Heres how to take down powerful end-game raids on your own.

You cansolo 5-star and 6-star in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, but its not easy.

Iron Handsis one of the Paradox Pokemon exclusive to the Violet edition ofPokemon Scarlet and Violet.

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First, soloing raids is extremely difficult at high levels.

Fortunately, if you better solo a raid, the game will fill your remaining three slots with NPCs.

Every time this trainers Pokemon faints, you take a time penalty, further ramping up the difficulty.

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So, why on Paldea would you want to solo a raid?

So, being able to solo raids suddenly becomes a lot more important.

Iron Hands solo build

Queue the Paradox Pokemon, Iron Hands.

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Thats the hardest part of this mission done.

This partners withDrain Punch a move that simply steals HP from the boss while dealing massive damage.

Done correctly, this will keep your Iron Hands in good health while whittling down your enemys HP.

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Drain Punch, meanwhile, is unlocked at the TM Machine once you beat Team Stars Fairy base.

A single Drain Punch can sometimes restore your entire HP bar, depending on what youre going up against.

These arent essential, but every little helps!

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