Best Walking Wake & Iron Leaves counters for Pokemon Scarlet Violet (Tera Raids)

Tera raids for Walking Wake and Iron Leaves are here in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet and players are looking for the best counters. Depending on your game, you will receive any of the Pokémon. Scarlet players get a paradoxical form of Walking Wake from Suicune. And Violet players get Iron Leaves, Virizion’s paradoxical form. But even though these are just 5-star raids, both of these Pokémon can get you in trouble if you fight them unprepared. So, here’s how you can counter and defeat Walking Wake and Iron Leaves Terra Raids in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet.

Best Walking Wake and Iron Leaves counters in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

The best counters for Walking Wake are Iron Hands and Iron Leaves is Kingambit. To understand how they work, you must first get to know these Tera Raid Pokémon.

Walking Wake is a Water Dragon type Pokémon with a Water Ter type. He mainly uses the following techniques in combat:

• Hydro steam
• Dragon pulse
• noble roar
• Flamethrower

So, due to the fact that it prints with water, using an Electric Pokémon like Iron Hands can be quite handy, pun intended.

Iron Leaves is a Grass Psychic Pokémon with the Psycho type Tera. In combat, he will use the following techniques:

• psyblade
• leaf blade
• Megahorn
• Dance of swords

So because of the Psychic Tera type, using Dark, Ghost, or Bug Pokemon is a good idea.

How to complete Walking Wake and Iron Leaves in Tera raids

Best Pokemon and build to use against Walking Wake:

• Iron Hands (Combat/Electric)
  • movements
    • Belly Drum: Learned at level 84.
    • Drain Punch: Teach it with TM.
    • Thunderstrike: Teach him with a TM.
    • You can have a 4th move of your choice.
  • Element
    • Magnet: increases the power of electric type movements.
  • Nature
    • Adamant
  • During combat, start with Belly Drum. Then use Drain Punch to get HP back. Now keep attacking with Thunderstrike. And Drain Punch whenever you need HP.

Best Pokemon and build to use against Iron Leaves:

• Kingambit (Dark/Steel)
  • movements
    • Kowtow Cleave: Learns from evolution.
    • Sword Dance: Learned at level 64.
    • X-Scissor: Teach it with TM.
    • You can have a 4th move of your choice.
  • Element
    • Black Glasses: Increases the power of dark-type moves.
  • Nature
    • Adamant
  • Start the fight using Sword Dance to boost your attack. Use it three times, then use Kowtow Cleave. Keep attacking Iron Leaves Kowtow Cleave until he passes out.

That covers this guide on the best counters for Walking Wake and Iron Leaves in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet and how to beat them with Tera Raids. If you found this guide helpful, be sure to check out our Pokemon Scarlet & Violet section to learn more.