpower. First turn: (Providing you dont receive the taunt), use skill swap, giving Incineroar Contrary. Second: make sure Incineroar KOs you. Third: come back now with Contrary again. Every time Incineroar uses Bulk Up, it lowers its attack and defence; everytime you use super power, it raises your attack and defence. Fourth: use super power, repeat. You'll be done in a minute or so.

[@DTW11]

*held item: Shell Bell.

[@kelseywilliams9616]

Moonblast is one of my favorite Fairy type moves. It's both beautiful and strong

[@RandomInkNStuff]

There aren't many Fairy-type moves to choose from, though.

[@ShinyPixelgon]

WAR ROOM IS BACK!

[@_Blu_Print_]

The people bringing koraidon in random dens are wild. 😂

[@Mrperson0]

Dondozo strat seems to work out: Unaware Tera Fighting Shell Bell Max HP and Def - Chilling Water - Body Press - Curse - Protect or Liquidation Idea is to use Chilling Water three times. Then, tera + Curse six times, then Body Press your way to victory. Liquidation might work out if it gets Defense drops.

[@orangeoblivion]

This worked really well for me! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheGamerTVHD]

With Unaware it dosent matter if Liquidation lower his def and chilling water lower his attack.

[@alphayoung]

This worked really well for me too! Got him on the 2nd try and that's because I forgot to give Dondozo any item on the first try lol...

[@Mrperson0]

@@TheGamerTVHD True, then Protect is simply better.

[@KaizenEXE2]

Impish or Adamant nature?

[@tpayne57]

dondozo, unaware, fight terra, chilling water curse body press shell bell

[@Scorpio90G]

Finally got it with almost 1 second left of battle. Thanks for this guide. I know if you follow all the stats recommendations and steps it should be easy. But sometimes you dont have those pokemon at max so building them quickly requires a lot of money and items. I found that its possible with Koraidon but it felt too random and i was always just close so it got annoying. With Clefable its better with just giving it the moves, level 100, mint, and item. I skip the stats but if you get the moves on time its possible.

[@Kantus42]

Failed a few times by running out of time due to having to heal cheer. I had a much easier time once I finally got two teammates that lowered attack, which was what I needed. Thanks!

[@jackwall7054]

This was immensely helpful, thank you I solo first tried it using this strat Was waiting on your video since the raid went live 🤣

[@drayke6936]

Panfro Games used Malamar and completed it as well

[@323ReTrO]

Caught it on first try with randoms online. GOing to try solo with Magearna. Nice guide

[@mattvarley3462]

Approaching the end of starters! I think this was the final Fire one? Also stoked for new Merch!!!

[@mimikyu4327]

No Infernape raid yet.

[@Luffy453]

I like that you can always see if it´s the last hit because the timer just stops

[@pokie7996]

I used urshifu water moves being Drain punch Bulk up Taunt focus energy Basically use taunt at the start to stop bulk up and then you spam bulk up and focus energy and do taunt again until his shield is up then just spam drain punch. Oh also the item is razor claw for more crits.

[@austinhall6002]

What about EVs?

[@pokie7996]

@@austinhall6002 max attack max defense

[@austinhall6002]

@@pokie7996 thank you

[@SeaOfPixels]

This, plus get at least 1 intimidate mon, get max def and max HP: Taunt Bulk Up x3 Taunt Bulk Up x3 Taunt Focus Energy Drain Punch till u win

[@pokie7996]

@@SeaOfPixels oh yeah intimidate for sure does help a bit more to live more hits.

[@autumbreeze1129]

Had to keep pausing throughout to take notes. Hopefully I'll be able to do something now

[@silith7027]

Fun fact, if you catch it on the second weekend, you get the chance to catch it on a friday the 13th.

[@rolandsantos1816]

Why did it use iron head on me hahahaha, like stop bruh hahahaha

[@ShadowDragonWolfie]

I used a Clefable with Reflect instead of Psych Up, and just managed a victory. Definitely needed an Intimidator.

[@Mysterious-Stranger]

I really enjoy that you go in to it blind at first, it's fun to watch

[@derickfisher7366]

" Blue blue blue blue blue"

[@ARabidPie]

So I just managed this with Belly Drum Iron Hands. Here's my setup: Drain Punch (max pp) Iron Defense Electric Terrain Belly Drum Shell Bell 1 Intimidate partner Fighting Tera It was a bit close. I came down to my last drain punch. I probably would have had more time buffer if I had metronome for the item. The shell bell wasn't really necessary. Doesn't really matter if it Taunts you, just use the first couple turns to charge up your tera. After it resets your stats you can do belly drum and lay down some iron defense. With max defense and the intimidator doing its work you shouldn't be taking much damage regardless of Incineroar's Bulk Ups. Set up electric terrain to activate Quark Drive and activate your tera for additional attack boost. Spam drain punch until the end, resetting electric terrain as needed. I got a crit at one point that took out a big chunk of the health bar, but with how many attacks you'll be doing you should get at least one crit at normal odds.

[@Vivian_Tia]

I considered Torkoal making it fighting Tera and giving it clear body press and clear smog.

[@dayman3772]

Finally, they made an adult version of pokemon Raid 😂😂 people are going to go crazy in random raids 😅

[@BrownBearGameZ]

Grimmsnarl works, reflect, taunt, bulk up and play rough. Fairy tera

[@brianreilly9032]

I’ve found the Intimidator partner(s) to be essential to the strategy. Otherwise you have to use Draining Kiss too many times and you run out of time.

[@JCXP123]

At first I was thinking Dachsbun was the way to go but now I'm wondering if a pokemon with clear smog would be a need with all the bulk ups Incineroar does

[@DarthCobalt55]

I used malamar with contrary. Skill swap, superpower. Held item is mental herb

[@JudaiMaverick86]

What were its EVs and Ivs?

[@DarthCobalt55]

@JudaiMaverick86 full attack, full hp and the rest in defense

[@devenembers]

after doing multiple battles for farming since it starts spamming darkest lariat after you psych up you dont have to worry about burn as much and using a mental herb to remove taunt can save reset times worst case if you dont get crit you take 3 or 4 flare blitz max so if your lucky enough you dont need the cloak

[@StrawhatJ3]

KZbin didn’t notify my about this video I got a notification from discord I even refreshed my notification page still nothing Edit got the notification 7 minutes after while I was watching the video

[@Jaidon30]

Unsub and resub

[@J.mcrae706]

Wiggly can learn bodypress so I theory Tera fighting would kill

[@lancebell558]

Helpful i actually was using clear amulet for stat change but the copy of stats makes sense

[@imdaking334]

I used Azumarill (thick fat) and spammed chilling water while my team did damage.... he doesn't really do that much damage if you keep that attack in chech

[@DJGekko]

Use Malamar to solo the raid. Shell bell Adamant nature 252 HP 252 Attack Fighting Tera Superpower Tera blast Skill swap Protect Turn 1: skill swap Turn 2-4: spam tera blast to charge tera orb and let yourself get knocked out The rest of the raid: once you’re knocked out once, you get contrary back so just spam superpower with tera fighting.

[@Duelerama90]

No shot! I used the exact same Clef set before even watching! Only differences were metronome item & IV spread

[@springgaming5873]

Oh noooooooo! I can't do this because I'm gettig my switch repaired! 😭

[@KaizenEXE2]

Primaria may work too

[@Impresario_zero]

That shirt goes hard.. like vacation hard. Thanks for the upload, as usual.

[@alfonsomoreno575]

'''That's a gg, preaty easy'' xD

[@TrayolLyrics]

I used Enamorus. Contrary ability; Fighting-Tera; Adamant nature; Max HP & Def; Superpower, Tera Blast, Taunt. I make sure I have an AI partner with Intimidate and hope I don't get taunted. After the Snarl, I wait until Incineroar resets stats and then use Taunt followed by 3 Superpowers, Taunt again, Terastalize, then Superpower and Tera Blast until Incineroar faints.

[@hunglac7578]

You can either use unaware Clefable or I use tera fighting curse body press Dondozo.

[@ZekeStaright]

Man, being stuck in the animations for SO LONG, WHY did they take out attack skipping!?!

[@teramawl6962]

You can also run Dachsbun with well baked ability, tera fighting, 252 hp and def with 4 going into attk, moveset I used was body press, charm, misty terrain and protect

[@felixma9192]

pretty sure the AI will just never use Flare Blitz and you won’t get your Def boost

[@orenjigaming3930]

You think hell ever drop the rest of the shrine hunters 😂

[@grahambird2208]

I used a contrary-skill swap malamar I got just in case. Still has downsides, you're screwed if you're the one getting taunted. The only thing is I kept hearing people being like he spammed Bulk Up so I assumed it would be easier. Yes, I got it second go (Taunted first), but in my ones Incineroar only bulks up once. In my experience its just Flare Blitz spam.

[@I_AM_BAYTOR]

I'm using Clefable right now, same stuff til after the 2nd Bulk Up it just spams Flare Blitz. Hasn't done anything else, I have about 1/3 health left to remove. Oh. It used Flare Blitz to KO itself, but was able to use Bulk Up one last time right before the battle ended, after Flare Blitz. That was dumb. But it all worked out.

[@jjildefonso3801]

Blue blue blue.. Blue blue blue.. Blue blue blue..🤣🤣🤣

[@thend4427]

This might be the hardest one since mewtwo

[@warrvenom4537]

Koriadon fighting tera was the only thing that worked for me. 3 sword dances, 2 defence cheers, 1 cure cheer & couple of drain punches and collision courses and it's done didn't need full attack buff or defensive buff. Didn't have an intimater either just need to use defensive buffs to keep your team from dying I'd say 2 koriadons in a team or 2 kommo-o's and it'll do as they can tank it out

[@turboshazed7370]

Wish K's ability didn't boost flare blitz up

[@warrvenom4537]

Don't matter Vs a dragon he doesn't faint or use kommo-o max defense version

[@Cortes19882012]

I keep getting KO by fire blitz if I use Clefable.

[@Ssilencer]

I used an unaware Dondozo with Body slam to beat the raid