Massively on the Go: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet takes aim again with Ice Inteleon

First we had an archer Mightiest Mark ‘mon, but The Pokemon Company and Game Freak are turning things up by upgrading to Ineleon, the secret agent-themed pokemon with the (finger) gun for the next tera raid event in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

Akin to the last Bond’s icy blue eyes, Inteleon’s gone Ice-type, but since he’s natively a Water ‘mon, that means Fire and Rock counters are off the table. That leaves Fighting and Steel, so let’s try to figure out which of the two will be our main ‘mon to prepare for the April 28th to 30th run (and again when it returns May 5th to 7th).

Like many of our previous ‘mon, Inteleon has a versatile kit that threatens many of its potential weaknesses. Game Freak always leaves one glaring weakness for players to potentially exploit. On the one hand, Inteleon learns Mud Shot via TMs, which would threaten Steel types. However, it also learns Acrobatics natively, which is more in-line with its image anyway, so I’m going to guess that Fighting types will probably be out of the question. Steel may be the way to go this time.

If I’m correct, there may be a chance that players can make heavy use of Perrseker and its hidden ability, Steely Spirit, which does stack. In that case, you may want to do the quest that rewards a Galarian Meowth. Then, grab an Everstone and give it to your kitty to breed with (for simplicity) your best Ditto, as the stone is needed to ensure the offspring are also Galarian.

From there, it varies. You could build support Perrserkers, which would all use Screech on their first turn, followed by Helping Hand for a heavy hitter like Tinkaton with Swords Dance on turn 1 and Gigaton Hammer for turn two with the Helping Hand buff, most likely getting a 1-attack KO. Similarly, you could go with Lucario, grab Swords Dance, and then finish it with Steel Beam. Or there’s also Copperajah with the Heavy Metal ability, a Choice Band, and Heavy Slam, which plays a bit different but will still smash real good. Expect lots of potential attacker choices, including Perrseker itself (though you’ll take Hone Claws).

My favorite Chansey and probably Umbreon builds should be safe, and support Blissey should be OK too. Those who built a Corviknight for Samurott might also be fine, as it’ll take neutral damage from Ice attack. I’m not expecting Inteleon to be too tough, but as always, we’ll update this after once the event starts, both to make track my predictions but also to help ensure you have a clean and simple strategy to tackle these with.

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