I know you can get all of the DLC stuff from trades, but letting players straight up grind the DLC stuff without owning them and without needing to go through trade is something they avoid at all costs for obvious reasons.
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7* Tera Dark Feraligatr (November 1-3 and 8-10)
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I kind of feel the major draw for the DLC are the exclusive Pokemon: Ogerpon, Loyal Three, Terapagos, the new one-off Paradox Pokemon, Pecharunt; not to mention access to the Legendary Hunt and also rematches.
If a player without the DLC plans a team with a Stellar Tera Pokemon, I feel they can just go to any Pokemon-focused forum and they'll find someone who'll help change its Tera Type to Stellar. And even if they were to have a special Stellar Rayquaza Raid where you could get Stellar Shards (though I wonder if they can just program it to give Flying and Dragon Shards), it would still be a grind to do and against a powerful Pokemon to boot (and another disadvantage to not having the DLC: no Glimmering Charm). You'd have to really work to get those Stellar Shards, and it'll all be probably just for one niche strategy. So, yeah, I don't think "gotta gatekeep the Stellar Shards" is a good enough excuse.
They don't need a "good" excuse to not update the game for a raid a year after the last time they updated. The excuse would be: they're done with any type of non-bug-fix update with the game and it's just on basic upkeep support.
It's likely not seen as worth doing regardless of simplicity. If they ever wanted to do stellar raids, even if just exclusively with event raids down the line, they would have just added it to the code to begin with.
It's likely not seen as worth doing regardless of simplicity. If they ever wanted to do stellar raids, even if just exclusively with event raids down the line, they would have just added it to the code to begin with.
You overestimate how many people are willing to interact with others for that sake.
I know I wouldnt, for one. I much rather spend 20 € again than have to deal with other humans on the internet.
I just hope they don't make Rayquaza another Boost Spammer like Mewtwo was. As is Malamar can neuter that unless it Turn 1 Shields too, but those aspects in tandem would make the raid completely impossible with randos given there isn't a "use this!" signpost like Mew had.
The aspects I do expect are Mixed Attacking and Anti-Steel Coverage like Fire Blast or at least a scripted Overheat, since STABs + 1 anti-Steel move still means it'll have a hard time breaking the Metal Birds or Heatran
I'd be curious if they give Rayquaza Dragon Ascent, because that could potentially make Solos very easy if you get a team that makes it the prioritized move and debuff itself heavily. For this reason I anticipate them going with Tera Dragon and/or a Special Focus, maybe Dragon Ascent as a scripted move (after a Boost if they're mean), if they don't opt for main-move Dragon Dance.
The aspects I do expect are Mixed Attacking and Anti-Steel Coverage like Fire Blast or at least a scripted Overheat, since STABs + 1 anti-Steel move still means it'll have a hard time breaking the Metal Birds or Heatran
I'd be curious if they give Rayquaza Dragon Ascent, because that could potentially make Solos very easy if you get a team that makes it the prioritized move and debuff itself heavily. For this reason I anticipate them going with Tera Dragon and/or a Special Focus, maybe Dragon Ascent as a scripted move (after a Boost if they're mean), if they don't opt for main-move Dragon Dance.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/V-create_(move)
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(unlikely though, since it was a former event move that was removed from its movepool in SV, but still)
I know Feraligatr's a bit old hat at this point, but want to shout out Gouging Fire as a Support I saw online. Burning Bulwark can burn through the Shield (since Feraligatr has no non-attack moves) on top of Breaking Swipe debuffs, and the former isn't susceptible to random Crits ruining things on frailer team members.
Don't really have a specific set to recommend since I just saw one in one of my lobbies and it was secure enough to keep a BD spamming Iron Hands alive (as in it used it before debuff Clear and then a second time after)
ngl this is actually a bigbrain thing I never thought of before.
Yeah, Gouging Fire is a sick support. I used one during the Tera Rock Emboar raid, despite the weakness, and still had a high success rate. Burning Bulwark once, then BS, then Emboar was effectively at -3 Attack and Head Smash tickled. The strategy does rely on the enemy having mostly contact moves, though, but it should work for Feraligatr just as effectively, if not more. You also have cool options like Howl, Dragon Cheer, Snarl, even Leer is pretty neat.