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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

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The next Tera Raid Event features two Paradox Pokémon, those two are Slither Wing and Iron Moth, both of them are Paradox Pokémon that resemble Volcarona. Slither Wing appear in Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet, while Iron Moth appear in Pokémon Violet in the Tera Raids. More often, you can find Slither Wing with the Fire Tera Type and Iron Moth with the Grass Tera Type. I did check out the Twitch streams, mainly users like Rocket's Black Market, and they even allow you to get a Shiny Pokémon for free, if you want to get a Shiny Slither Wing or a Shiny Iron Moth, you can check out Rocket's Black Market and enter a Tera Raid on there to get one of your own.
To go over them, Slither Wing is a Bug/Fighting-type with a higher Attack stat and good Special Defense, its moves are Superpower, First Impression, Flare Blitz, and Heavy Slam, and its extra moves are Sunny Day and Stun Spore. Best counter for this one is Annihilape, as it resists Slither Wing's STAB moves, Fire-types like Skeledirge and Ceruledge are good options if up against a Slither Wing with a Grass or Bug Tera Type. Walking Wake is a great counter as the sun activates Protosynthesis, and if Walking Wake has higher Special Attack, its Hydro Stream can deal a lot damage against Slither Wing with the Fire Tera Type. Slither Wing does come set with some good attacks like Flare Blitz, Superpower, and First Impression, and it does get some good level up moves like Leech Life, Dual Wingbeat, Bulk Up, Lunge, Flame Charge, and Morning Sun, and it does have some good TM access to moves like Low Sweep, U-turn, Brick Break, Will-O-Wisp, Reversal, Wild Charge, Earthquake, Close Combat, High Horsepower, and Heat Crash. Fire is a good Tera Type for Slither Wing as this powers up its Flare Blitz further, or it can use Flame Charge to boost its own Speed after use, other alternative Tera Types are Electric to power up Wild Charge and counter Flying-type Pokémon, Water for a defensive Tera Type, there are some good options to go with, it can stick to Bug or Fighting to further power its STAB moves like First Impression and Close Combat.
Its future counterpart Iron Moth has Energy Ball, Overheat, Sludge Wave, and Acid Spray, with Electric Terrain and Screech as its extra moves. I would personally say this is the easier one out of the two as Iron Moth can lower its own Special Attack with Overheat, but then again Slither Wing can weaken its own Attack and Defense with Superpower. When taking on Iron Moth with the Grass Tera Type, the Fire-types that I have listed, like Skeledirge, are good counters against it as it resists Iron Moth's attacks. It does get some good level up moves, like Fiery Dance, Bug Buzz, Hurricane, Discharge, Metal Sound, and Morning Sun, and for TMs, it can learn Charge Beam, Venoshock, Air Slash, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Flash Cannon, Heat Wave, Psychic, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, and a few other moves. Grass is a good Tera Type for Iron Moth, as this flips apart its weakness to Ground, and its Energy Ball can take on the types it is weak to, like Water, Ground, and Rock. Iron Moth can go with Ground or Water Tera Type to use Tera Blast to take on Fire-type Pokémon, Fairy Tera Type with Dazzling Gleam is another option, and it can increase its Special Attack with Fiery Dance, as that is a 50% chance, Iron Moth does not get Quiver Dance, which is one thing that sets it apart from Volcarona, it does have good Speed and Special Defense, and if Iron Moth got Quiver Dance, it would be overpowered, Volcarona got banned in the competitive scene.
When taking on Tera Raid Battles, Slither Wing can go with a Bug Tera Type with Lunge, and Iron Moth can get Acid Spray and Fiery Dance, which are good moves to help out in the battle.

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