Competitive Information for Tauros [Diamond/Pearl]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Tauros? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Tauros is a marvelous Normal-typed Pokemon. Tauros are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Tauros's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Tauros (Anger Point)
Tauros is an interesting Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Tauros from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Tauros's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Anger Point, if Tauros or its substitute takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Tauros afterwards).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 248 Spe
Moveset:
- Pursuit
- Zen Headbutt
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
Tauros Physical Sweeper (Angry Bull*)
Tauros is a notable Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Tauros's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Anger Point, if Tauros or its substitute takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages. This tauros is designed for doubles and is based around it's Anger point ability. Pair it with a Pokemon who can trigger a crit hit on Tauros without doing too much damage to it.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Tauros? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Outrage
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tauros (Anger Point)
Tauros is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Tauros from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Tauros's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Anger Point, if Tauros or its substitute takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Tauros afterwards).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Tauros learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Tauros can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Tauros
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Tauros's stats
- Rage
Most notable and possible best moves for Tauros
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Tauros in Diamond and Pearl
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