Neko
When you live for love, how precious life can be
Tapu Bulu @ Life Orb
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 24 Def / 232 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Horn Leech
- Close Combat
- Zen Headbutt
The raging bull of Alola plows through bulky walls with Swords Dance to lead Grass teams to victory! Horn Leech increases Tapu Bulu's longevity and offensively pressures bulky Pokemon like Tyranitar and Slowbro. Close Combat threatens Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Celesteela that Grass teams struggle with. Zen Headbutt threatens Poison-types such as Galarian Weezing, Crobat, and Amoonguss. 232 Speed EVs allow Tapu Bulu to outspeed offensive variants of Celesteela, while the excess EVs are dumped into Defense to better handle Celesteela's defensive variants. Amoonguss can put a foe out of commission with Spore, which can help Tapu Bulu find more openings to set up. Zarude is a fast teammate that can deal with Aegislash and Dragapult, with which Tapu Bulu struggles. Cradily and Ferrothorn set entry hazards to wear down the opposing team and check special attackers such as Galarian Moltres and Kyurem.
Want to see the bull in action? Shown below is an MWP replay where Tapu Bulu's ability to remove Celesteela allowed Grass to dominate the Flying matchup: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8monotype-1478940020-fhaq56annykhr32qbiixb3czvz9g2e7pw
916 characters w/o the replay
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 24 Def / 232 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Horn Leech
- Close Combat
- Zen Headbutt
The raging bull of Alola plows through bulky walls with Swords Dance to lead Grass teams to victory! Horn Leech increases Tapu Bulu's longevity and offensively pressures bulky Pokemon like Tyranitar and Slowbro. Close Combat threatens Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Celesteela that Grass teams struggle with. Zen Headbutt threatens Poison-types such as Galarian Weezing, Crobat, and Amoonguss. 232 Speed EVs allow Tapu Bulu to outspeed offensive variants of Celesteela, while the excess EVs are dumped into Defense to better handle Celesteela's defensive variants. Amoonguss can put a foe out of commission with Spore, which can help Tapu Bulu find more openings to set up. Zarude is a fast teammate that can deal with Aegislash and Dragapult, with which Tapu Bulu struggles. Cradily and Ferrothorn set entry hazards to wear down the opposing team and check special attackers such as Galarian Moltres and Kyurem.
Want to see the bull in action? Shown below is an MWP replay where Tapu Bulu's ability to remove Celesteela allowed Grass to dominate the Flying matchup: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8monotype-1478940020-fhaq56annykhr32qbiixb3czvz9g2e7pw
916 characters w/o the replay
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