Competitive Information for Tapu Bulu [Sword/Shield]
Grass / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Tapu Bulu? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Tapu Bulu is an astounding Grass and Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Tapu Bulu when battling in the 8th generation meta. Tapu Bulu is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Tapu Bulu is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Coba Berry / Weakness Policy
Ability: Grassy Surge
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 196 Hp / 164 Atk / 4 Def / 132 SpD / 12 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Superpower
- Horn Leech / Wood Hammer
- Protect
- Swords Dance
Physical Tank Tapu Bulu (Popular/Trending)
Tapu Bulu is a legendary Physical Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Tapu Bulu is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Grassy Surge, on switch-in Tapu Bulu summons grassy terrain. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed.
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Tapu Bulu's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Horn Leech is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Tapu Bulu recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Wood Hammer is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tapu Bulu this turn).
◆ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Tapu Bulu's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Terrain Extender / Kebia Berry
Ability: Grassy Surge
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- High Horsepower
- Darkest Lariat
Physical Sweeper Tapu Bulu (Grassy Surge)
Tapu Bulu is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Grassy Surge, on switch-in Tapu Bulu summons grassy terrain. With a Terrain Extender equipped to it, Tapu Bulu's use of electric/grassy/misty/psychic terrain lasts 8 turns instead of 5. With a Kebia Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective poison-type attack then the Kebia Berry gets consumed.
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Tapu Bulu's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
◆ Darkest Lariat is a physical 85-base power Dark-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Tapu Bulu? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Terrain Extender / Kebia Berry
Ability: Grassy Surge
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Rock Slide
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- High Horsepower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tapu Bulu (Grassy Surge)
Tapu Bulu is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Grassy Surge, on switch-in Tapu Bulu summons grassy terrain. With a Terrain Extender equipped to it, Tapu Bulu's use of electric/grassy/misty/psychic terrain lasts 8 turns instead of 5. With a Kebia Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective poison-type attack then the Kebia Berry gets consumed.
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Tapu Bulu's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Tapu Bulu 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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Tapu Bulu can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Tapu Bulu
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Tapu Bulu's stats
- Bulk Up
- Calm Mind
- Iron Defense
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
- Withdraw
- Work Up
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Tapu Bulu
- Bulk Up
- Close Combat
- Darkest Lariat
- High Horsepower
- Horn Leech
- Leech Seed
- Light Screen
- Megahorn
- Nature's Madness
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Snarl
- Stored Power
- Superpower
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Wood Hammer
Common Effort Values for Tapu Bulu in Sword and Shield
- Careful Nature ( 196/164/4/0/132/12 )
- Adamant Nature ( 252/252/0/0/4/0 )
- Optimize Tapu Bulu's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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